JP3970276B2 - Electronic bulletin board management apparatus and electronic bulletin board management program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic bulletin board management apparatus and an electronic bulletin board management program, and more particularly, to an electronic bulletin board management apparatus and an electronic bulletin board management program that accept posts from users classified into categories and threads.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic bulletin board management systems that store electronic bulletin board data in a server, browse them with a browser of a mobile phone, a portable terminal, and a personal computer (PC) connected to the Internet, or accept posts are known. Yes.

  In relation to such a technique, the following Patent Document 1 discloses an information reference system in which an article on an electronic bulletin board provided on the Internet can be referred to using a WWW browser.

Patent Document 2 discloses an online magazine editing system in which a reader who is a user can participate in article posting and browse it on a network.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-232202 JP 2002-24467 A

  However, a system that allows a user to browse an electronic bulletin board using the browser as described above or accepts a posting has the following problems.

  In order to save the contents of the electronic bulletin board in a device owned by the user, the user needs to perform a specific operation and is unusable. There is also a problem that it is difficult to transfer the contents of the bulletin board to other people. Furthermore, information cannot be obtained unless a specific site is accessed by user operation and browsed independently.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide an electronic bulletin board management apparatus and an electronic bulletin board management program that are easy for the user to use.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, an electronic bulletin board management apparatus includes: category storage means for storing categories of electronic bulletin boards; thread storage means for storing threads of each category of electronic bulletin boards; An electronic bulletin board management apparatus for transmitting user-desired data using electronic mail from post storage means for storing posts of each thread, and receiving means for receiving electronic mail from outside through a communication line; and receiving means By determining the account of the received e-mail, the e-mail is a first type of e-mail requesting a category list of the electronic bulletin board or a second type of e-mail requesting a thread list of a specific category in the category Determine if it is an email or a third type of email requesting a list of posts from a particular thread in the thread When it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail, a category list e-mail is created based on the category stored in the category storage means and returned to the e-mail sender When it is determined that the first reply means and the e-mail is the second type e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on the specific thread stored in the thread storage means, and the e-mail A second reply means for replying to the sender, and creating a thread text mail based on a specific post stored in the post storage means when the e-mail is determined to be the third type of e-mail and, and a third return means for returning to the e-mail sender. The first reply means creates a mail including address information for creating the second type of electronic mail and sends it back to the sender of the electronic mail.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the electronic bulletin board management device includes a category storage means for storing a category of the electronic bulletin board, a thread storage means for storing a thread of each category of the electronic bulletin board, and a posting of each thread of the electronic bulletin board. An electronic bulletin board management device for transmitting user-desired data using e-mail from post storage means for storing e-mails, and receiving means for receiving e-mail from the outside through a communication line, and e-mail received by the receiving means By determining the mail account, whether the e-mail is a first type of e-mail requesting a category list of an electronic bulletin board or a second type of e-mail requesting a thread list of a specific category in the category, A determination means for determining whether the electronic mail is a third type of e-mail requesting a posting list of a specific thread in the thread; A first reply that creates a category list mail based on the category stored in the category storage means and returns it to the sender of the e-mail when it is determined that the mail is the first type of e-mail And when it is determined that the e-mail is the second type of e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on a specific thread stored in the thread storage means, and returned to the e-mail sender A second reply means that creates a thread body mail based on a specific post stored in the post storage means when the electronic mail is determined to be a third type of electronic mail, And a third reply means for replying to the sender. The second reply means creates a mail including address information for creating the third type of electronic mail and sends it back to the sender of the electronic mail.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, the electronic bulletin board management device includes a category storage means for storing a category of the electronic bulletin board, a thread storage means for storing a thread of each category of the electronic bulletin board, and each thread of the electronic bulletin board. An electronic bulletin board management device for transmitting user-desired data using e-mail from post storage means for storing a post, and receiving means for receiving e-mail from the outside through a communication line, received by the receiving means By determining the account of the e-mail, whether the e-mail is a first type e-mail requesting a category list of the electronic bulletin board or a second type e-mail requesting a thread list of a specific category in the category Determining means for determining whether the third type of e-mail requesting a posting list of a specific thread in the thread; When it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail, a category list e-mail is created based on the categories stored in the category storage means, and a first reply is sent back to the e-mail sender And when it is determined that the e-mail is the second type of e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on a specific thread stored in the thread storage means, and returned to the e-mail sender A second reply means that creates a thread body mail based on a specific post stored in the post storage means when the electronic mail is determined to be a third type of electronic mail, And a third reply means for replying to the sender. The first reply means creates a mail including address information for creating the second type of electronic mail and sends it back to the sender of the electronic mail. The second reply means creates a mail including address information for creating the third type of electronic mail and sends it back to the sender of the electronic mail.

