JP2006039664A - Method, system, and program for mediating cellular phone mail and content for cellular phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user simply using a mail function of a cellular phone to use WWW contents and to be directly led to desired contents without any complicated operation. <P>SOLUTION: Processors 1a and 1b are middleware, through which a mail function and a browser function of the cellular phone cooperate with each other. The middleware functions as one mail user from a mailer of the cellular phone and functions as one cellular phone browser to cellular phone WWW contents. The processors 1a and 1b receive a mail from the cellular phone via an SMTP and a POP3, analyze a sentence of a mail, which is created by a system constructor and specific to a business type, and require retrieved data from a cellular phone WWWW server 3 via the HTTP. On the basis of the contents answered via the HTTP, a return mail is created and replied to the cellular phone as a request source. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a method, system, and program for mediating mobile phone mail and mobile phone content.

  Recent mobile phones (hereinafter referred to as “mobile”) have not only a telephone call function but also various other functions such as a digital camera function, a mail transmission / reception function, and a Web browsing function. The mail transmission / reception function and Web browsing function are realized mainly by data communication using packets.

  Looking at the use of mobile phones, there is a fact that data communication is increasing in the ratio of voice communication and data communication. There is also the fact that the actual usage of browsers by data communication users is around 10%. That is, approximately 90% of mobile phone users only use mail, and do not use browser content.

  The present invention is intended to provide a tool for making those 90% of browser content non-users close to browser use and effectively utilizing already constructed browser content.

The method of mediating mobile phone mail and mobile phone content according to the present invention is as follows:
A first step of sending an e-mail with a mobile phone content describing a request for mobile WWW content and a title describing which mobile WWW content is to be processed or a specific address;
A second step of sending mail to a public mail server or processing device at the mail server of the mobile phone company;
A third step of forwarding the mail sent to the public mail server to the processing device set to the receiving address;
In the processing device, a request to the mobile WWW content is assembled with a character extraction logic set in advance based on the received mail, and the request is sent to the mobile WWW content in a format suitable for the source domain, or If this is not possible, the fourth step is to ask the user to start over and send a guidance email advising how to do so,
The processing device receives a response from the WWW server, acquires mobile WWW content, extracts the <a> tag from the markup language of the response for the acquired WWW content, and adds other tags. If the anchor length is longer than the specified length, replace the anchor with a shortened anchor for redirect processing, and create a reply mail from the extracted mail and the address of the request source, or the response is correct If it cannot be obtained, the fifth step of notifying the administrator of the abnormality,
A sixth step of sending the reply mail created by the processing device to the public mail server;
A seventh step of transferring the reply mail to the mail server of the mobile phone company by the public mail server;
And an eighth step of sending a reply mail to the requesting mobile phone at the mail server of the mobile phone company.

  The mobile phone may further include a ninth step of directly connecting to the mobile WWW content by selecting a link in the reply mail.

The present invention is a system for mediating mobile phone mail and mobile phone content, comprising an SMTP server connected to the Internet and receiving mail from a mobile phone, and one or a plurality of processing devices. When there is more than one, one of them functions as the main and the other functions as the sub, monitors each other, performs redirect data transfer if necessary,
At least one of the processing devices is
Based on the mail received from the mobile phone, a request to the mobile WWW content is assembled with the character extraction logic set in advance, and the request to the mobile WWW content is sent to the WWW server in a format suitable for the transmission source domain, or this If assembly is not possible, ask the user to try again, send a guidance email to advise how,
Receives a response from the WWW server, acquires mobile WWW content, extracts the <a> tag from the response markup language for the acquired WWW content, removes the other tags, and sets the anchor length If the length is longer than a specific length, replace the anchor with a shortened anchor for redirect processing, create a reply mail from the extracted mail and the address of the request source, or manage if the response cannot be obtained correctly Notify the person of the abnormality,
The created reply mail is sent to the requesting mobile phone.

