JP2006252199A - Receiving device, display method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To arrange exchange of mails of the same title in a visually easy-to-understand manner in a mailer system performing transmitting and receiving of e-mails. <P>SOLUTION: In the receiving device for arranging mails so that the relationship of the mails is easy to understand, analysis of header information is performed upon receipt of e-mail to determine whether the subject name of an arrived mail is present on a received mail box containing received mails or not. If it is present, the arrived mail is arranged and displayed with mails of the same subject name on a matrix based on transmitters and transmitting dates thereof. Further, the result matrix-displayed with the transmitters and transmitting dates are stored as a file, and when an e-mail of the same subject is arrived, it is added to this file to update the file. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a receiving device, a display method, and a program for easily organizing mail connections.

  An e-mail user belongs to a plurality of communities such as a workplace, a school, an acquaintance, and a mailing list on a specific theme, and often exchanges e-mails with an unspecified number of people. In such a case, the mail may be classified by filtering under a condition that a predetermined subject, sender, or keyword is included. However, even if the classification is performed by filtering, the connection between the contents of the mails has to be determined by the user himself / herself browsing each mail.

Conventionally, a receiving apparatus that organizes this type of mail connection in an easy-to-understand manner combines mails of the same subject in time series.
As an example of the receiving device, when a specific subject is designated, a mail group with a corresponding subject is extracted from the storage area of the transmitted / received mail, and a question sentence, a request sentence, and a reply sentence to the mail are extracted from the body of the mail group. Are extracted, summarized, and output as a document file (see Patent Document 1).

However, since the above-mentioned receiving device extracts a question sentence, a request sentence, and an answer sentence from the body of the mail group, a high-level analysis function is required for the system, and if there is not enough analysis ability, an extraction error occurs. Occurs.
In addition, in the conventional receiving apparatus, although the time series connection is known, it is difficult to visually understand the exchange of mail between senders.

In addition, there is known a conventional technique for easily searching, editing, and displaying only mail data exchanged for a specific partner and a specific matter in an electronic mail control device (see Patent Document 2). .
This electronic mail control device includes a mail storage means for storing mail data, an item designation means for designating an arbitrary communication destination and subject, and a communication destination and subject identical to the communication destination and subject designated by the item designation means. Common mail search means for searching for common mail data from the mail storage means, and common mail for displaying each mail data common to the designated communication destination and subject searched by the common mail search means in a table format And a display means.

JP 2002-244976 A JP 2000-163339 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a receiving device, a display method, and a program that arrange mails in a matrix by arranging the mails in a matrix without changing the contents of the mail text.

  In the following, means for solving the problem will be described using the numbers used in [Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention] in parentheses. These numbers are added to clarify the correspondence between the description of [Claims] and [Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention]. However, these numbers should not be used to interpret the technical scope of the invention described in [Claims].

  The receiving device of the present invention analyzes header information of new data transmitted from an external device and saved data transmitted from the external device before the new data, and the header information includes identification information common to the new data. An analysis unit (12) for discriminating the stored data including: an organized display unit (14) for displaying the stored data including the new data and the common identification information on a matrix based on a sender and a transmission time; It comprises.

  In the receiving apparatus of the present invention, the organizing display unit (14) displays a data body of stored data including the new data and the common identification information on the matrix.

  In another receiving apparatus of the present invention, the organizing display unit (14) displays a data name of the stored data including the new data and the common identification information on the matrix.

  The receiving apparatus of the present invention further includes a result storage unit (15) for storing the results displayed on the matrix in a file.

  The receiving apparatus of the present invention further includes a receiving unit (11) that receives the new data, and a storage unit (13) that stores the new data as the saved data.

  In the receiving apparatus of the present invention, the receiving unit (11) is configured to analyze the header information of the new data and the saved data after the analyzing unit (12) analyzes the new data in the storage unit (13). Send.

