JP2006260183A - E-mail terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an e-mail terminal device that further makes the convenience of incoming call notification at e-mail reception, specifically, enables a user who receives an e-mail to know who has sent the e-mail and mail priority added by the sender, before reading the e-mail. <P>SOLUTION: The email terminal device stores incoming notification methods and incoming notification priority levels, corresponding to the email addresses, in advance in a storage means; and when receiving a plurality of emails, compares the sender email addresses of the received mail with the email addresses stored in the storage means and notifies of the incoming, by the incoming notification method corresponding to the highest incoming notification priority level of matched email addresses. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an e-mail incoming notification method and relates to an e-mail terminal apparatus.

  In the incoming call notification, the number display function that displays the phone number of the other party who called the recipient's phone so that the recipient can know the other party before taking the call There is something.

Use this to display the other party's name instead of the other party's telephone number that called the recipient's telephone by registering the other party's telephone number and name in the telephone directory of the telephone, or By registering the other party's phone number and incoming call notification sound pattern in correspondence, the function that changes the incoming call notification sound generated by the receiver's phone depending on the other party makes the call easier before the call recipient picks up the phone. There is a technology that allows you to know who you are calling.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-267652

  E-mail, which has been a communication function in a computer in the past, can now be used in mobile phones, home phones, and facsimile machines that are rapidly spreading today.

  However, there is no such thing as a telephone number display function for incoming notification when an e-mail is received, it is merely a notification that an e-mail has been received. Until the e-mail is read, there is a problem that it is impossible to know from which party the e-mail is transmitted.

  In addition, email priority can be added to the email from the sender. Similarly, the user who receives the email cannot know the email priority until the email is read. There is a problem.

  In the present invention, in the case of an incoming notification when an e-mail is received, an e-mail sent from which party the user who received the e-mail before reading the e-mail reads the e-mail, as in the case of the incoming call notification It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic mail terminal device that can know what is and the priority of mail added from a sender.

  As means for achieving the above object, for example, the following electronic mail terminal device is to be provided.

  1. Communication means for sending and receiving electronic mail, mail incoming notification means for notifying incoming e-mails, operating means for inputting various settings of the apparatus, and storage means for storing various settings of the apparatus And a control means for performing various controls of the apparatus, and using the operation means, an incoming notification method corresponding to an electronic mail address and an incoming notification priority are stored in the storage means in advance, and a plurality of electronic mails are stored. When the number of received messages is received, the sender's email address of the received mail is compared with the email address stored in the storage means, and the incoming notification corresponding to the highest incoming notification priority among the matched email addresses An e-mail terminal device that notifies an incoming call using a method.

  2. Communication means for sending and receiving electronic mail, mail incoming notification means for notifying incoming e-mails, operating means for inputting various settings of the apparatus, and storage means for storing various settings of the apparatus And a control means for performing various controls of the apparatus, and using the operation means to store in advance an incoming notification method corresponding to an email address in the storage means, and when a plurality of emails are received. An e-mail terminal notifying an incoming call using an incoming call notification method corresponding to the priority of an e-mail having the highest mail priority added to the e-mail from a sender among the received e-mails apparatus.

  3. Communication means for sending and receiving e-mail, mail incoming notification means for notifying incoming e-mails, operation means for inputting various settings of the apparatus, and storage means for storing various settings of the apparatus And a control means for performing various controls of the apparatus, and using the operation means to store an incoming notification method corresponding to an e-mail address in the storage means in advance, and receiving a plurality of e-mails The incoming mail is notified by using an incoming call notification method corresponding to the sender email address of the email having the highest mail priority added to the email from the sender among the received emails. E-mail terminal device.

  According to the e-mail terminal device of the present invention, even when an incoming call notification is received when an e-mail is received, the user who has received the e-mail can read which e-mail before reading the e-mail. There is an effect that it is possible to know the e-mail transmitted from the other party and the priority of the mail added from the sender.

  An embodiment of the image forming apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1-1 is a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus. A ROM 1-2 stores a control program for the apparatus. 1-3 is a RAM for storing various data including image data. 1-4 is a speaker for outputting a ring tone for notifying an incoming call. Reference numeral 1-5 denotes a display unit for displaying various states of the apparatus. 1-6 is a key panel for performing various inputs in the apparatus.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the sender address priority call notification according to claim 1. First, it is checked whether a new incoming e-mail has been received (S201). If it has been received, in order to check the highest priority mail in the next received mail, first, as a default setting, the parameter for incoming call notification priority comparison is minimized. The sender mail address match flag is set to OFF in the value 1 (S202). Next, it is checked whether the sender mail address of the newly received mail is registered in the mail address-incoming notification method correspondence table of FIG. 5 (S203). If it is registered, the sender mail address match flag is turned on. (S204).

  Next, the incoming call notification priority comparison parameter is compared with the incoming call notification priority corresponding to the sender mail address of the newly received mail obtained from the mail address-incoming call notification method correspondence table of FIG. 5 (S205). Here, if the incoming notification priority corresponding to the sender email address of the newly received mail is higher, the incoming notification priority comparison parameter is set to the incoming notification priority corresponding to the sender email address of the newly received mail. Update (S206) and store the sender mail address of the newly received mail (S207).

