JP4518926B2 - E-mail system, server device, and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic mail system using an electronic pen, a medium for storing an electronic mail message, and the like.

Currently, there is a system that can send an electronic mail via a mobile phone using an electronic pen (see Non-Patent Document 1) (see Non-Patent Document 2). In this electronic mail system, an electronic mail with the same message can be sent to many people at once.
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However, in the e-mail system according to Non-Patent Document 2, in order to send different e-mails depending on the e-mail recipient, all messages must be written from scratch, which is very troublesome.
Further, in the electronic mail system according to Non-Patent Document 2, it is not easy to select a destination address.
Furthermore, in the e-mail system according to Non-Patent Document 2, it is unknown to the e-mail recipient who the e-mail sender is.

An electronic mail system according to a first aspect of the present invention is an electronic mail system comprising a medium for describing a message to be transmitted by mail, an electronic pen, a portable communication device, and a server device, wherein the medium is an electronic mail A destination identification area for describing information for identifying the destination of the mail, and a message area for describing an e-mail message. The message area is a medium having a sketch, and the electronic pen is described in the medium. An information acquisition unit that acquires the acquired information, and a transmission unit that transmits the information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device receives the information from the electronic pen, and the server An information transfer unit that transfers information to a device, the server device includes an information reception unit that receives information from the mobile communication device, and the information is information described in a transmission destination identification area A transmission destination determination unit that determines a transmission destination based on the information, and an e-mail transmission unit that transmits a message based on the information when the information is information described in a message area. An e-mail system.
With this configuration, it becomes extremely easy to send different e-mails depending on the other party to whom the e-mail is sent.

  The electronic mail system according to the second aspect of the present invention is the portable communication device in the electronic mail system according to the first aspect, wherein the portable identifier storage unit stores a portable identifier that is information for identifying the portable communication device; A pen information receiving unit that receives information from a pen, a transmission information configuration unit that configures information to be transmitted to the server device based on information received by the pen information receiving unit, and a portable identifier in the portable identifier storage unit; Further, the information transfer unit is configured to transmit the information configured by the transmission information configuration unit to the server device.

  With this configuration, the e-mail recipient can know that the e-mail sender is the owner of the portable communication device. Therefore, the electronic pen can be shared by a plurality of people. Also, a user who wants to send an e-mail can send an e-mail using another person's electronic pen if he / she has his / her portable communication device.

An electronic mail system according to a third aspect of the present invention is an electronic mail system including a medium for describing a message to be transmitted, an electronic pen, and a portable communication device, wherein the medium identifies an electronic mail transmission destination. A destination identification area for describing information to be transmitted and a message area for describing an e-mail message. The message area is a medium having a sketch, and the electronic pen acquires information described on the medium. An information acquisition unit, a transmission unit that transmits information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the mobile communication device, and the mobile communication device includes a pen information reception unit that receives information from the electronic pen, and the mobile When the information received by the information reception unit is information described in the transmission destination identification area, the transmission destination determination unit that determines the transmission destination based on the information and the transmission destination determination unit determine And the destination, the information is an electronic mail system comprising a mail transmission unit for transmitting a message based on the information described in the message area.
With such a configuration, it becomes extremely easy to send different e-mails depending on the other party to which the e-mail is sent, even without a server device.

  An electronic mail system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the electronic mail system according to the third aspect, wherein the portable communication device includes a portable identifier storage unit that stores a portable identifier that is information for identifying the portable communication device, and the pen Based on the information received by the information receiving unit and the portable identifier stored in the portable identifier storage unit, the information receiving unit further includes a transmission information configuring unit configured to transmit information to the server device, and the e-mail transmitting unit includes the destination The information configured by the transmission information configuration unit is transmitted to the transmission destination determined by the determination unit.

With this configuration, even if the server device is not provided, it is understood for the recipient of the email that the sender of the email is the owner of the mobile communication device. Therefore, the electronic pen can be shared by a plurality of people. Also, a user who wants to send an e-mail can send an e-mail using another person's electronic pen if he / she has his / her portable communication device.
The fifth aspect of the present invention is a medium for describing a message for transmitting an electronic mail using an electronic pen, the medium having a message area for describing an electronic mail message, and the message area having a sketch It is.

