JP2006209522A - Network terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network terminal capable of creating a change notice of supporting and executing personal identification information via electronic mail, selecting a destination address, or the dispatch of the change notice. <P>SOLUTION: This network terminal is provided with a user identification information table storing a plurality of pieces of identification information about users including mail addresses, a mail sentence template database 305 storing a mail sentence template and a mail destination category in association with a combination of changed identification information among a plurality of pieces of identification information about the users including the mail addresses, and a mail control part 304 detecting a combination of changes in user identification information in the user identification information registration table, selecting the mail text template and the destination category from the mail sentence template database according to the detected combination, and creating a mail by using the mail address included in the selected destination category as an address and the selected mail sentence template as a mail sentence. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a network terminal, and more particularly to a network terminal capable of transmitting a desired mail to a desired destination without omission.

  Electronic mail is transmitted / received via a network such as the Internet or via a mail server device having functions such as SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and POP (Post Office Protocol). The received mail is displayed by software having a mail function of the client terminal (network terminal). You can also send emails using this software.

  Further, the network terminal has an address book in order to realize a mail transmission / reception function. The address book stores not only the address of the individual unit but also the group of a certain attribute unit, and transmission to the group unit is possible. As an example of the group address, for example, “XX Friendship Association”, “△△ Company”, and the like can be considered. By the way, when a change occurs in the user identification information (for example, own mail address, address, telephone number, etc.), it is necessary to notify the necessary member or group of the change of the identification information. This change notification work is complicated, and therefore, a notification of change notification is likely to occur.

  In particular, in recent years, there have been frequent cases in which notification of change of a telephone number accompanying a change in the model of a mobile phone has to be made by e-mail or the like. And since such a change notification work is troublesome, the situation where the model change must be restricted has also occurred.

As a technique for dealing with such a problem, for example, in Patent Document 1, address information is collected from each address book used by members in a specific group and stored in an address book storage repository. When a member's address information is changed, a user who uses the member's address information is searched from the address book storage repository, and the changed address information is distributed only to the user. It is shown (refer patent document 1).
JP 2003-134260 A

  According to the prior art, when the address information of a member of a group is changed, the change can be reflected in the address book of each member, and the telephone number update notification omission in the case of organizational reorganization, etc. Etc. can be prevented in advance. However, it is not a technology that supports the creation, sending, and the like of e-mails that notify changes in identification information.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and provides a network terminal capable of supporting and executing creation of a change notification of personal identification information by e-mail, selection of a destination address, or sending of a change notification. It is.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following means.

  Mail text corresponding to the combination of the user identification information table in which a plurality of user identification information including his / her mail address is registered and the plurality of user identification information including the mail address are changed. A combination of a mail text template database storing a template and a notification destination category of mail and a change of user identification information in the user identification information registration table is detected, and from the mail text template database according to the detected combination There is provided a mail control unit that selects a mail text template and a notification destination category, and creates a mail with the mail address included in the selected notification destination category as a destination and the selected mail text template as a mail text.

  Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, it is possible to provide a network terminal capable of executing creation of a change notification of personal identification information by e-mail, selection of a destination address, or sending of a change notification.

  Hereinafter, the best embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an example of a network system using a network terminal according to the present invention. Here, a PC (personal computer) will be described as an example of the network terminal.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the network system includes server devices 102 and 103, a plurality of PCs 104 connected to these server devices 102 and 103 via a local area network (LAN), the Internet 101 connecting the servers, and the like. Network.

  In FIG. 1, server devices 102 and 103 each have at least a mail server function. The PC 104 has a function of displaying a list of e-mails received via at least the Internet 101.

In FIG. 1, the server apparatus is displayed as one server apparatus 102, but it can also be configured by sharing functions by a plurality of server apparatuses.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the details of the server apparatuses 102 and 103. In the figure, reference numeral 201 denotes a communication control unit that controls LAN, TCP / IP protocol, and the like. Reference numeral 202 denotes a transmission unit that performs mail transmission control, 203 denotes a reception unit that performs mail reception control, and 204 denotes a mail control unit that performs mail display, creation, editing processing, and the like. Reference numeral 205 denotes a database storing a list of outgoing mails, and 206 denotes a database storing a list of received mails. Each of these processing units can be realized by a program or hardware.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the details of the PC 104. In the figure, reference numeral 301 denotes a communication control unit, which controls LAN, TCP / IP protocol, and the like. Reference numeral 302 denotes a transmission unit that performs mail transmission control, and 303 denotes a reception unit that performs mail reception control. Reference numeral 304 denotes a mail control unit that displays, creates, and edits mail. Reference numeral 305 denotes a database that registers personally managed mail address information and the like. Reference numeral 306 denotes an edit processing unit that has a registration information change function of the address book database 305. Each of these processing units can be realized by a program or hardware.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the user identification information table 500. In this table, a plurality of identification information including the user's mail address is registered. In the figure, reference numeral 501 denotes a registered item, 502 denotes current registration information, 503 denotes a change flag corresponding to each item, and “1” is set to the corresponding change flag when there is an item change. Note that an address, a mobile phone number, and the like may be added to the user identification information table 500.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the mail address book database 600. Reference numeral 601 denotes a destination name, 602 denotes a destination mail address, 603 denotes a group name to which the destination belongs, 604 denotes a category to which the group name 603 belongs, and 605 denotes a notification target flag. The notification target flag 605 is a flag that indicates whether or not to send a mail to the mail transmission target address 602. For example, each time a mail is sent by setting the flag to “1” for the destination to which the mail is to be sent. Reset the flag. As a result, even if the process is interrupted due to a PC hang-up or the like during email transmission work and the PC is reset, after restarting, this notification target flag is checked sequentially so that there is no transmission omission. Processing can be continued accurately.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the mail text template database 700. In the combination of the changed identification information among a plurality of user identification information (home phone number, company department signature, mail address) including the mail address. Correspondingly, a mail text template and a mail notification destination category are stored.

