JP4499702B2 - Mail creation server and mail sending method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mail creation server that transmits mail data such as an electronic mail, and a mail transmission method using the mail creation server.

  When distributing an e-mail such as a mail magazine, the information provider acquires a destination such as an e-mail address, and the information provider can distribute the e-mail to the destination. Usually, an information provider can acquire an electronic mail address as a delivery destination by registering the user as a recipient with the information provider.

Another method for distributing electronic mail is the method described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-14887 (Patent Document 1). According to this Patent Document 1, it is described that a device that receives an inquiry by telephone searches an e-mail address based on the telephone number and transmits an e-mail to the e-mail address.
JP 2002-14887 A

  If a representative phone number such as a service window receives an inquiry, it may be desirable to deliver an e-mail to the caller. This is because the user who made the inquiry is considered to be interested in the service, and therefore it is considered effective for business to provide some information to the user.

  However, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary for the device that has received the inquiry to store the electronic mail address and the telephone number in association with each other, and the registration work is troublesome. In addition, since it is premised that it is registered in advance, it may be impossible to search for a correct e-mail address due to an error in the registration of the e-mail address or telephone number.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mail creation server and a mail transmission method capable of transmitting an electronic mail to a telephone-connected outgoing terminal without registering an electronic mail address and a telephone number in advance. To do.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the mail creation server of the present invention is a subscriber information storage device that stores a telephone number of an outgoing terminal, an e-mail address, and a user attribute that is user attribute information in association with each other. Voice switch for executing communication connection, first additional information management server that stores first additional information and is arranged at a location that can be managed on the receiving terminal side, user attribute of the transmitting terminal, and telephone of the receiving terminal A second additional information management server arranged in the carrier carrier 's communication network that stores the number and the second additional information in association with each other, and an incoming call process for the incoming call terminal according to an instruction from the voice exchange The first additional information is taken out from the first additional information management server, and the telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number obtained during the incoming call processing in the voice switch In a mail creation server for communication connection to an information providing apparatus that outputs a mail creation instruction including the telephone number of the receiving terminal and the extracted first additional information, the telephone number of the calling terminal from the information providing apparatus, A receiving means for receiving a mail creation instruction including the telephone number of the receiving terminal and the first additional information; and when the mail creating instruction is received by the receiving means, the telephone number of the calling terminal from the subscriber information storage device An address acquisition means for acquiring a mail address and user attributes corresponding to the telephone number, and a telephone number of the receiving terminal and the address acquisition included in the mail creation instruction received by the reception means from the second additional information management server Additional information acquisition means for acquiring second additional information corresponding to the user attribute of the calling terminal acquired by the means, and the address For the mail address obtained by the obtaining means, the first additional information included in the mail creation instruction received by the receiving means and the second additional information obtained by the additional information obtaining means are included. A creating means for creating an e-mail and a sending means for sending the e-mail created by the creating means.

In addition, the mail transmission method of the present invention is a subscriber information storage device that stores a telephone number of an outgoing terminal, an e-mail address, and a user attribute that is user attribute information in association with each other, and a communication connection between the terminals. Voice exchange, first additional information stored therein, first additional information management server disposed at a location manageable on the receiving terminal side, user attribute of the calling terminal, telephone number of the receiving terminal and second additional information And the second additional information management server arranged in the carrier operator 's communication network and the incoming call terminal in response to an instruction from the voice exchange, The first additional information is taken out from the additional information management server and the telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number of the receiving terminal acquired before the incoming call processing in the voice exchange and the previous In the mail sending method of the mail creating server that is connected to the information providing apparatus that outputs the mail creating instruction including the extracted first additional information, the information providing apparatus transmits the telephone number of the calling terminal, the receiving terminal A reception step of receiving a mail creation instruction including a telephone number and first additional information, and when a mail creation instruction is received in the reception step, the subscriber information storage device corresponds to the telephone number of the calling terminal An address acquisition step for acquiring a mail address and user attributes, and a telephone number of the receiving terminal included in the mail creation instruction received by the reception step and the address acquisition step from the second additional information management server Additional information acquisition step of acquiring second additional information corresponding to the user attribute of the calling terminal The second additional information acquired by the first additional information included in the mail creation instruction received by the receiving step and the second additional information acquired by the additional information acquiring step to the mail address acquired by the address acquiring step A creation step for creating an electronic mail including information; and a transmission step for transmitting the electronic mail created by the creation step.

  With this configuration, when a mail creation instruction including the telephone number of the calling terminal is received, a mail address corresponding to the telephone number is acquired from the subscriber information storage device, and the call is sent to the acquired mail address. An electronic mail including predetermined additional information provided to the user of the terminal can be created and transmitted.

  Thereby, without receiving the e-mail address without registering the e-mail address and the telephone number in advance, the e-mail is transmitted to the e-mail terminal upon receipt of the incoming call from the e-mail terminal, Information can be provided. Therefore, electronic mail distribution can be performed efficiently and information can be shared between the sender and the information provider. In particular, it has become possible to obtain an e-mail address from a device owned by a carrier company called a subscriber information storage device, so that a third-party information provider registers the e-mail address and telephone number of another person. There is no need to do it.

Furthermore, with this configuration, an e-mail including additional information corresponding to a telephone number and user attributes can be created from the additional management server, and an e-mail including information suitable for the user's preference can be distributed. it can.

Also, with this configuration, it is possible to receive a mail creation instruction from an information providing apparatus that provides information to the transmitting terminal, and it is possible to distribute electronic mail by distribution control on the information providing apparatus side.