With this configuration, an e-mail sender can easily send an excellent e-mail using a sketch, and a receiver can receive an excellent e-mail without seeing a sketch that was not used for the e-mail. . Also, the receiver does not know that the sender has created an e-mail using the sketch. This is because information other than the line traced by the sender with the electronic pen is not transmitted.
In the sixth invention, the sketch in the fifth invention is a medium including two or more pictures.
With this configuration, the sender of the e-mail can easily create a plurality of types of e-mails using the same medium (although there are a plurality of sheets).
The seventh invention is a medium further comprising a transmission destination identification area in which information for identifying the transmission destination of the electronic mail is described, as compared with the fifth and sixth inventions.
With this configuration, an e-mail sender can easily select an e-mail transmission destination address.

  In the present invention, a suitable electronic mail can be easily transmitted using a sketch.

Hereinafter, embodiments of an electronic mail system, a server device, and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.
(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the electronic mail system in the present embodiment. The electronic mail system includes a medium 11, an electronic pen 12, a mobile communication device 13, a server device 14, and a reception-side mobile communication device 15.

The medium 11 is a medium on which a special dot pattern is printed. Further, the medium 11 includes a transmission destination identification area 1101 in which information for identifying an electronic mail transmission destination is described, and a message area 1102 in which an electronic mail message is described, and the message area has a sketch. The medium 11 may also have a background color selection area 1103 for selecting the background color of the e-mail. The medium 11 is usually made of paper, but may be anything as long as it can describe characters and pictures with an electronic pen and has a special dot pattern printed thereon.
The electronic pen 12 is a pen having a communication function. The user of the electronic pen 12 is a person who transmits e-mail, for example.
The mobile communication device 13 and the receiving-side mobile communication device 15 are, for example, mobile phones.
Here, the server device 14 transmits an e-mail based on the information received via the mobile communication device 13.

  The user enters a message in the message area 1102 of the medium 11 with the electronic pen 12. Then, the user checks a box (“1”, “2”, “self”, etc.) corresponding to the other party to whom the electronic mail is to be transmitted in the transmission destination identification area 1101 of the medium. In addition, the user checks a box in the background color selection area 1103 in a color desired to be used as the background color of the e-mail. The order of the message description, the check of a predetermined box in the transmission destination identification area 1101, and the check of the predetermined box in the background color selection area 1103 performed by the user does not matter.

Next, the information described by the electronic pen 12 is acquired, and the information is transmitted to the server device 14 via the portable communication device 13. The server device 14 determines the transmission destination of the e-mail based on the information in the transmission destination identification area 1101, and transmits the information described in the message area 1102 to the reception-side mobile communication device 15 of the transmission destination. The e-mail has a checked background color in the background color selection area 1103.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the electronic mail system in the present embodiment. The electronic pen 12 includes an information acquisition unit 1201 and a transmission unit 1202. Note that the medium 11 is not shown in the block diagram of FIG.
The mobile communication device 13 includes a mobile identifier storage unit 1301, a pen information reception unit 1302, a transmission information configuration unit 1303, and an information transfer unit 1304.

The server device 14 includes an information reception unit 1401, a transmission destination determination unit 1402, an information conversion unit 1403, and an e-mail transmission unit 1404. The transmission destination determination unit 1402 includes an address management unit 14021 and an address determination unit 14022.
The receiving-side mobile communication device 15 includes an e-mail receiving unit 1501, an input receiving unit 1502, and an e-mail display unit 1503.

  The information acquisition unit 1201 acquires information described in the medium 11 with the electronic pen 12. The information includes, for example, one or more pieces of coordinate information (hereinafter, referred to as “position information” as appropriate) that is information for specifying a relative position in the medium 11. A method by which the information acquisition unit 1201 acquires coordinate information will be described. As a method for acquiring coordinate information, for example, there are the following methods. When the special dot pattern shown in FIG. 3 is printed on the medium 11, the information acquisition unit 1201 can be realized by a coordinate detection technique using a special dot pattern. Specifically, for example, the configuration is as shown in FIG. 3 includes a CCD camera 301 and a processor 302 that performs pattern recognition and analysis. The special dot pattern represents dots along a grid with a pitch of 0.3 mm, and coding is performed by distributing the arrangement of the dots by four patterns of Right / Left / Up / Down. Then, a special dot pattern is photographed at 60 frames / second from the CCD camera and input. Then, by analyzing the captured image information, it is possible to detect the movement of the CCD camera as the input device (that is, the change in the captured dot pattern). By detecting the movement of the CCD camera, relative coordinate information in the static object can be acquired. As another means of the information acquisition unit 1201, the following can be considered. A barcode indicating coordinate information is printed on the surface of the medium 11, and the information acquisition unit 1201 is realized by a barcode reader that reads the barcode and obtains the coordinate information.

