JP2009199123A - Electronic mail decoration printing system, electronic mail decoration editing equipment, and portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system capable of outputting electronic mail created by another party to a print sheet in such a state that decoration is applied to a state that a user himself or herself who has received the electronic mail wants to store. <P>SOLUTION: An electronic mail decoration printing system 10 includes: a portable terminal 11 equipped with an electronic mail function for transmitting/receiving electronic mail; and electronic mail decoration editing equipment 12 for communicating with the portable terminal 11. The electronic mail decoration editing equipment 12 includes: an electronic mail editing part 13 for editing transmission/reception electronic mail transmitted from the portable terminal 11 to create working electronic mail; and an electronic mail printing part 14 for printing the working electronic mail created by the electronic mail editing part 13 on a print sheet 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for communicating with a mobile terminal having a mail transmission / reception function and printing transmitted / received mail stored in the mobile terminal.

  Mobile terminal users have many opportunities to communicate by sending and receiving mail. The mail transmitted / received between the mobile terminals includes mail that the user wants to keep forever, such as mail transmitted / received on the anniversary. Patent Documents 1 to 3 disclose such a mail storage method and a display method on a portable terminal.

  In Patent Document 1, data such as images and sounds to be displayed on a mail creation screen at a transmission source terminal and output from a transmission destination terminal is selected by a user, and the selected image and audio are transmitted to the user terminal. A data transmission device for transmitting to the Internet is disclosed. The selected image / sound is displayed together with the contents of the mail as the background of the mail displayed on the terminal.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a mobile phone capable of instructing to print a mail sent and received by the mobile phone to a printer via a network.

Patent Document 3 discloses a communication terminal device that stores mail contents and decoration data that decorates the mail in association with each other and reproduces the decoration data according to the mail contents when the mail is displayed.
JP 2001-051919 A JP 2004-220606 A JP 2007-164469 A

  There is a need to leave emails important for users sent and received on such anniversaries, etc. on paper in a beautiful form decorated like a greeting card.

However, with the devices and systems disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3, it is not possible to print the mail created by the other party on a print sheet in a state in which the received user himself / herself is decorated in a state desired to be stored.
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and is a system that can decorate and print a mail created by the other party in a state in which the user who received the mail himself / herself wants to save it. The purpose is to provide.

  One aspect of the mail decoration printing system according to the present invention includes a mobile terminal having a mail function for sending and receiving mail, and a mail decoration editing device for communicating with the mobile terminal, wherein the mail decoration editing device is the mobile phone. A mail editing unit that edits the transmission / reception mail transmitted from the terminal to create a processed mail; and a mail printing unit that prints the processed mail generated by the mail editing unit on a print sheet.

  One aspect of the mail decoration editing device according to the present invention is a mail editing section that generates a processed mail by editing a transmitted / received mail transmitted from a mobile terminal, and the processed mail created by the mail editing section is printed on a print sheet. A mail printing section for printing.

  One aspect of the portable terminal according to the present invention communicates with the mail decoration editing device described above.

  One aspect of the mail decoration printing system according to the present invention is to edit a transmission / reception mail transmitted from the portable terminal to generate a processed mail, and print the processed mail on a print sheet.

  According to the present invention, sent / received mail stored in a mobile terminal can be decorated and printed in a state that the user himself / herself wants to store.

  Hereinafter, a mail printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a mail decoration printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mail decoration printing system 10 includes a mobile terminal 11 and a mail decoration editing device 12. The mobile terminal 11 is a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Data Assistance). The mobile terminal 11 has a mail function, and can send and receive mails by communicating with other mobile terminals and personal computers. The mobile terminal 11 can communicate with the mail decoration editing device 12. Note that the communication means between the mobile terminal 11 and the mail decoration editing device 12 may be directly connected by wire or may be configured to use wireless communication such as infrared communication.

  The mail decoration editing device 12 includes a mail editing unit 13 and a mail printing unit 14. The mail editing unit 13 edits the transmission / reception mail transmitted from the mobile terminal 11 and creates a processed mail. For example, a processed mail is created by synthesizing the size, color, typeface, background, illustration, etc. of the mail sent and received. Note that the method of editing sent / received mail is executed by the user operating an interface provided in the mail decoration editing device 12 or the like.

  Here, the sent / received mail data edited by the mail editing unit 13 can arbitrarily edit not only the text of the mail but also characters indicating the addressee, the sender, the date / time of transmission / reception, and the like. The editing method for the character color, background, and the like can be configured so that the user can select all of them, or the user can select a preset standard editing method. In addition, the user sets an arbitrary printing paper 15 in the mail decoration editing device, and selects the type and size of the printing paper to be printed by the mail decoration editing device 12, so that the printing paper 15 of an arbitrary type and size can be used. Processing mail can be printed. Further, the printing paper is not limited to paper, and may be cloth or plastic.

