JP2010183338A - E-mail distribution system, e-mail distribution method, server and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that an intent of demand from a sender of an e-mail is hard to be transmitted to a receiver of the e-mail. <P>SOLUTION: This e-mail distribution system is constituted by being provided with: a transmitting source terminal which transmits the e-mail; a destination terminal which becomes a destination of the e-mail to be transmitted from the transmitting source terminal; and a server which receives the e-mail transmitted from the transmitting source terminal and distributes the received e-mail to the destination terminal according to the destination, wherein the server adds, when the e-mail is received, receiving state display information for making the destination terminal perform display according to the number of times of receiving e-mails with the same title and the same destination as a title, and destination included in the received e-mail in the past to the received e-mail to be distributed to the destination terminal as an e-mail with a receiving state, and the destination terminal performs, when the e-mail with the receiving state distributed from the server is received, display of an e-mail text included in the received e-mail with the receiving state and display based on the receiving state display information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mail distribution system, a mail distribution method, a server, and a program for distributing mail received from a transmission source to a destination terminal that is the destination of the mail.

  In recent years, there has been an increase in making some requests to mail recipients using mail. In this case, in order to ensure that the recipient of the mail fulfills this request, a method of inserting words or sentences having emphasis in the text or title of the mail to be sent is used. As another method, there is also a method of sending an email by setting to display the importance of the received email on the email software of the email recipient.

  Here, if the recipient of the email does not fulfill this request, it usually sends more emails to remind the fulfillment of the request, but if the recipient still does not fulfill the request, it prompts the fulfillment of the request. You will be sending many emails to do so. As described above, when the mail for prompting the fulfillment of the request is transmitted many times, if the same mail text or importance display is used every time, the intention of the reminder from the sender of the mail is not easily transmitted to the recipient of the mail.

  In such a case, it is possible to change the display of the email text and importance each time an email is sent to prompt the request to be fulfilled, but this is a burdensome task for the email sender. Become.

  Here, for example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique that can urge an e-mail recipient to call attention.

  In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the mail server adds a message with a predetermined text prompting the mail recipient to call attention in accordance with a keyword included in the received mail. To recipients.

JP 2003-242084 A

  If the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above is used when sending a mail for prompting the execution of the request many times, a message for calling attention is automatically added to the mail every time. Sent to recipients. Therefore, it seems that the intention of the reminder from the mail sender is transmitted to the mail recipient.

  However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, the text of the alert message is determined in advance, and the mail transmitted to the mail recipient has the same content every time. For this reason, the problem that the intention of urging from the mail sender is difficult to be transmitted to the mail receiver cannot be solved.

  In addition, there is a problem that a sentence for prompting the fulfillment of the request must be separately created as a warning message.

  The objective of this invention is providing the mail delivery system, mail delivery method, server, and program which solve the subject mentioned above.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides:
A transmission source terminal that transmits a mail; a destination terminal that is a destination of a mail transmitted from the transmission source terminal; a mail transmitted from the transmission source terminal; and the received mail according to the destination A mail delivery system comprising a server for delivery to a destination terminal,
When the server receives the mail, reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to display according to the number of times the mail with the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past. Is added to the received mail and delivered to the destination terminal as a mail with reception status,
When the destination terminal receives the mail with reception status distributed from the server, the destination terminal displays the text of the mail included in the received mail with reception status and displays based on the reception status display information.

In addition, a transmission source terminal that transmits a mail, a destination terminal of a mail transmitted from the transmission source terminal, a destination terminal that includes a display unit, a mail transmitted from the transmission source terminal, and the received mail A server for delivering to the destination terminal according to the destination, a mail delivery method in a mail delivery system comprising:
When the server receives the mail, reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to display according to the number of times the mail having the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past. Is added to the received mail and delivered to the destination terminal as a mail with reception status;
When the destination terminal receives the mail with reception status distributed from the server, a process of displaying a mail text included in the received mail with reception status and displaying based on the reception status display information; Have

In addition, a mail delivery method in a server that receives a mail from a transmission source terminal that sends a mail and distributes the received mail to a destination terminal that is a destination of the received mail,
When the mail is received, the reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to perform display according to the number of times the mail having the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past is received. Added to the received mail and delivered to the destination terminal as a mail with reception status.

A server that receives a mail from a transmission source terminal that transmits the mail and distributes the received mail to a destination terminal that is a destination of the received mail;
When the mail is received, the reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to perform display according to the number of times the mail having the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past is received. Added to the received mail and delivered to the destination terminal as a mail with reception status.