  In the figure, 710 indicates a combination of change items (711 is a change flag value that is set when the name is changed, 712 is a change flag value that is set when the company department signature is changed, and 713 is an e-mail address. Indicates the value of the change flag that is set when the is changed). Reference numeral 720 denotes a notification mail sentence template set corresponding to the combination of change items, and reference numeral 730 denotes a notification destination category set corresponding to the combination of change items.

  In this example, grouping is specified as the notification destination category, but not only a group but also a method of specifying individual target persons is possible. Alternatively, the file name of the corresponding address list may be set as link information in the column of the notification destination category 730 instead of the category name.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an editing screen when editing (changing) the identification information of the user including the mail address. The user identification information including the mail address is registered in the user identification information table shown in FIG.

  In the figure, reference numeral 800 denotes a user identification information registration content editing screen including a mail address. Reference numeral 801 denotes the home telephone number of the user, 802 denotes the department name of the company, and 803 denotes the registered contents of the mail address. Reference numeral 805 denotes a confirmation button for validating the editing content, and 806 denotes a cancel button for invalidating the editing work.

  When input is made to each of the areas 801, 802, and 803, it is considered that the area has been changed, and “1” is set in the corresponding change flag 503.

  Here, for further strictness, the accuracy can be improved by comparing the contents before and after the change to know the change and setting the change flag.

  In addition, when a confirmation button 805 is pressed, a notification destination selection confirmation screen shown in any of the sub screens 810, 820, and 830 is displayed as an editing screen. In the figure, 810 is a notification destination selection confirmation screen when the notification destination category is “all”, 811 is a confirmation button for validating the selected content, and 812 is a cancel button for invalidating the selected content. Show.

  Reference numeral 820 denotes a notification destination selection confirmation screen when the notification destination category is “company”, 821 denotes a confirmation button for validating the selected content, and 822 denotes a cancel button for invalidating the selected content.

  Reference numeral 830 denotes a notification destination selection confirmation screen when the notification destination category is “individual”, 831 denotes a confirmation button for validating the selected content, and 832 denotes a cancel button for invalidating the selected content.

  Here, in a state where the notification destination selection confirmation screen shown in any one is displayed, a process of automatically transmitting to the automatically selected notification destination is started by pressing the confirmation button 811 or the like. As a result, the change contents of the user identification information are notified to the notification destination of the designated category.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of a mail for notifying change contents of registration contents of the user identification information table. In the figure, 900 shows an example of a notification mail created when the company department signature 802 and the mail address 803 are changed. Reference numeral 901 denotes an e-mail destination field for setting a notification destination name. Reference numeral 902 denotes a template sentence in which the contents of the mail sentence template 720 selected from the mail sentence template file of FIG. 6 are set.

In 903 and 904, the contents changed in FIG. 7, the contents of the company department signature 802, and the e-mail address 803 are set. Reference numeral 905 denotes a signature column of the mail creator.

  As described above, the mail sentence template, the mail notification destination, and the changed content are set in correspondence with the combination of the identification information changed in FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing details of the user identification information editing process. First, backup is performed for the information in the currently registered user identification information table 500 (S1008), and the user identification information editing screen 800 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed (S1001). When the home phone number 801 is changed via the edit screen (S1002), the input change content 801 is reflected in the corresponding column of the corresponding current registration information 502, and the corresponding change flag 503 is set to “1”. (S1003).

  When the company department signature 802 is changed via the edit screen (S1004), the input change content 802 is reflected in the corresponding column of the corresponding current registration information 502, and the corresponding change flag 503 is set to “1”. (S1005).

  When the mail address 803 is changed via the edit screen (S1006), the input change content 803 is reflected in the corresponding column of the corresponding current registration information 502, and the corresponding change flag 503 is set to “1” ( S1007). Next, when the OK button 805 is pressed (S1009), the notification destination address selection process shown in FIG. 10 is started. When the cancel button 806 is pressed (S1010), the registration item 501 and the current registration information 502 are restored from the backup data, the all change flag 503 is cleared, and the process ends (S1011).

