JP2011244219A - Recorder control program, mail server, and home gateway device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize appropriate activation of a recorder depending on a schedule of a conference and so on.SOLUTION: A computer 10 includes an access part 11, an extraction part 12, an acquisition part 13, a generation part 14, and an output part 15. The access part 11 accesses a mail storage part that stores mail information associated with e-mail. The extraction part 12 extracts date and time information and location information from the mail information. The acquisition section 13 refers to a table for associating the location information with identification information of a recording device installed at a location corresponding to the location information to manage it and acquires the identification information corresponding to the location information extracted by the extraction part 12. The generation part 14 generates an instruction to activate the recording device corresponding to the identification information on the basis of the date and time information extracted by the extraction part 12. The output part 15 outputs the instruction generated by the generation part 14 to other computers.

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording device control program, a mail server, and a home gateway device.

  In recent years, various technologies have been developed for the purpose of creating meeting minutes. For example, the video recording the state of the conference in the prior art 1 that accumulates the audio during the conference and creates the minutes based on the accumulated audio, or in the minutes that the conference members can view after the conference ends Conventional technique 2 to be inserted has been proposed.

  Prior art 1 described above accumulates the voice input by the voice input means, and creates the minutes including the content of the statement by recognizing the stored voice. Then, the prior art 1 creates an accurate minutes by editing the accumulated speech when the speech recognition result is insufficient.

  In the related art 2 described above, for example, when the meeting organizer performs a switch operation, the projector with the video camera starts recording the state of the meeting. The content recorded by the projector includes a meeting pattern and meeting materials presented during the meeting. Then, the recorded content is transmitted from the projector to the conference system server. The conference system server creates a minutes by editing and processing the recorded contents, and transmits a URL for viewing the minutes to the user terminal of the conference member.

JP 2001-325250 A JP 2005-130257 A

  However, in the prior art 1 described above, voice input is started when the user activates the voice input means. Further, in the above-described related art 2, when the user activates the projector device, the recording of the conference state is started. As described above, in the related art 1 and the related art 2, processing is started when the user starts the apparatus. However, in the above-described prior art 1 and prior art 2, if the user forgets the activation operation, the conference data is not recorded, so that the minutes cannot be created.

  The disclosed technology has been made in view of the above, and provides a recording device control program, a mail server, and a home gateway device capable of appropriately starting up a device according to a schedule such as a meeting. Objective.

  In one aspect, a recording apparatus control program disclosed in the present application causes a computer to execute a step of accessing a mail storage unit that stores mail information related to electronic mail. Further, a step of extracting date information and location information from the mail information is executed. Furthermore, a step of acquiring identification information corresponding to the location information is performed by referring to a table that manages the location information and the identification information of the recording device installed at the location corresponding to the location information in association with each other. Further, a step of generating a command for starting the recording device corresponding to the identification information based on the extracted date / time information is executed. Further, a step of outputting the generated instruction to another computer is executed.

  According to one aspect of the technology disclosed in the present application, it is possible to realize appropriate activation of the recording apparatus according to a schedule such as a meeting.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the computer according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration according to the second embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of data stored in the date / location DB 120 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of data stored in the schedule DB 130 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of data stored in the video DB 230 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the flow of the schedule DB creation process according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the flow of the video DB creation process according to the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a flow of image display processing according to the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a browsing screen when a user browses an email according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a computer that executes a recording apparatus control program.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a recording device control program, a mail server, and a home gateway device disclosed in the present application will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the technology disclosed in the present application is not limited by the examples described later as one embodiment of the recording device control program, the mail server, and the home gateway device disclosed in the present application.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the computer according to the first embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the computer 10 according to the first embodiment includes an access unit 11, an extraction unit 12, an acquisition unit 13, a generation unit 14, and an output unit 15.

