JP2011008639A - Terminal device, electronic mail processing program and electronic mail processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a user who receives e-mail from being confused about duplicate electronic mail.SOLUTION: The portable terminal device is configured to overwrite, when e-mail received later includes information that e-mail address is merged, the address of the e-mail on the address of previous e-mail, delete the e-mail received later, and store the previous e-mail in a storage unit.

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device, an e-mail processing program, and an e-mail processing method.

  Conventionally, it has become common to use e-mail for work or private use due to the spread of the Internet. As one of the functions of this e-mail, for example, when transmitting an e-mail, there is a function of specifying a plurality of e-mail addresses as transmission destinations and simultaneously transmitting the same e-mail to a plurality of users. is there.

  For example, when user A sends the same e-mail to user B and user C all at once, the e-mail address of user B and the e-mail address of user C are added to the destination address and sent. It becomes.

  Also, recently, when sending the same e-mail all at once, a unique identification code is added to the e-mails to be sent, and for e-mails returned due to errors, the identification code, destination address, etc. There is also known a technique for confirming whether or not a transmitted electronic mail has arrived at a transmission destination by extracting an error and recording an error.

JP 2000-148618 A

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, in the simultaneous transmission of electronic mail, when the same electronic mail is repeatedly transmitted and received again due to some factor, the user on the receiving side of the electronic mail confuses the redundant electronic mail. There is a problem.

  As a specific example, a case where the user A mistakenly sends a simultaneous transmission of e-mails to the user B and the user C only to the user B will be described. In this case, since the same electronic mail is transmitted again to the user B and the user C by the user A, the user B has the same information on the previously received electronic mail and the retransmitted electronic mail. The work of confirming whether or not is is performed.

  Further, when the same electronic mail is transmitted again, the user A should write in the electronic mail to be transmitted again that the information is the same as the electronic mail that has arrived at the user B first. Then, the user B who has received the re-transmitted e-mail confirms that the information is the same, and deletes the e-mail that has arrived first. However, if the user B forgets to delete the e-mail that has arrived first and replies using the e-mail that has arrived, the reply does not reach the user C. As described above, in the above-described conventional technology, a user who is an e-mail receiving side confuses duplicate e-mails.

  Therefore, the technology disclosed in the present application has been made in view of the above, and it is possible to prevent a user on the e-mail receiving side from confusing duplicate e-mails. It is an object to provide a processing program and an e-mail processing method.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the terminal device disclosed in the present application is newly received by an e-mail storage means for storing the received e-mail together with identification information for uniquely identifying the e-mail. Specified by the additional information when the additional information determining means determines that the additional information is included in the e-mail and the additional information determining means determines that the additional information is included. Based on the identification information, an e-mail search means for searching for an e-mail having the identification information from the e-mail storage means, an e-mail searched by the e-mail search means, and the newly received e-mail E-mail processing means for processing the e-mail, and e-mail for deleting the newly received e-mail processed by the e-mail processing means. Has a deletion means, the.

  According to one aspect of the terminal device, the e-mail processing program, and the e-mail processing method disclosed in the present application, it is possible to prevent the user on the e-mail receiving side from confusing duplicate e-mails.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a terminal device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an email header when merging email addresses. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the merge process of e-mail addresses according to the second embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile phone according to the third embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an e-mail header when merging e-mail texts. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the process of merging e-mail texts according to the third embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile phone according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an e-mail header when deleting an e-mail. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the e-mail deletion process according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile phone according to the fifth embodiment. FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of an e-mail address merge request process according to the fifth embodiment. FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the merge request processing for the text of the email according to the fifth embodiment. FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the e-mail deletion request process according to the fifth embodiment. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a computer that executes an e-mail processing program. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a computer that executes an e-mail transmission program.

  Embodiments of a terminal device, an e-mail processing program, and an e-mail processing method disclosed in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by the following examples.

[Configuration of Terminal Device According to Embodiment 1]
Initially, the structure of the terminal device which concerns on Example 1 is demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a terminal device according to the first embodiment.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the terminal device includes an email storage unit, an additional information determination unit, an email search unit, an email processing unit, and an email deletion unit. This terminal device is, for example, a mobile terminal device or an information processing device such as a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), a mobile phone, a PC (Personal Computer), or a server device.

  Among these, the electronic mail storage unit stores the received electronic mail together with identification information for uniquely identifying the electronic mail. The electronic mail storage unit may store not only the received electronic mail but also the transmitted electronic mail, that is, the transmitted / received electronic mail.

  The additional information determination unit determines whether additional information is included in the newly received electronic mail. When the additional information determination unit determines that the additional information is included, the e-mail search unit has the identification information from the e-mail storage unit based on the identification information specified by the additional information. Search for emails.

  Subsequently, the e-mail processing unit processes the e-mail searched by the e-mail search unit and the newly received e-mail. Thereafter, the e-mail deleting unit deletes the newly received e-mail processed by the e-mail processing unit.

