JP2006059279A - Electronic mail data conversion system and information mediation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic mail data conversion system and an information mediation system capable of inexpensively and efficiently providing information. <P>SOLUTION: This electronic mail data conversion system comprises a mail receiving means receiving e-mail data such as an e-mail text, a data conversion preprocessing means preparing at least either Web site mail data or printing mail data according to the data content of the received e-mail data, a Web data generation conversion means converting the prepared Web site mail data to a Web site data format, and a printing data generation conversion means converting the printing mail data to a printing data format. In this system, at least either the Web site data or the print data are automatically generated according to the e-mail content. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an e-mail data conversion system and an information mediating system, and in particular, can supply information that can be updated at any time by e-mail transmission from a mobile phone or the like related to an information supplier with an inexpensive and simple configuration. The present invention relates to an e-mail data conversion system and an information mediating system that provide an advertisement means that can be used easily and inexpensively even by a small-scale advertiser.

  It goes without saying that providing a website on the Internet to supply information and advertise is a very general technical means in all industries. In some cases, the information supplier plans, configures, updates, and operates the Web site on its own, but it is also widely performed by Internet providers and advertising agencies on commission. In the case of, it is also natural that appropriate costs such as production costs and maintenance costs are required. The Internet advertising environment is usually sufficiently effective even if it costs a certain amount of money because of the convenience, efficiency, high search effect of information retrieval, and the freshness of information obtained for information consumers. Can be found.

  On the other hand, in e-mail communication using a mobile phone, the actual state of communication with attached data such as still images and moving image images is already common. Many proposals have been made regarding data processing in data communication using a cellular phone. For example, in Patent Document 1 listed below, a terminal that does not have application software for expanding an electronic mail including an attached file into the attached file. Even if it is received, the issue is to check the contents of the attached file appropriately, and the acquisition means for acquiring the attached file included in the e-mail, the storage means for storing the acquired attached file, and the storage Expansion means for expanding the attached file with predetermined application software, conversion means for converting the data of the expanded attachment file into data corresponding to the transmission destination, and transmission means for transmitting the converted data to the transmission destination A server system that includes

  Further, in Patent Document 2 described below, as an e-mail printing system that can print the contents of an e-mail addressed to a mobile phone and its attached file by FAX, a mail that recognizes the e-mail address, text, etc. About a content recognition unit, an incoming call notification unit for sending an incoming e-mail notification to a telephone with a telephone number registered corresponding to the destination, a means for authenticating a user on the Web, and an e-mail addressed to the authenticated user Generating means for generating a Web page for selecting the sender, text, etc., and inputting the destination telephone number of the contents, and transmitting the contents selected on the Web page as image data to the destination telephone number A system centering on an e-mail conversion server having a sending unit is proposed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-132679 “Server System, Attached File Providing Method, and Computer-Readable Recording Medium Recorded with Attached File Providing Program”. Summary, claims, FIGS. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-358754, “E-mail Conversion Server, E-mail Printing System Having the Same, and Methods Therefor”, Abstract, Claims, FIGS.

  As described above, the establishment, planning, production, and management of a Web site are generally consigned to a contractor, but there are many information supply applicants whose costs are limited. For example, there are many such small-scale businesses in the food and beverage industry, and some of these businesses are not able to introduce the Internet advertising environment by outsourcing, as well as opening and managing their own websites. However, there are many.

  On the other hand, many advertising papers and magazines such as free paper have been issued so far, and the above small-sized business operators generally use free paper. However, since this usually requires appropriate sales, printing, distribution, etc., there was a limit to reducing the advertising expenses for small-scale business operators.

  In addition, there is a customer phase in which an information consumer using the Internet and an information consumer using a paper medium such as free paper do not necessarily match completely, and the advertisement by only one spills out. Conversely, if both media can be linked, not only the advertising effect increases in quantity but also a synergistic effect can be expected.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an information supply that can be updated at any time by e-mail transmission from a mobile phone or the like related to a person on the information supply side with an inexpensive and simple configuration, excluding the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. E-mail data conversion system that provides information supply means and advertisement means that can be used easily and inexpensively, even for advertisers with limited advertising costs such as small-scale restaurants and restaurants And providing an information mediation system.