  The transmission unit 1202 transmits the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201 to the mobile communication device 13. Note that the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201 and the information transmitted by the transmission unit 1202 do not have to match. The transmission unit 1202 may transmit information processed based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201. Also in this case, the transmission unit 1202 transmits the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201 to the mobile communication device 13. The transmission unit 1202 is usually realized by short-range wireless communication means such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), but can also be realized by other wireless means, wired communication means, or broadcasting means.

The portable identifier storage unit 1301 stores a portable identifier that is information for identifying the portable communication device 13. The mobile identifier is, for example, an e-mail address of the user of the mobile communication device 13, a telephone number of the mobile communication device 13, a MAC address of the mobile communication device 13, or the like. The portable identifier storage unit 1301 is preferably a nonvolatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.
The pen information receiving unit 1302 receives information from the electronic pen 12. The information to be received is usually a set of coordinate information (x, y). The pen information receiving unit 1302 can be realized by a short-range wireless communication unit, for example.

The transmission information configuration unit 1303 configures information to be transferred to the server device 14 based on the information received by the pen information reception unit 1302 and the mobile identifier in the mobile identifier storage unit 1301. The information transferred to the server device 14 is usually information in which a mobile identifier is added to information received by the pen information receiving unit 1302. However, the structure of information to be transmitted does not matter. The transmission information configuration unit 1303 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the transmission information configuration unit 1303 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
The information transfer unit 1304 transmits the information configured by the transmission information configuration unit 1303 to the server device 14. The portable communication device 13 can be realized by a wireless or wired communication means.
The information receiving unit 1401 receives information from the mobile communication device 13. The information receiving unit 1401 can be realized by a wireless or wired communication unit or the like.

  When the information is information described in the transmission destination identification area 1101, the transmission destination determination unit 1402 determines a transmission destination based on the information. The transmission destination determination unit 1402 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the transmission destination determination unit 1402 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The information conversion unit 1403 converts information described in the message area 1102 into transmission information that is information to be transmitted. The transmission information is, for example, image data. The transmission information may include a character string and image data. The information conversion unit 1403 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the information conversion unit 1403 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  When the information is information described in the message area 1102, the e-mail transmission unit 1404 transmits a message based on the information. For example, the e-mail transmission unit 1404 transmits the transmission information acquired by the information conversion unit 1403 to the transmission destination determined by the transmission destination determination unit 1402. The e-mail transmission unit 1404 can be realized by a wireless or wired communication unit or the like.

  The address management unit 14021 stores transmission destination information that is information indicating a transmission destination. The address management unit 14021 holds, for example, one or more address management information having a pair of region information and mail address that is information for identifying a region. The area information is, for example, upper left coordinate information and lower right coordinate information of the rectangular area. The address management unit 14021 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

When the area indicated by the information (collection of coordinate information) received by the information receiving unit 1401 is included in the area indicated by the area information, the address determination unit 14022 displays an address that is paired with the area information. Get from. The address acquired by the address determination unit 14022 is an e-mail transmission destination address.
The email receiving unit 1501 receives an email from the server device 14. The e-mail receiving unit 1501 can be realized by a wireless or wired communication unit or the like.

  The input receiving unit 1502 receives an input of a display instruction that instructs to display an e-mail. The input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse or menu screen. The input receiving unit 1502 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

The e-mail display unit 1503 displays an e-mail received by the e-mail receiving unit 1501 when the input receiving unit 1502 receives an input of a display instruction. The e-mail display unit 1503 may be considered as including or not including a display. The e-mail display unit 1503 can be realized by display driver software or display driver software and a display.
Hereinafter, the operation of the electronic mail system will be described. First, the operation of the electronic pen 12 will be described.