In addition, a server that receives a mail from a transmission source terminal that transmits mail and distributes the received mail to a destination terminal that is a destination of the received mail.
When the mail is received, the reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to perform display according to the number of times the mail having the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past is received. A function of delivering to the destination terminal as a mail with reception status by adding to the received mail is realized.

  According to the present invention, the server receives the reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to perform display according to the number of times the same title and destination mail as the title and destination included in the received mail have been received in the past. Is added to the received mail and delivered to the destination terminal as a mail with reception status. Then, when the destination terminal receives the mail with reception status distributed from the server, the destination terminal displays the mail text included in the received mail with reception status and displays based on the reception status display information. Therefore, the mail recipient can recognize how many times the same mail has been received, and the intention of the reminder from the mail sender can be easily transmitted to the mail recipient.

  In addition, the sender of the email does not need to create a separate sentence for prompting the fulfillment of the request.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the mail delivery system of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the comparison condition setting table which the comparison condition setting table part shown in FIG. 1 has. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the table with which the memory | storage part shown in FIG. 1 is provided. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of operation | movement of each part of the mail server shown in FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the mail reception comparison process part shown in FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of operation | movement at the time of the mail receiving terminal shown in FIG. 1 receiving mail. It is a figure which shows an example of the display image when the mail receiving terminal shown in FIG. 1 receives the mail with a reception condition. It is a figure which shows an example of the display image of the mail in the mail receiving terminal shown in FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows the other example of operation | movement at the time of the mail receiving terminal shown in FIG. 1 receiving mail. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display image when the mail receiving terminal shown in FIG. 1 receives the mail with a reception condition. It is a sequence diagram which shows the other example of operation | movement of the condition registration part shown in FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the mail delivery system of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mail delivery system of this embodiment includes a mail server 1 that is a server, a condition registration terminal 2, and a mail receiving terminal 3 that is a destination terminal that is a destination of mail received by the mail server 1. I have. The condition registration terminal 2 and the mail receiving terminal 3 are connected to the mail server 1 via the network 4. The condition registration terminal 2 may be directly connected to the mail server 1 without going through the network 4.

  The condition registration terminal 2 includes a setting reception unit 21 and a comparison condition setting table unit 22.

  The setting receiving unit 21 receives information stored in the comparison condition setting table T21 input by the user (setting person) operating the input device 5 connected to the setting receiving unit 21. Then, the information stored in the received comparison condition setting table T21 is output to the comparison condition setting table unit 22.

  The comparison condition setting table unit 22 has a comparison condition setting table T21. When the information output from the setting reception unit 21 is received, the received information is stored in the comparison condition setting table T21 and transmitted to the mail server 1.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the comparison condition setting table T21 included in the comparison condition setting table unit 22 illustrated in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the comparison condition setting table T <b> 21 includes a title column 211, a signal column 212, a period column 213, and a target person and mail address column 214.

  The title column 211 stores the title of the count target mail for which the number of times received by the mail server 1 is counted.

  The signal column 212 stores the relationship between the number of times the count target mail is received and the signal color. The signal will be described later.

  The period column 213 stores a period for counting the number of receptions of the mail to be counted.

  The target person name and mail address column 214 stores the target person name that is the destination of the mail to be counted and the mail address of the target person. In this column, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of subjects can be stored. In FIG. 2, the description of the mail address is omitted.

  Here, the signal will be described. When the mail server 1 receives a matching mail that is a mail including the information stored in the comparison condition setting table T21, reception status display information that is information indicating a signal is added to the matching mail. Then, the matching mail to which the reception status display information is added is delivered to the mail receiving terminal that is the destination of the matching mail as the mail with the reception status. The mail receiving terminal that has received the mail with reception status displays the mail text included in the received mail with reception status and displays a signal based on the reception status display information.

  Note that the information stored in the comparison condition setting table T21 for determining whether or not the received mail is a matching mail is the information stored in the title column 211 and the subject and mail address column 214. Details of the operation for determining whether or not the received mail is a matching mail will be described later.

  Further, the color of the signal changes according to the number of times that the mail server 1 receives the matching mail. Thereby, the user of the mail receiving terminal can understand at a glance the number of times the same mail has been received. For example, in the comparison condition setting table T21 shown in FIG. 2, the color of the signal displayed on the mail receiving terminal 3 changes from green to yellow and further to red according to the number of times the mail server 1 receives the matching mail. Is set.