[Effects of Example 1]
As described above, the terminal device performs processing according to a later-generated e-mail for an e-mail having an error for some reason, and deletes the later-generated e-mail. It is possible to prevent the user from confusing duplicate emails.

[Configuration of Mobile Phone According to Second Embodiment]
Next, the configuration of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, a mobile phone will be described as an example of one aspect of the terminal device according to the first embodiment.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 100 includes an input unit 101, a display unit 102, a storage unit 110, and a control unit 120. In addition, the mobile phone 100 can communicate with and communicate with a mobile phone different from the mobile phone 100 via, for example, a network, a base station, a server device (for example, a mail server), and the like. Although not shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 100 has various functional units included in a general mobile phone, such as creating and sending / receiving e-mails.

  The input unit 101 includes, for example, a push button and a jog dial for operating the mobile phone 100 and receives various inputs to the mobile phone 100. The display unit 102 includes, for example, a display (or a touch panel display) as a display device that displays and outputs various information, a speaker, and the like.

  The storage unit 110 stores data required for various processes by the control unit 120 and various processing results by the control unit 120, and includes an e-mail storage unit 111. For example, the storage unit 110 stores various information such as a phone book and an address book used for calling and communication of the mobile phone 100, and various application programs.

  The e-mail storage unit 111 is, for example, identification information for uniquely identifying an e-mail, and includes a Message-ID including a randomly generated random number and an e-mail address of the e-mail sender. Memorize the received email. As an example of Message-ID, “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxx.com” is a combination of a randomly generated random number “A7C98B193B633C” and an e-mail address “taro@jp.xxxx.com” of the e-mail sender. It becomes.

  The control unit 120 includes an internal memory for storing a control program, a program defining various processing procedures, and necessary data, and an additional information determination unit 121, an e-mail search unit 122, and an e-mail processing unit 123. And an e-mail deleting unit 124.

  For example, the additional information determination unit 121 determines whether or not the header of the newly received e-mail includes additional information “Address-Merge-Ctl” as information indicating that the e-mail address is merged. To do. The additional information determination unit 121 is an example of the additional information determination unit in the first embodiment.

  The header of the email when merging the email addresses has additional information “Address-Merge-Ctl” as shown in FIG. 3, for example. This additional information includes, for example, Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” that is identification information of an email to be merged with an email address. These pieces of information are defined in the option header field of the electronic mail protocol. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an email header when merging email addresses.

  For example, when the additional information determination unit 121 determines that the additional information “Address-Merge-Ctl” is included, the e-mail search unit 122 receives the Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro @ jp” specified by the additional information. E-mail corresponding to “.xxxxxxxx.com” is searched from the e-mail storage unit 111. The email search unit 122 is an example of the email search unit in the first embodiment.

  The e-mail processing unit 123 newly adds, for example, an e-mail searched by the e-mail search unit 122, that is, an e-mail destination address included in an e-mail having Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com”. A process of overwriting the destination address of the e-mail included in the received e-mail is executed. The email processing unit 123 is an example of the email processing unit in the first embodiment.

  For example, the e-mail deleting unit 124 deletes a newly received e-mail processed by the e-mail processing unit 123. In short, the e-mail deleting unit 124 receives the e-mail transmitted / received for the overwriting process after the e-mail address overwriting process by the e-mail processing unit 123, that is, the newly received e-mail having additional information and identification information. Delete email. The email deletion unit 124 is an example of the email deletion unit in the first embodiment.

[Merge email address]
Next, the flow of the e-mail address merging process according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the merge process of e-mail addresses according to the second embodiment.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4, when the mobile phone 100 newly receives an e-mail (Yes in step S101), the header of the received e-mail includes additional information “Address-Merge-Ctl”. It is determined whether or not (step S102). Note that when the mobile phone 100 has not newly received an e-mail (No at step S101), the mobile phone 100 enters a state of waiting for an e-mail.

  When the additional information “Address-Merge-Ctl” is included in the header of the e-mail (Yes in Step S102), the mobile phone 100 receives the Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro” that is the identification information specified by the additional information. An electronic mail having “@ jp.xxxx.com” is searched from the electronic mail storage unit 111 (step S103).

  Subsequently, when a corresponding electronic mail exists as a result of the search (Yes in step S104), the mobile phone 100 searches the electronic mail, that is, the electronic mail having Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com”. Is executed to overwrite the newly received e-mail, that is, the e-mail destination address having “Address-Merge-Ctl: A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” in the header. (Step S105).

  After that, the mobile phone 100 deletes the newly received e-mail, that is, the e-mail having “Address-Merge-Ctl: A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” in the header (step S106). Then, the cellular phone 100 stores the email overwritten with the email address in the email storage unit 111 (step S107).

  When the mobile phone 100 does not include the additional information “Address-Merge-Ctl” in the e-mail header in step S102 (No in step S102), the mobile phone 100 sends the received new e-mail to the e-mail storage unit. It stores in 111 (step S107). In step S104, when there is no corresponding e-mail (No in step S104), the mobile phone 100 stores the received new e-mail in the e-mail storage unit 111 (step S107).