Further, the mail creation server of the present invention is further communicable with a call status confirmation server for storing that the calling terminal and the receiving terminal have started a call, and according to information stored in the call status confirmation server. further comprising, on creation means a confirmation means for confirming that the upper Symbol calling terminal is busy, if it is busy by the confirmation means has been confirmed, the email address acquired by the acquiring means It is preferable to create an e-mail addressed to the address.

  With this configuration, it is possible to create and distribute an e-mail when it is confirmed that a call is being made at the calling terminal. Even when the transmitting terminal does not communicate, it is possible to prevent the information provider side from outputting a mail creation instruction without permission, and to prevent abuse of electronic mail delivery on the information provider side.

  In the mail creating server of the present invention, the receiving means receives a mail creating instruction including additional information, and the creating means creates an e-mail including additional information included in the mail creating instruction. It is preferable to do.

  With this configuration, an e-mail can be created using the additional information included in the mail creation instruction, and an e-mail using the additional information provided from the server arranged on the information provider side is created. be able to.

  The mail distribution system of the present invention includes a subscriber information storage device that stores a telephone number and an electronic mail address in association with each other, and the mail creation server.

  The present invention transmits an e-mail to a calling terminal without knowing an e-mail address or registering an e-mail address and a telephone number in advance when an incoming call from the calling terminal is received. Information can be provided. Therefore, electronic mail distribution can be performed efficiently and information can be shared between the sender and the information provider. In particular, it has become possible to obtain an e-mail address from a device owned by a carrier company called a subscriber information storage device, so that a third-party information provider registers the e-mail address and telephone number of another person. There is no need to do it.

  The present invention can be readily understood by considering the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings shown for the embodiments. Subsequently, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Where possible, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a communication system 10 using the mail creation server 100 of the present embodiment. The communication system 10 includes a mail creation server 100, an additional management server 200, a voice switch 302, a voice switch 303, a subscriber information storage device 305, and a packet switch 306. Can be connected for communication.

  The transmission terminal 301 is a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, and is a terminal capable of performing voice communication and e-mail communication, and the reception terminal 304 is a communication arranged in a store such as a restaurant or a company. It is a terminal that can perform communication by voice call and electronic mail. In the present embodiment, the transmission terminal 301 will be described as a terminal that performs a call to the reception terminal 304, and the reception terminal 304 will be described as a terminal that receives a transmission from the transmission terminal 301.

  The voice exchanges 302 and 303 are exchanges for communication connection between the transmission terminal 301 and the reception terminal 304. The voice exchange 302 receives the transmission signal from the transmission terminal 301 and outputs it to the voice exchange 303. In this case, it is an exchange in which the transmitting terminal 301 is located. The voice exchange 303 outputs this outgoing call signal to the receiving terminal 304 and is an exchange in which the receiving terminal 304 is located. The voice exchange 302 has a function of transmitting an instruction signal indicating a mail creation instruction to the mail creation server 100 when the connection process for voice transmission is completed. Further, when performing the connection process, the voice exchange 302 takes out the telephone number of the calling terminal 301 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304 included in the outgoing signal, and includes these telephone numbers in the instruction signal of the mail creation instruction. Send.

  When the mail creation server 100 receives an instruction signal indicating a mail creation instruction from the voice exchange 302, the mail creation server 100 acquires additional information from the additional management server 200 and corresponds to the telephone number of the calling terminal 301 from the subscriber information storage device 305. Get an email address. Then, an e-mail including the acquired additional information is created and transmitted to the acquired e-mail address. A detailed configuration will be described later.

  The additional management server 200 is a server that stores user attributes (gender, age, etc.) that are user attribute information of the transmission terminal 301, additional information corresponding to the user attributes, and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304 in association with each other. In response to a request from the mail creation server 100, the server transmits additional information corresponding to the user attribute and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304.

  The subscriber information storage device 305 is a device that stores subscriber information such as a subscriber's telephone number, e-mail address, and user attributes such as age and sex in association with each other. This subscriber information storage device 305 is constructed by a carrier operator and arranged in the carrier operator's communication network, and subscriber information is not taken out by an unspecified number of third parties. So that it is protected by security.

  The packet switch 306 is a switch that receives an electronic mail transmitted from the mail creation server 100 and transfers it to the calling terminal 301. The packet switch 306 is a switch in which the transmission terminal 301 is located.

  The mail creation server 100 in the communication system configured as described above will be described in more detail.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the mail creation server 100. The mail creation server 100 includes a mail creation instruction reception unit 101 (reception unit), a subscriber information acquisition unit 102 (acquisition unit), an additional information acquisition unit 103, a mail creation unit 104 (creation unit), and a mail transmission unit 105 (transmission). Means).

  Each function in the mail creation server 100 is realized by the hardware shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of the mail creation server 100. As shown in FIG. 3, the mail creation server 100 physically includes a CPU 11, a RAM 12 and a ROM 13 that are main storage devices, a communication module 14 that is a data transmission / reception device such as a network card, an auxiliary storage device 15 such as a hard disk, The computer system includes an input device such as a keyboard 16 and a display 17. Each function described in FIG. 2 operates the communication module 14, the keyboard 16, and the display 17 under the control of the CPU 11 by reading predetermined computer software on the hardware such as the CPU 11 and the RAM 12 shown in FIG. 3. In addition, it is realized by reading and writing data in the RAM 12 and the auxiliary storage device 15. Hereinafter, each functional block will be described based on the functional blocks shown in FIG.