The present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a method for mediating mobile phone mail and mobile phone content,
Based on the mail received from the mobile phone, a request to the mobile WWW content is assembled with the character extraction logic set in advance, and the request to the mobile WWW content is sent to the WWW server in a format suitable for the transmission source domain, or this If assembly is not possible, ask the user to try again and send a guidance email advising how to do that,
Receives a response from the WWW server, acquires mobile WWW content, extracts the <a> tag from the response markup language for the acquired WWW content, removes the other tags, and sets the anchor length If the length is longer than a specific length, replace the anchor with a shortened anchor for redirect processing, create a reply mail from the extracted mail and the address of the request source, or manage if the response cannot be obtained correctly Notifying the person of the abnormality,
A program for causing a computer to execute the step of sending the created reply mail to a requesting mobile phone.

The program according to the present invention is recorded on a recording medium, for example.
Examples of the medium include EPROM device, flash memory device, flexible disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disk, CD (including CD-ROM and Video-CD), DVD (DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD- RAM), ROM cartridge, RAM memory cartridge with battery backup, flash memory cartridge, nonvolatile RAM cartridge, and the like.

  In addition, a communication medium such as a wired communication medium such as a telephone line and a wireless communication medium such as a microwave line is included. The Internet is also included in the communication medium here.

  A medium is a medium in which information (mainly digital data, a program) is recorded by some physical means, and allows a processing device such as a computer or a dedicated processor to perform a predetermined function. is there.

  According to the present invention, even a portable user who uses only the mail function can use WWW content. Since it can be directly guided to the desired content without any troublesome operations, even a portable user who uses only the mail function can reach the desired content without feeling inconvenience.

  An apparatus, method, and program according to an embodiment of the present invention are middleware that links a mail function and a browser function of a mobile phone. That is, the mobile mailer operates as one mail user, and the mobile WWW content operates as one mobile browser.

  The apparatus, method, and program according to the embodiment of the present invention, in essence, receive mobile mail by SMTP or POP3, analyze the text of the industry-specific mail created by the system builder, and store the extracted data in the mobile Requests are made to the contents dedicated to the phone by HTTP, and the request responded by HTTP is sent back to the mail sender by mail.

  FIG. 1 shows a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numerals 1a and 1b denote processing apparatuses according to the embodiment of the present invention. One of the two processing apparatuses 1a and 1b functions as a main and the other functions as a sub, and performs mutual monitoring and redirect data transfer as necessary. An SMTP server 2 is connected to the Internet and receives mail from a mobile phone. Reference numeral 3 denotes a WWW server that provides portable WWW contents. The mail received by the SMTP server 2 is sent to both or one of the two processing devices 1a and 1b, where the mail text is analyzed, and contents are requested from the WWW server 3 based on the result. Then, the processing devices 1a and 1b return the acquired content to the SMTP server 2 in the form of mail. Either one of the two processing devices 1a and 1b performs processing according to the load status.

  The operation of the apparatus / method according to the embodiment of the invention will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the operation of the apparatus / method according to the embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 3 is a process flowchart.

S1: The user sends out a mail with the mailer of the mobile phone 4 by describing the title of the mail text describing the request for the mobile WWW content and the mobile WWW content to be processed or by designating a specific address.

S2: The mail server 5 of the mobile phone company transmits the mail by SMTP to the public mail server 2 or the processing device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention (the processing device 1 has a plurality of devices 1a and 1b as shown in FIG. 1). May be included). The processing device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can receive a plurality of mails in parallel at the same time (however, normally, it is assumed that it passes through the public mail server 2 as shown in FIG. 1). FIG. 3A shows a case where it passes through the public mail server 2, and FIG. 3B shows a case where it does not pass through the public mail server 2.

S3: The mail transmitted to the public mail server 2 is transferred to the address of the processing device 1 set as the reception address. As a result, the processing device 1 can be present inside the Indra Net, or the processing device 1 itself can be kept secret from the outside. If the forwarding setting cannot be made, the processing device 1 can make a reception request to the public mail server 2 by POP3. However, in this case, since one user receives at the same time, the processing amount per unit time is limited.