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing details of the notification destination address selection process. First, using the value of the change flag 503 shown in FIG. 4 as a key, a change item combination 710 in the mail text template database 700 is searched (S1101), and the corresponding mail text template 720 and notification destination category 730 are selected (S1102).

  When the notification destination category is “all”, all addresses registered in the mail address book 600 shown in FIG. 5 are selected as notification destinations, and “1” is set in the notification target flags 605 of all rows (S1103). Further, a notification destination selection confirmation screen 810 is displayed (S1104).

  When the notification destination category is “company”, “1” is set in the corresponding notification target flag 605 of the registered entry whose category type 604 of the mail address book 600 is “company” (S1105), and further the notification destination selection confirmation A screen 820 is displayed (S1106).

  When the notification destination category is “personal”, “1” is set in the corresponding notification target flag 605 of the registered entry whose category type 604 of the mail address book 600 is “personal” (S 1107), and further the notification destination selection confirmation A screen 830 is displayed (S1108).

  When the confirmation button is pressed on each of the confirmation screens 810, 820, and 830 (S1110), the change notification mail creation and transmission process of FIG. 11 is started.

  When the cancel button is pressed (S1109), the registration item 501 and the current registration information 502 are restored from the backup data, the all notification target flag 605 is cleared, and the process ends (S1111).

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing details of the change notification mail creation and transmission process. First, the mail address book 600 shown in FIG. 5 is scanned (S1209), a registered entry in which “1” is set in the notification target flag is detected (S1201), and the group name 603 and name 601 of the corresponding entry are sent to the mail destination. It is set in the column 1001 (S1202). Next, the change item combination 710 in the mail text template database 700 is searched using the combination of the change flags 503 as a key (S1203), the corresponding mail text template is extracted, and set as the mail text 902 of the notification mail (S1204).

  Next, the current registration information 502 in which “1” is set in the change flag 503 is set in the change contents 903 and 904 of the notification mail (S1205). Further, the current registration information 502 corresponding to all the registration items 501 is set in the signature field 905 of the notification mail as a signature field (S1206). Thereafter, the created mail is transmitted (S1207) and the notification target flag 605 is cleared (S1208). The above processing is repeated until the last entry in the mail address book 600 is detected (S1208).

  As described above, the flag is set to “1” for the destination to which the mail is to be sent, and the flag is reset every time the mail is sent. Even when the PC is reset, this flag can be rescanned at the time of restart, and the notification process can be completed without fail.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a change in the identification information of a user including an email address is detected, an email message is sent to notify the change according to the detected change content, and the created email message is Can be sent. The destination of the mail text can be selected according to the notification destination category set in the mail text template database from the addresses stored in the address book database. For this reason, it is possible to efficiently create a change notification of personal identification information by e-mail, select a destination address, or send a change notification.

It is a figure explaining the example of the network system using the network terminal which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the detail of the server apparatuses 102 and 103. FIG. It is a figure explaining the detail of PC104. It is a figure explaining the user identification information table. It is a figure explaining the mail address book database 600. FIG. It is a figure explaining the mail text template database. It is a figure explaining the edit screen at the time of editing (changing) the identification information of a user including a mail address. It is a figure explaining the example of the mail which notifies the change content of the registration content of a user identification information table. It is a figure which shows the detail of a user identification information edit process. It is a figure which shows the detail of a notification destination address selection process. It is a figure which shows the detail of a change notification mail preparation and transmission process.

Explanation of symbols

101 Internet 102, 103 Server device 104 PC
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 201 Communication control part 202 Transmission part 203 Reception part 204 Mail control part 205 Transmission mail list 206 Received mail list 301 Communication control part 302 Transmission part 303 Reception part 304 Mail control part 305 Database 306 Address book edit process part

Claims (4)

A user identification information table in which a plurality of identification information of users including an email address is registered;
A mail text template database storing a mail text template and a mail notification destination category corresponding to a combination of the changed identification information among a plurality of user identification information including the mail address;
A combination of changes in user identification information in the user identification information registration table is detected, a mail text template and a notification destination category are selected from the mail text template database according to the detected combination, and the selected notification destination category is selected. A network terminal comprising: a mail control unit that creates a mail with a mail text template selected as a destination and a mail text template selected as a mail text. The network terminal according to claim 1, wherein
The network terminal according to claim 1, wherein the user identification information table includes a flag indicating whether or not the user identification information is changed. The network terminal according to claim 1, wherein
A mail transmission target address is stored for each category, and a flag indicating whether or not a mail is transmitted for each mail transmission target address is provided, and the mail control unit resets the flag every time a mail is transmitted. Feature network terminal.   A user identification information table in which a plurality of identification information of users including a mail address is registered, a mail text template and a mail corresponding to a combination of the identification information changed among the plurality of identification information of the users A mail text template database storing the notification destination category, and a combination of changes in the user identification information in the user identification information registration table, and a mail text template is detected from the mail text template database according to the detected combination And a program for selecting a notification destination category and functioning as a means for creating a mail having the mail address included in the selected notification destination category as a destination and a selected mail text template as a mail text.

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