JP2009151577A - Communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal which has an electronic mail transmission function having excellent effects that an electronic mail transmitted by a transmitter can more surely be transmitted a recipient while suppressing any troublesomeness when the recipient receives electronic mail. <P>SOLUTION: The communication terminal having the transmitting/receiving function of electronic mail is provided with: an incoming mode setting means for selectively setting the specific notification output operation of a communication terminal in receiving electronic mail and the other notification output operation; an electronic mail discrimination means for discriminating whether or not the received electronic mail is a preliminarily set specific type of electronic mail based on prescribed information included in the received electronic mail; and an electronic mail processing means for, when the specific notification output operation is set, and the received electronic mail is not the specific type of electronic mail, transmitting the electronic mail with prescribed content to the transmission source of the electronic mail. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal, and more particularly to a communication terminal capable of sending and receiving electronic mail.

  In recent years, information processing terminals capable of communication have been reduced in size and weight, and users can always carry information processing terminals. This makes it easy for the user to communicate with a third party anywhere and anytime. However, on the other hand, there is a problem that an incoming call enters the information processing terminal even in a situation where the receiver does not want it, which is troublesome. For example, it is during a meeting where the call cannot be answered or during sleep.

  In addition, an incoming call to the information processing terminal in a situation where it is impossible to respond to the incoming call may cause annoyance to the surroundings depending on a method of notifying the recipient. For example, notification by sound or vibration.

  On the other hand, the information processing terminal does not emit a sound when receiving an incoming call, notifies the receiver of the incoming call, and can also consider the surroundings. For example, a manner mode provided in a mobile phone or a drive mode is available. As a result, the sender can be notified that the incoming call cannot be answered, while the recipient can be notified of the reception by vibration or the like.

  However, there is a problem that the receiver does not sound a ringtone and does not notice the reception by the notification by vibration. For example, there may be a case where the receiver does not notice the incoming call for voice communication in an emergency and takes time to notice it.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 1 below discloses a technique for notifying a recipient in a method that is easily noticed when an emergency call is received even when the manner mode or the like is set. Specifically, when a call is received from a telephone number registered in advance, the call is determined to be urgent, and even if the manner mode or the like is set, the call is received by the recipient. Notification in a way that is easy to notice.

  Patent Document 2 below discloses a technique for discriminating whether a received electronic mail is urgent or a normal received electronic mail that is not urgent. At this time, if it is determined from the information added to the e-mail that the received e-mail is urgent, notification is made in a manner that the recipient can easily notice even if the manner mode or the like is set. On the other hand, when the received e-mail has non-urgent contents, notification in the set incoming mode is performed.

JP 2001-268638 A JP 2004-343475 A

  However, e-mail communication is unidirectional communication, unlike bi-directional communication. For this reason, the sender cannot recognize the incoming call mode of the communication terminal of the other party who sent the electronic mail.

  For this reason, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, the sender does not know the incoming mode of the transmission destination, and does not know the timing for using the transmission method that should be taken appropriately in an emergency. For this reason, an emergency email may not be confirmed by the recipient when necessary. As a result, it is conceivable to always add predetermined information to indicate an emergency and send an e-mail. However, in that case, all recipients receive the message urgently, and there is no point in setting the manner mode.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to more reliably convey an urgent e-mail sent by a sender to a transmission partner while suppressing the troublesomeness of notification output at the time of receiving an e-mail, which is the problem described above. .

  The communication terminal having an electronic mail transmission / reception function according to the present invention is provided with at least two notification output operations. And it has an incoming call mode setting means for selecting and setting a specific notification output operation of the communication terminal at the time of reception and another notification output operation. In addition, an e-mail distinguishing unit that distinguishes whether or not the e-mail is a specific type of e-mail set in advance based on predetermined information of the received e-mail. Further, when a specific notification output operation is set, the reception notification is performed by a notification output operation suitable for the electronic mail distinguished by the electronic mail distinguishing means. On the other hand, when it is not a specific type of e-mail, a configuration is adopted in which e-mail processing means is provided for appropriately receiving notification and returning an e-mail to the transmission source.

  In addition, the program of the present invention is a communication terminal having an e-mail transmission / reception function, an incoming mode setting means for selectively setting a specific notification output operation and other notification output operation of the communication terminal at the time of receiving the e-mail E-mail distinguishing means for distinguishing whether or not the received e-mail is a predetermined type of e-mail based on predetermined information included in the received e-mail, and the specific notification output E-mail processing means for returning an e-mail having a predetermined content to a sender of the e-mail when an e-mail not having the specific type is received when the operation is set. It adopts the configuration of realizing.