  Further, the merge processing of the e-mail address according to the second embodiment may be executed when the e-mail searched by the e-mail search unit 122 has not been replied. In other words, in the second embodiment, when a previous mail that has already been received by a recipient of the electronic mail is returned (or transferred), the processed electronic mail is transmitted with a shortage of destination addresses. Because.

[Effects of Example 2]
As described above, when the mobile phone 100 includes information indicating that the email address is merged in the newly received email, the mobile phone 100 receives the newly received email at the destination address of the first email. Overwrite the destination address and delete the newly received e-mail and store the first e-mail in the storage unit, preventing the user who is the e-mail recipient from confusing the duplicate e-mail be able to.

[Configuration of Mobile Phone According to Embodiment 3]
Next, the configuration of the mobile phone according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile phone according to the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, a mobile phone will be described as an example of the terminal device according to the first embodiment, as in the second embodiment.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the mobile phone 200 includes an input unit 101, a display unit 102, a storage unit 110, and a control unit 220. In FIG. 5, the same components as those of the mobile phone 100 according to the second embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the following third embodiment, the description of the same processing as that of the second embodiment will be omitted, and processing different from that of the second embodiment will be described.

  The control unit 220 includes an internal memory for storing a control program, a program that defines various processing procedures, and required data, an additional information determination unit 221, an email search unit 122, and an email processing unit 223. And an e-mail deleting unit 124.

  For example, the additional information determination unit 221 determines whether or not the header of the newly received electronic mail includes additional information “Body-Replace-Ctl” as information indicating that the body of the electronic mail is to be merged. judge. The additional information determination unit 221 is an example of the additional information determination unit in the first embodiment.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the header of the email in the case of merging the body of the email has additional information “Body-Replace-Ctl”. This additional information includes, for example, Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” which is identification information of an email to be merged with the body of the email. These pieces of information are defined in the option header field of the electronic mail protocol. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an e-mail header when merging e-mail texts.

  The e-mail processing unit 223, for example, includes the e-mail searched by the e-mail search unit 122, that is, the body of the e-mail having the Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com”. Execute processing to overwrite the body text. The email processing unit 223 is an example of the email processing unit in the first embodiment.

[Body merge process]
Next, the flow of the process of merging e-mail text according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the process of merging e-mail texts according to the third embodiment.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, when the mobile phone 200 newly receives an e-mail (Yes in step S201), the header of the received e-mail includes additional information “Body-Replace-Ctl”. It is determined whether or not (step S202). Note that when the mobile phone 200 has not newly received an e-mail (No in step S201), the mobile phone 200 enters a state of waiting for an e-mail.

  Then, when the additional information “Body-Replace-Ctl” is included in the header of the e-mail (Yes at Step S202), the mobile phone 200 receives the Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro” that is the identification information specified by the additional information. An electronic mail having “@ jp.xxxx.com” is searched from the electronic mail storage unit 111 (step S203).

  Subsequently, when a corresponding electronic mail exists as a result of the search (Yes in step S204), the mobile phone 200 searches the electronic mail, that is, the electronic mail having Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com”. Is executed to overwrite the newly received e-mail, that is, the body of the e-mail having “Body-Replace-Ctl: A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” in the header (step S205).

  After that, the mobile phone 200 deletes the newly received electronic mail, that is, the electronic mail having “Body-Replace-Ctl: A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” in the header (step S206). Then, the mobile phone 200 stores the email in which the body of the email is overwritten in the email storage unit 111 (step S207).

  In step S202, when the additional information “Body-Replace-Ctl” is not included in the header of the e-mail (No in step S202), the mobile phone 200 transmits the received new e-mail to the e-mail storage unit. It stores in 111 (step S207). In step S204, when there is no corresponding e-mail (No in step S204), the mobile phone 200 stores the received new e-mail in the e-mail storage unit 111 (step S207).

  Further, the merge process of the body text of the email according to the third embodiment may be executed when the email searched by the email search unit 122 is unopened. That is, in the third embodiment, when the first mail already received by the recipient of the e-mail is opened, the receiver does not notice that the correction has been made between the second mail and the first mail. Therefore, it is preferably executed when the email searched by the email search unit 122 is unopened.

[Effects of Example 3]
As described above, when the mobile phone 200 includes information on merging the text in the newly received e-mail, the text of the newly received e-mail is added to the text of the first mail. Since the newly received electronic mail is overwritten and the newly received electronic mail is deleted, and the starting mail is stored in the storage unit, it is possible to prevent the user on the electronic mail receiving side from confusing the duplicate electronic mail.

[Configuration of Mobile Phone According to Embodiment 4]
Next, the configuration of the mobile phone according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile phone according to the fourth embodiment. In the fourth embodiment, a mobile phone will be described as an example of the terminal device according to the first embodiment, as in the second and third embodiments.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the mobile phone 300 includes an input unit 101, a display unit 102, a storage unit 110, and a control unit 320. In FIG. 8, the same components as those of the mobile phone 100 according to the second embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the following fourth embodiment, description of the same processing as that of the second embodiment will be omitted, and processing different from that of the second embodiment will be described.