  Next, it is checked whether the comparison process has been completed for all newly received mails (S208), and the comparison process (S203 to S207) is repeated until completion. When the comparison process is completed for all newly received mails, it is checked whether the sender mail address match flag is on (S209). If it is on, the incoming call notification method corresponding to the sender address is sent. If not (S210), if it is not on, an incoming call notification is made by a normal incoming call notification method (S211).

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart (1) of the mail priority priority incoming notification according to claim 2. First, it is checked whether a new e-mail has been received (S301). If it has been received, in order to check the highest priority mail in the received mail, first, the mail priority comparison parameter is set to the lowest (S302). Next, the current mail priority comparison parameter is compared with the mail priority of the newly received mail (S303). If the mail priority of the newly received mail is higher, the mail priority comparison parameter is set as the new mail priority comparison parameter. The received mail is updated to the mail priority (S304).

  Next, it is checked whether the comparison process has been completed for all newly received mails (S305), and the comparison process (S303 to S304) is repeated until completion. When the comparison process is completed for all newly received mails, the incoming notification is performed by the incoming notification method corresponding to the mail priority based on the mail priority-incoming notification method correspondence table of FIG. 6 (S306).

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart (2) of the mail priority priority incoming notification according to claim 3. First, it is checked whether a new e-mail has been received (S401). If it is received, in order to check the highest priority mail in the received mail, first, as a default setting, the mail priority comparison parameter is set to the lowest mail. The priority update flag is set to OFF (S402).

  Next, the current mail priority comparison parameter is compared with the mail priority of the newly received mail (S403). If the mail priority of the newly received mail is higher, the mail priority update flag is turned on. (S404) The mail priority comparison parameter is updated to the mail priority of the newly received mail (S405), and the sender mail address of the newly received mail is stored (S406). Next, it is checked whether the comparison process has been completed for all newly received mails (S407), and the comparison process (S403 to S406) is repeated until completion. When the comparison process is completed for all newly received mails, it is checked whether the mail priority update flag is off (S408), and if it is off, the sender mail address of the latest mail in the newly received mail is stored. (S409).

  Next, using the mail address-incoming notification method correspondence table of FIG. 5, it is checked whether the sender mail address is registered in the table (S410), and if it is registered, it corresponds to the sender address. The incoming call notification method is used (S411), and if it is not registered, the incoming call notification method is used (S412).

  According to the e-mail terminal device of the present invention, even when an incoming call notification is received when an e-mail is received, the user who has received the e-mail can read which e-mail before reading the e-mail. There is an effect that it is possible to know the e-mail transmitted from the other party and the priority of the mail added from the sender.

The block diagram of the apparatus in one Example of this invention Sender address priority call notification flowchart Flow chart of mail priority priority incoming notification flow chart (1) Flow chart of mail priority priority incoming notification flow chart (2) Mail address-incoming call notification method correspondence table Mail priority-incoming notification method correspondence table

Explanation of symbols

1-1 CPU
1-2 ROM
1-3 RAM
1-4 Speaker 1-5 Display 1-6 Key panel

Claims (5)

  Communication means for sending and receiving e-mail, mail incoming notification means for notifying incoming e-mails, operation means for inputting various settings of the apparatus, and storage means for storing various settings of the apparatus And a control means for performing various controls of the apparatus, and using the operation means, an incoming notification method corresponding to an electronic mail address and an incoming notification priority are stored in the storage means in advance, and a plurality of electronic mails are stored. When the number of received emails is received, the sender email address of the received email is compared with the email address stored in the storage means, and the incoming notification corresponding to the highest incoming notification priority among the matched email addresses An e-mail terminal device that notifies an incoming call using a method.   Communication means for sending and receiving electronic mail, mail incoming notification means for notifying incoming e-mails, operating means for inputting various settings of the apparatus, and storage means for storing various settings of the apparatus And a control means for performing various controls of the apparatus, and storing in advance in the storage means an incoming notification method corresponding to the mail priority added by the sender using the operation means, An electronic device that, when receiving a plurality of items, notifies an incoming call using an incoming call notification method corresponding to the priority of the email with the highest email priority added from the sender among the received emails. Mail terminal device.   Communication means for sending and receiving electronic mail, mail incoming notification means for notifying incoming e-mails, operating means for inputting various settings of the apparatus, and storage means for storing various settings of the apparatus And a control means for performing various controls of the apparatus, and using the operation means to store in advance an incoming notification method corresponding to an email address in the storage means, and when a plurality of emails are received. An e-mail terminal apparatus that notifies an incoming call using an incoming call notification method corresponding to a sender e-mail address of an e-mail having the highest mail priority added from a sender among received e-mails .   4. The electronic mail terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the mail arrival notification means is a liquid crystal display.   4. The electronic mail terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mail incoming notification means is a sound source.

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