  Also, the received mail processing method of the present invention includes an incoming call mode setting step for selectively setting a specific notification output operation of the communication terminal and another notification output operation when an e-mail is received. In addition, an e-mail distinguishing step for distinguishing whether or not the received e-mail is a specific type of e-mail set in advance based on predetermined information included in the received e-mail. When a specific notification output operation is set and an e-mail that is not a specific type is received, an e-mail with a predetermined content is returned to the sender of the e-mail It has a configuration of having processing steps.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, the present invention has an excellent effect that the electronic mail transmitted by the sender is more reliably transmitted to the receiver while suppressing the troublesomeness at the time of reception by the receiver.

A communication terminal having an electronic mail transmission / reception function according to one aspect of the present invention,
A reception mode setting means for selectively setting a specific notification output operation of the communication terminal at the time of receiving an email and another notification output operation;
E-mail distinguishing means for distinguishing whether or not the received e-mail is a predetermined type of e-mail based on predetermined information included in the received e-mail;
An e-mail processing means that, when a specific notification output operation is set and an e-mail that is not a specific type is received, returns an e-mail having a predetermined content to the sender of the e-mail And the structure provided with is taken.

  In the above invention, a communication terminal having an electronic mail transmission / reception function performs a notification output operation to notify reception upon reception. In the communication terminal, first, the reception notification output operation is selected and set. And when a communication terminal receives an electronic mail, it will distinguish whether it is a specific kind of electronic mail.

  After that, a reception notification suitable for the distinguished received electronic mail is output. For example, when the received e-mail is a specific type of e-mail, even if a specific notification output operation is selected and set, reception is notified by another notification output operation. If the received e-mail is a non-specific type of received e-mail, an e-mail having a predetermined content is returned to the transmission source.

  From this, it becomes possible for the sender to recognize the state of the destination communication terminal currently in the electronic mail returned by the automatic response. Then, the sender can respond according to the state of the destination. As a result, the troublesomeness at the time of reception of the recipient is suppressed. In addition, the sender knows the set incoming mode of the communication terminal of the receiver, so that a suitable response can be taken and convenience is improved.

Further, the e-mail processing means of the communication terminal according to the present invention, when the e-mail distinguished by the e-mail distinguishing means is a specific type of e-mail, notifies by another notification output operation,
On the other hand, when the e-mail discriminated by the e-mail discriminating means is not of a specific type, it is notified by the set specific notification output operation and the specific notification output operation currently set for the communication terminal is performed. The information representing the information and the information representing the transmission method for transmitting the e-mail so that the e-mail can be distinguished as a specific type of e-mail by the e-mail distinguishing means are sent back to the sender with an e-mail having a predetermined content .

  Further, in addition to the above configuration, the information indicating the transmission method sent back by the e-mail processing means is information for notifying that specific information is added to the e-mail.

  According to the invention, when the communication terminal is distinguished from a specific type of e-mail by the e-mail distinguishing means, the other communication output operation is performed regardless of the specific notification output operation selected and set. Notification is received at.

  For example, a specific notification output operation is set to the manner mode, while another non-special notification output operation is set to the normal mode. When the e-mail distinguishing means discriminates from an e-mail that is not a specific type, the e-mail distinguishing means notifies the reception by the set notification output operation.

  In the case of an e-mail that is not a specific type, the communication terminal returns an e-mail having a predetermined content to the transmission source. The specific content of the specific electronic mail describes information indicating a specific notification output operation currently set for the communication terminal. In addition, information indicating a transmission method for transmitting an e-mail is described and returned to the transmission source so that the e-mail can be distinguished as a specific type of e-mail by adding predetermined information by the e-mail distinguishing means. .

  From this, the sender can recognize the state of the destination communication terminal currently in the returned electronic mail. In addition, a transmission method for transmitting an e-mail that is distinguished from the specific type of e-mail by the e-mail distinguishing means in the recipient's communication terminal is also obtained. On the other hand, the communication terminal can perform a suitable notification output operation. As a result, it is possible to suppress the troublesomeness at the time of reception by the receiver, and it is possible for the sender to convey a specific type of e-mail to the receiver more reliably.

  In addition, the specific type of electronic mail that is distinguished by the electronic mail distinguishing means in the communication terminal according to the present invention is an emergency mail that requires an emergency for the sender to notify the receiver, and is not a specific type of electronic mail. The mail is configured such that the sender is a normal mail that does not require urgent notification to the receiver.

  According to the invention, the e-mail distinguishing means distinguishes a specific type of e-mail from emergency mail and a non-specific type of e-mail from normal mail based on predetermined information of the received e-mail. The emergency mail is an electronic mail that requires an emergency for the sender to notify the receiver. On the other hand, the normal mail is an e-mail that does not require urgent for the sender to know and notify the receiver.