Preferably, the second reply means creates a mail including address information for creating the thread creation mail and sends it back to the sender of the electronic mail. When it is determined that the mail is a thread creation mail, storage means for creating new thread data and storing it in the thread storage means is provided.
Preferably, the third reply means creates a mail including address information for creating a mail including the full text of the post displayed in the thread text mail in the text, and sends it back to the sender of the email.
Preferably, the third reply means creates a mail including address information for making a new posting to the thread, and sends it back to the sender of the electronic mail.
Preferably, the Nth (N = 1, 2, or 3) reply means uses the account determined by the judging means as the Nth (N = 1, 2, or 3) type email as a reply destination. The set category list mail, thread list mail, or thread body mail is created and sent back to the e-mail sender.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the electronic bulletin board management program stores category storage means for storing categories of the electronic bulletin board, thread storage means for storing threads of each category of the electronic bulletin board, and posts of each thread of the electronic bulletin board. An electronic bulletin board management program for transmitting user-desired data from a posting storage means using an email, a receiving step for receiving an email from outside through a communication line, and an email received by the receiving step By determining the account, whether the email is a first type of email requesting a category list on the bulletin board, a second type of email requesting a list of threads of a specific category in the category, or in a thread To determine if it is the third type of email requesting a list of posts for a particular thread And a step of creating a category list mail based on the categories stored in the category storage means and replying to the sender of the e-mail when it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail. 1 reply step, and when it is determined that the e-mail is the second type e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on a specific thread stored in the thread storage means, and the e-mail is transmitted A second reply step for replying to the original, and when it is determined that the e-mail is a third type e-mail, a thread body mail is created based on a specific post stored in the post storage means Then, the computer is caused to execute a third reply step for replying to the sender of the electronic mail . The first reply step is to create an email including the address information to create a second type of electronic mail, to reply to the e-mail sender.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the electronic bulletin board management program stores a category storage means for storing a category of the electronic bulletin board, a thread storage means for storing a thread of each category of the electronic bulletin board, and a posting of each thread of the electronic bulletin board. An electronic bulletin board management program for transmitting user-desired data using e-mail from a post storage means for storing e-mail received from the outside through a communication line, and the e-mail received by the receiving step By determining the mail account, whether the e-mail is a first type of e-mail requesting a category list of an electronic bulletin board or a second type of e-mail requesting a thread list of a specific category in the category, Determine if this is the third type of email requesting a list of posts from a specific thread in the thread A determination step, and when it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail, a category list e-mail is created based on the category stored in the category storage means and returned to the e-mail sender A first reply step, and when it is determined that the e-mail is a second type e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on the specific thread stored in the thread storage means, and the e-mail A second reply step for replying to the sender of the message, and when it is determined that the e-mail is the third type e-mail, the thread body mail is changed based on the specific post stored in the post storage means. A third reply step for creating and replying to the sender of the e-mail is executed by the computer. In the second reply step, a mail including address information for creating the third electronic mail is created and sent back to the sender of the electronic mail.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the electronic bulletin board management program stores a category storage means for storing a category of the electronic bulletin board, a thread storage means for storing a thread of each category of the electronic bulletin board, and a posting of each thread of the electronic bulletin board. An electronic bulletin board management program for transmitting user-desired data using e-mail from a post storage means for storing e-mail received from the outside through a communication line, and the e-mail received by the receiving step By determining the mail account, whether the e-mail is a first type of e-mail requesting a category list of an electronic bulletin board or a second type of e-mail requesting a thread list of a specific category in the category, Determine if this is the third type of email requesting a list of posts from a specific thread in the thread A determination step, and when it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail, a category list e-mail is created based on the category stored in the category storage means and returned to the e-mail sender A first reply step, and when it is determined that the e-mail is a second type e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on the specific thread stored in the thread storage means, and the e-mail A second reply step for replying to the sender of the message, and when it is determined that the e-mail is the third type e-mail, the thread body mail is changed based on the specific post stored in the post storage means. A third reply step for creating and replying to the sender of the e-mail is executed by the computer. In the first reply step, a mail including address information for creating the second type of electronic mail is created and sent back to the sender of the electronic mail. In the second reply step, a mail including address information for creating the third electronic mail is created and sent back to the sender of the electronic mail.

Preferably, in the second reply step, a mail including address information for creating a thread creation mail is created and sent back to the sender of the email. When it is determined that the mail is a thread creation mail, the computer further executes a storing step of creating new thread data and storing it in the thread storage means.
Preferably, the third reply step creates a mail including address information for creating a mail including the full text of the post displayed in the thread text mail in the text, and sends the mail back to the sender of the email.
Preferably, in the third reply step, a mail including address information for making a new posting to the thread is created and returned to the sender of the electronic mail.
Preferably, in the Nth (N = 1, 2, or 3) reply step, an account that is determined to be the Nth (N = 1, 2, or 3) type e-mail by the determination step is used as a reply destination. The set category list mail, thread list mail, or thread body mail is created and sent back to the e-mail sender.

