JP2015172955A - Mail transmitting/receiving apparatus, method for controlling mail transmitting/receiving apparatus, and program of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal device capable of remotely and flexibly operating transmission/reception with a destination registered in the portable terminal.SOLUTION: A portable terminal device comprises: address book storage means that can manage addresses of communication partners by mails; transmission acceptance means for receiving the communication partner to which a user desires to transmit a mail and communication content; retrieval means for retrieving the communication partner accepted by the transmission acceptance means from an address book; and transmission means for transmitting the communication content accepted by the acceptance means to the communication partner when the communication partner can be retrieved by the retrieval means.

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device capable of remotely setting an operation when a mobile terminal is received, a control method for the mobile terminal device, and a program thereof.

  On the day when you forget to carry a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, there may be a case where a message such as a mail reception or an incoming call is received from the mobile terminal. In such a case, the owner of the mobile terminal cannot confirm the content of the received message. The sender of the message cannot know whether the portable terminal is carried or whether the message has been transmitted to the other party.

  As a countermeasure method when the mobile phone is left at home or the like in this way, a countermeasure method is proposed when a message is set from the outside to the mobile phone and both voice calls and e-mails are received. .

  Patent Document 1 proposes a technique for automatically responding to a voice call and an incoming e-mail with a preset message by setting an automatic response message from outside.

  In Patent Document 2, a message when a voice call or an e-mail is received from the outside is set for the mobile phone, and a predetermined operation is performed on the mobile phone from the outside (a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time) There has been proposed a technique for notifying a set message when a telephone call is made.

JP 2004-260416 A JP 2007-329587 A

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, when a mail is received from a partner registered in the address book, a preset message is not transmitted to the registered partner by remote control. However, there is a problem that the destination cannot flexibly set the message contents.

  In the technique of Patent Document 2, when a predetermined operation is performed on the mobile terminal, a message can be notified to the caller, but it is necessary to set a message to be transmitted in advance. There was a problem that such contents could not be transmitted flexibly.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal device that can flexibly operate remote transmission / reception with a destination registered in the mobile terminal.

  The present invention is a portable terminal device having a mail transmission / reception function, an address book storage means capable of managing the address of a communication partner in the mail, and a transmission acceptance means for receiving a communication partner to which a mail is to be transmitted and communication contents And search means for searching for the communication partner accepted by the transmission accepting means from the address book, and if the communication partner can be searched for by the search means, the communication content accepted by the accepting means is transmitted to the communication partner. And transmitting means.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to remotely control transmission / reception with a destination registered in a mobile terminal.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration using the portable terminal device in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the portable terminal 102 in embodiment of this invention. It is a hardware block diagram of the information processing apparatus which can apply the portable terminal device in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the address management information in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the screen transition of the portable terminal at the time of utilizing the answering machine function in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen transition of a portable terminal at the time of utilizing the password reset function in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen transition of the portable terminal at the time of utilization of the answering machine transfer function in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the various databases (DB) in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the whole process of the portable terminal 102 in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the portable terminal 102 answering machine transfer process in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the format acquisition process of the portable terminal 102 in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the answering machine process of the portable terminal 102 in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the password reset process in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the various setting screens which concern on the answering machine function of the portable terminal in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen transition which concerns on the mode switching of the portable terminal 102 in embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing apparatus, a transmission destination designation method, and a program thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration using a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The portable terminal 102 is a portable terminal owned by Hanako, and has been left behind at Hanako. The mobile terminal may be a mobile phone or a tablet terminal having a communication function.

  The information processing apparatus 101 may be a personal computer or a portable terminal as long as it is an information processing apparatus that can be used by Hanako Patent from an outside environment such as a place where he / she is out and has a communication function.

  The mobile terminal 103 is a mobile terminal owned by Mr. Taro, and may be a mobile phone, a tablet terminal having a communication function, or a personal computer terminal.

  In this way, when Hanako is forgetting to leave his mobile terminal at home, etc., when the incoming call is received from Mr. Taro, who uses the mobile terminal 103, the mobile terminal 102 It is configured to transfer the incoming call to the previous information processing apparatus 101.