  The mail creation instruction receiving unit 101 is a part that receives an instruction signal indicating a mail creation instruction transmitted from the voice exchange 302. When the mail creation instruction receiving unit 101 receives the mail creation instruction instruction signal, the mail creation instruction receiving unit 101 outputs an instruction to the subscriber information acquisition unit 102 and the additional information acquisition unit 103 to acquire subscriber information and additional information, respectively. . This instruction signal includes the telephone number of the calling terminal 301 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304, and the mail creation instruction receiving unit 101 receives subscriber information (e-mail) based on the telephone number of the calling terminal 301. An instruction to acquire additional information based on the address and user attribute) and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304 and the user attribute is output to the subscriber information acquisition unit 102 and the additional information acquisition unit 103.

  The subscriber information acquisition unit 102 is a part that acquires an e-mail address and a user attribute from the subscriber information storage device 305 based on the telephone number of the transmission terminal 301. Specifically, the subscriber information acquisition unit 102 outputs the telephone number of the calling terminal 301, which is subscriber information, to the subscriber information storage device 305, and receives an e-mail address and a user attribute as a response.

  The additional information acquisition unit 103 is a part that acquires additional information from the additional management server 200 based on the user attribute acquired by the subscriber information acquisition unit 102 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304. The additional information is information determined according to the telephone number and user attribute of the receiving terminal 304, and the additional information is stored in the additional management server 200. For example, when the receiving terminal 304 is arranged at a restaurant, additional information for each user attribute regarding the restaurant is stored in the additional management server 200. Then, an electronic mail including additional information corresponding to the user attribute is distributed.

  The mail creation unit 104 uses the email address acquired by the subscriber information acquisition unit 102 (the email address of the transmission terminal 301) as a transmission destination, and describes the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 103 in the mail text column. This is a part for creating an electronic mail by adding it as an attached file.

  The mail transmission unit 105 is a part that transmits the electronic mail created by the mail creation unit 104 to the transmission terminal 301 that is the destination.

  By configuring the mail creation server 100 in this way, when information is transmitted by the transmission terminal 301, information useful for the user of the transmission terminal 301 and information regarding the user of the reception terminal 304 that is the transmission destination are electronically transmitted. Can be delivered by email.

  Next, the configuration of the additional management server 200 will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the additional management server 200. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the additional management server 200 includes a transmission / reception unit 201, an additional information acquisition unit 202, and a database 203. Hereinafter, each component will be described. The additional management server 200 also realizes each function by hardware equivalent to the hardware shown in FIG.

  The transmission / reception unit 201 is a part that communicates and connects with the mail creation server 100, and is a part that receives an additional information read instruction from the mail creation server 100 and returns additional information according to the instruction. This additional information read instruction includes the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304 and the user attribute of the caller.

  The additional information acquisition unit 202 is a part that acquires corresponding additional information from the database 203 based on the readout instruction of the additional information received by the transmission / reception unit 201. The additional information acquisition unit 202 is based on the telephone number and user attribute of the receiving terminal 304. To obtain additional information corresponding to the telephone number and the user attribute. The additional information acquisition unit 202 outputs the acquired additional information to the transmission / reception unit 201, and the transmission / reception unit 201 transmits the additional information to the mail creation server 100.

  The database 203 is a part that stores the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304 and additional information in association with each other. For example, in the case of a restaurant telephone number, information relating to the restaurant (menu, access map, female plan according to user attributes, etc.) is stored.

  By configuring the additional management server 200 in this way, additional information related to the user attribute of the receiving terminal 304 and the user attribute of the transmitting terminal 301 is stored, and when there is a call to the receiving terminal 304, Corresponding additional information can be transmitted to the mail creation server 100. Therefore, the mail creation server 100 can create and transmit an email including additional information corresponding to the user attribute of the receiving terminal 304 and the user attribute of the calling terminal 301.

  An operation of the communication system 10 including the mail creation server 100 and the additional management server 200 configured as described above will be described. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the communication system 10. Here, the user of the calling terminal 301 is user A, the telephone number is caller number AAAA, the e-mail address is aaaa, the receiving terminal 304 is information provider B, and the telephone number is caller number BBBB. .

  Voice transmission is performed by the transmission terminal 301, and the transmission terminal 301 and the voice exchange 302 are connected (S101). Then, in the voice exchange 302, the called party number BBBB is set, and an inquiry is made to the subscriber information storage device 305 as to whether or not it is a target of automatic incoming e-mail (S102). In the subscriber information storage device 305, a mail automatic incoming call number table indicating whether or not the user A of the transmission terminal 301 is a target of automatic incoming mail is set in advance.

  In the subscriber information storage device 305, it is determined from the automatic mail call number table whether or not it is an automatic incoming call target, and whether or not automatic mail reception is set is returned from the subscriber information storage device 305 (S103). Based on the above, the voice exchange 302 determines whether or not to automatically receive an email (S104). Here, if it is determined that there is no setting for automatic mail incoming (S104: no automatic incoming), only incoming processing, that is, connection processing for making a voice call is performed without instructing mail creation ( Not shown).

  If it is determined that there is a setting for automatic incoming mail (S104: automatic incoming call), connection processing for making a voice call is performed by the voice exchange 302 and the voice exchange 303 (S105). Then, the incoming terminal 304 performs a response process for the voice call, and when the voice switch 302 receives a response to the voice call from the incoming terminal 304, a mail creation instruction including the caller number AAAA and the callee number BBBB is issued. Generated (S106), a mail creation instruction is transmitted to the mail creation server 100 (S107).