  Thus, the receiver can preferentially read the emergency mail, while the sender can more reliably convey the transmitted emergency mail to the receiver.

  Further, the e-mail distinguishing means in the communication terminal according to the present invention searches the received e-mail for the characters “emergency”, distinguishes the e-mail that has detected the “emergency” characters from the emergency e-mail, "Is not detected, it is distinguished from normal mail.

  The e-mail distinction means searches for the word “emergency” from the received e-mail. When the character “urgent” is detected in the received electronic mail, the received electronic mail is distinguished from the emergency mail. On the other hand, when the character “urgent” is not detected in the received electronic mail, the received electronic mail is determined to be a normal mail.

  Accordingly, the recipient can recognize whether the received electronic mail is an emergency mail or a normal electronic mail that is not. The recipient can respond with priority to the emergency mail. On the other hand, the sender can input the character of “emergency” in the e-mail to be sent to indicate that it is urgent to notify, so that the sender can be notified more reliably.

  In addition, the specific notification output operation in the communication terminal according to the present invention is the first silent notification mode in which the reception of the e-mail is notified without generating a sound, and the other notification output operations are performed by generating a sound. It adopts a configuration in which it is a normal mode for notifying and outputting the reception of electronic mail.

  According to the above invention, the specific notification output operation that can be selected and set by the communication terminal is the first silent notification mode in which reception is notified without making a sound. On the other hand, other notification output operations that can be selectively set to notify reception by sound generation are in the normal mode. (Effect) This makes it possible for the receiver to receive a notification of reception according to time, place, situation, and the like.

  Further, the electronic mail processing means in the communication terminal according to the present invention is configured such that when the first silent notification mode is set by the incoming call mode setting means, a non-specific type of electronic mail is received. The configuration is such that the notification output operation is performed in the second silent notification mode in which only the notification output of reception by recognition is performed.

  According to the above invention, the notification output operation in the second silent notification mode only performs reception notification by visual recognition.

  From this, it becomes possible to visually confirm the reception at the timing of the recipient. As a result, it is possible to inform the receiver more reliably while suppressing the troublesome reception due to the situation that the receiver does not want.

A program according to another embodiment of the present invention is provided in a communication terminal having an e-mail transmission / reception function.
A reception mode setting means for selectively setting a specific notification output operation of the communication terminal at the time of receiving an email and another notification output operation;
E-mail distinguishing means for distinguishing whether or not the received e-mail is a predetermined type of e-mail based on predetermined information included in the received e-mail;
An e-mail in which, when the specific notification output operation is set and an e-mail not of the specific type is received, an e-mail having a predetermined content is returned to the sender of the e-mail The processing means is realized.

Further, the program according to another aspect of the present invention is such that the e-mail processing means is
If the e-mail distinguished by the e-mail distinguishing means is a specific type of e-mail, it is notified by another notification output operation,
On the other hand, when the e-mail discriminated by the e-mail discriminating means is not a specific type of e-mail, it is notified by the set specific notification output operation and the specific notification output operation currently set by the communication terminal And information indicating a transmission method for transmitting an e-mail so that the e-mail is identified as a specific type of e-mail by adding e-mail specific information by e-mail distinguishing means to the sender In this way, the system is configured to realize that it is controlled to reply by e-mail.

In addition, the received e-mail processing method according to another aspect of the present invention includes an incoming mode setting step for selectively setting a specific notification output operation of the communication terminal at the time of receiving an e-mail and another notification output operation,
An e-mail distinguishing step for distinguishing whether the received e-mail is a predetermined type of e-mail based on predetermined information included in the received e-mail;
An e-mail in which, when the specific notification output operation is set and an e-mail not of the specific type is received, an e-mail having a predetermined content is returned to the sender of the e-mail And a processing step.

The received email processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention includes an email processing step,
If the e-mail identified in the e-mail distinguishing process is a specific type of e-mail, notify by other notification output operation,
On the other hand, when the email distinguished in the email distinguishing step is not a specific type of email, it is notified by the set specific notification output operation and the specific notification currently set by the communication terminal Information indicating an output operation and information indicating a transmission method for transmitting an e-mail so that the e-mail is identified as a specific type of mail by adding specific information in the e-mail distinguishing step The system is configured to control to automatically reply by e-mail.

  Even the invention of the program and the received e-mail processing method having the above-described configuration can achieve the above-described object of the present invention because it operates in the same manner as the communication terminal. Hereinafter, the specific configuration and operation of the present invention will be described in each embodiment.