  The mail decoration editing device 12 may be configured to include a display unit (not shown). By displaying the transmission / reception mail being edited by the user and the completed processing mail on the display unit, the user can perform editing work while confirming the transmission / reception mail being edited. Moreover, you may comprise so that communication with the portable terminal 11 may be performed and the display provided in the portable terminal 11 may be utilized as a display part. Further, the mail decoration editing device 12 may be provided with a memory so that sent / received mail being edited and edited mail can be saved. Thereby, the user can edit the sent / received mail and print the processed mail at any time.

  The mail created by the mail editing unit 13 is input to the mail printing unit 14. The mail printing unit 14 outputs the processed mail edited by the mail editing unit 13 to the printing paper 15. As a result, the user can receive the processed mail printed by the mail printing unit 14 in a state of being printed on the printing paper. In addition, when there are moving characters or images in the sent / received mail sent / received on the mobile terminal or the processed mail edited by the mail decoration editing device 12, It can also be configured to select the state and output it to the printing paper. Further, it is possible to compose the continuous movement state on one printing paper and output it. Thereby, even a moving character or image can be printed in a state arbitrarily selected by the user.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the mail decoration printing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the user of the mobile terminal 11 selects a transmission / reception mail to be printed from the transmission / reception mails stored in the mobile terminal 11 (S1). When the transmission / reception mail to be printed is selected by the user, the mobile terminal 11 transmits the selected transmission / reception mail to the mail decoration editing device 12 (S2).

  The mail decoration editing device 12 receives transmission / reception mail edited from the mobile terminal 11 as data (S3). The mail editing unit 13 edits the size, color, and typeface of characters in the transmitted / received mail received from the mobile terminal 11, or edits the transmitted / received mail by compositing a background or an illustration into the mail text, A processing mail is created (S4). Then, the size and type of printing paper to be output are selected (S5). The mail printing unit 14 outputs the processed mail created by the mail editing unit 13 to the printing paper selected in step S5 (S6). The printing paper output from the mail decoration editing device 12 is received by the user (S7).

  As described above, according to the mail decoration printing system according to the present embodiment, transmission / reception mail that can be confirmed only on the mobile terminal 11 is output to the printing paper 15 in a decorated state, thereby being transmitted / received on an anniversary or the like. Emails can be left as paper. For example, even if the mobile terminal is broken and the internal send / receive mail data disappears, the contents of the mail are printed on the printing paper, so that the user can keep them indefinitely.

  Further, even if the original mail received by the mobile terminal 11 is a mail with only a body text that has not been decorated, the recipient who has received the mail can save the recipient by applying an arbitrary decoration. You can print the processed mail on the printing paper as you want.

  In addition, by creating a processed mail on the mail decoration editing device 12 side including the mail printing section 14 or selecting a printing paper, a printing instruction is given in a state suitable for the specifications of the mail printing section 14. Can do.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of whole structure of the mail decoration printing system of this invention. It is a flowchart of the mail decoration printing system of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mail decoration printing system 11 Portable terminal 12 Mail decoration editing equipment 13 Mail editing part 14 Mail printing part 15 Printing paper

Claims (13)

A mobile terminal having a mail function for sending and receiving mail; and a mail decoration editing device for communicating with the mobile terminal,
The mail decoration editing device is
An email editing unit that edits the sent / received email sent from the mobile terminal to create a processed email;
An email decoration printing system comprising: an email printing unit that prints the processed email created by the email editing unit on printing paper. The mail decoration editing device is
The mail decoration printing system according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit that displays the transmitted / received mail being edited and the processed mail. The mail decoration printing system according to claim 1, wherein the mail editing unit edits the sent / received mail to create a processed mail by applying a decoration selected by a user. The mail decoration printing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the mail decoration editing device receives the transmission / reception mail transmitted from the portable terminal by wireless communication. 5. The mail editing unit according to claim 1, wherein the mail editing unit performs at least one of selection of a character size, a color, a frame, and a type and a size of the printing paper in the transmission / reception mail. Mail decoration printing system. When the mail decoration editing device includes moving characters and / or images composed of consecutive characters and / or images in different states in the send / receive mail and the processed mail, the mail decoration editing device The mail decoration printing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a character and / or an image in the state is printed on a printing paper. An email editor that edits incoming and outgoing emails sent from mobile devices and generates processed emails;
A mail decoration editing device, comprising: a mail printing unit that prints the processed mail created by the mail editing unit on a printing paper. The mail decoration editing device according to claim 7, wherein the mail editing unit performs at least one of editing a character size, a color, and a frame in the transmission / reception mail and selecting a type and a size of the printing paper. The mail decoration editing device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the mail decoration editing device communicates with the mobile terminal by wireless communication.   A portable terminal that communicates with the mail decoration editing device according to any one of claims 7 to 9. Edit the sent / received email sent from the mobile device to generate a modified email,
A mail decoration printing method for printing the processed mail on printing paper. The mail decoration printing method according to claim 11, wherein at least one of selection of a character size, a color and a frame, and a type and size of the printing paper in the transmitted / received mail is performed. When the sent / received mail and the processed mail include moving characters and / or images composed of consecutive characters and / or images in different states, characters and / or any state selected from the outside The mail decoration printing method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the image is printed on a printing paper.

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