  When the mail creation instruction is received, the mail creation server 100 makes an inquiry about the mail address and the user attribute to the subscriber information storage device 305 using the caller number AAAA (S108). The subscriber information storage device 305 reads the caller's e-mail address aaaa and user attributes based on the caller number AAAA, and transmits the e-mail address and user attributes to the mail creation server 100 (S109). ).

  In the mail creation server 100, the additional management server 200 is inquired about additional information added to the e-mail based on the called party number BBBB and the user attribute of the sender (S110). The additional management server 200 searches for additional information to be added to the e-mail based on the called party number BBBB and the user attribute of the sender, and transmits the searched additional information to the mail creating server 100 (S111).

  In the mail creation server 100, an email including the additional information transmitted from the additional management server 200 is created (S112). Then, the e-mail created by the mail creating server 100 is transmitted to the transmitting terminal 301 via the packet switch 306 (S113).

  By the operation as described above, the mail creation server 100 can acquire the e-mail address of the transmission terminal 301 from the subscriber information storage device 305 and the additional management server 200, and the user A and the reception terminal of the transmission terminal 301. An e-mail including additional information suitable for 304 can be transmitted.

  Next, a first modification of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of the communication system 20 including the overhanging server 400 and the additional management server 210, which is a first modification of the present embodiment.

  The communication system 20 of the first modification includes a mail creation server 100, additional management servers 200 and 210, a voice switch 302, a voice switch 303, a subscriber information storage device 305, a packet switch 306, and an extension server 400. Thus, the transmitting terminal 301 and the receiving terminal 304 can be connected for communication. The communication system 20 is different from the communication system 10 in that it includes an extended server 400 and an additional management server 210.

  The overhanging server 400 is a server arranged outside the communication network, and is a server constructed on the information provider side that has the receiving terminal 304, for example. The extension server 400 has a voice communication processing function for communication connection between the voice exchange 303 and the receiving terminal 304 so that a normal call can be performed. The overhanging server 400 is configured to acquire information to be added to the e-mail from the additional management server 210. In this additional management server 210, the caller's telephone number and additional information are stored in advance in association with each other, and the functional configuration is the same as that of the additional management server 200 (see FIG. 4). Note that this association is not necessarily essential, and only additional information may be stored.

  The overhang server 400 will be described in more detail. FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the overhang server 400. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the overhang server 400 includes a voice connection processing unit 401, a storage unit 402, a mail creation instruction receiving unit 403, an additional information acquisition unit 404, and a mail creation instruction unit 405. Hereinafter, each component will be described. Note that each function of the overhanging server 400 is realized by hardware equivalent to the hardware shown in FIG.

  The voice connection processing unit 401 is a part that performs a connection process for making a voice call between the voice switch 303 and the receiving terminal 304. Further, when performing connection processing for voice transmission, the voice connection processing unit 401 extracts the telephone number of the calling terminal 301 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304 included in the transmission signal at the time of voice transmission, and the storage unit 402 The telephone number of the calling terminal 301 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304 are stored. Then, the voice connection processing unit 401 outputs an instruction to wait for a mail creation instruction to the mail creation instruction receiving unit 403 after the voice transmission connection process.

  The mail creation instruction receiving unit 403 is a part that receives a mail creation instruction transmitted from the receiving terminal 304. When the mail creation instruction receiving unit 403 receives the mail creation instruction, it outputs an instruction to the additional information acquisition unit 404 to acquire additional information from the additional management server 210.

  The additional information acquisition unit 404 is a part that acquires additional information corresponding to the telephone number of the calling terminal 301 when receiving an additional information acquisition instruction from the mail creation instruction receiving unit 403. Specifically, the additional information acquisition unit 404 outputs a read instruction including the telephone number of the transmitting terminal 301 to the additional management server 210, and adds additional information corresponding to the telephone number of the transmitting terminal 301 as a response. Receive. The additional information acquisition unit 404 outputs the acquired additional information to the mail creation instruction unit 405. Note that the telephone number of the calling terminal 301 is not necessarily included in the read instruction. In that case, unambiguous additional information is transmitted from the additional management server 210 without changing the additional information for each user of the transmission terminal 301.

  When the mail creation instruction unit 405 acquires the additional information from the additional information acquisition unit 404, the mail creation instruction unit 405 transmits an instruction signal including the additional information to the mail generation server 100 so as to generate an electronic mail including the additional information. It is.

  Thus, based on the mail creation instruction transmitted from the overhanging server 400, the mail creation server 100 can create an electronic mail including additional information. Note that the mail creation server 100 in the first modification requires the following functions. That is, when receiving the instruction signal including the additional information, the mail creation server 100 outputs an instruction to the subscriber information acquisition unit 102 and the additional information acquisition unit 103 and extracts the additional information included in the instruction signal. , Hold primary. Then, at the time of creating the e-mail, an e-mail including the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 103 is created together with the additional information temporarily stored.

  Next, the operation of the communication system 20 will be described. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the communication system 20. Here, the user of the calling terminal 301 is user A, the telephone number is caller number AAAA, the e-mail address is aaaa, the receiving terminal 304 is information provider B, and the telephone number is caller number BBBB. .

  From S101 to S104, the same operation as the communication system 10 is performed. That is, voice transmission is performed from the transmission terminal 301 (S101), the voice switch 302 confirms whether or not automatic mail reception is set (S103), and if it is determined that there is no automatic reception (S104: no automatic reception), the voice Outgoing connection processing is performed. If it is determined that there is an automatic incoming call (S104: automatic incoming call is present), a mail creation instruction is output after a voice connection response, and the processes after S105 in FIG. 5 are performed.