  Referring again to FIG. 1, the mail server 1 includes a signal setting unit 11, a condition registration unit 12, a clock processing unit 13, a mail reception comparison processing unit 14, a mail reception request handling unit 15, and a transmission / reception unit 16. And a storage unit 17 which is a first storage unit. A maintenance terminal 6 is connected to the signal setting unit 11.

  The storage unit 17 includes a signal table T11, a comparison condition table T12, a counter table T13, and a received mail signal table T14.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a table included in the storage unit 17 illustrated in FIG. 1, (a) is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the signal table T11, and (b) is a comparison condition table T12. (C) is a figure which shows an example of a structure of counter table T13, (d) is a figure which shows an example of a structure of received mail signal table T14.

  The operation of each part of the mail server 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described below, but the tables T11 to T14 shown in FIG. 3 will be described together with the description of the operation of each part.

  The signal setting unit 11 receives information indicating the color of the signal transmitted from the maintenance terminal 6. And signal table T11 is set based on the information.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the signal table T11 includes a green column 111, a yellow column 112, and a red column 113. The signal table T11 is a table that defines a signal color.

  Referring to FIG. 1 again, the condition registration unit 12 receives the information of the comparison condition setting table T21 transmitted from the condition registration terminal 2 via the transmission / reception unit 16, and includes the ID ( Identification), registration date and setter name are added and stored in the comparison condition table T12. In addition, the condition registration unit 12 sets the counter table T13 of a necessary size according to the number of subjects in the comparison condition table T12 and the number of subjects stored in the mail address column, and receives the comparison condition setting table T21 received. Store information based on information. The setter name is the name and title of the setter who set the comparison condition setting table T21 shown in FIG. 2 using the condition registration terminal 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, the comparison condition table T12 includes an ID column 121, a title column 122, a signal column 123, a period column 124, a registration date column 125, a setter name column 126, and a target person. And a mail address column 127. In FIG. 3B, the description of the target person and the mail address in the mail address column 127 is omitted.

  As described above, the condition registration unit 12 receives the information of the comparison condition setting table T21 transmitted from the condition registration terminal 2, adds the ID, registration date, and setter name to the received information, and compares the comparison condition table T12. To store. That is, the information in the comparison condition setting table T21 transmitted from the condition registration terminal 2 is stored in the title column 122, the signal column 123, the period column 124, and the target person and mail address column 127. Then, the condition registration unit 12 assigns an ID to the information to make the information in the ID column 121, the date on which the information is stored the information in the registration date column 125, and the comparison condition setting table transmitted from the condition registration terminal 2 The information of the setter name transmitted in addition to the information of T21 is stored as the setter name column 126 information.

  Referring to FIG. 1 again, the clock processing unit 13 is activated when the date changes, and updates the valid period column of the counter table T13 based on the information stored in the period column 124 of the comparison condition table T12.

  As shown in FIG. 3C, the counter table T <b> 13 includes an ID column 131, a setter name column 132, a subject / reception count column 133, and an effective period column 134. FIG. 3C also shows how the counter table T13 is updated by receiving the matching mail.

  The ID column 131 corresponds to the ID column 121 of the comparison condition table T12 illustrated in FIG.

  The setter name column 132 corresponds to the setter name column 126 of the comparison condition table T12 shown in FIG.

  The subject / reception frequency column 133 includes a subject / email address column 133a corresponding to the subject / email address column 127 of the comparison condition table T12 shown in FIG. Further, the target person and the reception count column 133 are addressed to the target person stored in the target person and mail address column 133a, and the title stored in the title column 122 of the comparison condition table T12 shown in FIG. Includes a received cumulative number column 133b in which the number of times the e-mail is received is stored. In FIG. 3C, the description of the target person and the mail address in the mail address column 133a is omitted.

  The valid period column 134 indicates one of “before period”, “during period”, and “period end” based on the information stored in the period column 124 of the comparison condition table T12 illustrated in FIG. Store information. The validity period column 134 is updated by the clock processing unit 13 as described above.