In the electronic pen 12, the information acquisition unit 1201 sequentially acquires coordinate information, and the transmission unit 1202 transmits the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201 to the mobile communication device 13. The coordinate information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201 is information indicating the locus of movement of the electronic pen 12 on the medium 11. Further, the information acquisition unit 1201 stores a plurality of acquired coordinate information (in a memory held therein), and the transmission unit 1202 transmits the stored plurality of coordinate information to the mobile communication device 13 at a time. Also good.
Next, the operation of the mobile communication device 13 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S401) The pen information receiving unit 1302 determines whether information has been received from the electronic pen 12. If information is received, it will go to step S402, and if information is not received, it will return to step S401.
(Step S402) The transmission information configuration unit 1303 acquires the mobile identifier from the mobile identifier storage unit 1301.
(Step S403) The transmission information configuration unit 1303 configures information to be transmitted based on the information received in step S401 and the portable identifier acquired in step S402.
(Step S404) The information transfer unit 1304 transmits the information configured in step S403 to the server device 14. The process returns to step S401.
In the flowchart of FIG. 4, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends.
Next, operation | movement of the server apparatus 14 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S <b> 501) The information reception unit 1401 determines whether information is received from the mobile communication device 13. If information is received, it will go to step S502, and if information is not received, it will return to step S501.

(Step S502) The e-mail transmission unit 1404 determines whether the information received in step S501 is a mobile identifier. If it is a portable identifier, go to step S503, and if it is not a portable identifier, jump to step S504. Note that if the information received in step S501 is a mobile identifier, the e-mail transmission unit 1404 acquires it.
(Step S503) The e-mail transmission unit 1404 temporarily stores the mobile identifier acquired in step S502. The process returns to step S501.

(Step S504) The address determination unit 14022 determines whether or not the area indicated by the information received in step S501 is included in the area indicated by the area information. If it is an area indicated by the area information, the process goes to step S505, and if it is not an area indicated by the area information, the process goes to step S512.
(Step S505) The address determination unit 14022 substitutes 1 for the counter i.

  (Step S506) The address determination unit 14022 determines whether or not the i-th address management information is stored in the address management unit 14021. If the i-th address management information is stored in the address management means 14021, the process goes to step S507, and if not stored, the process goes to step S510.

(Step S507) The address determination unit 14022 determines whether or not the information (a set of coordinate information) received by the information receiving unit 1401 is included in the area information included in the i-th address management information, that is, the i-th area It is determined whether it is information. If the received information is information on the i-th area, the process goes to step S508, and if the received information is not information on the i-th area, the process jumps to step S511.
(Step S508) The address determination unit 14022 acquires the mail address included in the i-th address management information.
(Step S509) The address determination unit 14022 stores at least temporarily the mail address acquired in Step S508. The process returns to step S501.

(Step S510) The address determination unit 14022 outputs an error. This error is an error that the designation of the other party is inappropriate. Further, this output is, for example, sending an error message to the mobile communication device 13 or the electronic pen 12.
(Step S511) The address determination unit 14022 increments the counter i by one. The process returns to step S506.

(Step S512) The e-mail transmission unit 1404 determines whether or not the area indicated by the information (coordinate information set) received in step S501 is a message area. If it is a message area, go to step S513, and if it is not a message area, jump to step S514.
(Step S513) The e-mail transmission unit 1404 stores at least temporarily the information (a set of coordinate information) received in Step S501. The process returns to step S501.

  (Step S514) The information conversion unit 1403 determines whether or not the area indicated by the information (coordinate information set) received in step S501 is a transmission instruction area. If it is a transmission instruction area, the process proceeds to step S515, and if it is not a transmission instruction area, the process returns to step S501.

(Step S515) The information conversion unit 1403 configures transmission information from a set of stored coordinate information. The configuration of the transmission information is, for example, processing for converting a set of coordinate information into bitmap data. In addition, for example, when the character string can be extracted by recognizing a character from a set of coordinate information, the transmission information is configured by acquiring a character code indicating the character string and configuring bitmap data from other coordinate information. It is processing to do.
(Step S516) The e-mail transmission unit 1404 transmits the transmission information configured in step S515. The information on the sender of the e-mail is the mobile identifier stored in step S503. Further, the transmission destination of the electronic mail is the mail address stored in step S509. The process returns to step S501.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 5, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends. In the flowchart of FIG. 5, the transmission information may not be configured. For example, the process of configuring transmission information from a set of coordinate information may be performed by the mobile communication device 13 or the reception-side mobile communication device 15.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 5, information on the transmission destination identification area, information on the message area, and information on the transmission instruction area may be transmitted at a time. In such a case, the server device 14 divides information for each area and performs the same processing as described above. The process of dividing information for each area is performed as follows, for example. That is, the server device 14 holds information on each area (for example, upper left coordinates and lower right coordinates of a rectangular area), and divides the information by determining in which area the information to be processed is described.