  If it is determined in S104 that there is no automatic call in the voice exchange 302, a voice transmission process is performed, and a voice connection process is performed via the drawer server 400 (S105a). Then, in the withdrawal server 400, the caller number AAAA and the callee number BBBB included in the outgoing signal at the time of voice transmission are extracted and stored in the storage unit 402 (S105b). In parallel with this storage processing, the incoming terminal 304 performs incoming processing, and a response to the outgoing call is transmitted to the outgoing terminal 301 via the extension server 400 and the voice exchange 302 (S105c).

  When the overhanging server 400 receives a response from the receiving terminal 304, it transmits the response to the voice exchange 302 and shifts to a mail creation instruction waiting state, and the mail creation instruction receiving unit 403 enters an instruction waiting state (S105d). ). In the receiving terminal 304, when the operator who is the information provider B performs an instruction operation for instructing mail creation during a call with the user A (S106a), the mail creation instruction is transmitted to the overhanging server 400. (S107a).

  When the mail creation instruction is received from the incoming terminal 304 by the mail creation instruction receiving unit 403 (S107a), the extension server 400 sends additional information to be included in the electronic mail corresponding to the sender number AAAA to the additional management server 210. The inquiry is made by the additional information acquisition unit 404, and the first additional information is read (S107b).

  In the extension server 400, when the first additional information is read, the mail creation instruction unit 405 sets the sender number AAAA, the called party number BBBB, and the first additional information added to the e-mail (S107c). ), A mail creation instruction including these pieces of information is transmitted to the mail creation server 100 (S107d).

  When the mail creation server 100 receives the mail creation instruction including the first additional information from the extension server 400, the mail creation server 100 extracts and stores the first additional information, and based on the sender number AAAA, the e-mail address and The user attribute is inquired (S108). The subsequent processing is the same as the processing after S108 in FIG. That is, the mail creation server 100 transmits the caller number AAAA to the subscriber information storage device 305, and the subscriber information storage device 305 reads the e-mail address aaaa and the user attribute corresponding to the caller number AAAA, and searches A result is returned (S109).

  In the mail creating server 100, the additional management server 200 is inquired of the second additional information based on the user attribute and the recipient number BBBB included in the returned result. Then, the mail creation server 100 acquires the second additional information (S110, S111), and thereafter creates and transmits an email including the second additional information (S112, S113).

  In the embodiment in the first modification, the first additional information is information that can be appropriately changed on the information provider B side, and therefore information that is likely to be changed frequently is set. Preferably, since the second additional information is stored in the additional management server 200 arranged in the carrier and takes time to change, the second additional information may be changed frequently. It is preferable that less information is set. For example, as the first additional information, a menu for each season in the restaurant can be considered, and as the second additional information, an access map of the restaurant can be considered.

  With the above configuration, by arranging the overhanging server 400, the first additional information that is set more finely can be distributed by e-mail, so that it is easy to use and a convenient communication system can be provided.

  Next, a second modification of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of the communication system 30 including the call status confirmation server 500. As shown in FIG. 9, the communication system 30 includes a mail creation server 100a, additional management servers 200 and 210, a voice switch 302, a voice switch 303, a subscriber information storage device 305, a packet switch 306, an extension server 400, and a call status. It is configured to include a confirmation server 500, and the transmission terminal 301 and the reception terminal 304 can be connected for communication.

  In this communication system 30, when the voice exchange 302 receives a response to the voice call from the call receiving terminal 304, the voice exchange 302 performs a voice call connection process to the call sending terminal 301 and indicates that the call sending terminal 301 is busy. Call status information is stored in the call status check server 500. Then, when the mail creation server 100a receives the mail creation instruction from the overhanging server 400, based on the call status information held in the newly added call status confirmation server 500, the calling terminal 301 is in a call. If it is determined, an e-mail including additional information is created and distributed. As a result, the communication system 30 that can instruct delivery of email by an operation on the receiving terminal 304 is configured to permit delivery of email only when the calling terminal 301 is busy. , Misuse of e-mail delivery can be prevented.

  The communication system 30 of the second modification is different from the communication system 20 of the first modification in that a call status confirmation server 500 is added. Further, along with the addition of the call status confirmation server 500, the voice exchange 302a has a function of registering call status information in the call status confirmation server 500, and the mail creation server 100a is added to the call status confirmation server 500. On the other hand, a function to check the call status has been added.

  Hereinafter, the mail creation server 100a and the call status confirmation server 500 will be described. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the mail creation server 100a. Note that each function of the mail creation server 100a is realized by hardware equivalent to the hardware shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the mail creation server 100a includes a mail creation instruction reception unit 101 (reception unit), a subscriber information acquisition unit 102 (acquisition unit), an additional information acquisition unit 103, and a mail creation unit 104 (creation unit). , A mail transmission unit 105 (transmission unit), a call state confirmation unit 106 (confirmation unit), a call state determination unit 107, and a response unit 108. The call state confirmation unit 106, the call state determination unit 107, In addition, it is different from the mail creation server 100 in that a response unit 108 is added. Hereinafter, differences will be described in detail.

  When receiving the mail creation instruction from the mail creation instruction receiving unit 101, the call state confirmation unit 106 makes an inquiry to the call state confirmation server 500 to confirm the call state, that is, whether the calling terminal 301 is busy. Part. That is, the call status confirmation unit 106 transmits a confirmation inquiry signal during a call to the call status confirmation server 500 and receives call status information from the call status confirmation server 500 as a response. The confirmation inquiry signal during a call includes the telephone number of the calling terminal 301 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304. The call status information includes information indicating that the caller terminal 301 is in a call with the callee terminal 304 when the caller terminal 301 is in a call. Information that is not. The call status confirmation unit 106 outputs the call status information to the call status determination unit 107.