  The access unit 11 accesses a mail storage unit that stores electronic mail. The mail storage unit is a storage unit that stores an actual e-mail file. The mail storage unit may exist in the computer 10 or may be provided in another computer. Access refers to obtaining information from the mail storage unit, storing information, and the like. The extraction unit 12 extracts date information and location information from the electronic mail. The acquisition unit 13 refers to a table that manages location information and identification information of a recording device installed at a location corresponding to the location information in association with each other, and identifies information corresponding to the location information extracted by the extraction unit 12 Is identified. The generation unit 14 generates an instruction to activate the recording device corresponding to the identification information based on the date / time information extracted by the extraction unit 12. The output unit 15 outputs the instruction generated by the generation unit 14 to another computer.

  The computer 10 according to the first embodiment extracts the date and location from the e-mail, generates a command for starting the recording device installed in the extracted location at the extracted date and time, and generates the generated command. Output. For this reason, it is not necessary for the user to start the apparatus, and the recording apparatus can be appropriately started according to a schedule such as a meeting.

[System configuration (Example 2)]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration according to the second embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the system according to the second embodiment includes a web mail system 100 and an HGW (Home Gate Way) system 200. The web mail system 100 and the HGW system 200 are connected in a communicable state via a network.

  The web mail system 100 has a function of sending and receiving electronic mail via a network using SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). 2, the web mail system 100 includes a mail spool 110, a date / location DB (Data Base) 120, a schedule DB (Data Base) 130, a message receiving unit 140, and a mail browsing processing unit 150. . The mail spool 110 stores an actual email file received by the message receiving unit 140.

  The date / location DB 120 stores data for analyzing received mail. For example, the date / location DB 120 stores each format for matching the text corresponding to the date / location described in the e-mail and the content of the text extracted according to the format in association with each other.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of data stored in the date / location DB 120 according to the second embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the date / location DB 120 stores the format “% M month% D day% H hour% m minute” and the extracted content “month / day / hour / minute” in association with each other. . For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the date / location DB 120 stores the format “Tomorrow” and the extracted content “Month / Day” in association with each other. As shown in FIG. 3, the date / location DB 120 stores the format “ASU” and the extracted content “MONTH / DAY” in association with each other. As shown in FIG. 3, the date / location DB 120 stores the format “Tomorrow” and the extracted content “Month / Day” in association with each other. As shown in FIG. 3, the date / location DB 120 stores the format “conference room A” and the extracted content “conference room A” in association with each other. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the date / location DB 120 stores the format “conference room B” and the extracted content “conference room B” in association with each other.

  The data of the extracted content “month / day” associated with the formats “Tomorrow”, “Tomorrow”, and “Tomorrow” shown in FIG. 3 is extracted from the system information that the web mail system 100 has internally. Further, the formats “conference room A” and “conference room B” shown in FIG. 3 are registered in advance by the user. “Conference room A” and “conference room B” correspond to the names of the conference rooms in which recording devices for recording patterns such as conferences, meetings, and meetings as videos are installed.

  The schedule DB 130 stores information related to schedules such as conferences, meetings, and meetings obtained from the analysis result of received mail. For example, the schedule DB 130 stores the start date / time of a conference, meeting, meeting, etc., the end date / time of the conference, a message ID uniquely assigned to the received mail, and a scheduled location such as a conference in association with each other.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of data stored in the schedule DB 130 according to the second embodiment. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the schedule DB 130 includes a start date and time “10/01 11:00”, an end date and time “10/01 12:00”, a message ID “MSG001”, and a scheduled location “meeting room A Is stored in association with each other. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the schedule DB 130 includes a start date and time “10/01 14:00”, an end date and time “10/01 15:00”, a message ID “MSG002”, and a planned location “conference. “Room B” is stored in association with each other. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the schedule DB 130 includes a start date and time “10/01 14:00”, an end date and time “10/01 15:00”, a message ID “MSG003”, and a planned location “conference. “Room B” is stored in association with each other.

