JP3680390B2 - E-mail system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic mail system that transmits and receives message data between a plurality of computer terminals connected on a network.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a computer network system, an electronic mail system is used as a function for exchanging messages between computer terminals connected on the network.
[0003]
In this e-mail system, when a destination address is specified, message data is input and transmission is instructed, the message data input according to the mail address corresponding to the destination address is transmitted. Is designated as the destination, the message data is sent to the corresponding computer terminals in a batch according to the respective mail addresses.
[0004]
On the other hand, when it is desired to send message data having different contents depending on the destination, it is necessary to specify the destination address corresponding to each message having different contents and repeat the transmission operation.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, even when it is desired to change the amount of information to be sent to the entire input message data, such as when a part of the contents of message data sent to a certain destination is to be sent to a different destination, the amount of information differs. There is a problem that the operability is poor because the transmission operation designating the transmission destination corresponding to each message must be repeated.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic mail system with high operability capable of sending message data having different contents depending on a transmission destination in a batch.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The electronic mail system according to the present invention includes address data storage means for storing a plurality of addresses and identification information of the addresses in association with each other, message input means for inputting message data, and messages input by the message input means. On the other hand, it is determined whether the message inputted by the message input means includes transmission destination designation means for designating a plurality of addresses as transmission destinations, and identification information corresponding to each address designated by the transmission destination designation means. And when the determination unit determines that the identification information is included in the message, all messages after the identification information are transmitted as messages to the address corresponding to the identification information for each address. For each address specified by the capturing means and each address designated by the transmission destination designating means, Characterized by comprising a message transmission means for transmitting the Ri written transmission message.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a computer terminal device according to an embodiment of an electronic mail system of the present invention.
[0012]
The computer terminal device includes a control device (CPU) 11.
The control device (CPU) 11 activates a system program stored in advance in response to an input operation signal supplied from the input device 12, and controls the operation of each unit in accordance with the system program. ) 11 is connected to the storage device 13, the communication device 14, and the display device 15 in addition to the input device 12.
[0013]
The input device 12 includes input devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a tablet. For example, with regard to the e-mail function, message data input, destination address input, transmission instruction, received message data for yourself When inputting the message data, the message data to be sent to the addressee of the attribute is input using the attribute information of the addressee to be transmitted as a heading.
[0014]
The storage device 13 includes a ROM and a RAM. The ROM stores a system program for controlling operation by the control device 11 and subprograms corresponding to various functions. Various data input / output in accordance with operation control of the control device 11 are temporarily stored, and for example, an e-mail address book storage unit 13a, a transmission message storage unit 13b, and a reception message storage unit 13c are provided.
[0015]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an electronic mail storage unit provided in the RAM of the storage device 13 in the computer terminal device.
In the address book storage unit 13a, address data (name 21), address data (mail address 22), attribute information (tag identification information 23) of each computer terminal connected to the computer network to which the computer terminal belongs are registered. ) Are stored in association with each other.
[0016]
The transmission message storage unit 13b stores message data input by the input operation of message data by the input device 12, address data input as the transmission destination, and the like.
[0017]
The received message storage unit 13c stores message data transmitted from other computer terminal devices on the network to the computer terminal device.
[0018]
The communication device 14 transmits the message data from the address book storage unit 13a based on the address attribute information attached to the address data and message data as the transmission destination stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b of the storage device 13. The address data (mail address 22) to be read is designated and transmitted, and the message data transmitted from the other computer terminal device to the computer terminal device is received. The message data addressed to the own terminal device is stored in the received message storage unit 13c of the storage device 13.
[0019]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a computer network to which the electronic mail system of the present invention is applied.
For example, each computer terminal device whose address is “Mr. A”, “Mr. B”, “Mr. C”, “Mr. D”, and “Mr. E” is connected to the computer network via a respective communication device 14. Yes.
[0020]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data storage state in the address book storage unit 13a of the storage device 13 in the computer terminal device “Mr. E” of the computer network.
[0021]
In the address book storage unit 13a, as described above, address data (name 21), address data (mail address 22), attribute information (tag) of each computer terminal connected to the computer network to which the electronic mail system is applied. Identification information 23) is stored.