  In another receiving device of the present invention, the receiving unit (11) transmits the new data to the storage unit (13), and the analyzing unit (12) includes the new data included in the storage unit (13). And analyzing the header information of the stored data.

  In another receiving apparatus of the present invention, the receiving unit (11) transmits the new data to the analyzing unit (12), and the analyzing unit (12) includes header information of the new data and the stored data. After the analysis, the new data is transmitted to the storage unit (13).

  The receiving device of the present invention includes a receiving unit (11) for receiving mail, a header information analyzing unit (12) for analyzing header information of the mail, a mailbox (13) for storing the mail, and the header information. Based on the analysis result of the header information of the mail received by the receiving unit (11) and the mail stored in the mailbox (13), the analysis unit (12) is the same of the incoming mail and the stored mail. An organization display unit (14) for displaying a mail having a subject on a matrix based on a sender and a transmission time is provided.

  The receiving apparatus of the present invention further includes a file storage unit (15) for storing the result of the organization display unit (14) organizing and displaying on a matrix in a file.

  The display method of the present invention analyzes new data transmitted from an external device and header information of saved data transmitted from the external device before the new data, and the header information includes identification information common to the new data. And storing the new data and the stored data including the common identification information on a matrix on the basis of the sender and the transmission time.

  In the display method of the present invention, a data body of stored data including the new data and the common identification information is displayed on the matrix.

  In the display method of the present invention, the data name of the stored data including the new data and the common identification information is displayed on the matrix.

  The display method of the present invention further includes a step of saving the result displayed on the matrix in a file.

  The display method of the present invention further includes a step of receiving the new data by the receiving unit (11) and a step of storing the new data as the stored data by the storage unit (13).

  The display method of the present invention further includes a step in which the receiving unit (11) transmits the new data to the storage unit (13) after the header information of the new data and the stored data is analyzed. To do.

  In the display method of the present invention, the receiving unit (11) transmits the new data to the storage unit (13), and the new data and the stored data header information of the storage unit (13) are stored. A step of performing analysis.

  In the display method of the present invention, the receiving unit (11) transmits the new data to the analyzing unit (12), and the analyzing unit (12) analyzes the header information of the new data and the stored data. And the step of transmitting the new data to the storage unit (13).

  The display method of the present invention includes a step of receiving a mail, a step of analyzing the header information of the mail, a step of storing the mail, and a result of analyzing the header information of the received mail and the stored mail. And displaying the mail having the same subject among the incoming mail and the stored mail on a matrix on the basis of the sender and the transmission time.

  The display method of the present invention further includes a step of saving the results organized and displayed on the matrix in a file.

  The program of the present invention causes a computer to execute the above display method.

  In the present invention, since the sender and the transmission date and time are displayed in a matrix, the exchange of individual mails can be easily understood visually.

Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the receiving apparatus of the present invention includes a receiving unit 11, a header information analyzing unit 12, a received mail box 13, and a mail organizing / displaying unit 14.
The receiving unit 11 receives mail. The header information analysis unit 12 analyzes mail header information. The reception mailbox 13 stores mail. The mail organization display unit 14 organizes and displays mail.

  In the header information added to the mail, information indispensable for mail transmission / reception and important data such as the mail sender and receiver, the server through which the mail is passed, and the title are written.

With reference to FIG. 2, the basic operation of the receiving apparatus of the present invention will be described.
The receiving unit 11 monitors incoming mail (step S101). Note that the header information analysis unit 12 may monitor incoming mail to the reception unit 11. When mail arrives, the receiving unit 11 sends the incoming mail to the header information analysis unit 12. At this time, the reception unit 11 may notify the header information analysis unit 12 of the incoming mail, and the header information analysis unit 12 may read the incoming mail in the reception unit 11.