  When the message receiving unit 140 receives an e-mail from a user terminal (not shown) via the network, the message receiving unit 140 stores an actual file of the received mail in the mail spool 110.

  In addition, the message receiving unit 140 stores information on a schedule such as a conference, a meeting, and a meeting in the schedule DB 130 by analyzing the received mail.

  First, the message receiving unit 140 acquires a format stored in the date / location DB 120. Then, the message receiving unit 140 analyzes the received mail, and matches the words matching the date / location from the words written in the received mail using the format acquired from the date / location DB 120. As a result of the matching, if there is a matching word for both the date / location, the message receiving unit 140 acquires data of the matched date / location from the received mail. Then, the message receiving unit 140 associates the acquired date / location data with the message ID of the received mail and stores them in the schedule DB 130.

  Note that the message receiving unit 140 uses, for example, LMTP (Local Mail Transfer Protocol) when storing the actual file of the received mail in the mail spool 110. Similarly, the message receiving unit 140 also uses LMTP when the date / location data and the message ID are stored in the schedule DB 130 in association with each other.

  The message browsing processing unit 150 performs processing for browsing a video in which a pattern of a conference, a meeting, a meeting, or the like is recorded, on condition that the user receives a mail for notifying a meeting, a meeting, a meeting, or the like. For example, when a certain mail is selected by a user who wants to browse the contents of the mail on the user terminal, the message browsing processing unit 150 transmits browsing screen data to the user terminal or the like. Next, the message browsing processing unit 150 searches the video data stored in the video DB 230 for video data associated with the message ID of the mail selected by the user. As a result of the search, when there is video data associated with the message ID, the message browsing processing unit 150 transmits this video data to the user terminal together with the content of the mail selected by the user.

  The HGW system 200 controls communication between each processing function unit in the HGW system 200 and the web mail system 100. As shown in FIG. 2, the HGW system 200 includes a plurality of recording devices 210 installed in the conference room A, a plurality of recording devices 220 installed in the conference room B, a video DB (Data Base) 230, a recording A start control unit 240 and a video storage unit 250 are included.

  A plurality of recording devices 210 installed in the conference room A or a plurality of recording devices 220 installed in the conference room B records videos of conferences, meetings, meetings, and the like.

  The video DB 230 stores video data recorded by the recording device 210 and the recording device 220. For example, the video DB 230 associates the date / location data and message ID stored by the web mail system 100 with the video data ID uniquely assigned to the video data recorded by the recording device 210 or the recording device 220. Add and remember.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of data stored in the video DB 230 according to the second embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the video DB 230 associates the date and time “10/01 11:00”, the video data ID “data001”, the message ID “MSG001”, and the location “Conference Room A”. Remember. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the video DB 230 corresponds to the date and time “10/01 14:00”, the video data ID “data002”, the message ID “MSG002”, and the place “Conference Room B”. Add and remember. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the video DB 230 corresponds to the date and time “10/01 14:00”, the video data ID “data002”, the message ID “MSG003”, and the place “Conference Room B”. Add and remember.

  The recording start control unit 240 controls the recording operation of the recording device 210 and the recording device 220 that record patterns such as conferences, meetings, and meetings as images. Specifically, the recording start control unit 240 generates a command for starting the recording device corresponding to the planned location stored in the schedule DB 130 at the start date and time associated with the schedule DB 130. Then, the recording start control unit 240 transmits the generated command to the recording device.

  For example, the recording start control unit 240 periodically accesses the schedule DB 130 in the web mail system 100 and starts checking schedules such as conferences, meetings, and meetings. Then, the recording start control unit 240 specifies a record in which the date of the start date and time stored in the schedule DB 130 matches the date at the time of check, and acquires the planned location from the specified record. Next, the recording start control device 240 is connected to the recording device installed at the planned location so that video recording such as a meeting, a meeting, or a meeting starts at the time of the start date and time stored in the schedule DB 130. In response to this, a recording start command is transmitted. Subsequently, the recording start control device 240 issues a recording end command to the recording device installed at the planned location so that video recording is stopped at the end time of the start date and time stored in the schedule DB 130. Send. Then, the recording start control unit 240 instructs the video storage unit 250 to record the video data recorded by the recording device in association with the message ID.