  In the first embodiment, as one of the incoming call modes, a mobile phone with a manner mode will be described as an example of the first silent notification mode. Further, in the second embodiment, a mobile phone with a second manner mode will be described as an example of the second silent notification mode. The present invention is not limited to a mobile phone. For example, any communication terminal having an electronic mail transmission / reception function such as a PDA, an electronic notebook, or a portable game machine may be used. The incoming mode is not limited to the manner mode or the second manner mode. For example, any incoming mode that can be selected and set by the operator, such as a drive mode, may be used.

<Embodiment 1>
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone 1 with an incoming mode. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the mobile phone 1 with the incoming mode. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of processing received e-mail when the manner mode as the first silent notification mode is selected and set. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the e-mail discriminating means 14. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the notification output operation control unit 17 indicating the reception notification control. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the automatic response unit 16.

[Constitution]
FIG. 1 shows a cellular phone 1 capable of sending and receiving e-mails having two or more selectable incoming modes. The mobile phone 1 includes a control unit 2, a CPU 3, a storage unit 4, a notification unit 5, a display unit 6, an operation unit 7, a radio unit 8, and an antenna unit 9.

  The wireless unit 8 and the antenna unit 9 transmit and receive call data and communication data from the mobile phone 1. The operation unit 7 is an operation button such as a numeric keypad, and allows an operator to input various information. The display unit 6 is a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays the state of the mobile phone 1. Hereinafter, the display unit 6 is also referred to as a display 6. In addition, when the mobile phone 1 receives the notification, the notification unit 5 outputs a sound, vibration, light, or the like to the receiver to notify the reception. For example, the notification unit 5 is a speaker 10, a vibrating vibrator 11, a lighted LED 12, or the like.

  The control unit 2 controls the operation of the entire mobile phone 1. The storage unit 4 stores programs and information. The CPU 3 performs processing based on programs and information stored in the storage unit 4 in advance.

  Next, the overall configuration of the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The mobile phone 1 includes the control unit 2 that controls the entire mobile phone 1 as described above. The control unit 2 controls communication operation by the mobile phone 1. The control unit 2 includes an incoming mode detection unit 13 that is realized by incorporating a predetermined program, an e-mail distinguishing unit 14, and a received mail processing unit 15.

  In addition, the mobile phone 1 in the present embodiment sets a first silent notification mode that is a specific notification output operation and a normal mode that is another notification output operation as an incoming call mode that is a notification output operation at the time of an incoming call. Is possible. The first silent notification mode is an incoming call mode in which reception is notified to the receiver using light or vibration without outputting sound from the speaker 10. On the other hand, the normal mode is an incoming mode in which reception is notified to the recipient by outputting sound.

  The incoming mode detection unit 13 (incoming mode detection means) receives information from the operation unit 7 and sets the incoming mode. Specifically, pressing of the numeric keypad that is the operation unit 7 by the operator is detected, and the set incoming mode is recognized by pressing the numeric keypad. Thereafter, the set incoming mode of the mobile phone 1 detected by the incoming mode detection unit 13 is notified to the e-mail distinguishing unit 14 and the received mail processing unit 15.

  Next, the e-mail distinguishing unit 14 (e-mail distinguishing means) obtains the currently selected incoming mode from the incoming mode detector 13. Then, the e-mail distinguishing unit 14 receives the e-mail at the radio unit 8 via the antenna 9.

  In addition, when the incoming mode acquired from the incoming mode detection unit 13 is the manner mode, the email discriminating unit 14 discriminates the email based on predetermined information in the email received by the wireless unit 8. To do. Specifically, the e-mail distinguishing unit 14 searches the received e-mail for a character “urgent” and detects the character “emergency” to distinguish the received e-mail as an emergency mail. Further, when the character “urgent” is not detected in the e-mail, it is distinguished from the normal mail.

  As described above, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined information in the received e-mail is the letter “emergency” in the e-mail. However, the predetermined information of the e-mail is not limited to the letters “emergency”. In other words, any character can be used because it can be set as predetermined information by programming the communication terminal.

  When the incoming mode acquired from the incoming mode detection unit 13 is the normal mode, the search for the letters “emergency” in the email is not performed, and the received email is not distinguished. Then, the received mail processing unit 15 is notified of the distinguished information of the distinguished email.

  The e-mail distinction information notified to the received mail processing unit 15 is information indicating the type of e-mail in which the received e-mail is distinguished by the e-mail distinction unit 14. That is, in the present embodiment, the information indicating the type of electronic mail is information indicating whether the received electronic mail is an emergency mail or a normal mail.

  The received mail processing unit 15 acquires the incoming mode currently selected and set from the incoming mode detection unit 13 and the discrimination information of the email received from the email discriminating unit 14. That is, the received mail processing unit 15 acquires either the normal mode or the manner mode as the incoming mode. Further, the received mail processing unit 15 acquires information indicating whether the received electronic mail is an emergency mail or a normal mail.