  Furthermore, the present invention provides an e-mail data conversion system and an information mediation system that can automatically execute advertisements on both the Internet and paper media only by sending an e-mail from a mobile phone or the like. That is.

  As a result of studying the above problems, the inventor of the present application has solved the above problems by using a system that receives an electronic mail transmitted from a mobile phone or the like and automatically converts the data into a format suitable for both information supply media. Has been found to be possible, leading to the present invention. That is, the invention claimed in the present application as means for solving the above problems is as follows.

(1) Email receiving means for receiving e-mail data including the e-mail text and accompanying image information and other data, if any, and the e-mail data received by the mail receiving means Data conversion preprocessing means for preparing at least one of Web site mail data and printing mail data according to the data contents, and the Web site mail data prepared by the data conversion preprocessing means for the Web site Web data generation / conversion means for converting to the data format, and print data generation / conversion means for converting the prepared mail data for printing into the data format for printing. Generation of at least one of Web site data and print data is automatic. A dynamic e-mail data conversion system.
(2) The data conversion pre-processing means converts the e-mail data into website e-mail data, print e-mail data, or dual-use data based on an identifier attached to the header information attached to the received e-mail. The e-mail data conversion system according to (1), further comprising a mail data discrimination function for discrimination.
(3) The Web data generation / conversion unit automatically converts the Web site mail data into Web data by a program, and the print data generation / conversion unit automatically converts the print mail data into print data by a program. The electronic mail data conversion system according to (1) or (2), characterized in that:
(4) The Web data and the print data are respectively stored in a print database and a homepage database by being decomposed into titles, body texts, and attached files, organized and stored, and (1) to (3) The e-mail data conversion system described in any one.

(5) The electronic mail data conversion system according to any one of (1) to (4), which processes electronic mail data transmitted from the information supply side communication terminal via the Internet, and the electronic mail data conversion system It consists of a web server and a print production terminal for connecting and processing or outputting the data generated by conversion in this way, and sending it by receiving an e-mail from the information supply side communication terminal From the e-mail data related to the e-mail, at least one of the data for the website or the data for printing is generated, and the contents that can be viewed on the web page can be output by the web server, and the printed matter The printed product can be output by the production terminal, and the e-mail data is used for both purposes. In the case of data, the same content can be output as content on a Web page and printed matter by the Web server.
(6) The web server is provided with a mail server or a mail server function, and is capable of distributing contents viewable on the web page to the information demand side terminal capable of browsing the web page via the Internet. The information mediating system according to (5), characterized in that
(7) The e-mail data relates to restaurant / business information, and the Web page includes information on sales / advertisement information of a plurality of restaurants as needed. It is an information magazine in which restaurant / business information is posted / provided, and based on the e-mail transmitted from the information supply side terminal of the restaurant using this system, both the Web page and the printed matter The information mediation system according to (5) or (6), characterized in that it is possible to provide restaurant / sales / advertisement information by a medium.

  Since the e-mail data conversion system and the information mediation system of the present invention are configured as described above, according to this, the information supply that can be updated at any time by e-mail transmission from a mobile phone or the like related to a person on the information supply side is provided. It can be performed with an inexpensive and simple configuration, and thereby, it is possible to obtain an advertising means that can be used easily and at low cost even for an advertiser whose advertising cost is limited, such as a small-scale restaurant. Thus, it is possible to obtain an information supply means that can be easily used at low cost.

  In addition, it is possible to automatically supply and advertise information on both the Internet and paper media only by sending an e-mail from a mobile phone or the like. Savings and submission effort are reduced, and the advertising effect can be further enhanced by both media.

