JP4574361B2 - E-mail processing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for registering electronic mail ToDo information, and more specifically, to a technique for registering ToDo information including actions related to electronic mail.

In general, received e-mails are organized and managed by a method such as giving a certain order to the list of received e-mails based on the reception date and sender, or searching for e-mails using header information. However, for example, when a large amount of mails have been received, these actions may be forgotten even though there are mails that need to be replied or forwarded. For this reason, for example, in Patent Document 1, when displaying a list item representing an outline of an individual mail text, the display state such as the color of the list item is changed according to bibliographic information such as the date and time of mail reception and the sender name. An e-mail display device has been proposed. For example, Patent Document 2 proposes an e-mail system that registers information such as ToDo information extracted from received e-mail using predetermined text analysis means in a personal information database.
JP-A-9-326822 JP-A-11-136278

  However, even if the display state of the mail is changed, it is not possible to clearly tell whether or not an action such as a reply or transfer should be performed, and it is easy to forget an action such as a reply or transfer. For this reason, there is a need for a technique for easily managing actions such as replies and transfers related to electronic mail.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a technique for easily managing processing for electronic mail.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, an electronic mail processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is any one of a plurality of predetermined actions that are processes for an electronic mail including at least display of an electronic mail editing screen. An action menu storage unit that stores an action menu that is identification information for identifying the action, an action menu selection reception unit that receives a selection of an action menu that specifies an action reserved for execution among a plurality of actions, and a selection is received Included in the displayed ToDo information, a ToDo information registration unit for registering action reservation information including a registered action menu as ToDo information, a ToDo information display control unit for displaying ToDo information registered by a predetermined instruction on the screen Special action menu Comprising an action execution input accepting unit that accepts an instruction to execute an action from the user is, and a action execution unit for executing an action is received the execution instruction. According to this aspect, it is possible to easily manage ToDo information including actions related to electronic mail.

  It is to be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, or those in which constituent elements and expressions of the present invention are mutually replaced between a system, a recording medium storing a computer program, and the like are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the electronic mail processing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to easily manage processing for electronic mail.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment”) will be described.

  An e-mail processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention accepts a selection of an action menu for specifying an action that reserves execution among a plurality of predetermined actions that are processes for e-mail, and can accept the selection. The action reservation information including the action menu is registered as ToDo information. The e-mail processing apparatus displays the registered ToDo information on the screen, and executes an action for which an execution instruction is received from the user among the displayed ToDo information. Thereby, ToDo information can be managed easily and it can suppress forgetting execution of the action relevant to an email.

  In the following description, the electronic mail processing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described as being provided in a user terminal that is connected to a network and includes an electronic mail system that can create and transmit / receive electronic mail. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, an e-mail processing device may be provided in another terminal connected to the user terminal via a network, or e-mail processing may be performed on a mail server or relay server (proxy server) that receives e-mail from the user terminal. An apparatus may be provided, and this relay server may be configured to execute processing described below.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the electronic mail processing apparatus 100. The e-mail processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment can be realized by a hardware configuration such as a CPU and a memory of a computer, and can be realized by a program in terms of software. I draw a composition. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that these configurations can be realized in various ways by a combination of hardware and software.

  The electronic mail processing apparatus 100 includes a reception unit 10, a transmission unit 12, an electronic mail storage unit 16, and the like. The receiving unit 10 receives an e-mail via a network and stores the received e-mail in the e-mail storage unit 16. The transmission unit 12 transmits an e-mail via a network. The mail processing unit 14 outputs an electronic mail created by the user to the transmission unit 12 by accepting an input of the user's transmission button, and the transmission unit 12 transmits the electronic mail via the network. The mail processing unit 14 stores the transmitted electronic mail and the electronic mail being edited in the electronic mail storage unit 16.

  The action menu selection receiving unit 20 receives an action menu selection from the user. The action menu is identification information for identifying any one of a plurality of predetermined actions that are processes for the e-mail such as e-mail reference, reply, reply to all, transmission, editing, etc. . These plural actions include display of an e-mail editing screen such as e-mail reply, reply to all, edit, etc. In addition to this, transmission of e-mail and reference of e-mail are also included. The action menu is stored as identification data in an action menu storage unit (not shown).

  The action menu selection receiving unit displays the action menu stored in the action menu storage unit in, for example, a pull-down list, and receives a selection of the action menu from the user.

  When the action menu selection accepting unit 20 accepts the selection of the action menu by the user, the ToDo information registering unit 24 registers the reservation information of the action including the action menu accepted for the selection as ToDo information.