S4: The processing device 1 performs the following process on the received mail.
(1) Check the domain or user that can reply, and check the domain or user that cannot reply. If this condition is matched, the processing of the mail itself is ignored.
(2) Assemble a request for mobile WWW content with preset character segmentation logic. If this is not possible, the user will be asked to start over and a guidance email will be sent to advise how to do it. An example of the character segmentation logic will be described later.

  The processing device 1 determines the content of the subsequent reception process depending on the presence or absence of the processing directory name of the address part before or at the reception address of the mail sent directly or by the transfer function of the SMTP server (title processing). The directory is the address of the WWW server to which the request by e-mail should be sent.) This function is a way to respond to the desire to use the previous part of the address intentionally as data even if the addresses cannot be confirmed. This is a function that derives the processing directory based on the characteristics of the subsequent domain. This example will be described later.

  After the processes (1) and (2) are completed, a request is made to the mobile WWW content. The request makes an appropriate request according to the domain of the transmission source (that is, according to the mobile phone company). For example, in the case of vodafone.ne.jp, a request for vodafone (trademark) content is issued as an XHTML terminal. In the case of ezweb.ne.jp, a request is made as an XHTML terminal for content for ezweb (trademark). Other than these, requests are made as imode (trademark) terminals.

S5: The processing device 1 receives a response from the server 3, acquires mobile WWW content, and performs the following processing on the acquired WWW content.
(3) Remove the tag from the markup language of the response. However, since the <a> tag is a tag that can be set for mail, it is extracted for mail. If the length of the anchor is greater than or equal to a specific length, the anchor is replaced with a shortened anchor for redirect processing.
(4) Create a reply mail from the extracted mail and the request source address.
(5) If the response cannot be acquired correctly, the administrator is notified of the abnormality by e-mail using the basic function of the processing device 1a or 1b.

S6: The processing device 1 sends a reply mail to the public mail server by SMTP.
Since many mobile phone mails are so-called text mails, text mails are also sent as reply mails here, but HTML mails may be sent. In this case, not only text but also HTML is set in the reply mail and sent as HTML mail.

S7: The public mail server transfers the mail to the mobile phone company. In the case of via a public mail server, if the server is exempted from the flow restriction of the mobile phone company, there is little probability that the mail will be delayed or rejected.

S8: If the user terminal allows the domain and address of the public mail server, the mobile phone company server sends a reply mail to the mobile phone.

S9: The user can automatically hold the reply mail with the mail function. If necessary, you can connect directly to the actual mobile WWW content by selecting the link in the email.

Add a description of the email that should be sent from your mobile phone.
In order to receive the service according to the embodiment of the present invention in order to know the vacant seat inquiry and arrival / departure guidance of the aircraft, when sending to a public mail server, the destination is conv@company.co.jp. conv is an address provided for performing processing according to the embodiment of the present invention. The title should contain only abc123 and 6 single-byte lowercase numbers. The title is used to specify which mobile WWW content is to be processed, and is determined in advance. Here, the subsequent reception processing content is determined by the processing directory name (abc123) of the title part. In the text, for example, in the vacant seat inquiry, vacant seats in Tokyo from tomorrow are available. Next Tuesday vacant seats from Kagoshima to Haneda Next Thursday vacant seats from Haneda to Fukuoka, next October vacant seats from Osaka to Okinawa next vacant seats in Tokyo from the 20th of the next month, Toyama from Toyama on July 1st You can also enter it as a vacant seat. For example, in the arrival / departure guidance, you can enter and leave from Tokyo to Fukuoka and Tokyo Fukuoka to and from Nagoya Okinawa.

