JP3699016B2 - Mobile phone mail delivery system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mail delivery system, and particularly to a mobile phone mail delivery system corresponding to a terminal having a small memory size for storing mail.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a large number of emails have been received with the increasing usage rate of mobile phones.
[0003]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-253129 relates to a mobile communication apparatus capable of easily storing information by communicating registration information such as a telephone number between portable mobile communication apparatuses or with one's own computer or the like. The technology is described. In the description of this technique, the data processing unit extracts desired personal information from registration information made up of a plurality of personal information registered in the registration data storage unit, converts it into inserted HTML data, and stores a template stored in advance. A series of HTML texts are generated by adding to the template HTML data in the HTML data storage unit. This HTML text is transmitted from the output unit to another external device by radio. In addition, this is a technique for receiving HTML text data from the outside via an input unit, storing it in a received HTML data storage unit, and updating personal information registered in the registration data storage unit as necessary.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the prior art has the following problems.
[0005]
First, unnecessary direct mails and the like for mobile phones have increased, and need to be erased by user operation.
[0006]
Secondly, in the future, there will be a need for measures to prevent virus mail that has an adverse effect on mobile phones such as troubles among unnecessary mail.
[0007]
Third, mobile phones have a small amount of memory to store, such as personal computers, and receive limited emails with a pre-allocated memory capacity regardless of the memory required to receive emails. The memory could not be used effectively.
[0008]
In addition, the technology for registering personal information in a mobile phone and easily transmitting and receiving information using the personal information cannot receive a large amount of mail sent from an unspecified number of people with a small memory of the mobile phone. There was a problem.
[0009]
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and the object of the present invention is to carry more effective received mails by switching the mail size to be transmitted on the mail center side based on a pre-registered setting. The object is to provide a technology relating to a cellular phone mail distribution system that makes efficient use of memory and eliminates unnecessary mail stored in a telephone.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The gist of the present invention as set forth in claim 1 is a mobile phone mail distribution system using a network such as the Internet, a mail management center for sending mail received via the network to the mobile phone, and the mail management center. A mobile phone that receives mail via a base station, the mail management center includes a mail server that manages data of the received mail, an email address based on an instruction from a user of the mobile phone, and each email address Importance level numbers indicating importance levels are respectively registered, and a telephone directory management server having a telephone directory function, the mobile phone has a memory for storing the received mail, the mail server, Check whether the email address of the received email is registered in advance in the phonebook management server For only emails corresponding to email addresses registered in advance, based on the importance number registered in the telephone directory management server, the number of characters sent in the email text of the email is set, and the email text that has been set The present invention resides in a mobile phone mail delivery system, wherein a mail including the number of transmitted characters is transmitted to the mobile phone and stored in the memory.
The gist of the present invention described in claim 2 is that the importance number is a first importance number that sets the number of transmitted characters of the entire mail including the mail address, the title of the mail, and the transmission limit number of characters of the mail text. A second importance number for setting the number of characters to be transmitted for the entire email including the email address, the title, and half of the transmission limit character length of the email body, and transmission of the email address, the title, and the email body. A third importance number for setting the total number of characters sent by adding a predetermined number of characters that is less than half the limit number of characters, and a fourth number for setting the total number of characters sent by adding the email address and the title The cellular phone mail delivery system according to claim 1, further comprising an importance number.
The gist of the present invention described in claim 3 is that the mail server recognizes an identifier added to the mail by a sender who transmits the mail via the network, and is registered in the telephone directory management server. 3. The mobile phone mail delivery system according to claim 1, wherein the number of characters transmitted in the mail body of the mail is set based on the identifier in preference to the importance number.
The gist of the present invention according to claim 4 is a mobile phone mail delivery method using a network such as the Internet, wherein a mail management center receives mail via the network, and the received mail. Is transmitted to the mobile phone via the base station and stored in a memory of the mobile phone, the second step comprising: a mail server, wherein the mail address of the received mail is a phone book management server And a third step of checking whether or not it is registered in advance, and the importance indicating the importance of each mail address registered in the telephone directory management server for only the mail corresponding to the mail address registered in advance A fourth step of setting the number of transmission characters of the mail body of the mail based on the number; Resides mail including transmission number of characters Lumpur Full mobile phone mail delivery method characterized by comprising a fifth step of transmitting to the mobile phone.
The gist of the present invention as claimed in claim 5 is that, in the fourth step, only the mail corresponding to the mail address registered in advance, the mail address for each mail address registered in the telephone directory management server. A first importance number for setting the total number of characters to be transmitted, including the title of the email and the transmission limit number of characters of the email body, and half the transmission limit character length of the email address, the title, and the email body. Set the number of transmitted characters for the entire mail by adding the second importance number that sets the number of transmitted characters for the entire mail, the mail address, the title, and a predetermined number of characters that is less than half the transmission limit for the mail text A fourth importance number for setting the number of transmitted characters of the whole mail including the mail address and the title, Based on the importance number indicating one registered importance from being resides in the cellular phone mail delivery method according to claim 4, characterized in that setting the transmission number of the mail text of the mail.