  The control unit 320 includes an internal memory for storing a control program, a program that defines various processing procedures, and necessary data, and an additional information determination unit 321, an e-mail search unit 122, and an e-mail processing unit 323. And an e-mail deleting unit 124.

  For example, the additional information determination unit 321 determines whether or not the header of the newly received electronic mail includes additional information “Address-Delete-Ctl” as information indicating that the electronic mail is to be deleted. . Note that the additional information determination unit 321 is an example of the additional information determination unit in the first embodiment.

  The header of the email when deleting the email has additional information “Address-Delete-Ctl” as shown in FIG. 9, for example. This additional information includes, for example, Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” which is identification information of an email to be deleted and an email address “hanako@jp.xxxx.com” to be deleted. com ". These pieces of information are defined in the option header field of the electronic mail protocol. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an e-mail header when deleting an e-mail.

  The e-mail processing unit 323 corresponds to the e-mail address of the mobile phone 300 corresponding to the e-mail address “hanako@jp.xxxx.com” to be deleted, which is designated by the additional information included in the newly received e-mail. In this case, the e-mail searched by the e-mail search unit 122 is deleted from the e-mail storage unit 111. The email processing unit 323 is an example of the email processing unit in the first embodiment.

[Delete Email]
Next, the flow of e-mail deletion processing according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the e-mail deletion process according to the fourth embodiment.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 10, when the mobile phone 300 newly receives an e-mail (Yes in step S301), the header of the received e-mail includes additional information “Address-Delete-Ctl”. It is determined whether or not (step S302). Note that when the mobile phone 300 has not received a new e-mail (No in step S301), the mobile phone 300 enters a state of waiting for e-mail reception.

  When the additional information “Address-Delete-Ctl” is included in the header of the e-mail (Yes in step S302), the mobile phone 300 receives the Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro” that is identification information specified by the additional information. The electronic mail storage unit 111 is searched for an electronic mail having “@ jp.xxxx.com” (step S303).

  Subsequently, when a corresponding electronic mail exists as a result of the search (Yes in step S304), the mobile phone 300 determines that the e-mail address of the mobile phone 300 to be deleted is designated by the additional information “ It is determined whether or not “hanako@jp.xxxx.com” (step S305).

  Thereafter, when the e-mail address of the mobile phone 300 is a deletion target of the e-mail (Yes at Step S305), the mobile phone 300 deletes the searched e-mail from the e-mail storage unit 111 (Step S306). Then, the mobile phone 300 deletes the newly received e-mail, that is, the e-mail having “Address-Delete-Ctl: A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com, hanako@jp.xxxx.com” in the header (step S307). ).

  Note that in step S302, when the additional information “Address-Delete-Ctl” is not included in the e-mail header (No in step S302), the mobile phone 300 transmits the received new e-mail to the e-mail storage unit. It stores in 111 (step S308). In addition, the mobile phone 300 does not have an e-mail corresponding to the identification information specified by the additional information (No in step S304), or the e-mail address of the own mobile phone 300 is not a deletion target of the e-mail ( In step S305 negative), the process of step S307 is executed.

  Further, the e-mail deletion process according to the fourth embodiment may be executed when the e-mail searched by the e-mail search unit 122 is unopened. That is, in the fourth embodiment, when the first mail already received by the recipient of the e-mail is opened, the receiver does not notice that the correction has been made between the second mail and the first mail. Therefore, it is preferably executed when the email searched by the email search unit 122 is unopened.

[Effects of Example 4]
As described above, when the mobile phone 300 includes information indicating that an email is to be deleted in the newly received email, the mobile phone 300 deletes the corresponding starting email, and the newly received email. Since the e-mail is deleted, even if the e-mail is transmitted to the wrong destination, the e-mail deletion work by the receiving user can be reduced.

  In the second to fourth embodiments, the e-mail processing by the mobile phone on the e-mail receiving side has been described. In the following, the e-mail processing by the mobile phone on the e-mail transmission side will be described.

[Configuration of Mobile Phone According to Example 5]
First, the configuration of the mobile phone according to the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile phone according to the fifth embodiment. In the fifth embodiment, as an aspect of the terminal device, a mobile phone will be described as an example as in the second to fourth embodiments.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the mobile phone 150 includes an input unit 151, a display unit 152, a storage unit 160, and a control unit 170. The mobile phone 150 can communicate with and communicate with a mobile phone different from the mobile phone 150 via, for example, a network, a base station, or a server device (for example, a mail server). Of course, the mobile phone 150 has various functional units included in a general mobile phone, as in the second to fourth embodiments.

  The input unit 151 includes, for example, a push button for operating the mobile phone 150, a job dial, and the like, and receives various inputs to the mobile phone 150. The display unit 152 includes, for example, a display (or a touch panel display) or a speaker as a display device that displays and outputs various information.