  When receiving a video data recording instruction from the recording start control unit 240, the video storage unit 250 assigns a unique video data ID to the video data. Then, the video storage unit 250 records the video data and the video data ID in the video DB 230 in association with the message ID using the date and place of the meeting, meeting, meeting, etc. as keys.

  Note that the message receiving unit 140 and the mail browsing processing unit 150 of the web mail system 100 and the recording start control unit 240 and the video storage unit 250 of the HGW system 200 include, for example, an electronic circuit and an integrated circuit. Examples of the electronic circuit include a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an MPU (Micro Processing Unit). Examples of integrated circuits include ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array).

[Processing by System (Example 2)]
The flow of processing by the system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

[Schedule DB creation process]
First, the flow of schedule DB creation processing according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the flow of the schedule DB creation process according to the second embodiment. Note that the schedule DB creation process shown in FIG. 6 is executed by the web mail system 100 every time a mail is received.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when receiving an electronic mail from a user terminal or the like (step S601), the message receiving unit 140 stores an actual file of the received mail in the mail spool 110 (step S602).

  Next, the message receiving unit 140 acquires the format stored in the date / location DB 120 (step S603). Then, the message receiving unit 140 analyzes the received mail, and matches the text that matches the date / place with respect to the text written in the received mail, using the format acquired from the date / place DB 120 (step S604).

  Then, the message receiving unit 140 determines whether there is a matching word for both the date / location as a result of the matching (step S605). As a result of the determination, if there is a matching word for both the date / location (step S605, YES), the message receiving unit 140 associates the date / location data with the message ID of the received mail in the schedule DB 130. Store (step S606). With the above, the web mail system 100 ends the schedule DB creation process.

  Here, the description returns to step S605. As a result of the determination, if there is no matching word for both date / location (step S605, NO), the web mail system 100 ends the schedule DB creation process.

[Video DB creation processing]
Next, the flow of the video DB creation process according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the flow of the video DB creation process according to the second embodiment. Note that the video DB creation process shown in FIG. 7 is executed by the HGW system 200 at a preset periodic timing.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the check of the schedule DB 130 in the web mail system 100 is started (step S701). Then, the recording start control unit 240 determines whether or not the date of the start date and time stored in the schedule DB 130 matches the date at the time of check (step S702).

  If the dates match as a result of the determination (step S702, YES), the recording start control unit 240 acquires the planned location associated with the corresponding date from the schedule DB 130 (step S703). Next, the recording start control unit 240 starts video recording by recording the recording device installed at the planned location at the time of the start date and time stored in the schedule DB 130 (step S704). Subsequently, the recording start control device 240 ends the video recording by stopping the recording device installed at the planned location at the end time of the start date and time stored in the schedule DB 130 (step S705).

  When receiving a video recording instruction from the recording start control unit 240, the video storage unit 250 records the video in the video DB 230 in association with the message ID (step S706). Thus, the HGW system 200 ends the video DB creation process.

  Here, the description returns to step S702. If the dates do not match as a result of the determination (step S702, NO), the recording start control unit 240 ends the video DB creation process.

[Image display processing]
Next, the flow of image display processing according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a flow of image display processing according to the second embodiment. Note that the image display process shown in FIG. 8 is executed by the web mail system 100 every time a mail is browsed by the user.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the message browsing processing unit 150 transmits browsing screen data to a user terminal or the like when a certain mail is selected by a user who wants to browse the contents of the mail on the user terminal, for example. (Step S801). Next, the message browsing processing unit 150 acquires browsing information and a message ID from the mail spool 110 (step S802).