  In addition, the received mail processing unit 15 (email processing means) includes an automatic response unit 16 that returns an e-mail to the transmission source, a notification output operation control unit 17 that performs reception notification to the recipient when received, Is provided.

  The automatic response unit 16 performs an automatic reply based on the acquired incoming call mode and the acquired e-mail distinction information. Specifically, an automatic response is made when the acquired incoming mode is the manner mode and the acquired e-mail distinction information is a normal mail. The automatic response returns an e-mail describing predetermined information from the wireless unit 8 to the transmission source of the received e-mail. The predetermined information of the e-mail sent back to the communication terminal of the transmission source is information indicating the reception mode selected and set in the communication terminal of the receiver, and a transmission method of transmitting as an e-mail notified as an emergency mail Is information. Note that the reply address is used by acquiring the sender mail address from the header of the received electronic mail, for example.

  The e-mail to be sent back is, for example, “Your manner mode is set now. If you are sending an e-mail that requires an emergency, enter the word“ Urgent ”in the e-mail and send the e-mail again. Please send "Is included. The text of the reply e-mail can be automatically created by programming in advance.

  The notification output operation control unit 17 controls the notification output operation in the reception notification. Specifically, the notification output operation unit 17 is connected to the notification unit 5. As described above, the notification unit 5 includes each device that performs an output operation when performing a reception notification. Then, the notification output operation control unit 17 controls the notification output operation at the time of reception notification according to the incoming call mode acquired from the incoming call mode detection unit 13.

  Specifically, when the acquired incoming call mode is the normal mode, a sound is emitted from the speaker 10, the LED 12 is turned on, and the display 6 displays that there is an incoming call. Note that the notification output in the normal mode is not limited to the notification output operation. The content of the notification output can be selected by the operator. For example, vibration by the vibrator 11 can also be added to the reception notification. In general, in the normal mode, the reception notification is performed by a notification output operation that the receiver can easily notice.

  On the other hand, when the acquired incoming mode is the manner mode, the LED 12 is turned on without making a sound from the speaker 10, the vibrator 11 is vibrated, and the display 6 displays that there is an incoming call. In general, the manner mode is installed to carry a mobile phone even in a space where quietness is required and to perform reception notification by muting so as not to disturb the surroundings. That is, the manner mode is a notification output operation for notifying the receiver that there has been reception without making a sound.

[Operation]
Next, an operation of processing received electronic mail when the manner mode is selected and set in the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the incoming mode detector 13 serving as an incoming mode setting unit accepts information from the operation unit 7 of the mobile phone 1 and sets the incoming mode. At this time, the operator of the cellular phone 1 inputs information from the numeric keypad as the operation unit 7 and sets the incoming mode to the manner mode. Then, the incoming mode detection unit 13 detects the selected incoming mode by pressing the numeric keypad (step S1, incoming mode detection step).

  Thereafter, the wireless unit 8 receives an email via the antenna 9 (step S2). Next, the e-mail discriminating unit 14 performs a search for whether or not “emergency” is present in the received e-mail (step S3, e-mail discrimination step).

  When the character “urgent” is not detected in the received e-mail, the e-mail is returned from the radio unit 8 to the caller via the antenna 9 by the automatic response unit 16 (No in step S4, step S5). Then, the fact that there is a received e-mail is notified by a notification output operation that does not output sound according to the manner mode set for the receiver (step S6, received mail processing step).

  On the other hand, when the character “Emergency” is detected in the received e-mail, the set manner mode is canceled, and the notification is received by a notification output operation that emits a sound from the speaker 10 in the normal mode to notify the reception. (Yes in step S4, step S7).

  Next, an operation in which the e-mail distinguishing unit 14 distinguishes whether the received e-mail is an emergency mail or a normal mail that is not so will be described with reference to FIG. First, the incoming mode of the mobile phone 1 detected by the incoming mode detector 13 is acquired (step S11).

  If the acquired incoming mode is the normal mode, reception in the normal mode is performed and the received electronic mail is not distinguished (No in step S12, step S13). On the other hand, if the acquired incoming mode is the manner mode, an email is received in the manner mode (Yes in step S12, step S14).

  If an e-mail is received when the manner mode is set, a search is made as to whether or not there is an “emergency” character in the received e-mail (step S15). If the character “urgent” is not detected in the received electronic mail, the received electronic mail is determined to be a non-emergency normal mail (No in step S16, step S17). Then, the automatic response unit 16 is notified that the received electronic mail is a normal mail, and a reply to the electronic mail is requested from the sender (step S18). Along with this, the e-mail distinguishing unit 14 requests the notification output control unit 18 for a reception notification for notifying the recipient of the received normal mail (step S20).