  The storage unit 160 stores data required for various processes by the control unit 170 and various processing results by the control unit 170, and includes an e-mail storage unit 161. For example, the storage unit 160 stores various information such as a phone book and an address book used for calling and communication of the mobile phone 150, and various application programs.

  The e-mail storage unit 161 is, for example, identification information for uniquely identifying an e-mail, and includes a Message-ID including a randomly generated random number and an e-mail address of the e-mail sender. Memorize the received email. As an example of Message-ID, “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxx.com” is a combination of a randomly generated random number “A7C98B193B633C” and an e-mail address “taro@jp.xxxx.com” of the e-mail sender. It becomes.

  The control unit 170 includes an internal memory for storing a control program, a program that defines various processing procedures, and necessary data, and an identification information acquisition unit 171 and an e-mail transmission unit 172.

  The identification information acquisition unit 171 stores, for example, the identification information corresponding to the selected e-mail when receiving re-transmission of the e-mail selected from the list display of the transmitted e-mails on the display unit. Acquired from the unit 161.

  For example, the e-mail transmission unit 172 transmits an e-mail accepted for retransmission including the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit 171 and the additional information.

[Email address merge request processing]
Next, the flow of an e-mail address merge request process according to the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of an e-mail address merge request process according to the fifth embodiment. The e-mail address merge request process is a process for requesting an e-mail address merge process according to the second embodiment.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when a subsequent mail is selected from the transmitted mail list (Yes at step S401), the mobile phone 150 becomes a target for re-transmission of the selected electronic mail and merging of the electronic mail addresses. An input of an e-mail address is accepted (step S402). Note that the mobile phone 150 enters a state of waiting for the selection of the subsequent mail when the subsequent mail is not selected from the transmitted mail list (No in step S401).

  Then, the cellular phone 150 acquires Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” as identification information corresponding to the selected email from the email storage unit 161 (step S403). Subsequently, the mobile phone 150 sets the acquired Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” in the additional information “Address-Merge-Ctl” of the header of the email to be retransmitted (step S404).

  After that, the mobile phone 150 transmits an e-mail accepted for retransmission including “Address-Merge-Ctl: A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” in the header (step S405).

[Body merge request processing]
Next, the flow of the merge request processing for the body of the electronic mail according to the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the merge request processing for the text of the email according to the fifth embodiment. The e-mail body merge request process is a process for requesting the e-mail body merge process according to the third embodiment.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 13, when a subsequent mail is selected from the list of outgoing mails (Yes in step S501), the mobile phone 150 retransmits the selected electronic mail, and updates the text of the updated electronic mail. Is received (step S502). Note that the mobile phone 150 enters a state of waiting for the selection of the subsequent mail when the subsequent mail is not selected from the transmitted mail list (No in step S501).

  Then, the cellular phone 150 acquires Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” as identification information corresponding to the selected email from the email storage unit 161 (step S503). Subsequently, the mobile phone 150 sets the acquired Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” in the additional information “Body-Replace-Ctl” of the header of the email to be retransmitted (step S504).

  After that, the mobile phone 150 transmits an e-mail accepted for re-transmission having “Body-Replace-Ctl: A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” and the text of the updated e-mail (step S505).

[E-mail deletion request processing]
Next, the flow of an e-mail deletion request process according to the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the e-mail deletion request process according to the fifth embodiment. The e-mail deletion request process is a process for requesting an e-mail deletion process according to the fourth embodiment.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 14, when a subsequent mail is selected from the transmitted mail list (Yes in step S <b> 601), the mobile phone 150 resends the selected electronic mail and deletes the electronic mail to be deleted. The input of the mail address “hanako@jp.xxxx.com” is accepted (step S602). Note that the mobile phone 150 enters a state of waiting for selection of the subsequent mail when the subsequent mail is not selected from the transmitted mail list (No in step S601).

  Then, the cellular phone 150 acquires Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” as identification information corresponding to the selected electronic mail from the electronic mail storage unit 161 (step S603). Subsequently, the mobile phone 150 sets the acquired Message-ID “A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com” in the additional information “Address-Delete-Ctl” of the header of the email to be retransmitted (step S604).

  After that, the cellular phone 150 transmits an e-mail that has received a re-transmission including “Address-Delete-Ctl: A7C98B193B633Ctaro@jp.xxxx.com, hanako@jp.xxxx.com” (step S605).

[Effects of Example 5]
As described above, the mobile phone 150 transmits an e-mail including a request for merging an e-mail address, merging an e-mail body, and deleting an e-mail when there is any error in the advance mail. It is possible to prevent a user who is an e-mail receiving side from being confused with duplicate e-mails.

  Although the embodiments of the terminal device disclosed in the present application have been described so far, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms other than the embodiments described above. Therefore, different embodiments will be described in (1) address deletion, (2) server device, (3) terminal device configuration, (4) e-mail processing program, and (5) e-mail transmission program.

(1) Deletion of Address In the fourth embodiment, the case where the e-mail to be deleted is deleted has been described. However, the e-mail address to be deleted can also be deleted.