  The scheduled display time accepting unit 22 accepts designation of a scheduled ToDo information display time indicating the timing at which the user displays ToDo information on the screen. The ToDo information registration unit 24 stores the ToDo information display scheduled time for which the designation has been received in association with the ToDo information.

  The ToDo information registration unit 24 stores registration information together with ToDo information and ToDo information display scheduled time. The registration information includes link information for specifying an e-mail that is an action execution target. If there is link information, it is stored in the ToDo information registration unit 24 in association with the ToDo information. In addition, the registration information includes information such as a headline, a registration destination, and a memo.

  A link to a predetermined e-mail is displayed in the registration information dialog box by displaying an e-mail tree on the display unit 50 by an input to a link input receiving unit (not shown) such as a user clicking a reference button with a mouse. It can be set by the user selecting from the e-mail tree. It is also possible to automatically set a link by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting a mail from a mail list displaying a list of received mail and outgoing mail to a registration folder.

  The ToDo information display scheduled time for which the designation has been accepted is monitored by the ToDo information display control unit 28, and when the ToDo information display scheduled time is reached, an unprocessed ToDo information list is displayed on the display unit 50. In the unprocessed ToDo information list, an action menu designated to display the ToDo information when the ToDo information display scheduled time is reached is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the unprocessed ToDo information list displays a plurality of unprocessed ToDo information for which no action has been executed. Accordingly, the user can check unprocessed ToDo information every time the ToDo information is displayed, and can suppress forgetting an action related to an electronic mail such as a reply or transfer.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of unprocessed ToDo information is arranged in an unprocessed ToDo information list and displayed on the display unit 50. The user can select a display order criterion for displaying ToDo information. For example, the sorting function allows the ToDo information display schedule time to be arranged in order from the nearest time, or the user selects the ToDo information with an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard, and the user drags and drops the ToDo information to a position where the ToDo information is to be arranged. By changing the display order in descending order of importance, the display order for displaying the ToDo information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list can be changed.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration including the action execution unit 32 of the electronic mail processing apparatus 100. The e-mail processing apparatus 100 allows the user to select ToDo information from among a plurality of ToDo information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list, and select an action execution button displayed by the action execution input receiving unit 30. The execution of the action included in the ToDo information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list is accepted.

  When the execution of the action is received, the action execution unit 32 refers to the ToDo information and link information including the selected action menu stored in the ToDo information registration unit 24. If there is link information, the link information is referred to identify an email to be executed by the action, and the action is executed on the specified email. For example, if the action that has received the execution input is “reference”, the ToDo information display control unit 28 displays an e-mail linked to the “reference” action on the display unit 50. If the action that received the execution input is “Reply”, the ToDo information display control unit 28 uses the address described in the sender of the email linked to the “Reply” action as a destination, and is necessary. The newly created mail quoting the contents of the linked email is displayed on the display unit 50. If the action that received the execution input is “reply to all”, the ToDo information display control unit 28 sends the sender, other destination, Cc of the email linked to the “reply to all” action. A newly created mail is displayed on the display unit 50 with the addresses described in (Carbon Copy) and Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy) as destinations and the contents of the linked emails are quoted as necessary. If the action for which the execution input has been received is “transfer”, the ToDo information display control unit 28 displays a newly created mail attached with an e-mail linked to the “transfer” action on the display unit 50. . If the action that received the execution input is “send”, the action executing unit 32 sends an email linked to the “send” action to the sending unit 12, and the sending unit 12 sends the email to the network. To the destination address. If the action that received the execution input is “edit”, the ToDo information display control unit 28 displays the email linked to the “edit” action on the display unit 50 in an editable state.

  When the action is executed, the ToDo information display control unit 28 deletes the display of the ToDo information including the executed action from the plurality of ToDo information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list. Thereby, since only the unprocessed ToDo information is continuously displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list, the user can easily manage the unprocessed ToDo information.

  When the ToDo information including the executed action is deleted from the unprocessed ToDo information list and displayed, the action execution unit 32 sets a flag indicating that the action has been executed, and stores this flag in the ToDo information registration unit 24. Thereby, when displaying an unprocessed ToDo information list next, only an unexecuted action can be displayed, without displaying the implemented action.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the ToDo information display control unit 28. The ToDo information display control unit 28 includes an order change input receiving unit 38 and an order change unit 36. As described above, the ToDo information display control unit 28 displays a plurality of unprocessed ToDo information on which no action is performed in the unprocessed ToDo information list. The order change input receiving unit 38 receives, for example, selection of an order reference for arranging ToDo information by the user. Also, it is accepted that the user drags and drops the ToDo information whose arrangement is to be changed to a position where the user wants to change the arrangement. The order changing unit 36 changes the order of ToDo information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list according to a criterion for accepting input or a drag-and-drop operation of ToDo information. Thereby, a relative priority can be given to each ToDo information.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation flow of the electronic mail processing apparatus 100. This flow is a process executed and repeated every predetermined time.