  Referring to FIG. 1 again, the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 receives a mail transmitted from the mail transmission source via the transmission / reception unit 16. Then, “title” and “destination” are extracted from the received mail. The extracted “title” and “destination”, the title stored in the title column 122 of the comparison condition table T12 as identification information, and the target person stored in the target person name and mail address column 127 Compare If these match mails match, the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 next uses the information stored in the validity period column 134 (see FIG. 3C) of the counter table T13 corresponding to the match mail. Check. As a result of the confirmation, if the information stored in the validity period column 134 is “during period”, the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 stores the information in the accumulated reception number column 133b of the counter table T13 corresponding to the matching mail. Increment the number. Then, the color of the signal to be added to the matching mail is determined from the information stored in the received cumulative number column 133b of the counter table T13 and the signal column 123 of the comparison condition table T12. Information indicating the determined signal color is stored in the additional signal column of the received mail signal table T14.

  As shown in FIG. 3D, the received mail signal table T14 includes an ID column 141, a title column 142, a setter name column 143, a target person and mail address column 144, a sender column 145, and an additional signal. A column 146, a mail text column 147, and a received date column 148 are configured.

  The ID column 141 corresponds to the ID column 121 of the comparison condition table T12 illustrated in FIG. 3B and the ID column 131 of the counter table T13 illustrated in FIG.

  The title column 142 corresponds to the title column 122 of the comparison condition table T12 illustrated in FIG.

  The setter name column 143 corresponds to the setter name column 126 of the comparison condition table T12 shown in FIG. 3B and the setter name column 132 of the counter table T13 shown in FIG.

  The subject and email address column 144 includes the subject and email address column 127 of the comparison condition table T12 shown in FIG. 3B and the subject and email address column 133a of the counter table T13 shown in FIG. It corresponds. In FIG. 3D, the description of the target person and the mail address in the mail address column 144 is omitted.

  The sender column 145 stores information on the server that is the source of the received mail.

  The additional signal column 146 is stored in the information stored in the signal column 123 of the comparison condition table T12 shown in FIG. 3B and the received cumulative number column 133b of the counter table T13 shown in FIG. Information indicating the color of the signal to be added to the matching mail is stored.

  The mail text column 147 stores information on the mail text of the received mail.

  The received date column 148 stores the date when the mail is received.

  Referring again to FIG. 1, when the mail reception request handling unit 15 receives a mail reception request transmitted from the mail reception terminal 3, the mail reception terminal 3 sends the destination based on the information stored in the received mail signal table T <b> 14. A mail with a reception status obtained by adding a signal to the matching mail is distributed to the mail receiving terminal 3.

  The mail receiving terminal 3 includes a control unit 31 and a display unit 32.

  The control unit 31 receives the mail with reception status distributed from the mail server 1. Then, the mail text and signal included in the received mail with reception status are displayed on the display unit 32. The display image of the mail with reception status displayed on the display unit 32 will be described later.

  Hereinafter, in the mail delivery system configured as described above, an operation in which the mail server 1 delivers a mail with a reception status to the mail receiving terminal 3 will be described.

  4 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the operation of each unit of the mail server 1 illustrated in FIG. 1, (a) is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the operation of the signal setting unit 11, and (b) is a condition registration unit 12. FIG. 7C is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the operation of the clock processing unit 13. Hereinafter, the operation performed by the signal setting unit 11 illustrated in FIG. 4A is referred to as a signal table setting flow, and the operation performed by the condition registration unit 12 illustrated in FIG. 4B is referred to as a condition registration flow. The operation performed by the clock processing unit 13 is referred to as a clock processing flow.

  The signal table setting flow and condition registration flow shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B are stored in the signal table T11, the comparison condition table T12, and the counter table T13 as a pre-stage of the operation of the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 described later. This is an operation for storing information. Also, the clock processing flow shown in FIG. 4C is a standard operation performed when the date changes.

  In the signal table setting flow shown in FIG. 4A, information indicating the color of the signal is transmitted from the maintenance terminal 6 connected to the signal setting unit 11. The signal setting unit 11 that has received the information indicating the color of the signal transmitted from the maintenance terminal 6 sets the signal table T11 based on the received information.

  In the condition registration flow shown in FIG. 4B, first, information of the comparison condition setting table T21 is transmitted from the condition registration terminal 2.

  The condition registration unit 12 that has received the information of the comparison condition setting table T21 transmitted from the condition registration terminal 2 adds the ID, the registration date, and the setter to the received information and stores them in the comparison condition table T12.

  In addition, the condition registration unit 12 sets the target person and the reception count column 133 (in the counter table T13) according to the target person and the number of target persons stored in the mail address column 127 (see FIG. 3B) in the comparison condition table T12. A necessary size is set in FIG. Then, information based on the information in the comparison condition setting table T21 received from the condition registration terminal 2 is stored in the counter table T13.