Next, the operation of the receiving side portable communication device 15 will be described. The e-mail receiving unit 1501 of the receiving-side mobile communication device 15 receives an e-mail. Next, when the input reception unit 1502 receives an instruction to display the received email, the email display unit 1503 displays the received email.
Hereinafter, a specific operation of the electronic mail system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the electronic mail system.
An example of the medium 11 constituting the electronic mail system is shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, a medium 11 includes a transmission destination identification area 1101 for describing information for identifying an electronic mail transmission destination, a message area 1102 for describing an electronic mail message, and a background color selection for selecting an electronic mail background color. An area 1103 and a transmission area 1104 in which a transmission instruction check is described are included. The message area 1102 includes a sketch. The sketch usually includes one or more pictures. Further, the sketch is printed with a thin line (for example, a gray line), a thin line, a broken line, or the like. In addition, the sketch may be only letters or a combination of letters and pictures. Note that the sketch preferably includes two or more pictures. This is because if two or more pictures are included, the user can select a sketch and create a suitable e-mail according to the destination. In FIG. 6, the medium 11 has a plurality of pictures that can be used as Christmas cards. Note that the medium 11 preferably has one or more pictures showing the same theme, such as Christmas cards, New Year's cards, and summer greetings. For example, in the case of a New Year's card, a picture showing the same theme is a picture that impresses the New Year, such as Kadomatsu, rice cake, rice cake, or frame.

Further, the server device 14 holds the transmission destination information management table of FIG. The transmission destination information management table includes one or more address management information (here, information in a record format). The address management information includes “ID”, “area information”, and “mail address”. “ID” is information for identifying a record and exists for record management in the table. The “region information” includes upper left coordinate information (x1, y1) and lower right coordinate information (x2, y2) of the rectangular region.
In this case, first, it is assumed that the user transmits a Christmas card to the first registered destination (the destination registered in the medium address selection “1” in FIG. 6).
The user checks “1” in the transmission destination identification area (address selection area) 1101. Then, coordinate information indicating the locus of the electronic pen 12 is stored in the electronic pen 12 (see FIG. 8).

Next, the user writes “Merry Christmas” on the lower left part of the message area 1102 with an electronic pen over two lines. Next, the user traces the sketch (Christmas gift box picture, bell picture, Christmas tree picture) written above the part of the message area where the character is written. Let
In such a case, the electronic pen 12 stores a sequence of coordinate information as shown in FIG. In the coordinate information of FIG. 9, the coordinate information of the miracle of the electronic pen 12 described in the message area is added to the coordinate information of FIG.
Next, the user checks any box in the background color selection area 1103 and selects a background color.
Further, the user checks the transmission area 1104. Then, the electronic pen 12 stores a sequence of coordinate information as shown in FIG.
Next, for example, the user presses a transmission button (a button configured by hardware) of the electronic pen 12.
Then, the electronic pen 12 transmits the coordinate information sequence shown in FIG. 10 to the mobile communication device 13.

  Next, the mobile communication device 13 receives the sequence of coordinate information shown in FIG. Next, the mobile communication device 13 reads the mobile identifier “wao@ppp.ne.jp” stored in the mobile identifier storage unit 1301. Next, the mobile communication device 13 adds the mobile identifier “wao@ppp.jp.ne.jp” to the coordinate information column shown in FIG. 10 to form the transmission information shown in FIG. The header of the transmission information is a mobile identifier. Then, the mobile communication device 13 transmits the transmission information shown in FIG. 11 to the server device 14 identified by the transmission destination registered in advance (for example, the mail address arriving at the server device 14 or the IP address of the server device 14). Forward.

  Next, the server apparatus 14 receives the transmission information sequence shown in FIG. Then, the server device 14 first extracts the mobile identifier “wao@ppp.jp.ne.jp”. Next, the server device 14 divides the received information into transmission destination identification area information, message area information, background color selection area information, and transmission area information. Then, it is determined from the information in the transmission destination identification area that it is the transmission destination of “1” in the transmission destination identification area (the first registered transmission destination), and the mail address “atanaka” of “ID = 1” in FIG. @ Xxx.ne.jp ”is acquired.

  Next, the server device 14 forms a bitmap from the information in the message area 1102 and the information in the background color selection area 1103. As a result, the server device 14 obtains a message (FIG. 12) to be transmitted by mail. And the server apparatus 14 transmits the message of FIG. 12 to e-mail address "atanaka@xxx.ne.jp" as an electronic mail received from the mobile identifier "wao@pp.jp.ne.jp".