  The header information analysis unit 12 analyzes the header information of the incoming mail, and further analyzes the header information for the received mail in the received mail box 13 (step S102). Here, the header information analysis unit 12 accesses the received mail box 13 and analyzes the received mail header information. However, as another method, the received mail box 13 receives the received mail. May be transmitted to the header information analysis unit 12. In this case, after the header information is analyzed, the irrelevant received mail that the header information analysis unit 12 has may be discarded. In addition, for example, by setting a condition such that only mail received within two months is sent to the header information analysis unit 12, and not only all received mail but only mail that meets the condition is received, It is possible to reduce the number of emails to be analyzed and reduce the time required to transfer received emails and analyze header information.

  As a result of analyzing the header information, the header information analysis unit 12 transmits an incoming mail and a mail having the same subject to the mail organization display unit 14 if a mail having the same subject as the incoming mail is included in the received mail. If a mail having the same subject as the incoming mail is not included in the received mail, the process is terminated (step S103). If a mail with the same subject as the incoming mail is not included in the received mail, the incoming mail is displayed by the conventional display method. At this time, in order to display only the incoming mail, the incoming mail may be transmitted to the mail organization / display unit 14.

  The mail organization / display unit 14 organizes and displays the mail having the same subject name as the incoming mail on the matrix based on the sender and the transmission date / time (step S104). At this time, only mails having the same subject may be displayed in a matrix on the matrix, and incoming mails may be displayed independently.

The operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The reception unit 11 transmits the incoming mail to the header information analysis unit 12 (step S201).
The header information analysis unit 12 accesses the received mail stored in the reception mail box 13 (step S202).
The header information analysis unit 12 analyzes the header information of the incoming mail and the received mail, detects the mail having the same subject as the incoming mail from the received mail, and sorts the incoming mail and the mail having the same subject 14 (step S203). Further, the header information analysis unit 12 receives and analyzes only the header information of the received mail from the reception mailbox 13, and after the analysis, the received mail has the same subject name as the incoming mail from the reception mailbox 13. You may make it select and transmit to the mail organization display part 14 with an incoming mail.
As for the operations from step S201 to step S203, the header information analysis unit 12 monitors incoming mails to the reception unit 11, and when there is an incoming mail, the header information analysis unit 12 receives the reception unit 11 and the received mail. The box 13 may be accessed, and header information of incoming mail and received mail may be analyzed.
After analyzing the header information, the reception unit 11 transmits the received mail to the reception mailbox 13 (step S204). The reason why the incoming mail is transmitted from the receiving unit 11 to the incoming mailbox 13 after analyzing the header information is to prevent the received mail from containing the same mail as the incoming mail when analyzing the header information. If it is possible to prevent the same mail as the incoming mail from being included in the received mail to be analyzed when analyzing the header information, the incoming mail is sent from the receiving unit 11 to the incoming mailbox 13. Anytime.
The mail organization / display unit 14 organizes and displays the incoming mail and the same subject on the matrix based on the sender and the transmission date / time (step S205).

In the present invention, the result recording is further devised. The configuration is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the receiving apparatus of the present invention further includes a file storage unit 15. The file storage unit 15 stores the result displayed in a matrix with the sender and the transmission date and time as a file. When the receiving unit 11 receives an e-mail with the same subject, the file storage unit 15 adds and updates the incoming mail to this file.

  At this time, the receiving apparatus of the present invention saves the result in a file, and adds new information to the saved result, so that an effect of increasing the processing speed can be obtained.

Below, 2nd Embodiment of this invention is described with reference to an accompanying drawing.
In the second embodiment, both incoming mail and received mail are stored in the received mail box 13, and the header information analysis unit 12 applies to incoming mail and received mail stored in the received mail box 13. Analyzes header information.
As shown in FIG. 5, the second embodiment includes the receiving unit 11, the header information analyzing unit 12, the received mailbox 13, and the mail organizing / displaying unit 14 as in the first embodiment.
The receiving unit 11 receives mail. The header information analysis unit 12 analyzes the header information of the mail that the reception mailbox 13 has. The reception mailbox 13 stores mail. The mail organization display unit 14 organizes and displays mail.

The operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The receiving unit 11 transmits the incoming mail to the incoming mail box 13 (step S301).
The header information analysis unit 12 accesses the received mail stored in the reception mail box 13 (step S302).
The header information analysis unit 12 analyzes the header information of the incoming mail and the received mail, detects the mail having the same subject as the incoming mail from the received mail, and sorts the incoming mail and the mail having the same subject 14 (step S303). Further, the header information analysis unit 12 receives and analyzes only the header information for the incoming mail and the received mail from the incoming mailbox 13, and after the analysis, obtains the incoming mail and the same subject from the incoming mailbox 13. Then, it may be transmitted to the mail organization / display unit 14 together with the incoming mail.
The mail organization / display unit 14 organizes and displays the incoming mail and the same subject on the matrix based on the sender and the transmission date / time (step S304).

Below, 3rd Embodiment of this invention is described with reference to an accompanying drawing.
In the third embodiment, in order to analyze header information, the receiving unit 11 transmits an incoming mail to the header information analyzing unit 12, and after analyzing the header information, the header information analyzing unit 12 transmits an incoming mail to the incoming mailbox 13. To do.
As shown in FIG. 7, the third embodiment also includes a receiving unit 11, a header information analyzing unit 12, a received mailbox 13, and a mail organizing and displaying unit 14 as in the first embodiment.
The receiving unit 11 receives mail. The header information analysis unit 12 analyzes mail header information. The reception mailbox 13 stores mail. The mail organization display unit 14 organizes and displays mail.

The operation of the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The reception unit 11 transmits the incoming mail to the header information analysis unit 12 (step S401).
The header information analysis unit 12 accesses the received mail stored in the reception mail box 13 (step S402).
The header information analysis unit 12 analyzes the header information of the incoming mail and the received mail, detects the mail having the same subject as the incoming mail from the received mail, and sorts the incoming mail and the mail having the same subject 14 (step S403). Further, the header information analysis unit 12 receives and analyzes only the header information of the received mail from the reception mailbox 13, and after the analysis, the received mail has the same subject name as the incoming mail from the reception mailbox 13. You may make it select and transmit to the mail organization display part 14 with an incoming mail.
As for the operations from step S401 to step S403, the header information analysis unit 12 monitors the arrival of mail to the reception unit 11, and when there is an incoming mail, the header information analysis unit 12 performs the reception unit 11 and the received mail. The box 13 may be accessed, and header information of incoming mail and received mail may be analyzed.
After analyzing the header information, the header information analysis unit 12 transmits the incoming mail received from the reception unit 11 to the reception mailbox 13 (step S404). The reason why the incoming mail is transmitted from the header information analysis unit 12 to the incoming mailbox 13 after analyzing the header information is to prevent the received mail from containing the same mail as the incoming mail when analyzing the header information. is there. When analyzing the header information, if it is possible not to include the same mail as the incoming mail in the received mail to be analyzed, the incoming mail is transmitted from the header information analysis unit 12 to the incoming mailbox 13. Is always good.
The mail organization / display unit 14 organizes and displays the incoming mail and the mail with the same subject name on the matrix based on the sender and the transmission date / time (step S405).

The matrix display of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In the mail matrix (matrix) display in the present invention, the mail text is displayed on the matrix for the mail related to the same subject with the row item as the transmission date and time and the column item as the sender. At this time, a matrix display related to one subject may be displayed on one screen using a tab display with the subject as the title, and the matrix display for each subject may be switched and used in one window.

Regarding the “sender” which is an item in the matrix display column, when the mail organization display unit 14 refers to the address book and displays the name corresponding to the mail address of the sender, the sender having a plurality of mail addresses is displayed. When the mail is transmitted by using each mail address properly, it is determined that the mail is from the same sender and displayed in the same column.
For example, when the sender A who normally uses a work email address sends a mail using a home email address, the mail organization display unit 14 refers to the address book and sends any mail. If it is determined that the mail is from the sender A, it is displayed in the sender A column.