  Furthermore, for those who operate each system of the present invention, it is possible to cultivate a new advertising market such as the food and beverage industry, and to improve production efficiency.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of an e-mail data conversion system of the present invention. Also,
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of e-mail data in the e-mail data conversion system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the present system 10 includes a mail receiving means 1 for receiving e-mail data De including an e-mail text and accompanying image information and other data, if included, and the e-mail. Data conversion preprocessing means 2 for preparing at least one of Web site mail data DeW and print mail data DeP from the e-mail data De received by the receiving means 1 according to the data contents, and before the data conversion Web data generation conversion means 3 for converting the Web site mail data DeW prepared by the processing means 2 into a data format for the Web site, and the similarly prepared print mail data DeP into a data format for printing Print data generation / conversion means 4 (invention (1) above).

  With this configuration, in the e-mail data conversion system 1 of the present invention, the e-mail data De is received by the e-mail receiving means 1, and the e-mail data De is received by the data conversion preprocessing means 2 according to the data contents. The website mail data DeW is prepared separately from at least one of the website mail data DeW and the print mail data DeP, and the website mail data DeW is converted into the data format for the website by the web data generation and conversion means 3. The print mail data DeP is converted into a print data format by the print data generation / conversion unit 4, and finally, at least one of the website data DW and the print data DP according to the content of the e-mail. One generation is done automatically.

  In these figures, the system 10 uses the data conversion preprocessing means 2 to convert the e-mail data De into the Web site mail data DeW based on the identifier attached to the header information attached to the received e-mail. Further, it is possible to adopt a configuration provided with a mail data discrimination function 21 for discriminating between print mail data DeP or dual-use data (the invention of (2) above).

  With this configuration, in the present email data conversion system 1, based on the identifier attached to the header information attached to the received email by the mail data discrimination function 21 provided in the data conversion preprocessing means 2, The e-mail data De is discriminated as Web site mail data DeW, print mail data DeP, or dual-use data, and processed by the Web data generation conversion unit 3 and print data generation conversion unit 4.

  As such an identifier, in order to sort the data in the mail data discrimination function 21, an appropriate character string indicating the use of the data or a display by appropriately combining symbols / characters / numbers can be used. Regardless of this, for example, a display showing the region for sorting and processing the data that will be finally played back according to the region from which the data is sent, or the sorting and processing by the type of business and store type or category of the data source. A display or the like indicating the category for the purpose can be used as appropriate.

  In the electronic mail data conversion system 1 according to the present invention, the Web data generation / conversion unit 3 automatically converts the Web site mail data DeW into Web data by a program, and the print data generation / conversion unit 4 executes the program by the program. Print mail data DeP can be automatically converted into print data (the invention of (3) above), and the Web data and print data are decomposed into a print database and a home page database, respectively, into titles, body text, and attached files. It can be arranged and stored (the invention of (4) above).

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the information mediating system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the information mediating system 100 includes one of the above-described e-mail data conversion systems 15 for processing e-mail data De transmitted from the information supply side communication terminal 6 via the Internet 8, The web server 30 is connected to the electronic mail data conversion system 15 to process or output data converted and generated by the electronic mail data conversion system 15, and a print production terminal 40. Is received from the email data De related to the sent email, and at least one of the website data DW and the print data DP is generated, and the web server 30 creates the web page. The content C that can be browsed above can be output, and the printed matter When the operation terminal 40 can output the printed matter and the e-mail data De is the dual-use data, the same content is configured to be output as the Web page content C by the Web server 30 and the printed matter. This is characterized (the invention of the above (5)).

  With this configuration, in the information mediating system 100, when an e-mail is transmitted from the information supply side communication terminal 6 via the Internet 8, the e-mail data De is converted by any of the e-mail data conversion systems 15 described above. After the processing, at least one of the website data DW and the print data DP is generated, and the website data DW is output as content C that can be viewed on the web page by the web server 30. The print data DP is output as a printed matter by the printed matter producing terminal 40, and when the e-mail data De is the dual-use data, the same content is the content C on the web page by the web server 30. In addition, it is output as a printed matter. In this way, the data of the electronic mail (including the case where data such as an image is attached. The same applies hereinafter) transmitted from the information supply side communication terminal 6 is processed by the information mediating system 100, It can be automatically output as content on a Web page, as printed matter such as free paper, or as both.