  Further, when a reply is sent from the information processing apparatus 101 outside the home to the mobile terminal 102 at home, the mobile terminal 102 is configured to transfer to the mobile terminal 103.

  The information processing apparatus 101, the mobile terminal 102, and the mobile terminal 103 are in a state where they can be connected via the public line 104.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the mobile terminal 102 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The portable device 102 includes a control unit 201, a communication unit 202, a communication partner selection unit 203, an address storage unit 204, a password management unit 205, a password storage unit 206, a destination confirmation flag storage unit 207, an automatic transfer flag storage unit 208, and a format storage. 209, answering machine information storage unit 210, and display unit 211.

  The control unit 201 executes general control processes necessary for the mobile phone, such as communication control and mail transmission / reception, as well as various control processes unique to the present invention.

  The communication unit 202 includes a modulation / demodulation circuit, a signal processing circuit, and the like, and has a function of communicating with the base station. Send and receive voice calls and emails, and send and receive data with browsers. A network connection by wireless LAN communication or the like is also possible.

  The communication partner selection unit 203 has a function of selecting a communication partner that transmits an email using an answering function described later.

  The address book storage unit 204 has a function of storing a so-called address book in which names, telephone numbers, mail addresses, and the like are registered. When communicating with a destination stored in the address book, the communication partner selection unit 203 is linked.

  When there is a password in the received mail, the password management unit 205 checks the password stored in the password storage unit 206 and further has a password reset function. Multiple passwords can be managed.

  The password storage unit 206 has a function of storing a password managed by the password management unit. In the present embodiment, the password management unit 205 and the password storage unit 206 can be configured as one, although they are described as different ones.

  The destination confirmation flag storage unit 207 has a function of storing a flag as to whether or not to send a destination confirmation mail whether the communication partner selected by the communication partner selection unit 203 is correct. Whether or not to send a destination confirmation mail is a setting item that can be set in advance.

  The automatic transfer flag storage unit 208 has a function of storing a flag indicating whether or not automatic transfer is performed when an e-mail is received from an address registered in the answering machine information storage unit. Whether to perform automatic transfer is a setting item that can be set in advance.

  The format storage unit 209 has a function of storing a password reset function, a mail format of an answering machine function, and a mail subject for determining each function. The mail item is a setting item that can be set in advance.

  The answering machine information storage unit 210 has a function of storing destination information of the communication destination and destination information of the communication source in association with each other.

  The display unit 211 includes a display such as a liquid crystal display, and has a function of displaying a setting screen, mail, or the like on the display according to an instruction from the control unit 201.

  FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus to which the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied. The present invention can be applied to the mobile terminal 102.

  Based on the program stored in the program ROM 303, each device connected to the system bus 300 is controlled to control the entire information processing apparatus.

  The data ROM 304 stores various data. A RAM 302 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 301.

  A keyboard controller (KBC) 305 controls input from a keyboard (KB) 309 or a pointing device (not shown) such as a numeric keypad or a mouse. The keyboard and pointing device can be integrated with the main body of the mobile terminal or can be displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal such as a software keyboard.

  A display controller (DC) 306 controls display on the display 310. The display may be a CRT or another type of display device such as an LCD.

  A memory controller (MC) 307 controls access to the hard disk (HD) 311.

  A peripheral device connection interface (USB I / F) 308 controls access to a portable storage medium (not shown) and other peripheral devices.

  A network interface (NW I / F) 320 controls communication with other information processing apparatuses via the network. The type of network may be a wireless LAN. When the information processing apparatus has a call function, it is controlled as a call interface, and when it has an e-mail function, it is controlled as an e-mail interface.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of address management information in the embodiment of the present invention.

  The owner information 401 and the address book 402 are managed by the address book storage unit 204 of the mobile terminal 102. The address book storage unit is stored in the HD 311. You may make it memorize | store in RAM302 or data ROM304.

  The owner information 401 stores information related to the owner of the mobile terminal 102. The registration number is used in common with the address book 402 and is set so that it can be identified by a unique number. The identification number of the owner information is an optional item that may or may not be set.