  The ToDo information display control unit 28 determines whether or not any of the unprocessed ToDo information has a designated display time of ToDo information indicating the timing for displaying the ToDo information on the screen (S11). When the display scheduled time is specified (Y in S11), the ToDo information display control unit 28 determines whether or not the display scheduled time for which the specification has been received has been reached (S12). When there is no designation of the scheduled display time in any of the unprocessed ToDo information (N in S11), and when there is a designation of the scheduled display time and the scheduled display time has not been reached (N in S12), this End the flow.

  When it is determined that the scheduled ToDo information display time has been reached (Y in S12), the ToDo information display control unit 28 displays the unprocessed ToDo information list on the display unit 50, and only the ToDo information that has reached the scheduled ToDo information display time is displayed. If there is other unprocessed ToDo information, these are also displayed (S13).

  When the unprocessed ToDo information list is displayed, the order change input receiving unit 38 has received, for example, selection of an order criterion for arranging the ToDo information by the user for a plurality of ToDo information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list. It is determined whether or not there has been an input for changing the order in which a plurality of ToDo information is displayed, such as whether the user has accepted dragging and dropping the ToDo information whose arrangement is desired to be changed (S14).

  When there is an input for changing the display order of a plurality of ToDo information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list (Y in S14), the order changing unit 36 displays a plurality of information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list. The order of ToDo information is changed and displayed on the display unit 50 (S15). When there is no input for changing the display order (N in S14), the order changing unit 36 maintains the order of the plurality of ToDo information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list without changing it.

  Next, in the action execution unit 32, the user selects ToDo information from among a plurality of ToDo information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list, and selects an action execution button displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list. It is determined whether or not an action execution input has been input to the action execution input receiving unit 30 (S16).

  When an action execution is input (Y in S16), an action execution process for executing an action related to the e-mail such as e-mail reference, reply, reply to all, transfer, transmission, editing, etc. is performed ( S17). If there is no action execution input (N in S16), no action execution processing is performed.

  The e-mail processing apparatus 100 determines whether or not the user has input from the input device such as a mouse or a keyboard of the close button of the unprocessed ToDo information list (S18), and the input for closing the unprocessed ToDo information list is performed. If not (N in S18), the display of the unprocessed ToDo information list is continued, and an input for changing the order and an input for executing the action are accepted. If there is an input for closing the unprocessed ToDo information list (Y in S18), the unprocessed ToDo information list is closed (S19), and this flow ends.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation flow of action execution processing of the electronic mail processing apparatus 100. This operation flow shows a detailed operation flow of the action execution process of S17 of FIG.

  In FIG. 4, when an action execution is input (S16), the action execution unit 32 performs an action execution process (S17). In the action execution process, first, the action execution unit 32 refers to the action and link information related to the action selected from the ToDo information registration unit 24, and whether or not the action that has been selected and received the execution input has link information. Is determined (S31).

  If there is link information (Y in S31), the link destination is referred to when the action is executed (S33) (S32). If there is no link information (N in S31), the link destination is not referred to when the action is executed (S33).

  Next, for example, when there is link information and the action for which execution is received is “reference”, the action execution unit 32 displays the linked e-mail on the display unit 50 if the action is “reference”. The action is executed using the linked electronic mail (S33).

  When the action is executed, the ToDo information display control unit 28 deletes the display of ToDo information including the executed action from the plurality of ToDo information displayed in the unprocessed ToDo information list (S34).

  When the ToDo information including the executed action is deleted from the unprocessed ToDo information list and displayed, the action execution unit 32 sets a flag indicating that the action has been executed, and stores this flag in the ToDo information registration unit 24 ( S35). Thereby, when displaying an unprocessed ToDo information list, it is possible to display only the unexecuted actions without displaying the performed actions. When a flag indicating that an action has been executed is stored in the ToDo information registration unit 24 (S35), the action execution process is terminated.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an e-mail list display 60. An e-mail list display 60 displays a first area 62 representing the hierarchical structure of folders storing e-mails, a second area 64 displaying a list of e-mails stored in each folder, and displays e-mail contents. It is divided into a third area 68 which is a viewer.

