JP2007011867A - Method for notifying email address change, program, and cellular phone terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically notify a service provider of push-type information providing services that a cellular phone user is utilizing a changed email address, when the user changes the former email address of the cellular phone. <P>SOLUTION: A method for notifying a specified service provider of email address changes for mobile communication terminals has a step for prestoring an email address before change and a URL of a page managed by a cellular phone company, in which email addresses are changed, and a step for comparing the stored URL the URL being viewed on the mobile communication terminal to detect that the email address has been changed through the URL. In addition, the method also has a step for notifying the specified service provider of the email addresses, before and after the change. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention includes a new mail after the change when the mail address is changed by the user of the mobile phone terminal (including a mobile communication terminal such as a PDA other than the mobile phone, but simply referred to as “mobile phone” hereinafter). The present invention relates to a technology that automatically notifies an address.

  In a mobile packet communication system that realizes packet communication by a mobile phone, a mobile message packet gateway device having a function for terminating the communication protocol between the mobile phone and the Internet connection server and connecting them to each other is arranged. Yes. The Internet connection server manages mobile phone terminals using telephone numbers. However, application communication between the mobile phone and the server uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), which is a general-purpose communication protocol. For this reason, information such as a telephone number cannot be set in the server. Therefore, a subscriber information transmission protocol is newly defined between the mobile message packet gateway device and the server, and subscriber information such as a telephone number is notified from the mobile message packet gateway device to the server (Non-Patent Document 1 and 2).

  By the way, when changing the mail address of a mobile phone, the user of the mobile phone uses a browser installed in the mobile phone (see Non-Patent Document 3). In this method, the mobile phone user accesses the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the page for changing the email address operated by the mobile phone operator, and gives priority to any new email address candidates on the browser. It is possible to change the e-mail address with a very simple procedure of setting a plurality of items and finally selecting “decision” and executing it. On the other hand, on the mobile packet communication system side, after the user side processing is completed, a new mail address is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal to the Internet connection server via the mobile message packet gateway device. At this time, subscriber information such as a telephone number is transmitted from the mobile message packet gateway device to the Internet connection server. There is a server that manages e-mail addresses in the Internet connection server of a cellular phone, and subscriber information such as a telephone number is referred to by the server, and the same e-mail address as the received e-mail address candidate is received by another user. Check that it is not already in use. If the same e-mail address is not registered, the e-mail address of the subscriber is updated as a new e-mail address with priority given to a candidate with a higher priority. After the e-mail address is updated, the e-mail address management server transmits the changed e-mail address to the user using e-mail.

  In recent years, mobile phones equipped with an execution environment of Java (registered trademark) (an object-oriented development environment proposed by Sun Microsystems, USA) have been widely used (see Non-Patent Document 4). The Java (registered trademark) program can be executed as an application. In other words, a Java (registered trademark) application is downloaded via a browser, but once downloaded, it is not necessary to start the browser thereafter. In addition, the Java (registered trademark) execution environment installed in mobile phones is equipped with an API (Application Program Interface) that allows Java (registered trademark) applications to communicate with the server, enabling HTTP communication. It is.

  In addition, push-type information can be provided by using the mail function of the mobile phone. Currently, many organizations such as companies obtain push-type information by acquiring a mail address of a mobile phone in order to introduce new products or provide support information for existing products, for example. On the other hand, from the standpoint of a mobile phone user, I feel that it is meaningful that the information I want is provided, but I often receive unsolicited e-mails such as junk e-mails. The user feels uncomfortable as a matter of course. For this reason, when spam mails frequently arrive, it is often handled by changing the mail address. However, if the e-mail address is changed, information from the organization that the user wants to receive cannot be received, which causes a problem for both the information provider and the user. In addition, when the method of contacting a mobile phone user directly to a service provider using a telephone or e-mail to change a mail address as in the past, there is a problem that the user forgets to make a contact due to a human error. .