  According to the electronic bulletin board management apparatus and the electronic bulletin board management program described above, the category of the electronic bulletin board, the thread of each category, and the posting can be transmitted to the outside in the form of an electronic mail. There is an effect that the contents can be saved in the apparatus without requiring a special operation for saving the contents. It is also easy to transfer the saved content to another device in the form of an e-mail.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic bulletin board management apparatus and an electronic bulletin board management program that are convenient for the user.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic bulletin board management system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to the figure, the electronic bulletin board management system accepts postings on electronic bulletin boards using electronic mail and provides posting contents, categories, threads, and thread texts (data of electronic bulletin boards ( A data storage server 200 for storing (post content) and a mail server 300 for sending and receiving mail.

  The mail server 300 is connected to the Internet N, and can send and receive e-mails with an external personal computer (PC) 400 and a mobile terminal such as the mobile phone 500 via the Internet N.

  The posting server 100 performs a process for each received mail and creates a mail to be returned to the user. Post server 100 includes an operation unit having the following functions.

  Mail determination unit 113: Determines processing according to the received mail account.

  Category list creation unit 101: Creates an email with the category list as the body. In the present embodiment, this processing is performed when mail addressed to top@bbs.jp is received.

  Thread list creation unit 103: Creates a mail with the thread list as the text. In the present embodiment, as an example of a thread list, a process of creating a mail describing a thread list of the category “beauty” when a mail addressed to beauty@bbs.jp is received will be described.

  Thread creation unit 105: Creates a new thread. In the present embodiment, a process for creating a new thread in the category “beauty” when an e-mail addressed to th-beauty@bbs.jp is received as an example of a thread will be described.

  Post detail creation unit 107: Creates a mail with the full text of a post that is only partially displayed among the posts displayed in the text (post content) of the thread text mail. In the present embodiment, as an example, a description will be given of a process of creating a mail that describes the full text of a post corresponding to a mail addressed to d2250001@bbs.jp.

  Thread body creation unit 109: Creates a mail that lists posts posted to the thread requested by the user to browse. In the present embodiment, as an example, a description will be given of a process for creating a mail in which a list of posted contents of a thread corresponding to a mail addressed to 0001@bbs.jp is received.

  -Post accepting unit 111: accepts user posts. In the embodiment, as an example, when mail addressed to e-0001@bbs.jp is received, a process of writing a post in a thread corresponding thereto will be described.

  Mail header creation unit 115... Executes processing for setting a transmission destination and a transmission source in a mail header to be returned to the user.

  Note that the personal computer 400 and the mobile phone 500 are well-known devices including a CPU, a storage device, an input device, a communication device, and the like, and are equipped with software for sending and receiving electronic mail. With the software for sending and receiving e-mails, the personal computer 400 and the mobile phone 500 can send e-mails to the outside, receive e-mails from the outside, and transfer received e-mails to external devices. is there.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the data storage server 200.

  The data storage server 200 includes the following storage units.

  Category storage unit 201 is a storage unit that stores a category (post theme) set by the administrator. The following data is stored in association with each other.

[Category number]: Serial number for managing category information
[Title]: Name of post theme
[Thread List Account]: Email account that requests a list of threads related to this category
[Thread creation account]: Mail account that requests creation of a thread belonging to this category. Thread storage unit 203... Is a storage unit that stores information on threads created by the user. Each thread is associated with a category. The thread storage unit 203 stores the following data in association with each other.

[Thread number]: Serial number for managing thread information
[Title]: Name of the thread
[Thread body creation account]: Email account that requests a list of posts posted in this thread
[Accounts for submission]: Email account requesting submission to this thread
[Category number]: Category number related to this thread. Post storage unit 205... Storage unit for storing post data posted by the user. The following data is stored in association with each other.

[Post Number]: Serial number for managing post information
[Thread number]: Thread number of the posted thread
[Serial number]: Serial number assigned to each thread
[Post Account Details]: Email account that requests the full text of a post that is only partially displayed in the thread body email
[Contributor email address]: Email address of the poster
[Receive date]: Post date
[Body]: Post text
[Displayed text]: Text displayed in thread text mail
[Display body flag]: “0” if the posted text is displayed in full text in the thread body mail, “1” if only a part can be displayed.
With this configuration, in this system, the user can post for each theme.

  There are two themes, a theme set by the administrator and a theme set by the user. The former is defined as a category, and the latter is defined as a thread. This category and thread are associated with each other, and the user creates a thread for each category set by the administrator, and the user posts for each thread.

  In this way, the administrator gives a large theme in advance, and the user can freely create a thread in association with it, so that the user can have a free community.

  In the following, the actual operation of the present system will be described taking as an example the transition of the screen displayed on the personal computer 400 or the mobile phone 500 (hereinafter simply referred to as a terminal).

  3 and 4 are diagrams showing the contents of a mail transmission form and received mail displayed on the screen of the terminal when the user uses this system using mail software built in the terminal.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining screen transition from the category list display to the posting list display. Hereinafter, each screen will be described in association with the numbers in the figure.