Next, the mail reaches the receiving-side mobile communication device 15 identified by the mail address “atanaka@xxx.ne.jp”. Then, the user of the receiving-side mobile communication device 15 displays the mail according to the instruction. Then, as shown in FIG. 13, an electronic mail is displayed on the receiving-side mobile communication device 15. In the electronic mail in FIG. 13, the sender is “wao@pp.jp.ne.jp”.
Next, it is assumed that the user transmits a Christmas card different from the first registered destination to the second registered destination (the destination registered in the medium address selection “1” in FIG. 6). .
The user checks “2” in the transmission destination identification area (address selection area) 1101. Then, coordinate information indicating the locus of the electronic pen 12 is stored in the electronic pen 12.

Next, the user writes “MERRY CHRISTMAS” in the upper left part of the message area and “Let's eat cake together” under the electronic pen. Next, the user traces a sketch (such as a picture of a Christmas tree) written below the part of the message area where the character is written, thereby completing the Christmas card.
Similarly, the user checks any box in the background color selection area 1103 and selects a background color.
Further, the user checks the transmission area 1104. Then, the electronic pen 12 stores a sequence of coordinate information as shown in FIG. 10 (FIG. 10 is an example).
Next, for example, the user presses a transmission button (a button configured by hardware) of the electronic pen 12. Then, the electronic pen 12 transmits a sequence of coordinate information as shown in FIG. 10 to the mobile communication device 13.
Thereafter, the mobile communication device 13 and the server device 14 perform the same processing as the operation (explained) when sending an email to the first registered destination, and the message in FIG. 14 is displayed as “kaoki@yyyy.ne. jp ".

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is very easy to transmit different e-mails depending on the other party to whom the e-mail is transmitted. In other words, the present e-mail system combines the advantages of e-mail system and mail creation by letter, and can easily and elegantly send e-mail. Even if an e-mail is described with the same electronic pen, if the mobile communication device that passes is different, it appears that the e-mail has arrived from a different person for the mail recipient. This has an effect that even if the electronic pen is shared by a plurality of people (for example, family members), it seems that each person seems to have received an e-mail from the recipient side.
Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the recipient can receive an excellent e-mail without seeing a sketch that was not used for the e-mail. Also, the receiver does not know that the sender has created an e-mail using the sketch. This is because information other than the line traced by the sender with the electronic pen is not transmitted.

According to the present embodiment, the mobile communication device includes a mobile identifier storage unit, a pen information reception unit, a transmission information configuration unit, and an information transfer unit, and adds a mobile identifier to the received information. The device may simply transfer the received information to the server device 14. In such a case, the mobile communication device is configured to include an information transfer unit that receives information from the electronic pen and transfers the information to the server device.
In the present embodiment, the transmission destination identification area of the medium is not essential. The sender may specify the destination by another means. Accordingly, this electronic mail system is an electronic mail system comprising a medium for describing a message to be sent by mail, an electronic pen, a portable communication device, and a server device, wherein the medium is an electronic mail message. The message area is a medium having a sketch, and the electronic pen includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information described in the medium, and the information acquired by the information acquisition unit. A transmission unit for transmitting to the mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device receives information from the electronic pen and transfers the information to the server device; and the server device receives information from the mobile communication device. It may be an e-mail system including an information receiving unit for receiving and an e-mail transmitting unit for transmitting a message based on the received information.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, a sketch including two or more pictures is described in the message area of the medium. However, the picture included in the sketch may be a single picture that is not separated. Even in such a case, the sender can send a plurality of types of emails depending on whether or not the sketch is adopted. Even if the sender adopts a sketch, the receiver does not know that the sender has created an e-mail using the sketch, which is preferable for the sender. Furthermore, the background image may include one or more character strings (character strings usually have a predetermined meaning) or only one or more character strings.

Furthermore, the processing in the present embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. This also applies to other embodiments in this specification. Note that the software that implements the mobile communication device according to the present embodiment is the following program. In other words, the program transmits information to the server device based on the pen information receiving step for receiving information from the electronic pen, the information received in the pen information receiving step, and the stored portable identifier. And a program for executing an information transfer step of transmitting the information configured in the transmission information configuration step to the server device.
(Embodiment 2)
In this embodiment, an e-mail system that transmits an e-mail from the electronic pen to the receiving-side mobile communication device via the mobile communication device without using the server device will be described.
FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram of the electronic mail system in the present embodiment. The e-mail system includes a medium 11, an electronic pen 12, a portable communication device 153, and a receiving-side portable communication device 15.