  In the case of the above example, as the character segmentation logic, airport names (location names) such as “Tokyo”, “Fukuoka”, “Kagoshima”, “Haneda”, “Osaka”, “Okinawa”, “Kochi”, “Toyama”, “Tomorrow”, “Tuesday”, “Thursday” “Next month”, “Next month”, “10th day”, “July 1st”, etc., and characters of inquiry contents such as “vacant seat”, “departure / departure”, “operation”, etc. are predetermined. For example, if the character of the inquiry content is cut out, and if it is “vacant seat”, a query for inquiring for a vacant seat is created, and the airport name and date character cut out at that time are used. If either the airport name or the date cannot be cut out, or if the cut out characters are inconsistent (for example, two airport names where no direct flights are in service, or the date is in the past) In response to a request for redoing, a guidance email is sent to advise how to do this.

  As described above, instead of deciding whether to continue the subsequent reception process depending on the presence or absence of the processing directory name of the title part, the subsequent reception process continuation is determined based on the @ part before the received address of the sent mail. You can also. An example is shown below.

  First method: When a character string of n1 or more and n2 characters or less exists before @, it is determined that the character string is received in the directory corresponding to the setting, and the character string is determined as received data. When a character string of n1 to n2 characters exists before @, it is determined that the processing is performed on the processing directory associated with such a condition setting.

  Second method: The same as the first method, except that the hyphen is determined by the excluded numeric character string.

  For example, even if you set a non-existent receiving address such as 1234-5678-9012@mhe.company.co.jp for a package number such as a courier service, it is judged that the number before @ is a numeric character between n1 and n2 characters Then, before @, it is determined as a processing directory corresponding to the condition of numerical characters between n1 and n2 characters (in this case, it is determined as a server that provides a courier package trace service), and 1234 It can be processed in the same way as the request set in the title or text based on -5678-9012 (in this case, the package number trace of 1234-5678-9012 is executed).

There are other methods as follows.
Third method: The processing directory is determined based on the domain (usually the public mail server or the processing apparatus 1) of the address included in the header To: field of the outgoing mail.

  For example, if 192.168.1.1 is registered, it is judged abnormal if it is sent as 1234-5678-9012@mhe.company.co.jp, but it is sent as 1234-5678-9012@192.168.1.1 If it is, it is determined to be valid, and 192.168.1.1 is determined as a processing directory (for example, a server that provides a package trace service for parcel delivery), and 1234-5678-9012 is adopted as a processing request (in this case, 1234 -5678-9012 package number trace). This method is effective even when the above two addresses are the same, even if different names are registered by a plurality of DNS or the like.

  In the case of direct transmission to the processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is abc123@ws5.company.co.jp. In this case, the content of the title is ignored. The text is the same as above.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, even a portable user who uses only the mail function can use the WWW content. Moreover, it is possible to easily connect to the WWW server by a link in the mail. Since it can be directly guided to the desired content without any troublesome operations, even a portable user who uses only the mail function can reach the desired content without feeling inconvenience. Furthermore, other content can be browsed by a link existing in the content. As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to use a browser without giving any sense of resistance to a portable user who uses only the mail function. Can be used effectively.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, since the recording as a mail automatically remains in the user's mobile phone by the function of the mailer, the entrance of the content such as the official site is located in a deep hierarchy. You can also be sent to the content at once by email. In view of this characteristic, it is considered that the embodiment of the present invention is particularly effective for guiding a portable user to simple contents of an inquiry system. For example, reserved seats, empty cars, and availability guidance. Transport operation information. Search documents such as books and CDs. Etc. If the content processing is heavy and the mobile phone often times out, the search process does not make the user feel uncomfortable, such as disconnection in the middle.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention described in the claims, and these are also included in the scope of the present invention. Needless to say.