  The call status determination unit 107 is a portion that determines whether or not the calling terminal 301 is in a call with the receiving terminal 304 based on the call status information received from the call status confirmation unit 106. When the call status determination unit 107 determines that the calling terminal 301 is in a call with the receiving terminal 304, the call status determination unit 107 outputs a message to that effect to the response unit 108 and the subscriber information acquisition unit 102 and the additional information acquisition unit 103 receive the subscriber information. The instruction is output to acquire and additional information. In addition, when the call state determination unit 107 determines that the calling terminal 301 is not busy, the call state determination unit 107 outputs a message to that effect to the response unit 108.

  When the response unit 108 receives information indicating whether or not the calling terminal 301 is in a call from the call state determination unit 107, the response unit 108 transmits the information to the overhanging server 400. In the overhanging server 400, the receiving terminal 304 is notified of the presence or absence of transmission of an e-mail as necessary.

  The other subscriber information acquisition unit 102, additional information acquisition unit 103, mail creation unit 104, and mail transmission unit 105 have the same functions as those described in the communication system 10 described above. Description is omitted.

  Next, the call status confirmation server 500 will be described. FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the call status confirmation server 500. As shown in FIG. 11, the call status confirmation server 500 includes a call status registration unit 501, a storage unit 502, a transmission / reception unit 503, and a call status information acquisition unit 504. Note that each function of the call status confirmation server 500 is realized by hardware equivalent to the hardware shown in FIG.

  The call status registration unit 501 is a part that receives call start report information including the telephone number of the calling terminal 301 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304 from the voice switch 302. The call status registration unit 501 registers the received call start report information in the storage unit 502.

  The storage unit 502 is a part that stores call start report information, and is a part that stores the telephone number of the calling terminal 301 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304 in association with information indicating that a call is in progress.

  The transmission / reception unit 503 is a part that receives a confirmation inquiry as to whether or not the calling terminal 301 is in a call with the receiving terminal 304 from the mail creation server 100. Upon receiving this confirmation inquiry, the transmission / reception unit 503 sends a confirmation inquiry to the call status information acquisition unit 504. An instruction is output to obtain the call status. Specifically, the transmission / reception unit 503 receives the telephone number of the transmission terminal 301 and the telephone number of the reception terminal 304 and outputs these telephone numbers to the call status information acquisition unit 504.

  When receiving a confirmation inquiry via the transmission / reception unit 503, the call status information acquisition unit 504 is a part that acquires the call status of the transmission terminal 301 and the reception terminal 304 by referring to the storage unit 502. Specifically, the call status information acquisition unit 504 refers to the storage unit 502 and determines whether the storage unit 502 stores the telephone number of the calling terminal 301 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 304 to be confirmed. If any one of them is not stored in association with each other, it is determined that the calling terminal 301 is not in a call, and if it is stored in association with each other, it is determined that a call is in progress and get. The call status information acquisition unit 504 returns the call status information acquired in this way to the mail creation server 100 via the transmission / reception unit 503. Note that the call status information acquisition unit 504 may determine that the caller terminal 301 is in a call when only the telephone number of the caller terminal 301 is stored in the storage unit 502.

  By configuring the call status confirmation server 500 as described above, it is possible to determine whether the calling terminal 301 is in a call with the receiving terminal 304, and to that effect can be transmitted to the mail creating server 100.

  Next, the operation of the communication system 30 including the mail creation server 100a and the call status confirmation server 500 configured as described above will be described. 12 and 13 are sequence diagrams showing the operation of the communication system 30. FIG. 12 shows the operation up to the point where FIG. 12 holds the busy state, and FIG. 13 shows the operation of checking the busy state and performing processing. Show. Here, the user of the calling terminal 301 is user A, the telephone number is caller number AAAA, the e-mail address is aaaa, the receiving terminal 304 is information provider B, and the telephone number is caller number BBBB. .

  First, the same operation as that of the communication system 20 is performed from S101 to S107d in FIG. That is, a voice call is made from the calling terminal 301 (S101), the voice switch 302 confirms whether or not automatic mail reception is set (S102, S103), and if it is determined that there is no automatic call reception (S104: no automatic call reception). Then, a connection process for voice transmission is performed. If it is determined that there is an automatic incoming call (S104: automatic incoming call is present), a mail creation instruction is output after a voice connection response, and the processes after S105 in FIG. 5 are performed.

  If it is determined in S104 that there is no automatic call in the voice exchange 302, a voice transmission process is performed, and a connection process for voice transmission is performed via the drawer server 400 (S105a). Then, in the withdrawal server 400, the sender number AAAA and the called party number BBBB included in the outgoing signal at the time of voice transmission are extracted and stored in the storage unit 402 (S105b). In parallel with this storage processing, the incoming terminal 304 performs incoming processing, and a response to the outgoing call is transmitted to the outgoing terminal 301 via the extension server 400 and the voice exchange 302 (S105c).

  When the overhanging server 400 receives a response from the receiving terminal 304, it transmits the response to the voice exchange 302 and shifts to a mail creation instruction waiting state, and the mail creation instruction receiving unit 403 enters an instruction waiting state (S105d). ). In the receiving terminal 304, when the operator who is the information provider B performs an instruction operation for instructing mail creation during a call with the user A (S106a), the mail creation instruction is transmitted to the overhanging server 400. (S107a).