  The timepiece processing flow shown in FIG. 4C is triggered by the date change in a timepiece (not shown) provided in the mail server 1. Specifically, the clock processing unit 13 acquires the period start and end dates stored in the period column 124 (see FIG. 3B) of the comparison condition table T12 from the comparison condition table T12.

  Then, the acquired period start and end dates are compared with the current date, and information indicating either before the period, during the period, or during the period ends in the effective period column 134 (see FIG. 3C) of the counter table T13. Set.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the operation performed by the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 shown in FIG. 5 is referred to as a mail reception comparison processing flow.

  In the mail reception comparison processing flow, first, the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 receives a mail via the transmission / reception unit 16 (step S1).

  Next, the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 that has received the mail extracts “title” and “destination” included in the received mail.

  Then, the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 extracts the extracted “title” and “destination”, the title column 122 (see FIG. 3B) of the comparison condition table T12 that is identification information, and the target person and mail address column. The information stored in 127 is compared, and it is determined whether or not the received mail is a matching mail (step S2).

  If the result of determination in step S2 is that the received mail is not a matching mail, the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S2 is that the received mail is a matched mail, the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 next selects the validity period column 134 (FIG. 3C) of the counter table T13 corresponding to the matched mail. The information stored in (Ref.) Is confirmed (step S3).

  As a result of the confirmation in step S3, when the information stored in the validity period column 134 (see FIG. 3C) of the counter table T13 is “during period”, the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 adds the matching mail to the matching mail. The number stored in the received cumulative number column 133b of the corresponding counter table T13 is incremented (step S4).

  On the other hand, as a result of the confirmation in step S3, if the information stored in the validity period column 134 (see FIG. 3C) of the counter table T13 is other than “during period”, the process is terminated.

  Then, the mail reception comparison processing unit 14 selects the color of the signal to be added to the matching mail from the information stored in the accumulated reception number column 133b of the counter table T13 and the signal column 123 of the comparison condition table T12 (Step S5). ).

  Finally, information indicating the color of the selected signal is stored in the additional signal column 146 (see FIG. 3D) of the received mail signal table T14.

  FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an example of an operation when the mail receiving terminal 3 shown in FIG. 1 receives mail. Hereinafter, an operation performed by the mail receiving terminal 3 is referred to as a mail receiving flow.

  In the mail reception flow shown in FIG. 6, first, the mail receiving terminal 3 transmits a mail reception request to the mail server 1.

  Next, the mail reception request handling unit 15 of the mail server 1 that has received the reception request transmitted from the mail receiving terminal 3 is based on the information stored in the target person name and mail address column 144 of the received mail signal table T14. The mail addressed to the mail receiving terminal 3 is acquired.

  Then, the mail acquired from the received mail signal table T14 is distributed to the mail receiving terminal 3 as a mail with reception status.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display image when the mail receiving terminal 3 shown in FIG. 1 receives a mail with reception status, and (a) is a display image when a mail with reception status is first received. , (B) shows a display image when a mail with reception status of the same title is received for the second time, and (c) shows a display image when a mail with reception status of the same title is received for the third time. Note that the display image shown in FIG. 7 corresponds to the counter table T13 shown in FIG. Specifically, the display image mail shown in FIG. 7A corresponds to the mail received by the mail server 1 on April 15, 2008 shown in the second row in FIG. 3C. 7 (b) corresponds to the mail received by the mail server 1 on April 25, 2008 shown in the third row of FIG. 3 (c), and FIG. 7 (c). The display image mail shown in FIG. 3 corresponds to the mail received by the mail server 1 on April 30, 2008 shown in the fourth row of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, each time the number of times a mail having the same title is received increases, the color of the signal displayed together with the received mail changes from blue to yellow and further to red.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the mail server 1 receives the mail receiving terminal 3 so that the mail receiving terminal 3 performs display according to the number of times the mail having the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past. The display information is added to the received mail and delivered to the mail receiving terminal 3 as a mail with reception status. When the mail receiving terminal 3 receives the mail with reception status distributed from the mail server 1, the mail receiving terminal 3 displays the mail text included in the received mail with reception status and displays based on the reception status display information. Therefore, the mail recipient can recognize how many times the same mail has been received, and the intention of the reminder from the mail sender can be easily transmitted to the mail recipient.