[0022]
In this embodiment, tag identification information 23 corresponding to “Mr. A” is <MTB member>, tag identification information 23 corresponding to “Mr. B” is not provided, and tag identification information corresponding to “Mr. C”. 23 is <MTB Steering Committee>, and tag identification information 23 corresponding to “Mr. D” is <MTB Steering Officer>. In this tag identification information 23, <MTB Steering Officer> → <MTB Steering Committee > → <MTB member> The rank (ranking) is in order, and <MTB manager> requires all message data related to the committee members and members together with message data related to the manager, and <MTB Steering Committee> needs message data related to the Steering Committee and message data related to the members, and <MTB Member> needs only message data related to the members To.
[0023]
FIG. 5 is a view showing a display state of transmission message data inputted by the input device 12 of the computer terminal device “Mr. E” of the computer network.
[0024]
When the input device 12 of the computer terminal device is operated to set to the e-mail message input mode, the transmission destination input area 15a and the message input area 15b are displayed on the display device 15, and “Mr. E” in FIG. In the computer terminal device, the names 21 of “Mr. A”, “Mr. B”, “Mr. C”, and “Mr. D” other than yourself are input as destinations. The message data is, for example, for each tag identification information 23 having a high class (priority order), for example, <MTB manager> “Message 1” → <MTB steering committee> “Message 2” → <MTB member> “Message 3 The corresponding message data is sequentially input.
[0025]
Here, the transmission message to the computer terminal device with the address inputted as the destination is determined according to the attribute information (tag identification information 23) corresponding to the address. For example, in the case of the destination address “Mr. A” Since the tag identification information 23 is <MTB member>, the message data “message 3” after the corresponding tag identification information <MTB member> of the input message data is transmitted.
[0026]
Further, for example, in the case of the transmission destination address “Mr. C”, the tag identification information 23 is <MTB Steering Committee>, so the message data “Message 2” after the corresponding tag identification information <MTB Steering Committee> of the input message data. “Message 3” is transmitted together.
[0027]
For example, in the case of the destination address “Mr. D”, the tag identification information 23 is <MTB manager>, so the message data “message” after the corresponding tag identification information <MTB manager> of the input message data. 1 ”,“ Message 2 ”, and“ Message 3 ”are all transmitted.
[0028]
Next, a message transmission process of the computer terminal device having the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing message transmission processing of the computer terminal device.
[0029]
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a message reception state at the receiving computer terminal device accompanying the message transmission process of the computer terminal device.
For example, in the computer terminal device “Mr. E” on the computer network shown in FIG. 3, the name 21, mail address 22, and tag identification information 23 of each computer terminal device are input by the input device 12 as shown in FIG. 4. The input message is stored in the address book storage unit 13a of the storage device 13, and the transmission message is input by the input device 12 and stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b as shown in FIG. When the transmission of message data to the designated transmission destinations “Mr. A”, “Mr. B”, “Mr. C”, and “Mr. D” is instructed collectively, the message transmission process in FIG. 6 is started. First, in the transmission message storage unit 13b, the transmission destination It is determined whether or not there is an address designated as, that is, a recipient (step S1).
[0030]
In this case, first, since address data “Mr. A” exists as a transmission destination, if it is determined that there is a recipient, tag identification information <MTB member> of the recipient “Mr. A” is obtained from the address book storage unit 13a. Search is performed (step S1 → S2).
[0031]
Then, the message with the same tag identification information as the tag identification information <MTB member> of the recipient “Mr. A” retrieved in step S2 from the transmission messages stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b. Data is sequentially retrieved (steps S3 → S4, S5).
[0032]
Here, when tag identification information <MTB member> identical to the tag identification information of the recipient “Mr. A” is retrieved from the transmission message (see FIG. 5) stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b, All the transmitted messages after the message data “Message 3” with the tag identification information <MTB member> are read out to the control device 11 (steps S5 → S6 → S7).
[0033]
In this way, when all the message data “message 3” after the transmission message with the same tag identification information <MTB member> as the tag identification information of the recipient “Mr. A” is taken into the control unit 11, the transmission message “ The message 3 ”is transmitted from the communication device 14 by designating the mail address“ id0001 ”of the recipient“ Mr. A ”(steps S6 → S8).