  For example, in step S305, the mobile phone 300 determines that the e-mail to be deleted included in the e-mail address existing in the destination address of the searched e-mail when the e-mail address is not the e-mail address to be deleted. Delete the address. Then, the cellular phone 300 stores the e-mail in which the e-mail address to be deleted existing at the destination address is deleted in the e-mail storage unit 111. In short, since the mobile phone 300 deletes the destination address of the email having the email address to be deleted, it is possible to prevent a reply or transfer using the email address to be deleted. As in the case of the fourth embodiment, it is preferable to perform the above processing when the corresponding electronic mail is unopened.

  The deletion of the e-mail address can be performed in the e-mail address merging process in the second embodiment, that is, overwriting of the e-mail address. That is, in the second embodiment, the embodiment in which the e-mail address that is forgotten to be added to the destination address has been described. However, since the e-mail is overwritten in the merge process, the e-mail address to be deleted is not added. If an e-mail is transmitted to the other party, the e-mail address to be deleted is deleted as it is. Deletion of an address is used, for example, when an e-mail including an e-mail address erroneously input as a destination address is transmitted all at once.

  In the first to fifth embodiments, it has been described that various processes are performed after the simultaneous transmission of the e-mail. However, the merge of the main body of the e-mail and the merge of the subject are limited to those after the simultaneous transmission. It is not a thing.

(2) Server device In the second to fourth embodiments, the case where a mobile phone is used as one aspect of the terminal device has been described. However, a mail server device as a server device capable of wireless communication with the mobile phone. It can also be applied to. This mail server device is a mail server device on the e-mail receiving side.

  For example, when the mail server device receives an e-mail to an information processing device such as a mobile phone or a PC, if the advance mail is not transferred to the mobile phone or the information processing device, that is, if it is spooling, Processing similar to that of the mobile phone 100, 200, or 300 is performed. As a result, the mail server device can prevent a user who is an e-mail receiving side from confusing duplicate e-mails.

(3) Configuration of terminal device In addition, information including the processing procedure, control procedure, specific name, various data and parameters shown in the above-mentioned document or drawing (for example, “added to the header of the e-mail” The “specific name of the additional information” and the like can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various burdens or usage conditions. Can be integrated. Further, all or a part of each processing function performed in each device may be realized by a CPU and a program that is analyzed and executed by the CPU, or may be realized as hardware by wired logic.

(4) E-mail Processing Program In the above embodiment, the case where various processes are realized by hardware logic has been described. However, the processing may be realized by executing a program prepared in advance by a computer. In the following, an example of a computer that executes an e-mail processing program having the same function as that of the mobile phone 100 shown in the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a computer that executes an e-mail processing program.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the computer 11 as the mobile phone 100 includes an HDD 13, a CPU 14, a ROM 15, a RAM 16, and the like connected by a bus 18.

  The ROM 15 has an e-mail processing program that exhibits the same function as the cellular phone 100 shown in the above embodiment, that is, as shown in FIG. 15, an additional information determination program 15a, an e-mail search program 15b, and an e-mail. A processing program 15c and an e-mail deletion program 15d are stored in advance. Note that these programs 15a to 15d may be integrated or distributed as appropriate, similarly to the components of the mobile phone 100 shown in FIG.

  Then, when the CPU 14 reads out these programs 15a to 15d from the ROM 15 and executes them, as shown in FIG. 15, the programs 15a to 15d are added information determination process 14a, e-mail search process 14b, electronic It functions as a mail processing process 14c and an email deletion process 14d. The processes 14a to 14d correspond to the additional information determination unit 121, the e-mail search unit 122, the e-mail processing unit 123, and the e-mail deletion unit 124 illustrated in FIG.

  Then, the CPU 14 executes an e-mail processing program based on data recorded in the RAM 16 (for example, identification information for uniquely identifying the e-mail and received e-mail information).

  Note that the programs 15a to 15d are not necessarily stored in the ROM 15 from the beginning. For example, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-ROM, a DVD disk, or a magneto-optical disk inserted into the computer 11 is used. Connected to the computer 11 via a “portable physical medium” such as an IC card, or a “fixed physical medium” such as an HDD provided inside or outside the computer 11, and further via a public line, the Internet, a LAN, a WAN, etc. Each program may be stored in “another computer (or server)” or the like, and the computer 11 may read and execute each program from now on.

(5) E-mail transmission program In the above-described embodiment, the case where various processes are realized by hardware logic has been described. However, it may be realized by executing a program prepared in advance by a computer. In the following, an example of a computer that executes an e-mail transmission program having the same function as that of the mobile phone 150 shown in the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a computer that executes an e-mail transmission program.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the computer 21 as the mobile phone 150 includes an HDD 23, a CPU 24, a ROM 25, a RAM 26, and the like connected by a bus 28.