  In addition, when a mobile phone user directly contacts a service provider using a telephone or e-mail to change the e-mail address as in the past, there is a time lag between when the e-mail address is changed and when the e-mail is contacted. There is a problem that the service provider cannot provide information to the user of the mobile phone during a time lag.

i-mode Service Feature Network System, NTT DOCOMO Technical Journal Vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 16-21

i-mode Service Feature i-mode Server, NTT DOCOMO Technical Journal Vol. 7, No2, pp. 22-27

Change email address NTT DOCOMO website, http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/info/meiwaku/change_add/index_img.html

Special issue on high-function i-mode mobile devices Practical use of Java (registered trademark) embedded in mobile devices, NTT DOCOMO Technical Journal Vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 16-21

  The present invention automatically notifies the changed e-mail address to the service provider of the push-type information providing service used by the user of the mobile phone when the e-mail address of the mobile phone is changed. With the goal.

  The present invention detects that the user has browsed a URL for changing the email address, determines whether the user has performed a “decision” operation for changing the email address, and receives the email address from the server on the mobile phone carrier side. When it is detected that the update has been notified, the updated mail address is automatically transmitted by mail to the service provider registered in the memory of the mobile phone terminal.

  Specifically, a method, a program or a device having the function for notifying a change to the e-mail address of a mobile communication terminal to a predetermined service provider, the e-mail address before the change and an e-mail operated by the mobile phone carrier The URL of the page whose address is to be changed is stored in the memory in advance, and it is detected whether the stored URL matches the URL being browsed on the mobile communication terminal, and the mail address is changed with the URL. It is detected that the e-mail address before and after the change is notified to the predetermined service provider.

According to the present invention, it is possible to receive a push-type information providing service only from a specific service provider with the intention of the user of the mobile phone. Further, the new mail address after the change can be immediately notified to a specific service provider, and the service provider can provide information without lime lag.
In addition, since the mobile phone automatically notifies the specific service provider of the new email address after the change, the user of the mobile phone uses the phone or e-mail to change the email address to the service provider as before. In this way, it is possible to avoid the human error of forgetting to contact that could occur when contacting directly.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration example to which a mobile phone terminal (hereinafter simply referred to as “mobile phone”) according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, mobile phone operators are constructing mobile packet communication systems in order to realize packet communication using mobile phones.

Specifically, in a mobile packet communication system, a mobile phone is connected to a mobile message packet gateway device, and the mobile message packet gateway device is connected to an Internet connection server group. The Internet connection server group includes an Internet connection server and a mail address management server. The Internet connection server is connected to the Internet and other IP networks via a communication interface (not shown).
In a mobile packet communication system, a mobile message packet gateway device notifies subscriber information such as a telephone number to an Internet connection server group. The Internet connection server connects to the Internet and other IP networks. The mail address management server manages the account name of the subscriber's mail address.

  The service provider includes, for example, an Internet connection server connected to the Internet, and can transmit and receive programs and messages via the network. Regardless of whether the service provider has built an Internet connection system in-house or uses an ISP provider, the service provider can be connected to the Internet and can transmit and receive programs and messages.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment in which a mail address change notification program is downloaded to a user's mobile phone.
As shown in FIG. 2, the service provider creates an e-mail address change notification program and publishes the program to the public via a homepage operated by the service provider. As a result, the mobile phone user can download the mail address change notification program.
On the other hand, when a user of a mobile phone desires a push-type mail delivery service implemented by the service provider, a mail operated by the service provider using a browser installed in the mobile phone is used. Access the homepage that publishes the address change notification program. Then, a mail address change notification program is downloaded via the homepage.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The mobile phone in this embodiment includes a control unit 11, a display unit 12, an input unit 13, a communication interface 14, and a storage unit 15, which are connected through a bus. The control unit 11 controls data exchange among the display unit 12, the input unit 13, the communication interface 14, and the storage unit 15, and executes programs and performs other calculations. The display unit 12 displays the data calculated by the control unit 11 as text or an image. The input unit 13 acquires data from an input device (not shown) such as a button arranged on the mobile phone.
The communication interface 14 transmits and receives data calculated by the control unit 11 according to the HTTP protocol.

The storage unit 15 stores data and software used for operating the mobile phone. The storage unit 15 includes a program execution environment 151, a WEB browser 152, a data memory 153, and a program memory 154.
The program execution environment 151 is an environment for executing a program written in an arbitrary program language. However, many mobile phones currently on the market have a JAVA (registered trademark) execution environment as the program execution environment 151.
The WEB browser 152 is WEB browsing software that can be used on a mobile phone. The data memory 153 is a memory that stores data such as a telephone number and a mail address. The program memory 154 is a memory that stores a program to be executed in the program execution environment 151. In the mobile phone according to the present embodiment, a mail address change notification program 1541 is stored in the program memory.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the mail address change notification program 21 and the data referenced by them in the present embodiment.
In the present invention, by executing the e-mail address change notification program, the changed e-mail address is notified to the service provider, and the service provider can continue the push-type information transmission.