[0034]
As a result, the message data “message” after the transmission message to which the tag identification information <MTB member> is attached by the sender “Mr. E” is sent to the computer terminal device of “Mr. A” as shown in FIG. 3 ”is transmitted and received and stored in the received message storage unit 13c of the storage device 13.
[0035]
Thus, first, when message data is transmitted to “Mr. A” designated as the transmission destination, the address designated as the transmission destination in the transmission message storage unit 13b, that is, the next recipient is determined. It is determined whether or not it exists (step S1).
[0036]
In this case, since the address data “Mr. B” exists as the next transmission destination, when it is determined that there is a recipient, the tag identification information of the recipient “Mr. B” is retrieved from the address book storage unit 13a ( Step S1 → S2).
[0037]
Since there is no corresponding tag identification information for the recipient “Mr. B”, message data without tag identification information is retrieved from the transmission message storage unit 13b (steps S3 to S5).
[0038]
Then, in the transmission message stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b, the message data determined to have the tag identification information is not transmitted (steps S3 → S9 → S1).
[0039]
That is, the recipient “Mr. B” does not have tag identification information, but all the transmission messages stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b are attached with tag identification information. No message data is transmitted (steps S1 to S5, S3 → S9 → S1).
[0040]
On the other hand, in the transmission process of the recipient “Mr. B”, if it is determined that there is message data without tag identification information in the transmission message stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b, The message data without the tag identification information is taken into the control unit 11, and the mail address “id0002” of the recipient “Mr. B” is designated and transmitted from the communication device 14 (steps S1 to S5, S3 → S9 → S10).
[0041]
In this way, when the message data transmission process for “Mr. A” and “Mr. B” designated as the transmission destination is performed, the address designated as the transmission destination in the transmission message storage unit 13b, that is, the next address, It is determined whether there is a recipient (step S1).
[0042]
In this case, since address data “Mr. C” exists as the next transmission destination, when it is determined that there is a recipient, tag identification information of the recipient “Mr. C” is retrieved from the address book storage unit 13a ( Step S1 → S2).
[0043]
Then, the same tag identification information as the tag identification information <MTB steering committee> of the recipient “Mr. C” retrieved in step S2 from the transmission messages stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b is attached. Message data is sequentially retrieved (steps S3 → S4, S5).
[0044]
Here, when tag identification information <MTB steering committee> identical to the tag identification information of the recipient “Mr. C” is retrieved from the transmission messages (see FIG. 5) stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b, All transmission messages after the message data “Message 2” to which the tag identification information <MTB Steering Committee> is attached are read out to the control device 11 (Steps S5 → S6 → S7).
[0045]
In this way, all message data “message 2” including a transmission message with other tag identification information after the transmission message with the same tag identification information <MTB Steering Committee> as the tag identification information of the recipient “C”. ”And“ Message 3 ”are received by the control unit 11, the transmission message“ Message 2 ”and“ Message 3 ”are transmitted from the communication device 14 by specifying the mail address“ id0003 ”of the recipient“ Mr. C ”. (Step S6 → S8).
[0046]
Thereby, as shown in FIG. 7 (B), all message data after the transmission message to which the tag identification information <MTB Steering Committee> is attached from the sender “E” is stored in the computer terminal device of “Mr. C”. “Message 2” and “Message 3” are transmitted and received and stored in the received message storage unit 13 c of the storage device 13.
[0047]
In this way, when the message data transmission process is performed for “Mr. A”, “Mr. B”, and “Mr. C” designated as the transmission destinations, the address designated as the transmission destinations in the transmission message storage unit 13b, That is, it is determined whether there is a next recipient (step S1).
[0048]
In this case, since address data “Mr. D” exists as the next transmission destination, when it is determined that there is a recipient, tag identification information of the recipient “Mr. D” is retrieved from the address book storage unit 13a ( Step S1 → S2).