  Screen 1: The user sends an empty mail to a predetermined address (top@bbs.jp) using mail software. Note that a blank mail is a mail without a title and text.

  Screen 2: The user receives an e-mail created by the system in response to the transmission of the empty e-mail, in which the category list is described in the text. This is called category list mail.

  In the body of the e-mail, a list of category titles and e-mail addresses associated with the category are described.

  Screen 3: The user selects a mail address under the title of the category of interest by performing a predetermined operation of the terminal from the state of screen 2, and presses the enter button. As a result, the mailer attached to the terminal is activated as shown in the screen 3, and the transmission form is displayed. The selected email address (beauty@bbs.jp) is automatically entered in the address.

  Screen 4: The user sends a blank email using the sending form.

  Screen 5: A mail in which the thread list related to the category “Beauty” selected by the user through the above operation is written in the text is created by the system and received by the terminal. This mail is called thread list mail. In the body of the thread list mail, a list of thread titles and mail addresses associated with the thread are displayed.

  Screen 6: The user selects a mail address under the title of the thread of interest by performing a predetermined operation of the terminal from the state of screen 5, and presses the enter button. As a result, the mailer attached to the terminal is activated as shown in the screen 6, and the transmission form is displayed. The selected mail address (0001@bbs.jp) is automatically entered as the destination.

  Screen 7: The user sends a blank email using the sending form.

  Screen 8: A mail in which the post list posted in the thread selected by the user is written in the text is created by the system and received by the terminal. This mail is called thread text mail.

  When the user creates a new thread, the following screen operations are performed by the user.

  Screen 5: The email address (th-beauty@bbs.jp) is written at the end of the body of the received thread list email.

  Screen 9: The user selects the mail address by a predetermined operation of the terminal and presses the enter button. As a result, the mailer attached to the terminal is activated as shown in the screen 9, and the transmission form is displayed. The selected e-mail address (th-beauty@bbs.jp) is automatically entered in the address. The user writes the title of the thread he wants to create in the title of the send form and sends it.

  Screen 10: With the above operation, the system creates a thread list mail to which the created new thread is added. The mail is received at the terminal.

  When the user views the details of the post displayed in the thread body mail, the following screen operation is performed by the user.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the screen transition from the display of the thread body mail to the display of the details of the posting.

  Screen 11: Out of the posts displayed in the body text of the received thread body mail, the mail address (d2250001@bbs.jp) is listed at the end of the post that is displayed only partially. .

  Screen 12: The user selects the mail address by a predetermined operation of the terminal and presses the enter button. As a result, the mailer attached to the terminal is activated as shown in the screen 12, and the transmission form is displayed. The selected mail address (d2250001@bbs.jp) is automatically entered as the destination.

  Screen 13: The user transmits an empty mail using the transmission form.

  Screen 14: With the above operation, the system creates a posting detail mail in which details of the corresponding posting are described. The mail is received at the terminal. Thereby, the user can know all the contents of the selected post.

  When a user posts to a thread, the following screen operations are performed by the user.

  Screen 11: The mail address (e-0001@bbs.jp) is written at the end of the body of the received thread body mail.

  Screen 15: The user selects the mail address by a predetermined operation of the terminal and presses the enter button. As a result, the mailer attached to the terminal is activated as shown in the screen 15, and the transmission form is displayed. The selected e-mail address (e-0001@bbs.jp) is automatically entered as the destination. The user writes the content he wants to post in the text and sends it.

  Screen 16: By the above operation, the system creates a thread body mail to which the posted content is added. The mail is received at the terminal.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of data stored in the category storage unit 201.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the administrator has set the categories “beauty”, “diet”, “cosmetics”, “love”, and “marriage”.

  As described above, the category number, title, thread list account, and thread creation account are recorded for each category.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of data stored in the thread storage unit 203.

  In the thread storage unit 203, threads set by the user are recorded for each category. Here, for the category “Beauty”, the thread “Summer fashion”, “What is the best beauty salon?”, “Who is fashionable?”, “What clothes are born of love?” For “Diet”, a thread “Effective diet?”, “Method of eliminating appetite”, “I want to reduce by 10 kg” and the like are set. Posts from users are made on themes indicated by these categories and threads.

  As described above, the thread number, the title, the thread body creation account, the post acceptance account, and the category number are stored for each thread.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of data stored in the post storage unit 205.

  As described above, for each post, the post number, thread number, serial number, post detail account, contributor email address, received date / time, text, display text, and display text flag are stored.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mail determination unit 113 of the posting server 100.

  Referring to the figure, if mail server 300 receives an e-mail in step S101, e-mail determination unit 113 of posting server 100 acquires the e-mail account of the received e-mail in step S103.

  In step S105, an e-mail account is determined. If the mail account is “top”, the category list creating unit 101 performs a process of creating a category list in step S107. Thereafter, a mail header creation unit 115 creates a mail header in step S125.