  When the mail creation instruction is received from the receiving terminal 304 by the mail creation instruction receiving unit 403 (S107a), the extension server 400 sends additional information added to the electronic mail corresponding to the sender number AAAA to the additional management server 210. The inquiry is made by the additional information acquisition unit 404, and the first additional information is read (S107b).

  In the extension server 400, when the first additional information is read, the mail creation instruction unit 405 sets the sender number AAAA, the receiver number BBBB, and the first additional information that is information added to the e-mail. (S107c), a mail creation instruction including these pieces of information is transmitted to the mail creation server 100 (S107d).

  In parallel with the above-described processing, in the voice exchange 302, when a response to the voice call is received from the receiving terminal 304 by a call start report unit (not shown) provided therein, the call status confirmation server 500 is received. In addition, a call start report information including that the call between the caller terminal 301 and the callee terminal 304 has been started and the caller number AAAA and the callee number BBBB is output (S201). In the call status confirmation server 500, when the call start report information is received, the call status registration unit 501 stores the calling party number AAAA and the called party number BBBB in association with each other in the storage unit 502 (S202).

  Next, an operation after the mail creation server 100a confirms that the call is in progress will be described with reference to FIG. After that, in the mail creation server 100 that has received the mail creation instruction, the call status confirmation unit 106 makes a confirmation inquiry to the call status confirmation server 500 as to whether or not the calling terminal 301 and the receiving terminal 304 are talking. (S107e). The call status confirmation server 500 accepts this via the transmission / reception unit 503, and the call status information acquisition unit 504 refers to the storage unit 502 to determine whether the calling terminal 301 and the receiving terminal 304 are in a call. Is determined by determining whether or not the caller number AAAA and the callee number BBBB are registered in association with each other.

  Then, the determination result is transmitted from the call status confirmation server 500 to the mail creation server 100, and in the mail creation server 100, when the call status determination unit 107 determines that a call is in progress based on the result ( (S107f: OK), the response unit 108 transmits a mail creation instruction response including that mail creation is possible to the extension server 400 (S107g). If the call status determination unit 107 determines that the call is not in progress (S107f: NG), it is determined that mail creation is not possible, and a message to that effect is sent to the extension server 400 by the response unit 108. The

  Thus, when it is determined that the calling terminal 301 and the receiving terminal 304 are in a call, an e-mail including the first additional information and the second additional information is created (S108 to S112). The created e-mail is transmitted to the transmission terminal 301 (S113). The processing from S108 to S113 is the same as the processing in FIG. 5 or FIG.

  The effects of the mail creating server 100 and the communication systems 10 to 30 in the present embodiment, the first modified example, and the second modified example will be described.

  In the mail creation server 100 of the present embodiment, when the mail creation instruction receiving unit 101 receives a mail creation instruction including the telephone number of the calling terminal 301, the subscriber information acquisition unit 102 receives the subscriber information storage device 305. Get the email address corresponding to the phone number. Then, for the acquired e-mail address, the e-mail creation unit 104 creates an e-mail including predetermined additional information provided to the user of the transmission terminal 301, and the e-mail transmission unit 105 transmits the e-mail. Can do. Here, the additional information is information acquired from the additional management server 200 by the additional information acquisition unit 103 and is registered in advance based on the user attribute of the transmission terminal 301 and the telephone number of the reception terminal 304.

  As a result, when an incoming call from the calling terminal 301 is received, an e-mail is transmitted to the calling terminal 301 without knowing the e-mail address and without registering an e-mail address and a telephone number in advance. In addition, information such as additional information can be provided. Therefore, electronic mail distribution can be performed efficiently and information can be shared between the sender and the information provider. In particular, since an e-mail address can be obtained from a device owned by a carrier operator such as the subscriber information storage device 305, an information provider as a third party can set another person's e-mail address and telephone number. No need to register.

  Further, the mail creation server 100 acquires additional information corresponding to the telephone number and user attribute of the receiving terminal 304 from the additional management server 200 by the additional information acquisition unit 103, and converts the additional information from the additional management server 200 to the telephone number and user attribute. An e-mail including corresponding additional information can be created, and an e-mail including information suitable for the user's preference can be distributed.

  Further, the mail creation server 100 receives a mail creation instruction from the voice exchange 302, and the mail creation unit 104 can create a mail based on the mail creation instruction. Mail delivery processing can be performed.

  In addition, the mail creation server 100 can receive a mail creation instruction from the overhanging server 400 that is an information providing apparatus that provides information to the transmitting terminal 301, and distributes electronic mail by distribution control on the information providing apparatus side. It can be performed.

  In addition, the mail creation server 100 performs confirmation processing on the call status confirmation server 500, and when it is confirmed that the calling terminal 301 and the receiving terminal 304 are busy, the mail creating unit 104 adds the additional information. Can be created and sent by the mail transmitting unit 105. When the transmission terminal 301 does not communicate, it is possible to prevent the information provider from outputting a mail creation instruction without permission, and to prevent abuse of electronic mail delivery on the information provider side. Since the delivery of the e-mail is permitted when there is a call between the transmission terminal 301 and the receiving terminal 304 as the information provider, it is effective in preventing the abuse of the e-mail on the information provider side. It should be noted that the distribution of the e-mail may be permitted only when the calling terminal 301 is in a call (the call partner is not limited to the receiving terminal 304).

  The mail creation servers 100 and 100a can create an email using the first additional information read by the additional management server 210, and the first additional information provided from the information provider B side. An e-mail using can be created.