  The telephone 1 stores a telephone number that can be received by this portable terminal. Mail address 1 stores a mail address that can be received by this portable terminal. In addition, the telephone 2 field and the mail address 2 field can be used as items for storing arbitrary information.

  The address book 402 is a so-called general address book and can manage e-mail addresses and the like. “1 (family)” is set in the group column, and a plurality of addresses (registration numbers) can be managed as a common group. The “name”, “yomi”, and “group” fields are used as search words when selecting a communication partner.

  When a plurality of e-mail addresses are registered, an address set for normal use (for example, telephone 1) is used.

  Also, when composing mail, you can enter the mail address simply by selecting the name of the other party from the address book. In addition to e-mail addresses, there are some that can manage various personal information such as telephone numbers and addresses.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing screen transition of the mobile terminal when using the answering machine function according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The mail screen 501 is a screen for transmitting a mail for obtaining an answering machine function format from the information processing apparatus 101 (external environment) to the mobile terminal 102 (Mr. Hanako's mobile phone). “Subject format” is set in “Subject”, and a password is entered in “Body”.

  A mail screen 502 is a screen that shows a reply screen of the mobile terminal 102 that has received a mail for obtaining an answering machine function format. This content is transmitted from the portable terminal 102 to the information processing apparatus 101. “Sender” is the address of the portable terminal 102, the destination is the address of the information processing apparatus 101, and the “text” is prompted to describe the password (PW), message (MS), and user (US) to be transmitted. It has become. This combination is the “answering machine function” format. The description regarding the format will be described later.

  The mail screen 503 is a screen showing a mail transmission screen in which the information processing apparatus 101 that has acquired the format enters “PW”, “MS”, and “US”. Here, the value input in “PW” is a password set in advance to use this function. “MS” is a message to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 103 (mobile by Taro Patent). “US” is a destination of the user who wants to transmit, and in this case, is a name stored in the address book of the mobile terminal 102. In the “US” column, an address can be directly input, a name can be input in kana, and a group can be used. When a group is selected, it is transmitted to an address registered in the group.

  Here, the contents can be confirmed on the portable terminal 102 before being transmitted to the portable terminal 103. This function sets in advance whether or not to confirm the destination before transmission, and details will be described later.

  A mail screen 504 is a screen transmitted from the mobile terminal 102 to the information processing apparatus 102 when the destination confirmation function is “ON”. In “US”, the group (GP) of Taro Patent is displayed. In addition, as a security check (SE), the user is prompted to input a flag indicating whether the confirmation content is correct.

  The mail screen 505 is a reply screen for confirming the destination. Enter "1" representing OK in "SE" and reply. If “0” is input and a reply is made, it will not be transmitted to the mobile terminal 103 (Patent Taro's mobile terminal).

  A mail screen 506 is a mail screen from the mobile terminal 102 to the mobile terminal 103. When the destination confirmation is “OFF”, the screen is changed from the mail screen 503.

  Thus, the mobile terminal 102 (Patent Hanako's mobile terminal) can be operated from a remote information processing apparatus (external environment), and mail can be transmitted to the mobile terminal 103 (Patent Taro's mobile terminal).

  Further, even when the email address of Mr. Taro is stored only in the address book of the portable terminal 102, the email can be transmitted to Mr. Taro from a remote location.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of screen transition of the mobile terminal when using the password reset function according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  On the mail screen 601, the information processing apparatus 101 (external environment) transmits a mail for acquiring the password reset format to the mobile terminal 102 (Mr. Hanako's mobile phone). “Subject format” is set as “Subject”, and the password is entered in “Body”.

  A mail screen 602 is a screen that shows a reply screen of the mobile terminal 102 that has received a mail for acquiring a password reset format. This content is transmitted from the portable terminal 102 to the information processing apparatus 101. “Sender” is the address of the portable terminal 102, and the destination is the address of the information processing apparatus 101. The “text” is prompted to describe the password (PW) and reset confirmation (RS). This combination is the “password reset” format. The description regarding the format will be described later.