  As the communication terminal 6, an electronic computer having an internet communication function or an internet communication device having an electronic computer function can be used. The same applies to the information providing side communication terminal described later.

  The print production terminal has not only a function for printing the print data DP but also a software and hardware configuration capable of desktop publishing (DTP). The production effort is reduced, and automatic print production can be obtained.

  In the figure, in the information mediating system 100, the Web server 30 is provided with a mail server 35 or a mail server function, and the information demand side terminal 9 capable of browsing the Web page is connected to the Web page via the Internet 8 on the Web page. It can be set as the structure which can deliver the content which can be browsed (invention of said (6)).

  With this configuration, in the information mediating system 100, the mail server 35 or mail server function provided in the web server 30 allows the information demand side terminal 9 that can browse the web page to be transmitted on the web page via the Internet 8. Content that can be browsed with can be distributed.

  In other words, according to such a configuration, the information demand side communication terminal 9 uses the two methods of browsing the web page and receiving the delivery by the mail server 35 or the like, so that the content C related to the transmission from the information supply side communication terminal 6 Can be obtained.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which the present information mediation system is used for mediation of sales / advertisement information. Needless to say, this is an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

  As shown in the figure, in this system, business / advertising information for restaurants is handled as e-mail data, and sales / advertisement information for multiple restaurants is posted / provided on the Web page as needed. It is an information magazine on which sales and advertisement information is posted / provided, and based on the e-mail sent from the information supply side terminal of the restaurant using this system, the website of the restaurant can use both the web page and the printed material. Sales / advertisement information can be provided (the invention of (7) above).

  In the example of FIG. 4, a mobile phone is used as the information supply side communication terminal and the information demand side communication terminal, and the e-mail data conversion system is shown as a data conversion mail server (MAILSERVER). Further, the web server and the mail server are shown as portable web servers / mail servers (WEBSERVER / MAILSERVER). For convenience of mail delivery to the demand side communication terminal of the media information, the information consumer side communication terminal and its server A user mail registration database is provided for storing and storing necessary data regarding the owner. The printed material production terminal is configured to be capable of DTP and printing.

  In the data conversion mail server, Web data (WEB data) browsed on a website and mail data (MAIL data) supplied with information in the form of mail distribution via the website may be generated separately. it can.

  With such a system configuration, a restaurant (subscriber) that uses the information mediation system of the present invention uses a mobile phone or other information supply side communication terminal related to its operation to supply information to consumers and to advertise information (text) , Photos, etc.) in a form that can be distinguished so that it can be processed for advertising via a website (for WEB / MAIL) and for advertising by printed matter (for free paper), respectively. The e-mail is transmitted to the e-mail data conversion system via the Internet.

  Web data and mail data generated by the e-mail data conversion system are sent to a Web server / mail server, and contents, Web sites, and Internet that can be browsed by the information demand side communication terminal via the Internet on the Web site, respectively. It is provided as an electronic mail distributed to the information demand side communication terminal.

  On the other hand, printing data (for free paper) generated by the e-mail data conversion system is sent to a printed material production terminal and provided as free paper.

  Therefore, in this system example, the information supply side (the restaurant and restaurant store) only needs to send an e-mail once, and the advertisement opportunity on the web site based on it and the advertisement opportunity on the print media such as free paper can be obtained. It can be obtained simultaneously. On the other hand, the information demand side (restaurant user) can obtain information from both the website and the printed material medium, and can also obtain automatic information distribution by being registered in the database of the mail server. At that time, it is possible to appropriately obtain a distribution by selecting a specific information supply entity (a restaurant), a business location, a business content, and the like.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of Web site search performed on the information demand side communication terminal in the system example of FIG. As shown in the figure, the content on the website is configured so that you can search by specific store name directly, or you can narrow down the search by restaurant business details (provided service content category) or region, etc. This can be done as appropriate. Moreover, all the information browsed as a search result can use the information (sentence, photograph, title, etc.) from the information supply side communication terminal as it is.