  In the ROM 25, an e-mail transmission program that exhibits the same function as the cellular phone 150 shown in the above embodiment, that is, as shown in FIG. 16, an identification information acquisition program 25a and an e-mail transmission program 25b are preliminarily stored. It is remembered. Note that these programs 25a to 25b may be integrated or distributed as appropriate, similarly to each component of the mobile phone 150 shown in FIG.

  Then, the CPU 24 reads these programs 25a to 25b from the ROM 25 and executes them, so that the programs 25a to 25b function as an identification information acquisition process 24a and an e-mail transmission process 24b as shown in FIG. It becomes like this. The processes 24a to 24b correspond to the identification information acquisition unit 171 and the e-mail transmission unit 172 shown in FIG.

  Then, the CPU 24 executes an e-mail transmission program based on data recorded in the RAM 26 (for example, identification information for uniquely identifying e-mail and information on the received e-mail).

  Note that the programs 25a to 25b need not be stored in the ROM 25 from the beginning. For example, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-ROM, a DVD disk, or a magneto-optical disk inserted into the computer 21. Connected to the computer 21 via a “portable physical medium” such as an IC card, or a “fixed physical medium” such as an HDD provided inside or outside the computer 21, and further via a public line, the Internet, a LAN, a WAN, etc. Each program may be stored in “another computer (or server)” or the like, and the computer 21 may read and execute each program from now on.

  The following additional notes are further disclosed with respect to the embodiments including Examples 1 to 6 described above.

(Supplementary note 1) E-mail storage means for storing received e-mail together with identification information for uniquely identifying e-mail;
Additional information determination means for determining whether additional information is included in the newly received e-mail;
When it is determined by the additional information determination means that the additional information is included, an electronic mail having the identification information is searched from the electronic mail storage means based on the identification information specified by the additional information. E-mail search means to
E-mail processing means for processing the e-mail searched by the e-mail search means and the newly received e-mail;
An email deletion means for deleting the newly received email processed by the email processing means;
The terminal device characterized by having.

(Additional remark 2) The said additional information determination means determines whether the additional information as information to merge an email address is contained in the newly received email,
The e-mail processing means executes a process of overwriting the e-mail destination address included in the newly received e-mail with the e-mail destination address included in the e-mail searched by the e-mail search means. The terminal device according to appendix 1, wherein:

(Additional remark 3) The said additional information determination means determines whether the additional information as information to merge the text of an electronic mail is contained in the newly received electronic mail,
The e-mail processing means executes a process of overwriting the e-mail text included in the newly received e-mail with the e-mail text included in the e-mail searched by the e-mail search means. The terminal device according to appendix 1, characterized by:

(Additional remark 4) The said additional information determination means determines whether the additional information as information to delete an electronic mail is contained in the newly received electronic mail,
The e-mail processing means is searched by the e-mail search means when the e-mail address corresponds to the e-mail address to be deleted specified by the additional information included in the newly received e-mail. The terminal device according to appendix 1, wherein the electronic mail is deleted from the electronic mail storage means.

(Supplementary note 5) The terminal device according to Supplementary note 3 or 4, wherein the electronic mail processing means is executed when the electronic mail searched by the electronic mail search means is unopened.

(Supplementary note 6) The terminal device according to supplementary note 2, wherein the electronic mail processing means is executed when the electronic mail searched by the electronic mail search means has not been replied.

(Supplementary note 7) When the e-mail processing means does not correspond to the e-mail address to be deleted designated by the additional information included in the newly received e-mail, the e-mail search means The terminal device according to appendix 4, wherein the e-mail address to be deleted included in the e-mail retrieved by the means is deleted.

(Appendix 8) Additional information determination procedure for determining whether additional information is included in a newly received e-mail;
When it is determined by the additional information determination procedure that the additional information is included, the received e-mail together with the identification information for uniquely identifying the e-mail based on the identification information specified by the additional information An e-mail search procedure for searching for an e-mail having identification information specified by the additional information from an e-mail storage unit storing
An email processing procedure for processing the email retrieved by the email retrieval procedure and the newly received email;
An email deletion procedure for deleting the newly received email processed by the email processing procedure;
An e-mail processing program for causing a computer to execute.

(Additional remark 9) The additional information determination process which determines whether additional information is contained in the newly received email,
When the additional information determining step determines that the additional information is included, the received e-mail together with the identification information for uniquely identifying the e-mail based on the identification information specified by the additional information An email search step for searching for an email having identification information specified by the additional information from the email storage unit storing
An email processing step for processing the email retrieved by the email retrieval step and the newly received email;
An email deletion step of deleting the newly received email processed by the email processing step;
An e-mail processing method comprising:

(Supplementary Note 10) An e-mail storage means for storing the transmitted e-mail together with identification information for uniquely identifying the e-mail;
Identification information acquisition for acquiring the identification information corresponding to the selected e-mail from the e-mail storage unit when re-transmission of the selected e-mail is accepted from the list display of the transmitted e-mail in the display unit Means,
E-mail transmitting means for transmitting the e-mail that has received the retransmission including the identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring means and additional information;
The terminal device characterized by having.