1 is a block diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating operation | movement of the apparatus / method which concerns on embodiment of invention. It is a processing flowchart concerning an embodiment of the invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1a, 1b Processing apparatus concerning embodiment of invention 2 SMTP server 3 WWW server for mobile phones 4 Mobile phone 5 Mobile phone company mail server

Claims (7)

A first step of sending an e-mail with a mobile phone content describing a request for mobile WWW content and a title describing which mobile WWW content is to be processed or a specific address;
A second step of sending mail to a public mail server or processing device at the mail server of the mobile phone company;
A third step of forwarding the mail sent to the public mail server to the processing device set to the receiving address;
In the processing device, a request to the mobile WWW content is assembled with a character extraction logic set in advance based on the received mail, and the request is sent to the mobile WWW content in a format suitable for the source domain, or If this is not possible, the fourth step is to ask the user to start over and send a guidance email advising how to do so,
The processing device receives a response from the WWW server, acquires mobile WWW content, extracts the <a> tag from the markup language of the response for the acquired WWW content, and adds other tags. If the anchor length is longer than the specified length, replace the anchor with a shortened anchor for redirect processing, and create a reply mail from the extracted mail and the address of the request source, or the response is correct If it cannot be obtained, the fifth step of notifying the administrator of the abnormality,
A sixth step of sending the reply mail created by the processing device to the public mail server;
A seventh step of transferring the reply mail to the mail server of the mobile phone company by the public mail server;
A method for mediating a mobile phone mail and mobile phone content, comprising: an eighth step of sending a reply mail to a requesting mobile phone at a mail server of a mobile phone company.   The method of mediating a mobile phone mail and mobile phone content according to claim 1, further comprising a ninth step of directly connecting to the mobile WWW content by selecting a link in the reply mail on the mobile phone. .   2. The cellular phone mail and cellular phone according to claim 1, wherein in the fourth step, a processing content is determined based on a processing directory name indicated in a title portion of the received mail, and a request is assembled based on the processing content. A way to mediate content.   In the fourth step, when there is a character string that matches a predetermined condition in the part before @ included in the received address of the received mail, the processing of the processing directory associated when the condition is set 2. The method of mediating a mobile phone mail and mobile phone content according to claim 1, wherein the character string is determined as received data and a request is assembled based on the received character string.   2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein in the fourth step, a processing directory is determined based on a domain display after @ of an address included in a To field of a received mail header, and a request is assembled based on the directory. A method to mediate mail and mobile phone content. A system for mediating mobile phone mail and mobile phone content, comprising an SMTP server connected to the Internet and receiving mail from a mobile phone, and one or a plurality of processing devices, wherein there are a plurality of processing devices When one of them functions as the main and the other functions as a sub, they monitor each other, perform redirect data transfer if necessary,
At least one of the processing devices is
Based on the mail received from the mobile phone, a request to the mobile WWW content is assembled with the character extraction logic set in advance, and the request to the mobile WWW content is sent to the WWW server in a format suitable for the transmission source domain, or this If assembly is not possible, ask the user to try again, send a guidance email to advise how,
Receives a response from the WWW server, acquires mobile WWW content, extracts the <a> tag from the response markup language for the acquired WWW content, removes the other tags, and sets the anchor length If the length is longer than a specific length, replace the anchor with a shortened anchor for redirect processing, create a reply mail from the extracted mail and the address of the request source, or manage if the response cannot be obtained correctly Notify the person of the abnormality,
A system characterized in that the created reply mail is sent to a requesting mobile phone. A program for causing a computer to execute a method for mediating mobile phone mail and mobile phone content,
Based on the mail received from the mobile phone, a request to the mobile WWW content is assembled with the character extraction logic set in advance, and the request to the mobile WWW content is sent to the WWW server in a format suitable for the transmission source domain, or this If assembly is not possible, ask the user to try again and send a guidance email advising how to do that,
Receives a response from the WWW server, acquires mobile WWW content, extracts the <a> tag from the response markup language for the acquired WWW content, removes the other tags, and sets the anchor length If the length is longer than a specific length, replace the anchor with a shortened anchor for redirect processing, create a reply mail from the extracted mail and the address of the request source, or manage if the response cannot be obtained correctly Notifying the person of the abnormality,
A program for causing a computer to execute the step of sending the created reply mail to a requesting mobile phone.

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