  Further, when the character “urgent” is detected in the received electronic mail, it is determined that the received electronic mail is an emergency mail (Yes in step S16, step S19). If the received e-mail is determined to be an emergency mail, the e-mail discriminating unit 14 issues a reception notification request to the notification output operation control unit 17 to notify the recipient of the reception as an emergency mail (step S20).

  Next, the operation of the notification output operation control unit 17 that controls the reception notification output operation will be described with reference to FIG. First, a reception notification request is received from the e-mail distinction unit 14. Then, the incoming mode set by the mobile phone 1 is acquired from the incoming mode detector 13 (step S21). When the acquired incoming mode is a normal mode other than the manner mode, the reception notification is output by the reception notification output operation in the normal mode (No in step S22, step S23).

  If the acquired incoming mode is the manner mode, a reception notification corresponding to the received reception notification request is made (Yes in step S22). Furthermore, when the received reception notification request notifies the reception of a normal mail that is not an emergency mail, the notification output operation is controlled so as to perform a reception notification in the manner mode that is selected and set (No in step S24). Step S25).

  On the other hand, when the received reception notification request notifies the reception of the emergency mail, the manner output mode is automatically canceled and the notification output operation is controlled so as to notify the reception in the normal mode (Step S1). Yes in S24, step S26).

  Next, the operation of the automatic response unit 16 will be described with reference to FIG. First, an automatic reply request for returning an electronic mail to the sender is accepted from the electronic mail distinguishing unit 14. Further, the incoming call mode selected and set for the mobile phone 1 is acquired from the incoming call mode detector 13 (step S31).

  Then, a return e-mail in which information indicating the manner of sending the e-mail in an emergency is created together with information indicating the manner mode selected and set for the mobile phone 1 (step S32). As described above, the contents of the return e-mail at this time are as follows: “The manner mode is now set. If the e-mail is urgently sent, the word“ emergency ”is added to the e-mail. Please send the e-mail again after entering it. ". Then, the created reply e-mail is automatically transmitted from the wireless unit 8 to the source via the antenna 9 (step S33).

  As described above, the mobile phone 1 according to the first embodiment can perform reception notification suitable for received e-mail by distinguishing whether the received e-mail is an emergency mail or a normal mail. Further, the sender can recognize the incoming mode of the destination mobile phone 1 by the reply mail from the automatic response unit 17. At the same time, the sender is given an e-mail transmission method to be taken in an emergency and a timing for using the e-mail. Thus, it is possible to transmit the sender more reliably to the receiver when it is urgent, while suppressing the troublesomeness of the receiver.

  In the first embodiment, the incoming mode that does not emit a sound, which is a specific notification output operation, is not limited to the manner mode. For example, a reception notification that does not output any sound, such as a drive mode, may be used.

  In the first embodiment, the incoming call mode selection is set by pressing the numeric keypad, but is not limited thereto. For example, when the operator inputs the time or day of the week, the incoming mode is automatically set for the time or day of the week that is automatically input, and the incoming mode is automatically canceled when the set time or the day of the week has passed. You may take the structure of. Further, a configuration in which the incoming mode can be set and canceled with a one-touch button for setting the incoming mode may be adopted. In other words, any means may be used as means for selecting and canceling the incoming mode in the present invention.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the “emergency” character is searched and detected as the predetermined information in the received e-mail when the e-mail distinguishing unit 14 distinguishes the received e-mail. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Since it can be set as predetermined information by programming, any character may be used.

  Next, as a second embodiment of the present invention, as a specific output operation for notifying that a sound is not output, a mobile phone with a second manner mode is exemplified as one of the silent notification modes described above. explain.

<Embodiment 2>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG. Further, the mobile phone in the second embodiment is configured such that the second manner mode is added to the selectively set incoming mode programmed in the mobile phone 1 of the first embodiment. That is, the mobile phone 1 according to the second embodiment has a configuration having the normal mode, the manner mode, and the second manner mode as the incoming mode. Therefore, the difference between the first embodiment and the second embodiment is the notification output operation control unit 17 that controls the notification output in the selected incoming mode.

  Since the configuration and operation other than the notification output operation control unit 17 are the same as those in the first embodiment, the illustration is omitted. The mobile phone having the second manner mode is also described as the mobile phone 1 described above. In addition, the manner mode, which is one of the incoming modes in the first embodiment, will be described as a first manner mode in the second embodiment.