The gist of the present invention described in claim 6 is that, in the fourth step, the mail server recognizes an identifier added to the mail by a sender who transmits the mail via the network, and The mobile phone mail delivery method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the number of transmitted characters of the mail body of the mail is set based on the identifier in preference to the importance number registered in a management server. Exist.
The gist of the present invention described in claim 7 resides in a storage medium in which a program for causing a computer to realize all the steps described in any of claims 4 to 6 is recorded.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0012]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile phone mail delivery system according to the present embodiment.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone mail delivery system according to the present embodiment is roughly configured by a mail management center 1, a base station 5, and a mobile phone 6 having a memory 6M for storing received mail. The center 1 includes a mail server 4 that manages mail data, a control device (synchronous host) 2 that controls the mail management center 1, and a telephone directory management server 3.
[0014]
The base station 5 relays mail processed at the mail management center 1. In addition, the mail management center 1 is connected to the Internet 7, and mails from the LAN environment 8, dial-up 9, and other mobile terminals such as a mobile phone / PHS 10 are distributed.
[0015]
The mail management center 1 checks the mail address of the received mail against the mail address registered in advance in the phone book management server 3, and registers the mail corresponding to the registered mail address in advance for each mail address. Is determined (for example, registered with an importance number of 1 to 4), and stored in the memory 6M of the mobile phone 6 at the time of mail transmission based on the determined importance of "1 to 4" The mail memory size is determined, and the transmission is performed by setting the mail address + the title + the number of transmission characters of the mail body so as to correspond to the memory size. Further, when the received mail address is not registered at the time of checking the mail address, the mail is not transmitted, and the mail management center 1 performs the discarding process.
[0016]
The user of the mobile phone 6 registers in advance the mail address to be received by the telephone book management server 3 and the importance of “1 to 4” for each mail address in accordance with the mail address registration guidance from the mail management center 1 in advance. To do. For example, according to the importance number set in “importance 1 to 4”, the mail related information to be sent is e-mail address + subject + number of e-mail transmission limit characters, e-mail address + subject + number of characters that is half of e-mail limit characters, e-mail The mail memory size is set such that address + title + mail text (50 characters), mail address + title only, and sent.
[0017]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation flow in FIG.
[0018]
The operation in the mobile phone mail distribution system will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0019]
The mail management center 1 receives mail via the Internet 7 (step S1).
[0020]
Next, the received mail is stored in the mail management server (mail server) 4, the mail address of the received mail is transmitted to the telephone book management server 3, and whether the mail address is managed by the telephone book management server 3. Judgment is made (step S2).
[0021]
If the mail address is registered in the telephone directory management server 3 (YES in the figure), it is determined whether the mail address is “importance 1 (first importance number)” (step S4).
[0022]
When it is not “importance 1” (NO in the figure), it is determined whether the mail address of the received mail is “importance 2 (second importance number)” (step S6).
[0023]
If it is not “importance 2” (NO in the figure), it is determined whether the mail address of the received mail is “importance 3 (third importance number)” (step S8).
[0024]
If it is not “importance 3” (NO in the figure), it is determined whether or not the mail address of the received mail is “importance 4 (fourth importance number)” (step S10).
[0025]
If it is not “importance 4” (NO in the figure), the operator of the telephone directory management server 3 or the like registers a temporary importance number for the corresponding mail address or the importance of the mail address corresponding to the mobile phone 6. Exception processing is performed such as prompting to register a number (not shown), and the process returns to step S4.
[0026]
If the e-mail address is not registered in the telephone directory management server 3 in step S2, the received e-mail is not transmitted to the mobile phone 6 (step S3).
[0027]
In step S4, if the mail address of the received mail is “importance 1” (YES in the figure), the transmission limit character number of mail address + title + mail text is transmitted to the mobile phone 6 (step S5).
[0028]
In step S6, when the mail address of the received mail is “importance 2” (YES in the figure), half of the transmission limit character number of mail address + title + mail body is transmitted to the mobile phone 6 (step S7).
[0029]
In step S8, when the mail address of the received mail is “importance 3” (YES in the figure), the mail address + the title + the mail body (within 50 characters, less than half the transmission limit character number) is transmitted to the mobile phone 6. (Step S9).
[0030]
If the mail address of the received mail is “importance 4” in step S10 (YES in the figure), only the mail address + title is transmitted to the mobile phone 6 (step S11).
[0031]
The mobile phone 6 receives the mail transmitted from the mail management center 1 and stores it in the memory 6M (not shown).
[0032]
Note that the mobile phone 6 in the mobile phone mail distribution system according to the present embodiment includes a mobile communication terminal having a memory 6M that does not have a capacity for storing a large number of mails.