  If the mail account exists in the thread list account of the category storage unit 201, in step S109, the thread list creation unit 103 creates a list of corresponding threads, and the process proceeds to step S125.

  If the mail account exists in the thread body account of the thread storage unit 203, in step S111, the thread body creation unit 109 creates the body of the corresponding thread, and the process proceeds to step S125.

  If the mail account exists in the account for posting details in the posting storage unit 205, the posting detail creating unit 107 creates the details of the corresponding posting in step S113, and the process proceeds to step S125.

  If the mail account is present in the posting acceptance account of the thread storage unit 203, the posting acceptance unit 111 accepts the posting in step S115 and records the content in the posting storage unit 205. In step S117, the thread body creation unit 103 creates a thread body including the accepted post content, and the process proceeds to step S125.

  If the mail account exists in the thread creation account of the category storage unit 201, the thread creation unit 105 creates a new thread and stores it in the thread storage unit 203 in step S119. Thereafter, a thread list including the new thread is created in step S121, and the process proceeds to step S125.

  If the mail account is not one of those described above, an error mail is created in step S123, and the process proceeds to step S125.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing performed between a terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer and a server in the process of creating a category list, a thread list, and a thread body.

  Referring to the figure, if an empty mail for creating a category list is transmitted from the terminal in step S201, the server receives this in step S203. In step S205, the server creates a category list mail based on the content, and transmits the category list mail to the terminal that sent the blank mail in step S207. In step S209, the terminal receives a category list mail.

  Based on the received content, the user selects a category to be browsed in step S211. When an empty mail for selecting a category is transmitted from the terminal to the server in step S213, the server receives this in step S215.

  In step S217, the server creates a thread list mail, and in step S219, sends the thread list mail to the terminal that sent the empty mail. In step S221, the terminal receives a thread list mail.

  Based on the received content, the user selects a thread to be browsed in step S223. When an empty mail for selecting a thread is transmitted from the terminal to the server in step S225, the server receives this in step S227.

  In step S229, the server creates a thread body mail, and in step S231, sends the thread body mail to the terminal that sent the blank mail. In step S233, the terminal receives the thread text mail.

  Through the processing as described above, the user can obtain a category list, a thread list, and a thread body in order by operating the terminal.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process performed between a terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer and a server in the process of creating the posting detail mail.

  Referring to the figure, in step S301, the terminal receives a thread text mail. When an empty mail for selecting posting is transmitted from the terminal to the server in step S303, the server receives it in step S305.

  In step S307, a post detail mail for the corresponding post is created in the server. In step S309, it is transmitted to the terminal, and in step S311, it is received by the terminal.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process performed between a terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer and a server in the process of accepting a post.

  Referring to the figure, in step S331, the terminal receives a thread text mail. In step S333, when the content to be posted is described in the text, and a blank mail in which the posting thread is specified by an account is transmitted from the terminal to the server, the server receives it in step S335.

  In step S337, the corresponding post data is stored in the server, and in step S339, a thread text mail to which the content of the new post is added is created. In step S341, it is transmitted to the terminal, and in step S343, reception is performed at the terminal.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing performed between a terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer and a server in processing for creating a thread.

  Referring to the figure, in step S361, the terminal receives a thread list mail. In step S363, when a thread name is written in the subject (title) or text and a category is specified in the account as an empty mail is transmitted from the terminal to the server, the server receives it in step S365.

  In step S367, data of the corresponding thread is stored in the server, and in step S369, a thread list mail to which the content of the new thread is added is created. In step S371, it is transmitted to the terminal, and in step S373, reception is performed at the terminal.

  Next, the process in the flowchart shown in FIG. 8 will be described in more detail.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a process of creating a category list mail.

  Referring to the figure, when the account of the mail received in step S401 is acquired and it is determined in step S403 that it is the same as “top”, the category data is acquired from category storage unit 201 in step S405. In step S407, a category list mail is created based on the data.

  In step S409, a mail header is created and added. Here, it is assumed that the mail address of the person who sent the empty mail is described in the field indicating the transmission destination in the mail header, and “top@bbs.jp” is described in the field indicating the transmission source.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the configuration of the category list mail.

  Referring to the figure, the category list mail includes titles of a plurality of categories and mail addresses corresponding to the respective titles. The mail address is obtained by adding “@ bbs.jp” to the thread list account corresponding to the title.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a process for creating a thread list mail.

  Referring to the figure, when the account of the mail received in step S501 is acquired and it is determined in step S503 that it exists in the thread list account of category storage unit 201, from category storage unit 201 in step S505, The category number of the corresponding category and the thread creation account data are acquired. Based on the acquired category number, thread data is acquired from the thread storage unit 203 in step S507, and a thread list mail is created based on the data in step S509.

  In step S511, a mail header is created and added. Here, the mail address of the person who sent the empty mail is described in the field indicating the transmission destination in the mail header, and “@ bbs.jp” is added to the thread list account in the field indicating the transmission source. Shall be described.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the configuration of the thread list mail.