  The first area 62 is provided with folders such as an inbox and a transmission box. The transmission box is provided with subfolders such as already sent, waiting for transmission, and writing. In the first area 62, a ToDo folder 63 is provided separately from folders such as an inbox and a transmission box.

  For example, when the inbox folder is opened, the received mail stored in the folder is displayed in the second area 64, and the received mail in the displayed second area 64 that is to be returned later is the second area 64. To the ToDo folder 63 in the first area 62. When the e-mail is dragged and dropped into the ToDo folder 63 in the first area 62, the ToDo information display control unit 28 displays a registration information dialog box, and the ToDo information can be set in the registration information dialog box. Details of the registration information dialog box will be described later. For example, when the user wants to send an e-mail stored in the transmission waiting folder later, or when he wants to edit the e-mail stored in the writing folder later, the e-mail is similarly sent to the second area 64. Then, the registration information dialog box is displayed by dragging and dropping the ToDo folder 63 in the first area 62, and the ToDo information can be set therein.

  The registration information dialog box can also be displayed by selecting the received mail displayed in the second area 64 of the electronic mail list display 60 and copying and pasting it to the ToDo folder 63 in the first area 62.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a registration information dialog box 70. As described above, the registration information dialog box 70 drags e-mails such as received mails and unsent mails displayed in the second area 64 of the e-mail list display 60 to the ToDo folder 63 displayed in the first area 62. Appears when & drop or copy & paste. Further, for example, when the user selects a menu for displaying the registration information dialog box 70 from the menu of the e-mail system, the registration information dialog box 70 can be displayed, and the user selects an icon registered in the tool box. Can also be displayed. When an e-mail is searched using the e-mail search menu, the e-mail displayed in the e-mail search result list dialog as a search result is selected, and the menu for displaying the registration information dialog box 70 is selected from the right-click menu. Accordingly, the registration information dialog box 70 can be displayed.

  The registration information dialog box 70 is displayed by selecting the registration information dialog box 70 from the right-click menu for the selection range, URL, or mail address displayed in the e-mail viewer 68 that is the third area 68 of the e-mail list display 60. The registration information dialog box 70 can also be displayed by selecting a menu to be displayed.

  The registration information dialog box 70 includes an inputable column such as a heading column 71, a link column 72, a registration destination column 73, a ToDo column 76, a memo column 77, a reference button 74, a setting button 75, an OK button 78, a cancel button 79, It has a ToDo check box 80 and the like.

  The heading column 71 is, for example, drag-and-drop or copy an e-mail such as a received mail or an unsent mail displayed in the second area 64 of the e-mail list display 60 to the ToDo folder 63 displayed in the first area 62. In the case of & paste, the mail header of the e-mail that is dragged and dropped or copied and pasted is input as a default value.

  When the registration information dialog box 70 is displayed from the right-click menu for the selection range displayed in the viewer 68, the contents of the selection range are input to the heading column 71 as a default. When the registration information dialog box 70 is displayed from the right-click menu for the URL or mail address displayed in the viewer 68, the URL or mail address is input to the header column 71 as a default.

  This mail headline can be edited, and a mail headline that is too long can be shortened or a clear mail headline can be distinguished from other ToDos. The headline input in the headline column 71 is displayed in a dialog box of an unprocessed ToDo information list 90 described later.

  The link field 72 includes an email that is dragged and dropped or copied and pasted, an email that is displayed on the viewer 68 when the registration information dialog box 70 is displayed from the right-click menu for the selection range of the viewer 68, etc. The folder hierarchy with the email to link to and the mail header are entered as defaults. This link can be deleted, and when the link is deleted, a blank is displayed in the link field 72 and the association with the e-mail is lost. If a URL or email address is entered in the link field 72, it can be edited.

  In the registration destination field 73, the hierarchical structure of folders such as the registration destination ToDo folder 63 is displayed. It is not possible to make an arbitrary entry in this field, and a reference button 74 can be selected to select a registration destination folder from a tree having a hierarchical structure of folders. The reference button 74 is effective only when a new registration is made in the registration information dialog box 70. If the registration information dialog box 70 is registered once, the registration destination field is displayed even if the registration information dialog box 70 is displayed again. 73 is grayed out and cannot be edited.