If the entire mail text cannot be displayed in one display field, the mail text may be scrolled in the mail text display field. Note that the scrolling is to move the display contents up, down, left, and right using a scroll bar in order to display a portion that cannot be displayed in the screen. The scroll bar is displayed at, for example, the right end or the lower end of the display field of the mail text.
Moreover, you may make it display only one part instead of the full text of the mail text. For example, the number of lines is counted by a line feed or the first character, and only the first 10 lines of the mail body are displayed.

  If there is a file attached to the mail to be organized and displayed on the matrix, it may be displayed simultaneously with the mail text. For example, a field for displaying the text of an email is divided into an area for displaying the text and an area for displaying an attached file, and both are displayed. Further, it may be displayed separately from the mail text. For example, a link display to the attached file is provided in the mail body.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, for the emails related to the same subject, the row item is the transmission date and time, the column item is the sender, and only the subject of each email is displayed on the matrix. The mail text may be displayed when there is an operation. For example, when the user presses an operation key with an area where the subject on the matrix is displayed as a button or link display, or when the cursor is placed on the area, the body of the email corresponding to the subject is displayed. Like that.

  Furthermore, even when there is actually no incoming mail, the receiving device of the present invention may be used by regarding one incoming mail selected by the user from received mail as the incoming mail. At this time, the header information analysis unit 12 analyzes the header information of the email, determines the email having the same subject as the email selected by the user from the remaining received emails, and the email organization and display unit 14 Organize and display on the matrix.

  For header information analysis, the subject included in the header information is targeted, but even if the subject does not completely match, if the subject contains the same keyword (word), it is determined that the email is connected. You may make it do. For example, in a business of a company, mails related to the same project can be arranged and displayed on a matrix by giving a predetermined keyword for each project and sending and receiving mail. At this time, it is not necessary to have one keyword for determining that the mail is connected. If any one of a plurality of keywords is included, the mail may be determined to be connected. That is, a keyword is used as identification information in order to determine a connected mail.

  Examples of the receiving device of the present invention include a computer, a mobile phone terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), a game machine, and a digital home appliance. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples, and may be any device that can actually receive and display mail.

  In addition, even though it is not actually an email, an electronic file exchanged between multiple terminals is regarded as an email, the file name of the electronic file is set as “subject”, and the sender or creator of the electronic file is “sent” If the content of the electronic file is “text”, the present invention can be applied. For example, when a plurality of workers create or update an electronic file and exchange electronic files with each other, the receiving device of the present invention is used to analyze the received electronic file and header information of the stored electronic file. , Display each electronic file in a matrix. As a result, the process of creating or updating the electronic file can be understood in a time series, and it is possible to easily know who the electronic file has been sent at what time. Examples of the contents of the electronic file include not only documents but also images and moving images. At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, when the row item is “transmission date and time”, the column item is “sender”, and only the “subject” of the electronic file is displayed on the matrix, the contents of the electronic file are displayed. May be voice.

In the above description, the header information of the electronic file is information regarding the data itself added to the head of the data.
For example, in a document created by word processing software, an area separated from a text input area is secured at the top of each page, and this part becomes a header. In many cases, information such as the creation date and the creator is written in the header of the word processor document. Even when a file is stored on a disk, depending on the file format, a header area may be provided at the head in addition to the data body, and various information may be embedded.
When a computer performs communication, data is divided and transmitted in units of packets, but information about the packet itself, such as a transmission source, a transmission destination, and a packet size, is added to the head of the packet. This is also an example of a header.

  Further, the computer may include a program for executing each operation of the receiving apparatus of the present invention. In this case, the program is executed by the CPU of the computer.