  The mail screen 603 is a screen showing a mail transmission screen in which “PW” and “RS” are written by the information processing apparatus 101 that has acquired the format. Here, the value input in “PW” is a password set in advance to use this function. “RS” is a flag to confirm that the password is reset, and “1” is entered if it is OK, and “0” is entered if it is NG.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of screen transition of the mobile terminal when the answering machine transfer function is used in the embodiment of the present invention.

  This is a function for transferring mail to an external environment that can be used by the information processing apparatus 101 when the mobile terminal 102 receives mail from an address registered in a transfer DB described later.

  In the mail screen 701, the mobile terminal 102 (Mr. Hanako's mobile terminal) receives a mail from the mobile terminal 103 (Mr. Taro's mobile terminal).

  Here, when the address of Mr. Taro's portable terminal is registered as answering machine address information in the answering machine transfer DB, the mail is transferred to the corresponding registered address.

  The mail screen 702 is a screen in which the mail on the mail screen 701 is transferred to the information processing apparatus 101 when the content matches the contents registered in the answering machine transfer DB. In the text, “From” is the address (in this case, the display name registered in the address book), “To” is the address specified in the original email (in this case, the address of Hanako's mobile terminal), “MS” describes the contents written as the text of the original mail.

  Hanako Patent can receive this email in an external environment using the information processing apparatus 101.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of various databases (DB) in the embodiment of the present invention.

  An answering machine transfer DB 801, a format DB 802, and a password DB 803 are managed and stored in the answering machine information storage unit 210, the format storage unit 209, and the password storage unit 206, respectively.

  The answering machine forwarding DB 801 stores answering machine address information and forwarding address information. This is a mail address to be stored as transfer destination address information when mail is received from the mail address of the answering machine address information to the address of the portable terminal 102 in a state where the answering machine function is “ON”.

  Since “taro@mobi.ne.jp” as the sender of the mail screen 701 is set as answering machine address information and “gaibu@test.ne.jp” is set as the forwarding address information, the mail screen 702 Thus, the mail is transferred to the information processing apparatus 101 which is an external environment.

  Registration of the address in the answering machine transfer DB can be set in advance, or can be registered when mail is transmitted using an answering machine function to be described later.

  The format DB 802 is a DB that is referred to when an email is received, in which the subject of the email is set. If the email subject is a format acquisition, that format is also registered. The subject set on the subject setting screen of FIG. 14 described later is registered.

  There are four types of formats: “for answering machine function”, “for password resetting”, “answering machine function”, and “password resetting”. The formats for “answering machine function” and “for password resetting” are shown in FIG. 502 and 602 in FIG. 6, and when a mail with this subject is received, a mail of a corresponding format type is returned to the sender.

  When a mail with the subject “Answering Machine Mail” and “Password Reset Request” is received, processing corresponding to each subject is executed.

  The password DB 803 stores a preset password. Version control is also possible. Multiple passwords can be set for each application. It is also possible to reset the password by a password reset email.

  Hereinafter, the processing procedure of the mobile terminal 102 will be described using the flowcharts of FIGS.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the entire processing of the mobile terminal 102 in the embodiment of the present invention.

  In step S901, the process is started when an incoming mail such as an email is received by the mobile terminal 102. In step S902, it is confirmed whether or not the transmission source of the received mail is registered in the “answering machine address information” of the answering machine DB 801. If registered, the process proceeds to step S903, and an answering machine transfer process is executed. Details of each process will be described later.

  On the other hand, if not registered, the process proceeds to step S904. In step S904, the subject and text of the received mail are confirmed (analyzed). From the received content, it is determined whether it is “format acquisition”, “answer mail”, “password reset” or normal mail.

  If “format acquisition” is determined from the subject of the mail, the process advances to step S905 to execute format acquisition processing. In the present embodiment, when the subject of the mail is “acquisition of answering machine format” and “acquisition of password format”, it is determined as “acquire format”. In addition, it is possible to set so that “format acquisition” is included, or to set it when a specific keyword is included in the text. The same applies to the determination method of whether or not other processing is performed. When determining from the subject of the mail, the format DB is used.