  In addition, the sender of the email does not need to create a separate sentence for prompting the fulfillment of the request.

  In the above-described embodiment, the color is simply displayed on the mail receiving terminal 3 by the signal. In addition to displaying the color in this way, the displayed color may be blinked. Furthermore, a character may be displayed, or sound or voice may be output.

  In the above-described embodiment, every time the mail server 1 receives a matching mail, it is delivered to the mail receiving terminal 3 including the mail text of the matching mail. However, the mail body of the mail delivered from the mail server 1 on and after the second time is the same as the mail body of the mail delivered first. Therefore, for the second and subsequent times, only the mail title and the mail reception date history are distributed from the mail server 1 to the mail receiving terminal 3, and the mail receiving date together with the mail text matching the title is received at the mail receiving terminal 3. It is also possible to display the history of chronologically.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display image of mail in the mail receiving terminal 3 shown in FIG. 1, where (a) is a display image when mail is first received, and (b) is a title and reception date. A display image when only the history is received and (c) shows a display image when only the history of the title and the reception date is received for the second time.

  In the example shown in FIG. 8, the history of the received date of the mail is displayed in time series together with the mail text. For this reason, the mail recipient can recognize how many times the same mail has been received, including the date of reception, and the intention of urging from the mail sender is more easily communicated to the mail recipient.

  FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing another example of the operation when the mail receiving terminal 3 shown in FIG. 1 receives mail, and shows the operation for realizing the mail display image shown in FIG. Yes.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, the mail reception request handling unit 15 distributes only the history information of the mail title and the reception date in response to the reception request from the mail receiving terminal 3. In this case, the mail receiving terminal 3 needs to include a storage unit that is a second storage unit for storing the received mail.

  When the mail receiving terminal 3 receives the mail title and the history of the received date distributed from the mail server 1, the mail receiving terminal 3 acquires the mail body of the received title mail from the storage unit, and the mail body as shown in FIG. A history of the received date of the mail is also displayed.

  Here, when the mail received first in the mail receiving terminal 3 has been deleted, the mail text can be received again by making a retransmission request to the mail server 1 as shown in FIG.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where there is only one setter as in the setter name column 126 of the comparison condition table T12 illustrated in FIG. 3B has been described. However, when a plurality of setters perform condition registration for the mail with the same title, it is possible to create a pressure state in which the target person is monitored by a plurality of persons. In this case, in each table shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the setter name column needs to be able to store a plurality of setter names.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another example of a display image when the mail receiving terminal 3 shown in FIG. 1 receives a mail with reception status.

  As shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of setter names are displayed together with the mail text, and the mail recipient can recognize that reception of mail is monitored by these setters. Thereby, the intention of the reminder from the mail sender is transmitted more strongly to the mail receiver.

  FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating another example of the operation of the condition registration unit 12 illustrated in FIG. 1 and illustrates an operation when a setter name is added.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the setter who performs setting using the condition registration terminal 2 first acquires information stored in the comparison condition table T12 from the mail server 1.

  If the title that the setter intends to register already exists in the acquired information, only the setter information is added to the mail server 1 in order to add only the setter information. Thereby, a plurality of setters can be stored in the setter name column 126 (see FIG. 3B) of the comparison condition table T12. If there is no title that the setter intends to register in the acquired information, all the information stored in the comparison condition setting table T21 is distributed to the mail server 1 as shown in FIG. That's fine.

  In the present invention, the processing in the server is recorded on a recording medium readable by the server, in addition to the processing realized by the dedicated hardware described above. The program recorded in (1) may be read by a server and executed. The recording medium that can be read by the server refers to a removable recording medium such as a floppy disk, a magneto-optical disk, a DVD, and a CD, as well as an HDD built in the server.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mail server 2 Condition registration terminal 3 Mail receiving terminal 4 Network 5 Input device 6 Maintenance terminal 11 Signal setting part 12 Condition registration part 13 Clock processing part 14 Mail reception comparison processing part 15 Mail reception request corresponding part 16 Transmission / reception part 17 Storage part 21 Setting reception unit 22 Comparison condition setting table unit 31 Control unit 32 Display unit 121, 131, 141 ID column 122, 142, 211 Title column 123, 212 Signal column 124, 213 Period column 125 Registration date column 126, 132, 143 Setter Name column 127, 133a, 144, 214 Target name and email address column 133b Cumulative number of received columns 134 Valid period column 145 Sender column 146 Additional signal column 147 Email body column 148 Received date column 11 Signal table T12 comparison condition table T13 counter table T14 received mail signaling table T21 comparison condition setting table