As described above, the receiving device of the present invention analyzes the header information when receiving an e-mail, determines whether the subject of the incoming mail exists on the received mailbox, and if there is an incoming mail, Emails with the same subject line as the sent emails are displayed in a matrix on the basis of the sender and the sending date / time. By organizing and displaying on the matrix, the exchange of individual mails can be visually and easily organized.
In addition to the above, the receiving apparatus of the present invention saves the result of the matrix display with the sender and the transmission date and time as a file, and when an e-mail with the same subject arrives, additionally updates the file.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the basic operation of the receiving apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration for storing the result as a file. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the third exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a first diagram illustrating an example of matrix display. FIG. 10 is a second diagram illustrating an example of matrix display.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Reception part 12 ... Header information analysis part 13 ... Reception mailbox 14 ... Mail organization display part 15 ... File storage part

Claims (21)

Analyzing header information of new data transmitted from an external device and stored data transmitted from the external device before the new data, and determining the stored data including identification information common to the new data in the header information An analysis unit to
A receiving apparatus comprising: a display unit that displays the new data and stored data including the common identification information on a matrix based on a sender and a transmission time. The receiving device according to claim 1,
The organizing display unit displays a data body of stored data including the new data and the common identification information on the matrix. The receiving device according to claim 1,
The organization display unit displays a data name of stored data including the new data and the common identification information on the matrix. The receiving apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A receiving apparatus, further comprising: a result storage unit that stores a result displayed on the matrix in a file. The receiving apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A receiving unit for receiving the new data;
And a storage unit that stores the new data as the saved data. The receiving device according to claim 5,
The receiving unit transmits the new data to the storage unit after the analyzing unit analyzes header information of the new data and the saved data. The receiving device according to claim 5,
The receiving unit transmits the new data to the storage unit,
The analysis unit is a receiving device that analyzes header information of the new data and the stored data of the storage unit. The receiving device according to claim 5,
The receiving unit transmits the new data to the analyzing unit,
The analysis unit, after analyzing header information of the new data and the stored data, transmits the new data to the storage unit. A receiver for receiving mail;
A header information analysis unit for analyzing header information of the mail;
A mailbox for storing the mail;
Based on the result of analyzing the header information of the mail received by the receiving unit and the mail stored in the mailbox, the header information analysis unit, for the mail having the same subject among the incoming mail and the stored mail And a rearrangement display unit that displays on a matrix on the basis of the sender and the transmission time. The receiving device according to claim 9, wherein
A receiving apparatus, further comprising: a file storage unit that stores in a file a result of the organized display unit arranged and displayed on a matrix. Analyzing header information of new data transmitted from an external device and stored data transmitted from the external device before the new data, and determining the stored data including identification information common to the new data in the header information And steps to
Displaying the saved data including the new data and the common identification information on a matrix based on a sender and a transmission time. The display method according to claim 11,
A display method for displaying a data body of stored data including the new data and the common identification information on the matrix. The display method according to claim 11,
A display method for displaying a data name of stored data including the new data and the common identification information on the matrix. The display method according to any one of claims 11 to 13,
The display method further comprising the step of saving the results displayed on the matrix in a file. The display method according to any one of claims 11 to 14,
A receiving unit receiving the new data;
A storage unit further comprising a step of storing the new data as the stored data. The display method according to claim 15,
The display method further comprising the step of transmitting the new data to the storage unit after the analysis of header information of the new data and the stored data. The display method according to claim 15,
The receiving unit transmitting the new data to the storage unit;
Analyzing the header information of the new data and the stored data of the storage unit. The display method according to claim 15,
The receiving unit transmitting the new data to the analyzing unit;
The analysis method further includes a step of transmitting the new data to the storage unit after analyzing the header information of the new data and the stored data. Receiving an email; and
Analyzing header information of the mail;
Storing the email;
Based on the result of analyzing the header information of the incoming mail and the stored mail, the mail with the same subject name among the incoming mail and the stored mail is displayed on the matrix based on the sender and the transmission time. A display method comprising: a step of displaying. The display method according to claim 19, wherein
The display method further comprising the step of saving the results organized and displayed on the matrix in a file.   A program for causing a computer to execute the display method according to any one of claims 11 to 20.

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