  If it is determined that the message is “answering mail”, the process proceeds to step S906 to execute answering processing.

  If “password reset” is determined from the contents of the mail, the process proceeds to step S907 to execute a password reset process.

  In the case of other mails, normal mail processing is performed in the same manner as when normal mail is received, and the process ends.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the format acquisition process of the mobile terminal 102 in the embodiment of the present invention. Corresponding to the processing of step S905 in FIG. 9, the screen image is as shown in FIG.

  In step S1101, the body of the mail is analyzed, and in step S1102, it is determined whether or not the character string written in “PW” of the body matches that registered in the password DB 803. If they do not match, the process ends. If they do match, the process proceeds to step S1103.

  In step S1103, it is determined which type of format is to be acquired. In this embodiment, since two types of “answer machine function” and “password reset” are set in the format DB 802, it is determined which type is based on the subject of the mail.

  If it is “answer machine function”, the process proceeds to step S1104, and a format for the answer machine function is acquired from the format DB. The format is, for example, content as shown on the mail screen 502, and includes “PW”, “MS”, and “US”. In step S1105, the received mail address is set as the destination in order to send a reply. In step S1106, “request for answering machine” is set as the subject, and the process proceeds to step S1107.

  If it is determined in step S1103 that “password reset”, the process advances to step S1109 to acquire a password reset format from the format DB. The format is, for example, contents as shown on the mail screen 602 and includes “PW” and “RS”. In step S1110, in order to send a reply, the received mail address is set as the destination. In step S1111, the subject is set to “password reset request”, and the flow advances to step S1107.

  In step S1107, the format acquired from the format DB is set in the text, and in step S1108, mail is transmitted to the reply destination (received mail address), and the process ends.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of an answering machine process of the mobile terminal 102 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Corresponding to the processing of step S906 in FIG. 9, the screen image on the mobile terminal is as shown in FIG.

  First, in step S1201, the body of the email received by the mobile terminal is analyzed, and in step S1202, it is confirmed whether the character string entered in “PW” matches the password registered in the password DB. If they do not match, the process ends.

  If they match, it is checked in step S1203 if the character string written in “US” is registered in the address book 402. Here, “registered in the address book” only needs to register an e-mail address, name, reading, group name, and the like. If it is not registered in the address book, the process ends.

  If there is registration in the address book, it is checked in step S1204 whether destination information corresponding to the address book is set. The destination information is, for example, an email address. If the destination information is not set, the process ends.

  If the destination information is set, it is checked in step S1205 if the “SE” keyword is set. The “SE” keyword is a security check, in which an e-mail is sent to confirm the e-mail content before sending to the e-mail sender (in this case, the information processing apparatus in the external environment) It is given when replying.

  If it is determined in step S1205 that there is an “SE” keyword, the process proceeds to step S1211. If this check is OK (“1” in the flag in the embodiment), the content of the mail has been confirmed. Since it is understood that the process is OK, the process proceeds to step S1207. On the other hand, if it is NG (“0” in the flag in the embodiment), it is determined that the mail content is incomplete and the process is terminated.

  In step S1206, the destination confirmation flag is confirmed. The destination confirmation flag is an item that can be set in various settings of the mobile terminal described later. If this flag is “ON”, the process advances to step S1212 to set the mail transmission source (gaibu@test.ne.jp) as the destination.

  In step S1213, “PW” is deleted from the mail received in step 1201 and set in the text. In step S1214, the destination group set in the “US” keyword is set as “GP”. Here, whether or not to set group information is an optional item. Next, in step S1215, a character string for requesting the input of the “SE” keyword is set in the text, and in step S1216, the mail having the contents set in steps S1212 to S1215 is transmitted, and the process is terminated. The reply to the mail sent here is determined to have the “SE” keyword in step S1205.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1206 that the destination confirmation flag is “OFF”, the destination information acquired from the address book confirmed in step S1204 (mail address corresponding to Patent Taro) is set in the mail destination in step S1207. Set.