  Then, the message browsing processing unit 150 searches the video data stored in the video DB 240 to determine whether there is video data associated with the message ID of the mail selected by the user (step S803). . If there is video data associated with the message ID as a result of the search (step S803, YES), the message browsing processing unit 150 uses the video data together with the contents of the mail selected by the user, for example, a user terminal (Step S804).

  Subsequently, the message browsing processing unit 150 determines whether or not the mail has been deleted by the user (step S805). If the mail is deleted by the user as a result of the determination (step S805, YES), the message browsing processing unit 150 deletes the mail ID associated with the corresponding video data ID in the video DB 230 (step S806). Then, after deleting this mail ID, the message browsing processing unit 150 determines whether or not a mail ID associated with the corresponding video data ID remains (step S807).

  As a result of the determination, if no mail ID associated with the video data ID remains (step S807, NO), the message browsing processing unit 150 deletes the video data (and video data ID) from the video DB 230 (step S807). S808). Thus, the web mail system 100 ends the image display process.

  Here, the description returns to step S803. As a result of the search, when there is no video data associated with the message ID (step S803, NO), the message browsing processing unit 150 ends the image display process.

  Here, the description returns to step S805. As a result of the determination, when the mail is not deleted by the user (step S805, NO), the message browsing processing unit 150 ends the image display process.

  Here, the description returns to step S807. As a result of the determination, if a mail ID associated with the corresponding video data ID remains (step S807, YES), the message browsing processing unit 150 ends the image display process.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a browsing screen when a user browses an email according to the second embodiment. 9-1 shown in FIG. 9 shows the browsing screen displayed on the display part of a user terminal, for example. Moreover, 9-2 shown in FIG. 9 shows video data, such as a meeting, a meeting, a meeting, etc. displayed on the browsing screen. In step S804 described above, the message browsing processing unit 150 transmits video data associated with the mail together with the content of the mail selected by the user to the user terminal. Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the user terminal displays video data 9-2 that can be reproduced by a predetermined video engine on the browsing screen 9-1 along with the content of the mail selected by the user. Is done.

[Effects of Example 2]
As described above, according to the second embodiment, the date / time information and the location information indicating the schedule of the conference, the meeting, the meeting, and the like are extracted from the electronic mail. According to the second embodiment, the command for starting and stopping the recording device installed at the location corresponding to the location information extracted from the email at the date and time corresponding to the date and time information extracted from the email And outputs the generated instruction. For this reason, the system according to the second embodiment does not require the user to start the apparatus, and can realize operation control including appropriate starting and stopping of the recording apparatus according to a schedule such as a meeting.

  In the above-described second embodiment, the case where date / time information and location information are extracted from electronic mail such as web mail has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when extracting date / time information and location information from an instant message transmitted / received using an instant messenger, the above-described embodiment of the second embodiment can be similarly applied.

  Further, in the above-described second embodiment, when date / time information and location information are extracted from an e-mail, based on the relationship between the position in the e-mail of the wording corresponding to the date and the position in the e-mail of the wording corresponding to the place. Thus, date information and location information may be extracted. For example, in the second embodiment, when the number of characters or the number of lines in the e-mail written between the wording corresponding to the date and the wording corresponding to the place is within a predetermined number range, the date information and the place Information may be extracted. By doing in this way, the system according to the second embodiment can accurately extract date and time information and location information having a high probability indicating a schedule such as a conference, a meeting, and a meeting from an electronic mail.

  In the second embodiment, the location may be extracted from the e-mail on the condition that the recording device is installed. By doing so, the system according to the second embodiment can prevent a wasteful process of extracting information on a place that is not related to the operation control of the recording apparatus.

  In addition, according to the second embodiment, it is possible to view a video of a pattern such as a conference on the condition that the user has received an email regarding a schedule such as a conference, a meeting, or a meeting. By doing in this way, the system which concerns on Example 2 can make the user who could not participate in a meeting etc. confirm the pattern of a meeting etc. later.