  Regardless of this configuration, the same information that is handled by this system is used independently from this system from the information supply side communication terminal such as a restaurant that is a user of this information mediation system. Needless to say, it can be automatically distributed to the side communication terminal.

  Since the e-mail data conversion system and the information mediation system of the present invention are configured as described above, according to this, the information supply that can be updated at any time by e-mail transmission from a mobile phone or the like related to a person on the information supply side is provided. It can be performed with an inexpensive and simple configuration, and thereby, it is possible to obtain an advertising means that can be used easily and at low cost even for an advertiser whose advertising cost is limited, such as a small-scale restaurant. Thus, it is possible to obtain an information supply means that can be easily used at low cost. Therefore, it is an invention with high industrial utility value for both businesses and advertising industries with limited advertising costs, such as small-scale food and beverage industries.

It is a block diagram which shows the basic composition of the email data conversion system of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the email data in the email data conversion system of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the basic composition of the information mediating system of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example at the time of using this information mediation system for the mediation of sales / advertisement information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a screen output expansion | deployment in the information consumer (user) side communication terminal in the Example shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mail reception means 2 ... Data conversion pre-processing means 3 ... Web data generation conversion means 4 ... Print data generation conversion means 6 ... Information supply side communication terminal 8 ... Internet 9 ... Information consumer side communication terminals 10, 15 ... Electronic Mail data conversion system 21 ... Mail data discrimination function 30 ... Web server 35 ... Mail server 40 ... Print production terminal 100 ... Information mediation system C ... Content De ... Email data DeW ... Website mail data DeP ... Mail data for printing DP ... Print data DW ... Web site data P1 ... Mail reception process P2 ... Data conversion pre-processing process P3 ... Web data generation conversion process P4 ... Print data generation conversion process

Claims (7)

If the email text and accompanying image information and other data are attached, the email receiving means for receiving the email data including the data, and the data from the email data received by the email receiving means Data conversion preprocessing means for preparing at least one of Web site mail data and printing mail data according to the contents, and Web site mail data prepared by the data conversion preprocessing means Web data generation / conversion means for converting data into print data, and print data generation / conversion means for converting print mail data prepared in the same way into a data format for printing. Generation of data and / or print data automatically Is is, e-mail data conversion system. The data conversion pre-processing means determines the e-mail data as Web site mail data, print mail data, or dual-use data based on an identifier attached to header information attached to the received e-mail. The e-mail data conversion system according to claim 1, further comprising a mail data discrimination function. The Web data generation / conversion unit automatically converts the Web site mail data into Web data by a program, and the print data generation / conversion unit automatically converts the print mail data into print data by a program. The e-mail data conversion system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that 4. The Web data and the print data are respectively stored in a print database and a home page database by being decomposed into titles, body texts, and attached files, organized and stored. E-mail data conversion system. 5. The electronic mail data conversion system according to claim 1, which processes electronic mail data transmitted from the information supply side communication terminal via the Internet, and is connected to the electronic mail data conversion system, thereby It consists of a Web server for processing or outputting in addition to the converted and generated data, and a printed material production terminal. By receiving an e-mail from the information supply side communication terminal, it relates to the sent e-mail. At least one of website data and print data is generated from the e-mail data, and contents that can be viewed on a web page can be output by the web server, and printed matter can be output by the printed matter production terminal. Can be output, and the e-mail data is the dual-purpose data. If that is characterized in that the same content can be output as a Web page on the content as well as the printed matter according to the Web server, the information intervention system. The web server is provided with a mail server or a mail server function, and is capable of distributing content viewable on the web page to the information demand side terminal capable of browsing the web page via the Internet. The information mediating system according to claim 5. The e-mail data relates to business / advertisement information of restaurants, the Web page includes information on business / advertisement information of a plurality of restaurants, and the printed matter includes a plurality of restaurants. It is an information magazine on which sales and advertising information is posted and provided, and based on the e-mail transmitted from the information supply side terminal of the restaurant that uses this system, it can be consumed by both the web page and the printed material. The information mediating system according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that it can provide store sales / advertisement information.