  Referring to the figure, the thread list mail includes titles of a plurality of threads and mail addresses corresponding to the respective titles. The mail address is obtained by adding “@ bbs.jp” to the thread body account corresponding to the title.

  In addition, an email address for creating a new thread is described at the bottom of the thread list email.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a process for creating a thread text mail.

  Referring to the figure, when the account of the mail received in step S601 is acquired and it is determined in step S603 that it exists in the thread body account in thread storage unit 203, in step S605, from thread storage unit 203, The thread number of the corresponding thread is acquired. Based on the acquired thread number, post data is acquired from the post storage unit 205 in step S607, and a thread body mail is created based on the data in step S609.

  In step S611, a mail header is created and added. Here, the mail address of the person who sent the empty mail is described in the field indicating the transmission destination in the mail header, and “@ bbs.jp” is added to the thread body account in the field indicating the transmission source. Shall be described.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the configuration of a thread text mail.

  Referring to the figure, in the thread body mail, the serial number of the post, the reception date and time, the data of the post content, and the post that has more than the predetermined number of characters, the mail address for reading the corresponding full text is described Has been. The mail address is obtained by adding “@ bbs.jp” to the corresponding post detail account.

  Also, at the bottom of the thread body mail, the mail address for posting to the thread is described.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a process for creating a post detail mail.

  Referring to the figure, when the account of the mail received in step S701 is acquired and it is determined in step S703 that it exists in the account for posting details in post storage unit 205, the response from post storage unit 205 in step S705. Detailed data of the posting to be obtained is acquired, and a posting detail mail is created based on the data in step S707.

  In step S709, a mail header is created and added. Here, the mail address of the person who sent the empty mail is described in the field indicating the transmission destination in the mail header, and “@ bbs.jp” is added to the post detail account in the field indicating the transmission source. Shall be described.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a process for accepting posts.

  Referring to the figure, when the account of the mail received in step S801 is acquired, and it is determined in step S803 that it exists in the account for accepting postings in thread storage unit 203, the response from thread storage unit 203 is handled in step S805. The thread number is acquired, and post data is created based on the data in step S807 and stored in the post storage unit 205.

  In step S809, a thread text mail is created.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing processing for creating a thread.

  Referring to the figure, when the account of the mail received in step S901 is acquired and it is determined in step S903 that it exists in the account for thread creation in category storage unit 201, it corresponds from category storage unit 201 in step S905. The category number is acquired, and thread data is created based on the data in step S907 and stored in the thread storage unit 203.

  In step S909, a thread list mail is created.

[Effects of the embodiment]
As described above, according to the bulletin board management system in the present embodiment, the content of the bulletin board is transmitted to the user's terminal by e-mail, so that the user can perform a special operation for saving the posted content being viewed. Is unnecessary. In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to transfer the content of the post that is being browsed easily.

  In addition, there are the following advantages regarding the method of updating the displayed information. In this system, in order to update the contents of the category list mail, thread list mail, and thread body mail received by the user, the mail with the updated body text can be received by replying to the received mails. Therefore, information can be easily updated.

  For example, when a user first sends a blank email to top@bbs.jp to request a category list email, the server sends a category list email with top@bbs.jp set as the sender. Reply to The user can receive the updated category list mail simply by replying to the received mail. In other words, when a user returns a category list mail received in the past at his / her convenience to see whether the administrator has increased the category, the user may receive a category list mail with updated contents. it can. At this time, the e-mail address can be input only once, and the received e-mail is stored unless it is deleted. Therefore, it is not necessary to input the e-mail address again.

  This corresponds to the operation of updating the content of the page displayed on the browser by pressing the browser update button.

  Conventional e-mail magazines and systems that send post contents by e-mail are sent unilaterally from the server, so they can be sent when the user does not want to receive them or used to temporarily stop sending. The subscriber himself / herself accesses the site to set the distribution stop, and is unusable for the receiver. However, in this system, the contents of the body of the email can be updated by simply replying to the received email, so the information can be acquired at the timing of the update according to the convenience of the user, and the distribution can be performed. There is no need to set it to stop.