  Hereinafter, other embodiments of the recording device control program, the mail server, and the home gateway device disclosed in the present application will be described.

(1) Device Configuration, etc. For example, the configuration of the system shown in FIG. 2 is functionally conceptual and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. That is, all or a part of the system according to the second embodiment can be configured to be functionally or physically distributed / integrated in arbitrary units according to various loads, usage conditions, and the like.

  For example, the HGW system 200 may have the schedule DB creation processing function of the web mail system 100 shown in FIG. In this case, the HGW system 200 executes the above-described schedule DB creation process shown in FIG.

  For example, the HGW system 200 acquires the format stored in the date / location DB 120. Then, the HGW system 200 analyzes the received mail stored in the mail spool 110, and uses the format acquired from the date / location DB 120, and uses a format that matches the date / location from the text described in the received mail. To match. As a result of the matching, if there is a matching word for both the date / location, the HGW system 200 acquires the date / location data matched from the received mail. Then, the HGW system 200 associates the acquired date / location data with the message ID of the received mail and stores them in the schedule DB 130.

  Further, the web mail system 100 may have a video DB creation processing function of the HGW system 200 shown in FIG. In this case, the web mail system 100 executes the above-described video DB creation process shown in FIG.

  For example, the web mail system 100 identifies a record in which the date of the start date and time stored in the schedule DB 130 matches the date at the time of check, and acquires the planned location from the identified record. Next, the web mail system 100 instructs the recording apparatus installed at the planned location to start recording at the time of the start date and time stored in the schedule DB 130 so that the recording of the video such as the meeting is started. Send. A recording end command is transmitted to the recording apparatus installed at the planned location so that the video recording is stopped at the end time of the start date and time stored in the schedule DB 130. Then, the recording start control unit 240 instructs the video storage unit 250 to record the video data recorded by the recording device in association with the message ID.

  Further, one system that is functionally or physically integrated with the web mail system 100 and the HGW system 200 may be provided.

(2) Recording device control program The various processes executed by the web mail system 100 and the HGW system 200 described in the above embodiment are executed by electronic devices such as a personal computer. Can also be realized. For various processes executed by the web mail system 100 and the HGW system 200, see, for example, FIGS.

  Therefore, in the following, an example of a computer that executes a recording device control program that realizes the same function as the processing executed by the web mail system 100 and the HGW system 200 described in the above-described embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. explain. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a computer that executes a recording apparatus control program.

  As shown in FIG. 10, a computer 300 that realizes functions similar to those executed by the web mail system 100 and the HGW system 200 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 310 that executes various arithmetic processes. The computer 300 includes an input device 320 and a monitor 330 that receive data input from the user.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the computer 300 includes a medium reading device 340 that reads a program and the like from a storage medium, and a network interface device 350 that exchanges data with other computers via a network. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the computer 300 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) 360 that temporarily stores various information and a hard disk device 370. The devices 310 to 370 are connected to the bus 380.

  The input device 320 is, for example, a keyboard or a mouse. When the input device 320 has a mouse, the pointing device function can be realized in cooperation with the monitor 330. Also, when the input device 320 has another input device such as a touch pad, the pointing device function can be realized as in the case of the mouse.

  In place of the CPU 310, for example, an electronic circuit such as an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) or an integrated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) can be used. Further, instead of the RAM 360, a semiconductor memory device such as a flash memory can be used.

  The hard disk device 370 stores a recording device control program 371 and recording device control data 372 that exhibit the same functions as the processes executed by the web mail system 100 and the HGW system 200 described above. The recording device control program 371 may be appropriately distributed and stored in a storage unit of another computer that is communicably connected via a network.

  Then, the CPU 310 reads out the recording device control program 371 from the hard disk device 370 and develops it in the RAM 360, whereby the recording device control program 371 functions as a recording device control process 361 as shown in FIG. The recording device control process 361 expands various data such as the recording device control data 372 read from the hard disk device 370 in the area allocated to itself on the RAM 360 as appropriate, and executes various processes based on the expanded data. To do.