(Additional remark 11) The said identification information acquisition means inputs a new e-mail address into the destination address of the e-mail selected from the list display of the transmitted e-mail in the display means, and the selected e-mail When the re-transmission is accepted, the identification information corresponding to the selected email is acquired from the email storage means,
The e-mail transmission means transmits the e-mail accepted for re-transmission including the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition means and additional information as information for merging e-mail addresses. Item 11. The terminal device according to appendix 10.

(Additional remark 12) When the said identification information acquisition means receives the updated text and re-transmission of the said selected email about the email selected from the list display of the transmitted email in a display means The identification information corresponding to the selected email is obtained from the email storage means,
The e-mail transmission unit transmits the e-mail accepted for retransmission including the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit and additional information as information for overwriting the body of the e-mail. Item 11. The terminal device according to appendix 10.

(Additional remark 13) The said identification information acquisition means is an electronic mail address used as the deletion object of an email about the email selected from the list display of the transmitted email in a display means, and the selection of the said selected email. When the transmission is accepted, the identification information corresponding to the selected email is acquired from the email storage means,
The e-mail transmission unit performs the re-transmission including the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit, the e-mail address to be deleted, and additional information as information to delete the e-mail. The terminal device according to appendix 10, wherein the received electronic mail is transmitted.

(Supplementary Note 14) When re-transmission of the selected e-mail from the list display of the transmitted e-mail is accepted in the display unit, the identification information corresponding to the selected e-mail is uniquely identified. Identification information acquisition procedure to be acquired from the email storage unit that stores the transmitted email together with the identification information;
An e-mail transmission procedure for transmitting an e-mail that has received the retransmission including the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition procedure and additional information;
An e-mail transmission program characterized by causing a computer to execute.

(Additional remark 15) When re-transmission of the selected e-mail from the list display of the transmitted e-mail in the display unit is accepted, the identification information corresponding to the selected e-mail is uniquely identified. Together with the identification information, an identification information acquisition step of acquiring from the email storage unit for storing the transmitted email;
An e-mail transmission step of transmitting an e-mail that has received the retransmission including the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition step and additional information;
An e-mail transmission method comprising:

100, 150, 200, 300 Mobile phone 101, 151 Input unit 102, 152 Display unit 110, 160 Storage unit 111, 161 E-mail storage unit 120, 170, 220, 320 Control unit 121, 221, 321 Additional information determination unit 122 E-mail search unit 123, 223, 323 E-mail processing unit 124 E-mail deletion unit 171 Identification information acquisition unit 172 E-mail transmission unit

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An email storage means for storing the received email together with identification information for uniquely identifying the email;
Additional information determination means for determining whether additional information is included in the newly received e-mail;
When it is determined by the additional information determination means that the additional information is included, an electronic mail having the identification information is searched from the electronic mail storage means based on the identification information specified by the additional information. E-mail search means to
E-mail processing means for processing the e-mail searched by the e-mail search means and the newly received e-mail;
An email deletion means for deleting the newly received email processed by the email processing means;
The terminal device characterized by having. The additional information determining means determines whether or not the newly received e-mail includes additional information as information indicating that the e-mail address is merged,
The e-mail processing means executes a process of overwriting the e-mail destination address included in the newly received e-mail with the e-mail destination address included in the e-mail searched by the e-mail search means. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein: The additional information determining means determines whether or not the newly received e-mail includes additional information as information for merging the body of the e-mail,
The e-mail processing means executes a process of overwriting the e-mail text included in the newly received e-mail with the e-mail text included in the e-mail searched by the e-mail search means. The terminal device according to claim 1. The additional information determining means determines whether or not the newly received e-mail includes additional information as information for deleting the e-mail,
The e-mail processing means is searched by the e-mail search means when the e-mail address corresponds to the e-mail address to be deleted specified by the additional information included in the newly received e-mail. 2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the received e-mail is deleted from the e-mail storage means.   The terminal device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the e-mail processing unit is executed when an e-mail searched by the e-mail search unit is unopened. An additional information determination procedure for determining whether additional information is included in the newly received e-mail;
When it is determined by the additional information determination procedure that the additional information is included, the received e-mail together with the identification information for uniquely identifying the e-mail based on the identification information specified by the additional information An e-mail search procedure for searching for an e-mail having identification information specified by the additional information from an e-mail storage unit storing
An email processing procedure for processing the email retrieved by the email retrieval procedure and the newly received email;
An email deletion procedure for deleting the newly received email processed by the email processing procedure;
An e-mail processing program for causing a computer to execute. An additional information determination step for determining whether additional information is included in the newly received e-mail;
When the additional information determining step determines that the additional information is included, the received e-mail together with the identification information for uniquely identifying the e-mail based on the identification information specified by the additional information An email search step for searching for an email having identification information specified by the additional information from the email storage unit storing
An email processing step for processing the email retrieved by the email retrieval step and the newly received email;
An email deletion step of deleting the newly received email processed by the email processing step;
An e-mail processing method comprising:

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