  In step S1208, the message set as the “MS” keyword is set in the text. In the mail screen 503 of FIG. 5, the keyword is described as “changed today's appointment at 18:00!”.

  In step S1209, the destination information set in step S1207 is set in “answering machine destination information” of the answering machine DB, and the transmission source (gaibu@test.ne.jp) received in step S1201 is set in “forwarding destination address information”. Register as destination information.

  In step S1210, the mode shifts to the answering machine transfer mode. In step S1216, the mail having the contents set in steps S1207 to S1209 is transmitted, and the process ends.

  Note that the answering machine transfer mode may be a state in which “answering machine address information” or “forwarding address information” is set in the answering machine DB, or the answering machine transfer mode is “ON” or “OFF” (not shown). You may make it have the flag of. In this state, when mail is received from the address specified in “answering machine address information”, the mail is transferred to “forwarding address information” that can be used by the information processing apparatus in the external environment. An answering machine transfer process executed in the answering machine transfer mode will be described in detail.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of portable terminal 102 answering machine transfer processing according to the embodiment of the present invention. Corresponding to step S903 in FIG. 9, the screen image on the portable terminal is as shown in FIG.

  In step S1001, it is confirmed whether the “forwarding destination address information” corresponding to the “answering address destination information” that is the sender (taro@mobi.ne.jp) of the received mail is set in the answering machine DB.

  If it has not been set, the process ends. If it has been set, the process proceeds to step S1002.

  In step S1002, it is determined whether the answering machine transfer mode is “ON”. If it is “OFF”, the process ends. On the other hand, if “ON”, the process proceeds to step S1003, and the corresponding destination information is acquired from the answering machine DB. Note that the processing order of steps S1101 and S1102 may be reversed.

  In step S1004, the acquired transfer destination address information (gaibu@test.ne.jp) is known to the destination, and in step S1005, "answering message transfer: Shibuya (subject name of received mail)" is set.

  In step S1006, the text includes “From: patent Taro (sender of received mail)”, “To: hanako@mobi.ne.jp (address of received mail)”, “MS: Ryokai !! The message with the contents set in step S1007 is transmitted.

  According to this, Taro Patent can send an email to the address of Hanako's mobile terminal and receive the email in an external environment using a different address. You can send e-mail without being aware of the e-mail address of Hanako's external environment. Also, it is possible to send and receive mail without knowing the mail address of the external environment.

  If you do not want to know the sender of the mail received in the external environment, you can do so by not setting From.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of password reset processing in the embodiment of the present invention. Corresponding to step S907 in FIG. 9, the screen image on the portable terminal is as shown in FIG.

  In step S1301, the mail body is analyzed, and in step S1302, it is confirmed whether the character string entered in “PW” matches the password registered in the password DB. If they do not match, the process ends.

  If they match, it is checked in step S1303 if “1” is set for the “RS” keyword. If anything other than “1” is set or nothing is set, the process ends. If “1” is set, the process advances to step S1304.

  In step S1304, the password management unit 205 resets the password set in the current password DB. It may be deleted from the password DB, or a version may be left behind.

  In step S1305, a new password is created, and in step S1306, the address of the mobile terminal 102 (hanako@mobi.ne.jp) is set as the mail destination. In step S1307, “password reset” is set in the subject line. "Is set.

  In step S1308, a newly created password is set in the portable terminal, and an e-mail is transmitted in step S1309. The password created here may be created randomly by the mobile terminal or may be created with regularity.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of various setting screens related to the answering function of the mobile terminal 102 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  By selecting a menu (not shown), an answering machine setting screen 1401 is displayed on the mobile terminal 102. When the registration button 1402 is pressed, the set information is registered and the process ends. When the cancel button 1403 is pressed, the process ends without saving the set information.

  A password tab 1411, a subject tab 1421, and other tabs 1431 are included.

  In the password tab 1411, password-related information can be set. The password can be set / changed by inputting the current password 1421, the new password 1413, and the new password (for confirmation) 1414. The password can be changed when the entered current password matches the password registered in the password DB. The set contents are stored in the password DB.