The mail address change notification program 21 includes a URL (Uniform Resource Locater) registration program 211, a service provider mail address registration program 212, a pre-change mail address acquisition program 213, a URL detection program 214, and a change determination detection program 215. A later mail address acquisition program 216, a mail address transmission program 217, and a changed mail address registration program 218 are provided.
Further, as program usage data 22, the data memory 153 stores the URL 221 of the page for changing the mail address, the mail address 222 of the service provider, the pre-change mail address 223, and the post-change mail address 224. Here, the URL 221 of the page for changing the e-mail address is the URL of the page for changing the e-mail address operated by the mobile phone operator, the e-mail address 222 of the service provider is the e-mail address of the service provider, The pre-change mail address 223 is the mail address before the change, and the post-change mail address 224 is the mail address after the change.

The URL registration program 211 stores the URL of the page for changing the mail address operated by the mobile phone operator in the URL 221 for changing the mail address. The service provider email address registration program 212 stores the service provider email address in the service provider email address 222.
The pre-change mail address acquisition program 213 refers to the mail address when the program is being executed (before changing the mail address) and stores the mail address in the pre-change mail address 223.
The URL detection program 214 confirms the URL that the mobile phone user is browsing by browsing, refers to the URL of the page that changes the mail address stored in the data memory unit, and these are the same URL Determine whether or not.
The change decision detection program 215 monitors the user's operation, sets an arbitrary new mail address on the browser, and finally selects “decide” to determine whether or not the mail address has been changed. .

The mail address acquisition program 216 after the change detects the process of updating the mail address before the change by the mobile phone to the mail address after the change, or refers to the mail address after the detection and detects the mail address after the change. Is stored in the mail address 224 after the change. The mail address transmission program 217 refers to the mail address 222 of the service provider stored in the data memory, and provides the service by using the mail address 222 as a destination and the mail address 223 before change and the mail address 224 after change as an email. Send to the person.
The post-change e-mail address registration program 218 copies and stores the post-change mail address in the data memory to the pre-change mail address 223 on the assumption that the mail address will be changed again in the future.

With reference to FIG. 5, the operation of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the mail address change notification program 21. In the following description, it is assumed that the e-mail address change notification program 21 is disclosed for each service provider, and the changed e-mail address is notified by downloading the program 21.
When the user of the mobile phone downloads the mail address change notification program 21 published by the service provider, the URL registration program 211 is executed (step S11), and the service provider mail address registration program 212 is executed (step S11). S12). As a result, the URL 221 for changing the mail address operated by the mobile phone operator and the mail address 222 of the service provider are stored in the usage data 22 of the program. Next, in order to acquire the mail address before change, the acquisition program 213 of the mail address before change is executed (step S13). Then, the URL detection program 214 is executed (step S14). The URL detection program 214 is executed as a process that is resident in the memory of the mobile phone. This makes it possible to detect whether the user is browsing a homepage whose email address is to be changed.

  When the URL detection program 214 detects that the URL being browsed by the user matches the URL for changing the mail address stored in the data memory 153 (Y in step S15), the change determination detection program 215 Is executed (step S16). If it is not detected that the URL being browsed by the URL detection program 214 matches the URL for changing the mail address stored in the data memory 153, the process returns to step S14, and the URL detection program 214 URL detection is executed (step S15).

  In step S16, when the change determination detection program 215 detects that the mail address has been changed (Y in step S17), the process proceeds to step S18, and the changed mail address acquisition program 216 is executed. (Step S18). The changed mail address acquisition program 216 acquires the changed mail address and stores it in the data memory 153. If it is not detected in step S17 that the mail address has been changed, the process returns to step S14 (N in step S17).