  The operation of the notification output operation control unit 17 of the second manner mode mobile phone 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the electronic mail distinguishing unit 14 receives a reception notification request suitable for the distinguished received mail. Similarly to the first embodiment, the incoming mode selected and set in the mobile phone 1 is acquired from the incoming mode detector 13 (step S41).

  If the acquired incoming mode is not the second manner mode or the first manner mode, the incoming mode with a specific notification output operation is not set, and the incoming mode of the mobile phone 1 is the normal mode. . When the acquired incoming mode is the normal mode, the notification output for performing the reception notification in the normal mode is controlled as in the first embodiment (No in step S42, No in step S43, and step S44).

  When the acquired incoming mode is not the second manner mode but the first manner mode, the notification output operation is controlled in accordance with the reception notification request from the electronic mail distinguishing unit 14.

  Specifically, the received electronic mail is either an emergency mail reception notification or a normal mail reception notification. When the received reception notification request is a reception notification request for notifying an emergency mail but a normal mail, a reception notification in the first manner mode is performed (No in Step S42, Yes in Step S43, and Step S45). No, step S46).

  If the received reception notification request is a reception notification request for notifying emergency mail, the set manner mode is automatically canceled. And the notification output operation | movement by normal mode which outputs a sound from the speaker 10 and performs reception notification is controlled. (No in step S42, yes in step S43, yes in step S45, step S49).

  Next, when the acquired incoming call mode is the second manner mode, the notification output operation corresponding to the received reception notification request is controlled. If the received reception notification request is a normal mail reception notification request, the notification output operation in the second manner mode is controlled (yes in step S42, no in step S47, step S48).

  At this time, the notification output operation control unit 17 controls the notification output operation only for displaying the reception on the display 6. For this reason, in the first manner mode described above, notification is made by vibration of the vibrator, but in the second manner mode, notification by vibration is also limited.

  Next, when the incoming mode is the second manner mode and the received reception notification request is an emergency mail, the set second manner mode is automatically canceled. And the notification output operation | movement by the normal mode which outputs and notifies a sound from the speaker 10 is controlled (Yes in step S42, Yes in step S47, step S49).

  A table summarizing the relationship between the set incoming mode and the received e-mail will be described with reference to FIG. The mobile phone 1 has at least two selectable and selectable incoming modes, which are roughly divided into a normal mode for outputting and notifying a sound, and a silent notification mode for notifying the sound without outputting. It is done.

  Here, the silent notification mode based on a specific notification output operation that does not output sound is the first manner mode or the second manner mode. In the normal mode, the sound is output and the reception is notified by a method that is easy for the receiver to recognize.

  When the operator of the mobile phone 1 sets the silent notification mode by a specific notification output operation, it is in a situation where it cannot respond immediately to reception. For this reason, unlike the two-way communication in a call, the sender cannot recognize the set incoming mode of the mobile phone 1 in the one-way electronic mail communication.

  For this reason, as shown in FIG. 8, in the first manner mode and the second manner mode, which are specific notification output operations that do not emit sound, an automatic response e-mail is automatically returned to the sender. . Thus, as described above, the sender can recognize the incoming mode of the mobile phone 1 and can obtain the transmission method used in an emergency and the timing of using the transmission method.

  Even in the silent notification mode, which is a specific notification output operation for notifying the same sound, the first manner mode is notified by vibration of the vibrator, but the second manner mode is received by the display 6. Is only displayed. This is because in the first manner mode, notification is made without outputting a sound, so that the reception is notified to the recipient other than the sound.

  On the other hand, in the second manner mode, the reception is displayed on the display 6 so that the receiver can visually recognize the reception. This makes it possible for the receiver to confirm the reception even in a situation where quietness is more severely required such as in a movie theater, and to suppress annoying the surroundings. As a result, the receiver can receive a step-by-step silence notification suitable for the degree to which silence is required even in a situation where the same silence is required.

  Note that the notification output operation in the second manner mode in the second embodiment described above is not limited to the notification output operation described above. For example, the notification output operation of not turning on the LED 12 and the backlight of the display 6 may be controlled. Thereby, useless current consumption of the mobile phone 1 can be suppressed.

  Moreover, although Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2 of the present invention have been described by exemplifying communication by electronic mail, the present invention is not limited to this. Of course, communication by a call in the communication terminal according to the present invention may be used.

  The present invention is not limited to a mobile phone, and can be used for any communication terminal having an e-mail transmission / reception function such as a PDA, an electronic notebook, or a portable game machine, and thus has industrial applicability. .