  In the subject setting tab 1421, a subject for shifting to various functions can be set. A subject for using various functions such as format acquisition (answer machine function) 1422, format acquisition (password reset) 1423, answering machine function 1424, and password reset function 1425 can be set. The contents set here are registered in the format DB.

  When the registration button 1402 is pressed, only items for which the check box 1426 is checked are registered in the subject of the format DB.

  In the other setting 1431 tab, other information is set. In this embodiment, destination confirmation 1432 and answering machine transfer 1433 can be set.

  If the address confirmation 1432 is checked, an address confirmation mail is transmitted when an answering machine mail is received. If you do not check, send an email without confirmation to the recipient when you receive your answering machine. This is used for the determination in step S1206 of FIG.

When the answering machine forwarding 1433 is checked, when a mail from a partner registered in the answering machine address information of the answering machine is received, the mail is forwarded to the partner registered in the forwarding destination address information corresponding thereto. This is used for the determination in step S1002 of FIG.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of screen transition related to mode switching of the mobile terminal 102 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  It is a screen transition diagram of the answering machine transfer mode 1501 and the normal mode 1502. When the answering function is executed in the normal mode 1502, a transition to the answering machine transfer mode 1501 is made. When the user presses the OK button 1503 in the answering machine transfer mode 1501, the mode is changed to the normal mode 402.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, transmission / reception with a destination registered in the mobile terminal can be remotely operated.

  It should be noted that the configuration and contents of the various data described above are not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the various data and configurations are configured according to the application and purpose.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that allows a computer to execute the processing method of each flowchart, and the storage medium of the present invention stores a program that allows the computer to execute the processing method of each flowchart.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk, solid state drive, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

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Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mail transmission / reception apparatus that can flexibly operate transmission / reception by a mail transmission / reception apparatus using mail from a remote location.

The present invention provides a mail transmitting and receiving device having a mail transmission and reception function, a receive a first mail including information as to whether or not performing the sending mail to the mail of the communication partner and the e-mail communication partner The first mail receiving means, and the second mail transmitted to the communication partner included in the first mail when the first mail includes information for transmitting the mail to the communication partner of the mail. A second mail generating means for generating mail; and a second mail transmitting means for transmitting the mail generated by the second mail generating means to the communication partner of the mail. When the mail does not contain information for sending mail to the other party of the mail, the second mail is controlled not to be sent .

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to provide the mail transmission / reception apparatus which can operate the transmission / reception by a mail transmission / reception apparatus flexibly using mail remotely.

Claims (5)

A mobile terminal device having a function of sending and receiving mail,
Address book storage means capable of managing addresses of communication partners in the mail;
A communication receiving party that wants to send an email and a transmission acceptance means for receiving communication contents;
Search means for searching for a communication partner accepted by the transmission acceptance means from the address book;
When the communication partner can be searched by the search means, a transmission means for transmitting the communication content received by the reception means to the communication partner;
A portable terminal device comprising:   The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the communication partner is a character string registered in the address book. The transmission acceptance means accepts by e-mail,
A reply mail transfer means for transferring the reply mail to the address of the reception source accepted by the transmission acceptance means when receiving a reply mail from the other party transmitted by the transmission means;
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: A method for controlling a portable terminal device having a mail transmission / reception function and an address book storage means capable of managing addresses of communication partners in the mail,
A transmission reception step for receiving a communication partner to which an email is to be transmitted and a communication content;
A search step of searching the address book for a communication partner accepted by the transmission acceptance step;
If the communication partner can be searched in the search step, a transmission step of transmitting the communication content received in the reception step to the communication partner;
A method for controlling a portable terminal device, comprising: A portable terminal device having a mail transmission / reception function and an address book storage means capable of managing addresses of communication partners in the mail,
A communication receiving party that wants to send an email and a transmission acceptance means for receiving communication contents;
Search means for searching for a communication partner accepted by the transmission acceptance means from the address book;
When the communication partner can be searched by the search means, a transmission means for transmitting the communication content received by the reception means to the communication partner;
The program for functioning as a portable terminal device characterized by having.

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