  In addition, since the communication systems 10 to 30 include the above-described mail creation server 100, the above-described effects can be obtained.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a communication system 10 using a mail creation server 100 of the present embodiment. 3 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the mail creation server 100. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a mail creation server 100. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing functions of an additional management server 200. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the communication system 10. FIG. It is a system configuration figure of communication system 20 including overhanging server 400 and additional management server 210 which is the 1st modification of this embodiment. 3 is a block diagram illustrating functions of an overhang server 400. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the communication system 20. FIG. It is a system block diagram of the communication system 30 including the call status confirmation server 500 which is the 2nd modification of this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the function of the mail preparation server 100a. It is a block diagram which shows the function of a call status confirmation server. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an operation up to the point where the communication system 30 holds a busy state. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an operation for confirming and processing a communication state of the communication system 30.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10, 20, 30 ... Communication system, 100 ... Mail preparation server, 100a ... Mail preparation server, 101 ... Mail preparation instruction receiving part, 102 ... Subscriber information acquisition part, 103 ... Additional information acquisition part, 104 ... Mail preparation part, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 105 ... Mail transmission part, 106 ... Call status confirmation part, 107 ... Call status judgment part, 108 ... Response part, 200 ... Additional management server, 201 ... Transmission / reception part, 202 ... Additional information acquisition part, 203 ... Database, 210 ... Addition Management server, 301 ... outgoing terminal, 302 ... voice switch, 302a ... voice switch, 303 ... voice switch, 304 ... receiving terminal, 305 ... subscriber information storage device, 306 ... packet switch, 400 ... server, 401 ... voice connection processing , 402 ... storage unit, 403 ... mail creation instruction receiving part, 404 ... mail creation instruction receiving part, 404 ... additional information Acquisition unit, 404 ... additional information acquisition unit, 405 ... mail creation instruction unit, 500 ... Call Status check server 501 ... Call Status register unit, 502 ... storage unit, 503 ... transceiver unit, 504 ... Call Status information acquisition unit.

Claims (4)

A subscriber information storage device that stores the telephone number of the calling terminal, the e-mail address, and the user attribute that is the user attribute information in association with each other, the voice exchange for executing communication connection between the terminals, and the first additional information. A carrier business that stores the first additional information management server disposed at a position manageable on the receiving terminal side, the user attribute of the transmitting terminal, the telephone number of the receiving terminal, and the second additional information in association with each other. A second additional information management server arranged in the communication network of the user and an incoming call process for the receiving terminal in response to an instruction from the voice switch, and the first additional information management server The information is extracted, and the telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number of the receiving terminal acquired at the time of the incoming call processing in the voice exchange and the extracted first additional information In the mail creation server for communication connection to the information providing device to output the mail formation instruction I,
Receiving means for receiving a mail creation instruction including the telephone number of the calling terminal, the telephone number of the receiving terminal and the first additional information from the information providing device;
When a mail creation instruction is received by the receiving means, an address obtaining means for obtaining a mail address and a user attribute corresponding to the telephone number of the calling terminal from the subscriber information storage device;
From the second additional information management server, the second addition corresponding to the telephone number of the receiving terminal included in the mail creation instruction received by the receiving means and the user attribute of the calling terminal acquired by the address acquiring means Additional information acquisition means for acquiring information;
The first additional information included in the mail creation instruction received by the receiving unit and the second additional information acquired by the additional information acquiring unit for the mail address acquired by the address acquiring unit Creating means for creating an email containing
Transmitting means for transmitting the e-mail created by the creating means;
An email creation server with A communication connection with a call status confirmation server storing that the calling terminal and the receiving terminal have started a call is possible,
According to the information stored in the call status confirmation server, further comprising confirmation means for confirming that the calling terminal is in a call,
2. The mail composition according to claim 1, wherein the creating unit creates an e-mail addressed to the mail address acquired by the acquiring unit when it is confirmed that the call is in progress by the checking unit. server.   A mail delivery system comprising: a subscriber information storage device that stores a telephone number and an electronic mail address in association with each other; and the mail creation server according to claim 1 or 2. A subscriber information storage device that stores the telephone number of the calling terminal, the e-mail address, and the user attribute that is the user attribute information in association with each other, the voice exchange for executing communication connection between the terminals, and the first additional information. A carrier business that stores the first additional information management server disposed at a position manageable on the receiving terminal side, the user attribute of the transmitting terminal, the telephone number of the receiving terminal, and the second additional information in association with each other. A second additional information management server arranged in the communication network of the user and an incoming call process for the receiving terminal in response to an instruction from the voice switch, and the first additional information management server The information is extracted, and the telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number of the receiving terminal acquired at the time of the incoming call processing in the voice exchange and the extracted first additional information The mail sending method mail creation server communicating connection to the information providing apparatus for outputting mail creation instruction I,
A receiving step of receiving a mail creation instruction including the telephone number of the calling terminal, the telephone number of the receiving terminal and the first additional information from the information providing device;
When a mail creation instruction is received by the reception step, an address acquisition step of acquiring a mail address and a user attribute corresponding to the telephone number of the calling terminal from the subscriber information storage device;
From the second additional information management server, a second addition corresponding to the telephone number of the receiving terminal included in the mail creation instruction received by the receiving step and the user attribute of the calling terminal acquired by the address acquiring step An additional information acquisition step of acquiring information;
For the mail address acquired in the address acquisition step, the first additional information included in the mail creation instruction received in the reception step and the second additional information acquired in the additional information acquisition step A creation step to create an email containing
A sending step for sending the e-mail created by the creating step;
E-mail transmission method comprising.

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