Claims (25)

A transmission source terminal that transmits a mail; a destination terminal that is a destination of a mail transmitted from the transmission source terminal; a mail transmitted from the transmission source terminal; and the received mail according to the destination A mail delivery system comprising a server for delivery to a destination terminal,
When the server receives the mail, reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to perform display according to the number of times the mail with the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past. Is added to the received mail and delivered to the destination terminal as a mail with reception status,
When the destination terminal receives the mail with the reception status distributed from the server, the mail distribution that displays the mail text included in the received mail with the reception status and the display based on the reception status display information system. In the mail delivery system according to claim 1,
The server
A condition registration unit for accepting the setting of identification information indicating the title and destination included in the email;
A first storage unit that stores a plurality of the reception status display information according to the number of times a mail including the same title and destination has been received in the past;
When the received mail is a matched mail including a title and a destination that match the identification information, the stored mail is stored in the first storage unit according to the number of times the matched mail has been received in the past. A mail reception comparison processing unit that selects one reception status display information from the plurality of reception status display information;
A mail reception request responding unit that adds the selected reception status display information to the match mail and distributes it to the destination terminal as the mail with the reception status;
The destination terminal is
A display unit;
When receiving the mail with the reception status distributed from the mail reception request handling unit, the display of the mail text included in the received mail with the reception status and the display based on the selected reception status display information A mail delivery system comprising: a control unit that causes the display unit to perform; In the mail delivery system according to claim 2,
The mail delivery system, wherein the reception status display information is information indicating a color. In the mail delivery system according to claim 2 or claim 3,
The condition registration unit accepts an input of a period during which the mail reception request handling unit distributes the mail with reception status for each title,
The mail reception request handling unit is a mail delivery system that does not deliver the mail with the reception status to the destination terminal when the date when the matched mail is received is outside the period. In the mail delivery system according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
The condition registration unit accepts a setter name for setting the identification information,
The mail reception request handling unit adds information indicating the setter name to the mail with the reception status in addition to the information and distributes it to the destination terminal,
When the control unit receives the mail with the reception status distributed from the mail reception request handling unit, the control unit displays the mail text included in the received mail with the reception status and the display based on the reception status display information And a mail delivery system for causing the display unit to display the setter name. In the mail delivery system according to claim 2,
The first storage unit stores a reception date when the matching mail is received,
The mail reception request handling unit acquires a history of the received date of the matched mail and a title of the matched mail stored in the first storage unit, and distributes them to the destination terminal.
The destination terminal has a second storage unit that stores the mail delivered from the mail reception request handling unit,
When the control unit receives the history and title of the reception date distributed from the mail reception request handling unit, the control unit acquires a mail including the received title from the second storage unit, and acquires the mail of the acquired mail A mail delivery system for displaying a history of the received date received together with a text on the display unit. A transmission source terminal that transmits mail; a destination terminal of a mail transmitted from the transmission source terminal; a destination terminal that includes a display unit; a mail that is transmitted from the transmission source terminal; and the received mail that is the destination A mail delivery method in a mail delivery system having a server that delivers to the destination terminal according to
When the server receives the mail, reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to display according to the number of times the mail having the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past. Is added to the received mail and delivered to the destination terminal as a mail with reception status;
When the destination terminal receives the mail with reception status distributed from the server, a process of displaying a mail text included in the received mail with reception status and displaying based on the reception status display information; A mail delivery method. In the mail delivery method according to claim 7,
The server is
A reception process for receiving a setting of identification information indicating a title and a destination included in the mail;
When the received mail is a matched mail including a title and a destination that match the identification information, the received mail is selected from a plurality of the reception status display information according to the number of times the matched mail has been received in the past. A process of selecting one reception status display;
A delivery process for adding the selected reception status display information to the match email and delivering the received email with the reception status to the destination terminal;
When the destination terminal receives the mail with the reception status, the display unit displays the text of the mail included in the received mail with the reception status and the display based on the selected reception status display information. And a mail processing method. The mail delivery method according to claim 8, wherein
The mail delivery method, wherein the reception status display information is information indicating a color. In the mail delivery method according to claim 8 or 9,
The accepting process further includes a process of accepting an input of the period for delivering the mail with the reception status for each title,
A mail delivery method further comprising a process of not delivering the mail with reception status to the destination terminal when the date when the matched mail is received is outside the period. The mail delivery method according to any one of claims 8 to 10,