  In addition, it should be thought that the said embodiment is an illustration and restrictive at no points. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the electronic bulletin board management system in one of the embodiment of this invention. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data storage server 200. FIG. It is a figure which shows the content of the mail transmission form and received mail which are displayed on the screen of a terminal when a user uses this system using the mail software built in the terminal. It is a figure which shows the content of the mail transmission form and received mail which are displayed on the screen of a terminal when a user uses this system using the mail software built in the terminal. 6 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of data stored in a category storage unit 201. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of data stored in a thread storage unit 203. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of data stored in a post storage unit 205. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mail determination unit 113 of the posting server 100. It is a flowchart which shows the process performed between terminals, such as a mobile telephone and a personal computer, in a creation process of a category list, a thread list, and a thread text. It is a flowchart which shows the process performed between terminals, such as a mobile telephone and a personal computer, and a server in the process which produces contribution detailed mail. It is a flowchart which shows the process performed between terminals, such as a mobile telephone and a personal computer, and a server in the process which receives posting. It is a flowchart which shows the process performed between terminals, such as a mobile telephone and a personal computer, and a server in the process which produces | generates a thread | sled. It is a flowchart which shows the process which produces a category list mail. It is a figure which shows the structure of a category list mail. It is a flowchart which shows the process which produces a thread | sled list mail. It is a figure which shows the structure of a thread | sled list mail. It is a flowchart which shows the process which produces a thread text mail. It is a figure which shows the structure of a thread text mail. It is a flowchart which shows the process which produces a contribution detailed mail. It is a flowchart which shows the process which receives a posting. It is a flowchart which shows the process which produces a thread | sled.

Explanation of symbols

  100 Post server, 101 Category list creation unit, 103 Thread list creation unit, 105 Thread creation unit, 107 Post detail creation unit, 109 Thread body creation unit, 111 Post reception unit, 113 Mail determination unit, 115 Mail header creation unit, 200 Data storage server, 201 category storage unit, 203 thread storage unit, 205 post storage unit, 300 mail server, 400 personal computer, 500 mobile phone.

Claims (14)