  FIG. 16 is a block diagram of the electronic mail system in the present embodiment. The mobile communication device 153 includes a mobile identifier storage unit 1301, a pen information reception unit 1302, a transmission information configuration unit 1303, a transmission destination determination unit 1402, and an e-mail transmission unit 1404. The transmission destination determination unit 1402 includes an address management unit 14021 and an address determination unit 14022.

That is, the mobile communication device 153 has some functions of the server device 14 in the first embodiment. A part of the function of the server device 14 included in the mobile communication device 153 is to determine a transmission destination of the electronic mail and transmit the electronic mail to the reception-side mobile communication device 15 of the transmission destination.
Hereinafter, the operation of the electronic mail system will be described. The operations of the electronic pen 12 and the reception-side mobile communication device 15 have been described.
Next, the operation of the mobile communication device 153 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S <b> 1701) The pen information receiving unit 1302 determines whether information has been received from the electronic pen 12. If information is received, it will go to step S1702, and if information is not received, it will return to step S1701.
(Step S1702) The transmission information configuration unit 1303 acquires the mobile identifier from the mobile identifier storage unit 1301.

(Step S1703) The transmission information configuration unit 1303 configures transmission information, which is information to be transmitted, based on the information received in step S1701 and the portable identifier acquired in step S1702. Here, the transmission information configuration unit 1303 may configure the image data of the e-mail message to be transmitted based on the information received in step S1701, and add a mobile identifier to the image data, or in step S1701. A mobile identifier may be added to the received information (coordinate information column). In addition, the information configuration method of the transmission information configuration unit 1303 does not matter.
(Step S1704) The transmission destination determination unit 1402 determines a transmission destination based on the information in the transmission destination identification area 1101 among the information received in Step S1701.
(Step S1705) The e-mail transmission unit 1404 transmits the transmission information configured in step S1703 to the transmission destination determined in step S1704. The process returns to step S1701.
In the flowchart of FIG. 17, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends.

  The operation from when an e-mail is created with a specific electronic pen 12 until the e-mail arrives at the receiving-side mobile communication device 15 is generally the same as that of the first embodiment except that it does not go through the server device. is there. Of course, the mobile communication device 153 performs processing such as determination of the transmission destination performed by the server device. Therefore, a specific description of the e-mail transmission process is omitted.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is very easy to send different e-mails depending on the other party who sends the e-mail without using the server device. In the first embodiment, the transmission destination must be registered in the server device. However, in the present embodiment, the transmission destination may be registered in the portable communication device. Therefore, it becomes very easy to manage and change the transmission destination.

In the present embodiment, the process of converting the coordinate information indicating the e-mail message into information that can be displayed on the display is performed by the portable communication device, the electronic pen, or the receiving-side portable communication device. You may do it.
Moreover, the software which implement | achieves the portable communication apparatus in this Embodiment is the following programs. That is, this program constitutes information to be transmitted to the computer based on the pen information receiving step for receiving information from the electronic pen, the information received in the pen information receiving step, and the stored portable identifier. A program for executing a transmission information configuration step and an information transfer step of transmitting information configured in the transmission information configuration step.
Further, the computer that executes the program described above may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.
In the above program, in the step of transmitting information, the step of receiving information, etc., processing performed by hardware, for example, processing performed by a modem or an interface card in the transmitting step (only performed by hardware). Not included).
In each of the above embodiments, the medium 11 may be a medium other than paper. For example, the medium 11 may be plastic.

  In each of the above embodiments, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the e-mail system and the like according to the present invention can very easily transmit different e-mails depending on the other party to which the e-mail is transmitted, and are useful as an e-mail system or the like.

Conceptual diagram of the electronic mail system in the first embodiment Block diagram of the e-mail system Diagram explaining the coordinate detection technology A flowchart for explaining the operation of the portable communication device Flow chart for explaining the operation of the server device Figure showing an example of the same medium Figure showing the same destination information management table The figure which shows the example of the information which the electronic pen stores The figure which shows the example of the information which the electronic pen stores The figure which shows the example of the information which the electronic pen stores The figure which shows the example of the transmission information The figure which shows the example of the message which is transmitted with the same mail The figure which shows the example of the email displayed in the portable communication apparatus of the receiving side The figure which shows the example of the message which is transmitted with the same mail Conceptual diagram in the second embodiment Block diagram of the e-mail system A flowchart for explaining the operation of the portable communication device