  The recording device control process 361 includes, for example, processing executed by the message receiving unit 140 and the mail browsing processing unit 150 of the web mail system 100 shown in FIG. Further, the recording device control process 361 includes processing executed by the recording start control unit 240 and the video storage unit 250 of the HGW system 200.

  Note that the recording device control program 371 is not necessarily stored in the hard disk device 370 from the beginning. For example, each program is stored in a “portable physical medium” such as a flexible disk (FD), a CD-ROM, a DVD disk, a magneto-optical disk, and an IC card inserted into the computer 300. Then, the computer 300 may read and execute each program from these.

  Further, each program is stored in “another computer (or server)” connected to the computer 300 via a public line, the Internet, a LAN, a WAN, or the like. Then, the computer 300 may read and execute each program from these.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Computer 11 Access part 12 Extraction part 13 Acquisition part 14 Generation part 15 Output part 100 Web mail system 110 Mail spool 120 Date / location DB (Data Base)
130 Schedule DB (Data Base)
140 Message Receiving Unit 150 Mail Viewing Processing Unit 200 HGW System 210, 220 Recording Device 230 Video DB (Data Base)
240 Recording Start Control Unit 250 Video Storage Unit 300 Computer 310 CPU
320 Input Device 330 Monitor 340 Medium Reading Device 350 Network Interface Device 360 RAM
361 Recording device control process 370 Hard disk device 371 Recording device control search program 372 Data for controlling recording device

Claims (6)

On the computer,
Accessing a mail storage unit that stores mail information about the email;
Extracting date and time information and location information from the email information;
Obtaining the identification information corresponding to the location information by referring to a table that manages the location information and the identification information of the recording device installed at the location corresponding to the location information in association with each other;
Generating a command to activate the recording device corresponding to the identification information based on the extracted date and time information;
And a step of outputting the generated command to another computer.   The step of extracting date / time information and location information from the email information corresponds to the date / time information and the location information based on the positional relationship between the date / time information and the location information in the email text included in the email information. The recording apparatus control program according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus control program is extracted.   The step of extracting date information and location information from the mail information includes extracting the location information on condition that the location information corresponds to a location where the recording apparatus is installed. The recording apparatus control program according to 1 or 2. In the computer,
Storing the identification information and a mail identifier uniquely assigned to the electronic mail in a recording data DB in association with the recording data recorded by the recording device corresponding to the identification information;
Receiving a selection for the email from a user terminal;
Obtaining a mail identifier of the selected email;
Referring to the record data DB and searching for record data corresponding to the acquired mail identifier;
2. When the recorded data associated with the mail identifier is searched, the step of transmitting the recorded data to the user terminal together with the mail information of the electronic mail is further executed. The recording apparatus control program according to any one of claims 1 to 3. An access unit for accessing a mail storage unit for storing mail information related to electronic mail;
An extraction unit that extracts date and time information and location information from the mail information;
An acquisition unit that acquires the identification information corresponding to the location information by referring to a table that manages the location information and the identification information of the recording device installed at the location corresponding to the location information in association with each other;
A generating unit that generates an instruction to activate the recording device corresponding to the identification information based on the extracted date and time information;
An e-mail server, comprising: an output unit that outputs the generated command to a home gateway device that controls the recording device. An access unit for accessing a mail storage unit for storing mail information related to electronic mail;
An extraction unit that extracts date and time information and location information from the mail information;
An acquisition unit that acquires the identification information corresponding to the location information by referring to a table that manages the location information and the identification information of the recording device installed at the location corresponding to the location information in association with each other;
A generating unit that generates an instruction to activate the recording device corresponding to the identification information based on the extracted date and time information;
An output unit that outputs the generated command to the recording device.

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