The reception process further includes a process of receiving a setter name for setting the identification information,
The distribution process is a process of adding information on the setter name to the mail with the reception status and distributing the information to the destination terminal.
When the display process receives the mail with the reception status, the display processing includes a display of a mail text included in the received mail with the reception status, a display based on the reception status display information, and a display of the setter name. A mail delivery method which is processing to be performed by the display unit. The mail delivery method according to claim 8, wherein
The delivery process is a process of delivering a history of received date of receiving the match mail and a title of the match mail to the destination terminal,
The display processing is a mail delivery method which is a process of displaying the received history of the received date on the display unit together with the mail text of the mail including the received title when the received date history and title are received. A mail distribution method in a server that receives a mail from a transmission source terminal that transmits mail and distributes the received mail to a destination terminal that is a destination of the received mail,
When the mail is received, the reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to perform display according to the number of times the mail having the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past is received. A mail delivery method comprising a process of adding to the received mail and delivering it to the destination terminal as a mail with reception status. The mail delivery method according to claim 13,
A reception process for receiving a setting of identification information indicating a title and a destination included in the mail;
When the received mail is a matched mail including a title and a destination that match the identification information, the received mail is selected from a plurality of the reception status display information according to the number of times the matched mail has been received in the past. A process of selecting one reception status display;
A mail distribution method comprising: a distribution process of adding the selected reception status display information to the match mail and distributing the received mail with the reception status to the destination terminal. The mail delivery method according to claim 14,
The mail delivery method, wherein the reception status display information is information indicating a color. The mail delivery method according to claim 14 or 15,
The accepting process further includes a process of accepting an input of the period for delivering the mail with the reception status for each title,
A mail delivery method further comprising a process of not delivering the mail with reception status to the destination terminal when the date when the matched mail is received is outside the period. The mail delivery method according to any one of claims 14 to 16,
The reception process further includes a process of receiving a setter name for setting the identification information,
The delivery process is a mail delivery method in which the information on the setter name is additionally added to the mail with reception status and delivered to the destination terminal. The mail delivery method according to claim 14,
The mail delivery method is a mail delivery method in which the delivery process is a process of delivering a history of reception date of receiving the matched mail and a title of the matched mail to the destination terminal. A server that receives a mail from a transmission source terminal that transmits the mail and distributes the received mail to a destination terminal that is a destination of the received mail;
When the mail is received, the reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to perform display according to the number of times the mail having the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past is received. A server that adds the received mail to the destination terminal as a mail with a reception status. The server according to claim 19, wherein
A condition registration unit for accepting the setting of identification information indicating the title and destination included in the email;
A storage unit that stores a plurality of the reception status display information according to the number of times a matching mail including the same title and destination has been received in the past;
If the received mail is a matched mail that includes a title and a destination that match the identification information, the plurality of mails stored in the storage unit according to the number of times the matched mail has been received in the past A mail reception comparison processing unit for selecting one reception status display information from reception status display information;
A mail reception request responding unit that adds the selected reception status display information to the match mail and distributes the received mail with the reception status to the destination terminal. The server according to claim 20,
The reception status display information is a server that is information indicating a color. The server according to claim 20 or claim 21,
The condition registration unit accepts an input of a period during which the mail reception request handling unit distributes the mail with reception status for each title,
The mail reception request handling unit is a server that does not deliver the mail with reception status to the destination terminal when the date when the matching mail is received is outside the period. The server according to any one of claims 20 to 22,
The condition registration unit accepts a setter name for setting the identification information,
The mail reception request handling unit is a server that additionally adds information indicating the setter name to the mail with reception status and distributes the information to the destination terminal. The server according to claim 20,
The storage unit stores a reception date when the match mail is received,
The mail reception request handling unit is a server that acquires the history of the received date of the matched mail and the title of the matched mail stored in the storage unit and distributes the same to the destination terminal. A server that receives mail from a transmission source terminal that transmits mail and distributes the received mail to a destination terminal that is a destination of the received mail.
When the mail is received, the reception status display information for causing the destination terminal to perform display according to the number of times the mail having the same title and destination as the title and destination included in the received mail has been received in the past is received. A program for realizing a function of adding to a received mail and distributing it to the destination terminal as a mail with reception status.