[0033]
In addition, the mail management server 4 is added to the mail by a sender (LAN environment 8, dial-up 9, user / operator such as a mobile phone / PHS 10 which is another mobile terminal) who transmits the mail via the Internet 7. And the priority of the importance number indicating the importance registered for each e-mail address registered in the telephone book management server 3 based on the added identifier. You can also set the number of characters sent in the mail text.
[0034]
In the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a mobile phone mail distribution system suitable for applying the present invention.
[0035]
In addition, the number, position, shape, and the like of the constituent members are not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be set to a number, position, shape, and the like that are suitable for implementing the present invention.
[0036]
In each figure, the same numerals are given to the same component.
[0037]
【The invention's effect】
Since this invention is comprised as mentioned above, there exists the effect hung up below.
[0038]
E-mail address information registered in advance in the e-mail management center phone book (phone book management server) is used to eliminate e-mail reception from unregistered e-mail addresses. By setting the importance level, the mail with the adjusted memory size is sent to the mobile phone. As a result, the memory of the mobile phone can store a lot of information for important mails and can effectively store a large number of mails.
[0039]
In addition, by only receiving mail from a pre-registered mail address, it is possible to prevent the invasion of a virus that has an adverse effect such as a failure on the mobile phone and enhance the security.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile phone mail delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation flow in FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Mail management center 2 Control device (synchronous host)
3 Phonebook management server 4 Mail management server (mail server)
5 Base station 6 Mobile phone 6M Memory 7 Internet 8 LAN environment 9 Dial-up 10 Mobile phone / PHS

Claims (7)

A mobile phone mail delivery system using a network such as the Internet,
An email management center for sending emails received via the network to a mobile phone;
A mobile phone that receives mail from the mail management center via a base station,
The mail management center stores a mail server for managing received mail data, a mail address based on an instruction from the user of the mobile phone, and an importance number indicating the importance for each mail address. A telephone directory management server having the functions of
The mobile phone has a memory for storing the received mail,
The mail server checks whether the mail address of the received mail is registered in the phone book management server in advance, and only mail corresponding to the mail address registered in advance is registered in the phone book management server. In addition, based on the importance number, the number of characters transmitted in the mail body of the mail is set, and the mail including the set number of characters transmitted in the mail body is transmitted to the mobile phone and stored in the memory. Mobile phone mail delivery system. The importance number is
A first importance number for setting the number of transmission characters of the entire mail including the email address, the title of the email, and the transmission limit number of characters of the email body;
A second importance number for setting the number of transmission characters of the entire email including the email address, the title, and half of the transmission limit number of characters of the email body;
A third importance number for setting the number of transmitted characters of the entire email including the email address, the title, and a predetermined number of characters that is less than half of the transmission limit number of characters of the email body;
The mobile phone mail delivery system according to claim 1, further comprising a fourth importance number for setting the number of characters to be sent in the whole mail including the mail address and the title. The mail server recognizes an identifier added to the mail by a sender who transmits the mail via the network, and prioritizes the importance number registered in the telephone directory management server, The mobile phone mail delivery system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of transmitted characters of the mail body of the mail is set based on the mail. A mobile phone mail delivery method using a network such as the Internet,
A first step in which a mail management center receives mail via the network; and a second step in which the received mail is transmitted to a mobile phone via a base station and stored in a memory of the mobile phone. ,
The second step is a third step in which the mail server checks whether or not the mail address of the received mail is registered in advance in the telephone directory management server;
For the mail corresponding to the mail address registered in advance, the number of characters sent in the mail text of the mail is set based on the importance number indicating the importance for each mail address registered in the telephone directory management server. 4 steps,
And a fifth step of transmitting a mail including the set number of transmission characters of the mail body to the mobile phone. In the fourth step, for only the mail corresponding to the mail address registered in advance, for each mail address registered in the telephone directory management server, the transmission limit of the mail address, the title of the mail, and the mail text. A first importance number for setting the number of characters to be sent for the entire mail including the number of characters, and a number for the number of characters to be sent for the whole email by adding the mail address, the title, and half the number of characters to be sent in the mail body. A third importance number for setting the number of transmitted characters of the entire mail by adding the importance number of 2, an email address, the title, and a predetermined number of characters that is less than half of the transmission limit character number of the email body, and the email One registered importance from the fourth importance number that sets the number of characters sent for the entire mail including the address and the title. Based on to the importance number, mobile phone mail delivery method according to claim 4, characterized in that setting the transmission number of the mail text of the mail. In the fourth step, the mail server recognizes an identifier added to the mail by a sender who transmits the mail via the network, and sets the importance number registered in the telephone directory management server. The cellular phone mail delivery method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the number of transmission characters of the mail body of the mail is preferentially set based on the identifier. A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to realize all the steps according to claim 4.

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