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Medium 12 Child pen 13, 153 Portable communication apparatus 14 Server apparatus 15 Reception side portable communication apparatus 1101 Transmission destination identification area 1102 Message area 1103 Background color selection area 1104 Transmission area 1201 Information acquisition section 1202 Transmission section 1301 Portable identifier storage section 1302 Pen Information reception unit 1303 Transmission information configuration unit 1304 Information transfer unit 1401 Information reception unit 1402 Transmission destination determination unit 1403 Information conversion unit 1404 Email transmission unit 1501 Email reception unit 1502 Input reception unit 1503 Email display unit 14021 Address management unit 14022 Address Decision means

Claims (8)

An electronic mail system comprising a medium for describing a message to be sent by mail, an electronic pen, a portable communication device, and a server device,
The medium is
A destination identification area in which information identifying the destination of the email is written;
Having a message area describing the email message;
The message area is a medium having a sketch,
The electronic pen is
An information acquisition unit for acquiring information described in the medium;
Comprising a transmitter for transmitting the information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the mobile communication device;
The portable communication device is
A portable identifier storage unit storing a portable identifier that is an email address of a user of the portable communication device;
A pen information receiving unit for receiving information from the electronic pen;
A transmission information configuration unit that configures information to be transmitted to the server device by adding the mobile identifier that identifies the sender of the email to the information received by the pen information reception unit;
An information transfer unit that transfers information configured by the transmission information configuration unit to the server device;
The server device
An information receiving unit for receiving information from the portable communication device;
When the information is information described in the transmission destination identification area, a transmission destination determination unit that determines a transmission destination based on the information;
E-mail system in which the information in the case of information described in the message area, comprises an e-mail transmission unit for transmitting a message based on the information. The server device
An information conversion unit that converts the information described in the message area into transmission information that is information to be transmitted;
The e-mail transmission unit
The destination the destination determination unit has determined, e-mail system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting the transmission information. An electronic mail system comprising a medium for describing a message to be transmitted, an electronic pen, and a portable communication device,
The medium is
A destination identification area in which information identifying the destination of the email is written;
Having a message area describing the email message;
The message area is a medium having a sketch,
The electronic pen is
An information acquisition unit for acquiring information described in the medium;
Comprising a transmitter for transmitting the information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the mobile communication device;
The portable communication device is
A portable identifier storage unit storing a portable identifier that is an email address of a user of the portable communication device;
A pen information receiving unit for receiving information from the electronic pen;
A transmission information constituting unit that constitutes information to be transmitted by adding the portable identifier for identifying the sender of the e-mail to the information received by the pen information receiving unit;
When the information received by the portable information receiving unit is information described in the transmission destination identification area, a transmission destination determination unit that determines a transmission destination based on the information;
An e-mail system comprising an e-mail transmission unit that transmits information configured by the transmission information configuration unit to a transmission destination determined by the transmission destination determination unit. The medium is
The electronic mail system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , further comprising a message area in which an electronic mail message is described, wherein the message area is a medium having a sketch. 5. The electronic mail system according to claim 4 , wherein the message area of the medium has a plurality of sketches indicating the same subject. The server apparatus which comprises the electronic mail system in any one of Claim 1 , Claim 2, Claim 4, or Claim 5 . An information processing method in a server device constituting the electronic mail system according to claim 1, and
An information processing method that can be realized by an information reception unit, a transmission destination determination unit, and an email transmission unit of the server device,
An information receiving step in which the information receiving unit receives information from a mobile communication device;
When the information is the information described in the transmission destination identification area, the transmission destination determination unit determines a transmission destination based on the information; and
An information processing method comprising: an e-mail transmission step in which the e-mail transmission unit transmits a message based on the information when the information is information described in the message area. An information processing method in a portable communication device constituting the electronic mail system according to claim 3, and
An information processing method that can be realized by a pen information reception unit, a transmission information configuration unit, a transmission destination determination unit, and an email transmission unit of the mobile communication device,
The storage medium stores a mobile identifier that is an email address of the user of the mobile communication device,
The pen information receiving unit receives information from the electronic pen;
A transmission information configuration step for configuring the information to be transmitted by adding the mobile identifier for identifying the sender of the e-mail to the information received in the pen information reception step;
When the information received in the portable information reception step is information described in the transmission destination identification area, the transmission destination determination unit determines a transmission destination based on the information;
An information processing method comprising: an e-mail transmission step in which the e-mail transmission unit transmits the information configured in the transmission information configuration step to the transmission destination determined in the transmission destination determination step.

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