Next, the mail address transmission program 217 is executed to transmit the mail addresses before and after the change to the service provider (step S19).
Finally, the mail address registration program 218 after the change is executed, and the mail address after the change is stored in the data memory 153 as the mail address before the change (step S110). And it returns to step S14 and monitors the URL which a user browses.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a procedure for transmitting the changed mail address to the service provider on the communication system.
When the user of the cellular phone changes the mail address, a plurality of new mail address candidates are transmitted to the mail address management server (S21). Next, the e-mail address management server confirms that the same e-mail address as the received e-mail address candidate is not already used by another user. If the same e-mail address is not registered, the e-mail address of the subscriber is updated as a new e-mail address with priority given to a candidate with a higher priority. After the e-mail address is updated, the e-mail address management server transmits the changed e-mail address to the user using electronic mail (S22).

  In the above procedure, when the user changes the mail address (S21), the URL is detected by the URL detection program 214 shown in step S14 of FIG. When the user is notified of the changed mail address from the mail address management server (S22), the change determination detection program 215 detects that the mail address has been changed in step S16 of FIG. The Then, when executed by the mail address transmission program 217 in step S19 of FIG. 5, the mail address before the change and the mail address after the change are the mobile message packet gateway device of the mobile packet communication system, the Internet connection server, and the Internet. It is transmitted via the network to the mailbox that the service provider refers to (S23). In this way, the changed mail address is notified to the service provider.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention at the stage of implementation. For example, in the above embodiment, the mobile phone user downloads the e-mail address change notification program published by the service provider, but the e-mail address change notification program is prepared by the mobile phone operator. You may make it notify a mail address before and after a change to a service provider by a change notification program. As a result, it is possible to collectively change the mail addresses for a plurality of service providers.
Further, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements.

  In addition, for example, even if some structural requirements are deleted from all the structural requirements shown in each embodiment, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect described in the effect of the invention Can be obtained as an invention.

1 is a diagram showing a system configuration example to which a mobile phone terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The figure which shows one Embodiment which downloads a mail address change notification program to the mobile telephone which a user has. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the mobile telephone which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The structure of the mail address change notification program in this embodiment, and the block diagram of the data which they refer. The flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the mail address change notification program. The figure which shows the procedure in which the mail address after a change is transmitted to a service provider on a communication system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Control part 12 ... Display part 13 ... Input part 14 ... Communication interface 15 ... Memory | storage part 151 ... Program execution environment 152 ... WEB browser 153 ... Data memory 154 ... Program memory 21 ... Mail address change notification program 211 ... URL registration program 212 ... Service provider mail address registration program 213 ... Mail address acquisition program 214 before change ... URL Detection program 215... Change determination detection program 216... E-mail address acquisition program 217... E-mail address transmission program 218... E-mail address registration program 22. Data 221 ... of the page for changing the email address RL
222 ... Service provider's email address 223 ... Before change email address 224 ... After change email address

Claims (6)

In a method for notifying a predetermined service provider of a change in the email address of a mobile communication terminal,
Storing in advance a URL of a page for changing the e-mail address before the change and the e-mail address operated by the mobile phone operator;
Detecting whether the stored URL matches the URL being browsed on the mobile communication terminal, and detecting that the mail address has been changed at the URL;
Notifying the predetermined service provider of the pre-change and post-change e-mail addresses. 2. The mail address change notification method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting step further comprises a step of storing the changed mail address in the memory. 3. The method of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the storing step includes storing at least one service provider email address in the memory;
The notifying step includes a step of transmitting the pre-change mail address and the post-change mail address as an e-mail. 4. The method according to claim 2, wherein after the step of notifying, the changed mail address stored in the memory is copied to an area where the mail address before the change is stored. The e-mail address change notification method further comprising the step of: In a program for notifying a predetermined service provider of a change in the email address of a mobile communication terminal,
Means for storing in advance a URL of a page for changing the mail address before the change and the mail address operated by the mobile phone carrier;
Means for detecting whether the stored URL matches the URL being viewed on the mobile communication terminal, and detecting that the mail address has been changed at the URL;
Means for notifying the predetermined service provider of e-mail addresses before and after the change. A display unit for displaying predetermined information;
A storage unit for storing the URL of the page for changing the mail address before the change and the mail address operated by the mobile phone operator;
Means for detecting whether the URL stored in the storage unit matches the URL displayed on the display unit, and detecting that the mail address has been changed at the URL;
Means for notifying the predetermined service provider of e-mail addresses before and after the change, and a mobile phone terminal.

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