[0049]
Then, the same tag identification information as the tag identification information <MTB manager> of the recipient “Mr. D” retrieved in step S2 from the transmission messages stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b is attached. The retrieved message data is sequentially retrieved (steps S3 → S4, S5).
[0050]
When the same tag identification information <MTB manager> as the recipient “Mr. D” tag identification information is retrieved from the transmission message (see FIG. 5) stored in the transmission message storage unit 13b. Then, all the transmission messages after the message data “Message 1” to which the tag identification information <MTB operation manager> is attached are read out to the control device 11 (steps S5 → S6 → S7).
[0051]
In this way, all message data “message” including the transmission message with the other tag identification information after the transmission message with the same tag identification information <MTB operation manager> as the tag identification information of the recipient “D”. When “1”, “message 2” and “message 3” are taken into the control unit 11, the transmission message “message 1”, “message 2” and “message 3” have the mail address “id0004” of the recipient “Mr. D”. Designated and transmitted from the communication device 14 (steps S6 → S8).
[0052]
Thus, as shown in FIG. 7C, all the messages after the transmission message to which the tag identification information <MTB manager> is attached from the sender “E” are sent to the computer terminal device of “Mr. D”. Data “message 1”, “message 2” and “message 3” are transmitted and received and stored in the received message storage unit 13 c of the storage device 13.
[0053]
Therefore, according to the computer terminal device in the electronic mail system having the above-described configuration, the message data “message” having different contents for each tag identification information <MTB manager><MTBmanager><MTBmember> having a high class (priority). When “1”, “Message 2”, and “Message 3” are sequentially input and a plurality of addresses “Mr. A”, “Mr. B”, “Mr. C”, and “Mr. D” are designated as transmission destinations, When the corresponding tag identification information is searched from the tag identification information attached to the input message data, and the same tag identification information as the address identification tag specified as the transmission destination is searched, the search is performed. Since the message data corresponding to the tag identification information and the message data corresponding to the other tag identification information are also transmitted together, Enter the tag identification information <MTB manager> of the addressee who wants to send all of "Messages 1 to 3" with the "Message 1" at the top and enter only the "Messages 2 and 3". If tag identification information <MTB Steering Committee> is added to “Message Data 2” and input, message data of different information amount suitable for each addressee specified as the destination is automatically sorted and sent in a batch. become able to.
[0054]
【The invention's effect】
According to the electronic mail system of the present invention, a plurality of addresses and identification information of the addresses are stored in association with each other, it is determined whether the input message includes identification information, and the identification information is included in the message. If it is determined that all the messages after the identification information are transmitted to the address corresponding to the identification information , a message suitable for each of the plurality of addressees designated as the transmission destinations is selected. To be sent all at once.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a computer terminal device according to an embodiment of an electronic mail system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a storage unit for electronic mail provided in a RAM of a storage device in the computer terminal device.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a computer network to which the electronic mail system of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data storage state in an address book storage unit of a storage device in a computer terminal device of “Mr. E” of the computer network.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a display state of transmission message data input by an input device of a computer terminal device of “Mr. E” of the computer network.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing message transmission processing of the computer terminal device.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a message reception state at the receiving computer terminal device in association with message transmission processing of the computer terminal device.
[Explanation of symbols]
11: Control device (CPU),
12 ... input device,
13 ... storage device,
13a ... Address book storage unit,
13b ... transmission message storage unit,
13c ... Received message storage unit,
14 ... communication device,
15 ... display device,
15a ... Destination input area,
15b ... Message input area,
21… Name (address data),
22 ... E-mail address (address data),
23: Tag identification information (attribute information).

Claims (1)

Address data storage means for storing a plurality of addresses and identification information of the addresses in association with each other;
Message input means for inputting message data;
A destination designation means for designating a plurality of addresses as destinations for the message input by the message input means;
Determining means for determining whether identification information corresponding to each address designated by the destination designation means is included in the message input by the message input means;
In the case where it is determined by the determination means that the identification information is included in the message, a capturing means that captures every message after the identification information as a transmission message to the address corresponding to the identification information for each address;
An e-mail system comprising: a message transmitting unit that transmits a transmission message captured for each address by the capturing unit to each address specified by the transmission destination specifying unit.

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