The figure which shows the structure of a mobile telephone. The block diagram which shows the structure of a mobile telephone. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the process of a reception email. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of an electronic mail discrimination | determination part. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of a notification output operation control part. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of an automatic response part. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the notification output operation control part in the mobile telephone which has a 2nd manner mode. The table | surface which shows the relationship between incoming mode and notification output operation control.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile phone 2 Control unit 3 CPU
4 Storage unit 5 Notification unit 6 Display unit 7 Operation unit 8 Radio unit 9 Antenna 10 Speaker 11 Vibrator 12 LED
13 Incoming mode detector 14 E-mail distinguisher 15 Received mail processor 16 Automatic response unit 17 Notification output operation controller

Claims (11)

A communication terminal having an e-mail transmission / reception function,
A reception mode setting means for selectively setting a specific notification output operation of the communication terminal at the time of receiving an email and another notification output operation;
E-mail distinguishing means for distinguishing whether or not the received e-mail is a predetermined type of e-mail based on predetermined information included in the received e-mail;
An e-mail in which, when the specific notification output operation is set and an e-mail not of the specific type is received, an e-mail having a predetermined content is returned to the sender of the e-mail Processing means;
A communication terminal comprising: The e-mail processing means includes:
If the email distinguished by the email distinction means is the specific type of email, notify by the other notification output operation,
On the other hand, when the e-mail discriminated by the e-mail discriminating means is not the specific type of e-mail, it is notified by the set specific notification output operation and the communication terminal is currently set Information indicating the specific notification output operation and information indicating a transmission method for transmitting an e-mail so that the e-mail is distinguished as the specific type of e-mail by the e-mail distinguishing unit, Reply to the e-mail with the predetermined content;
The communication terminal according to claim 1. The information indicating the transmission method returned by the e-mail processing means is information for notifying that specific information is added to the e-mail.
The communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above. The specific type of e-mail that is distinguished by the e-mail distinguishing means is an emergency mail that requires an emergency for the sender to notify the receiver, and the non-specific type of e-mail is sent by the sender. A regular email that does not require urgent notification to the recipient,
The information processing terminal according to claim 1, 2 or 3. The e-mail distinguishing means searches for the character “emergency” from the received e-mail, distinguishes the e-mail that has detected the character “emergency” from the emergency mail, and does not detect the character “emergency”. , Distinct from regular email,
The information processing terminal according to claim 1, 2, 3, and 4. The specific notification output operation is a first silent notification mode for notifying and outputting the reception of the e-mail without generating a sound, and the other notification output operation is configured to receive the e-mail by generating a sound. This is the normal mode for outputting notifications.
6. The communication terminal according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. When the first silent notification mode is set by the incoming call mode setting means,
The e-mail processing means performs a notification output operation in a second silent notification mode in which only a notification output of reception by visual recognition is received when an e-mail that is not of the specific type is received.
The communication terminal according to claim 6. To a communication terminal that has an e-mail transmission / reception function,
A reception mode setting means for selectively setting a specific notification output operation of the communication terminal at the time of receiving an email and another notification output operation;
E-mail distinguishing means for distinguishing whether or not the received e-mail is a predetermined type of e-mail based on predetermined information included in the received e-mail;
An e-mail in which, when the specific notification output operation is set and an e-mail not of the specific type is received, an e-mail having a predetermined content is returned to the sender of the e-mail Processing means;
A program to realize The e-mail processing means includes:
If the email distinguished by the email distinction means is the specific type of email, notify by the other notification output operation,
On the other hand, when the e-mail distinguished by the e-mail distinguishing means is not the specific type of e-mail, the e-mail is notified by the set specific notification output operation, and the communication terminal is currently set Information representing a specific notification output operation, and information representing a transmission method for transmitting an e-mail so that the e-mail discriminating means adds the specific information to distinguish the e-mail as the specific type of e-mail. To send a reply to the sender by the e-mail,
The program according to claim 8, wherein: An incoming call mode setting step for selectively setting a specific notification output operation of the communication terminal when receiving an e-mail and another notification output operation;
An e-mail distinguishing step for distinguishing whether the received e-mail is a predetermined type of e-mail based on predetermined information included in the received e-mail;
An e-mail in which, when the specific notification output operation is set and an e-mail not of the specific type is received, an e-mail having a predetermined content is returned to the sender of the e-mail Processing steps;
A received e-mail processing method comprising: The email processing step includes:
If the email distinguished in the email distinction step is the specific type of email, notify with the other notification output operation,
On the other hand, if the e-mail identified in the e-mail distinguishing step is not the specific type of e-mail, the e-mail is notified by the set specific notification output operation and the communication terminal is currently set. A transmission method for transmitting an e-mail so that the e-mail is identified as the specific type of e-mail by adding specific information in the e-mail distinguishing step and information indicating the specific notification output operation Control information to be automatically returned to the sender by the e-mail,
The received e-mail processing method according to claim 10.

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