User using electronic mail from category storage means for storing categories of electronic bulletin board, thread storage means for storing threads of each category of electronic bulletin board, and posting storage means for storing posts of each thread of electronic bulletin board An electronic bulletin board management device for transmitting desired data of
Receiving means for receiving e-mail from outside through a communication line;
By determining the account of the e-mail received by the receiving means, the e-mail requests the first type of e-mail requesting the category list of the electronic bulletin board or a list of threads of a specific category in the category Determining means for determining whether the second type of e-mail or a third type of e-mail requesting a posting list of a specific thread in the thread;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail, a category list e-mail is created based on the category stored in the category storage means and returned to the e-mail sender A first reply means;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the second type of e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on a specific thread stored in the thread storage unit, and the e-mail is sent to A second reply means for replying;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the third type e-mail, a thread body mail is created based on a specific post stored in the post storage means, and the e-mail is sent to A third reply means for replying ,
The electronic bulletin board management device , wherein the first reply unit creates a mail including address information for creating the second type of electronic mail and sends it back to the sender of the electronic mail . User using electronic mail from category storage means for storing categories of electronic bulletin board, thread storage means for storing threads of each category of electronic bulletin board, and posting storage means for storing posts of each thread of electronic bulletin board An electronic bulletin board management device for transmitting desired data of
Receiving means for receiving e-mail from outside through a communication line;
By determining the account of the e-mail received by the receiving means, the e-mail requests the first type of e-mail requesting the category list of the electronic bulletin board or a list of threads of a specific category in the category Determining means for determining whether the second type of e-mail or a third type of e-mail requesting a posting list of a specific thread in the thread;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail, a category list e-mail is created based on the category stored in the category storage means and returned to the e-mail sender A first reply means;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the second type of e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on a specific thread stored in the thread storage unit, and the e-mail is sent to A second reply means for replying;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the third type e-mail, a thread body mail is created based on a specific post stored in the post storage means, and the e-mail is sent to A third reply means for replying,
The second reply means is to create an email including the address information to create the third type of electronic mail, reply to the sender of the e-mail, electronic bulletin board manager. User using electronic mail from category storage means for storing categories of electronic bulletin board, thread storage means for storing threads of each category of electronic bulletin board, and posting storage means for storing posts of each thread of electronic bulletin board An electronic bulletin board management device for transmitting desired data of
Receiving means for receiving e-mail from outside through a communication line;
By determining the account of the e-mail received by the receiving means, the e-mail requests the first type of e-mail requesting the category list of the electronic bulletin board or a list of threads of a specific category in the category Determining means for determining whether the second type of e-mail or a third type of e-mail requesting a posting list of a specific thread in the thread;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail, a category list e-mail is created based on the category stored in the category storage means and returned to the e-mail sender A first reply means;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the second type of e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on a specific thread stored in the thread storage unit, and the e-mail is sent to A second reply means for replying;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the third type e-mail, a thread body mail is created based on a specific post stored in the post storage means, and the e-mail is sent to A third reply means for replying,
The first reply means creates an email including address information for creating the second type of email, and sends it back to the sender of the email,
The second reply means is to create an email including the address information to create the third type of electronic mail, reply to the sender of the e-mail, electronic bulletin board manager.   The second reply means creates a mail including address information for creating a thread creation mail and sends it back to the sender of the electronic mail. In the determination means, the email is a thread creation mail. 4. The electronic bulletin board management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that creates new thread data and stores the new thread data in the thread storage unit when it is determined to be present.   The third reply means creates a mail including address information for creating a mail including the full text of the post displayed in the thread text mail, and sends the mail to the sender of the email; The electronic bulletin board management apparatus according to claim 1.   The said 3rd reply means produces the mail containing the address information for performing the new posting with respect to the said thread | sled, and replies to the transmission origin of the said email, The statement in any one of Claim 1 to 5 Electronic bulletin board management device.   The Nth (N = 1, 2, or 3) reply means returns an account that is judged as the Nth (N = 1, 2, or 3) type email by the judgment means. 7. The electronic bulletin board management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a category list mail, a thread list mail, or a thread body mail is set and is returned to the sender of the electronic mail. User using electronic mail from category storage means for storing categories of electronic bulletin board, thread storage means for storing threads of each category of electronic bulletin board, and posting storage means for storing posts of each thread of electronic bulletin board An electronic bulletin board management program for transmitting desired data of
A receiving step for receiving e-mail from outside through a communication line;
By determining the account of the e-mail received in the receiving step, the e-mail is a first type e-mail requesting a category list of the electronic bulletin board, or a thread list of a specific category in the category is requested A determination step of determining whether the second type of email is a third type of email requesting a posting list of a specific thread in the thread;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail, a category list e-mail is created based on the category stored in the category storage means and returned to the e-mail sender A first reply step;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the second type of e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on a specific thread stored in the thread storage unit, and the e-mail is sent to A second reply step to reply;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the third type e-mail, a thread body mail is created based on a specific post stored in the post storage means, and the e-mail is sent to Causing the computer to execute a third reply step to reply ,
The electronic bulletin board management program, wherein the first reply step creates a mail including address information for creating the second type of electronic mail and sends it back to the sender of the electronic mail . User using electronic mail from category storage means for storing categories of electronic bulletin board, thread storage means for storing threads of each category of electronic bulletin board, and posting storage means for storing posts of each thread of electronic bulletin board An electronic bulletin board management program for transmitting desired data of
A receiving step for receiving e-mail from outside through a communication line;
By determining the account of the e-mail received in the receiving step, the e-mail is a first type e-mail requesting a category list of the electronic bulletin board, or a thread list of a specific category in the category is requested A determination step of determining whether the second type of email is a third type of email requesting a posting list of a specific thread in the thread;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail, a category list e-mail is created based on the category stored in the category storage means and returned to the e-mail sender A first reply step;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the second type of e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on a specific thread stored in the thread storage unit, and the e-mail is sent to A second reply step to reply;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the third type e-mail, a thread body mail is created based on a specific post stored in the post storage means, and the e-mail is sent to Causing the computer to execute a third reply step to reply,
The electronic bulletin board management program , wherein the second reply step creates a mail including address information for creating the third type of electronic mail and sends it back to the sender of the electronic mail. User using electronic mail from category storage means for storing categories of electronic bulletin board, thread storage means for storing threads of each category of electronic bulletin board, and posting storage means for storing posts of each thread of electronic bulletin board An electronic bulletin board management program for transmitting desired data of
A receiving step for receiving e-mail from outside through a communication line;
By determining the account of the e-mail received in the receiving step, the e-mail is a first type e-mail requesting a category list of the electronic bulletin board, or a thread list of a specific category in the category is requested A determination step of determining whether the second type of email is a third type of email requesting a posting list of a specific thread in the thread;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the first type of e-mail, a category list e-mail is created based on the category stored in the category storage means and returned to the e-mail sender A first reply step;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the second type of e-mail, a thread list e-mail is created based on a specific thread stored in the thread storage unit, and the e-mail is sent to A second reply step to reply;
When it is determined that the e-mail is the third type e-mail, a thread body mail is created based on a specific post stored in the post storage means, and the e-mail is sent to Causing the computer to execute a third reply step to reply,
The first reply step creates a mail including address information for creating the second type of email, and sends it back to the sender of the email,
The second reply step, the third type of creating an email including the address information for creating an electronic mail, to reply to the sender of the e-mail, electronic bulletin board manager.   In the second reply step, an email including address information for creating a thread creation email is created and sent back to the sender of the email. In the determination step, the email is a thread creation email. The electronic bulletin board management program according to any one of claims 8 to 10, further causing a computer to execute a storing step of creating new thread data and storing the new thread data in the thread storage means when it is determined that there is.   The third reply step creates a mail including address information for creating a mail including the full text of the post displayed in the thread body mail in the body, and returns the mail to the sender of the email. The electronic bulletin board management program according to any one of claims 8 to 11.   The said 3rd reply step produces the mail containing the address information for performing the new posting with respect to the said thread | sled, and replies to the transmission origin of the said email, The statement in any one of Claims 8-12 Electronic bulletin board management program.   In the Nth (N = 1, 2, or 3) reply step, an account that is determined to be the Nth (N = 1, 2, or 3) type of e-mail by the determination step is returned as a reply destination. The electronic bulletin board management program according to any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein a category list mail, a thread list mail, or a thread body mail is set and is sent back to the sender of the electronic mail.

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