  When the ToDo check box 80 is checked, the ToDo attribute can be added to the registered content. The ToDo check box 80 is used to display a registration information dialog box 70 from a right-click menu when an e-mail is dragged and dropped or copied and pasted into the ToDo folder 63, or for an e-mail selection range displayed in the viewer 68. When displayed, the check is OFF by default, and when “Register as” is selected from the menu, the check is ON by default. The detailed contents of the ToDo information can be set by selecting the setting button 75 and displaying and inputting a ToDo information setting dialog box 85 described later. When the detailed content of ToDo information is set, the content of ToDo information set in the ToDo column 76 is displayed. Note that the user cannot arbitrarily directly enter the ToDo column 76.

  The memo field 77 is an edit box that can be arbitrarily input directly by the user. When an e-mail is dragged and dropped or copied and pasted into the ToDo folder 63, the contents of the e-mail are displayed in the registration information dialog box 70 from the right-click menu for the e-mail selection range displayed in the viewer 68. When displayed, the contents of the selection range and the like are input to the memo field 77 as default.

  When the OK button 78 is selected, registration is performed with the contents input in the registration information dialog box 70, the registration contents are stored in the ToDo information registration unit 24 of the electronic mail processing apparatus 100, and the registration information dialog box 70 is closed. When the cancel button 79 is selected, the contents input while the registration information dialog box 70 is displayed are not registered, and the registration information dialog box 70 is closed.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the items related to the detailed setting of ToDo information, (a) is a diagram showing the ToDo information setting dialog box 85, and (b) is the setting content of the ToDo information setting dialog box 85. FIG. The ToDo information setting dialog box 85 is displayed when the setting button 75 is selected by the user.

  When the setting button 75 is selected in the registration information dialog box 70, the ToDo information display control unit 28 displays a ToDo information setting dialog box 85 as shown in FIG. The ToDo information setting dialog box 85 includes an action pull-down list 81, a display scheduled time setting pull-down list 82, a ToDo information display scheduled time setting field 83, and the like.

  When the action pull-down list 81 is selected by the user, as shown in FIG. 8B, action menus such as registration, reference, and reply are displayed as a pull-down list, and the user selects an action menu from the displayed actions. You can choose.

  When the ToDo information display scheduled time setting field 83 is selected, the ToDo information display control unit 28 displays pull-down menus such as “not notify” and “date designation” as shown in FIG. For example, when “Specify date and time” is selected from the pull-down menu, the ToDo information display scheduled time can be set as the date by entering the date in the ToDo information display scheduled time setting field 83.

  When the OK button 86 is selected by the user, the contents input in the ToDo information setting dialog box 85 are displayed in the ToDo column 76 of the registration information dialog box 70, and the ToDo information setting dialog box 85 is closed. Further, when the user selects the OK button 78 in the registration information dialog box 70, the ToDo information registration unit 24 registers the contents input in the ToDo information setting dialog box 85. When the cancel button 87 is selected, contents input while the ToDo information setting dialog box 85 is displayed are not registered, and the ToDo information setting dialog box 85 is closed.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an unprocessed ToDo information list 90, (a) is a diagram showing before the display order of ToDo information is changed, and (b) is a diagram showing after the change of the display order of ToDo information. is there. The dialog box of the unprocessed ToDo information list 90 includes a ToDo information display field 91, an action execution button 93, a link destination button 94, a registration data button 95, and the like, and when the registered ToDo information display scheduled time is reached. Is displayed. If the power of the email processing apparatus 100 is not turned on at the scheduled ToDo information display time or if the email processing apparatus 100 is not activated, the email processing apparatus 100 is activated after the scheduled ToDo information display time. When this is done, the unprocessed ToDo information list 90 is displayed.

  The ToDo information display column 91 displays a list of unprocessed ToDo information for which no action has been executed. For example, in FIG. 9 (a), ToDo information is displayed with ToDo information display scheduled time of October 9, 2004 at 12:00 pm, and already displayed at 8:00 pm on September 19, 2004 together with this ToDo information. ToDo information, which is reservation information for actions that have been performed but have not yet been performed, is also displayed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to perform an action that has been displayed but not executed. In the ToDo information display column 91, the ToDo information display scheduled time, headline, link destination and the like set in the registration information dialog box 70 and the ToDo information setting dialog box 85 are displayed together with actions.

  The display order of the ToDo information displayed in the ToDo information display column 91 can be sorted. For example, when sorting by ToDo information scheduled display time, the ascending order can be switched between the oldest and newest date, and for example, when sorting by heading or link destination, the ascending order can be ASCII code order, When sorting by action, the ascending order can be sorted in a predetermined priority order such as “reference → reply → reply to all → transfer → transmission → edit → registration”.

  The display order of the ToDo information displayed in the ToDo information display column 91 can be changed by dragging and dropping the ToDo information whose arrangement is to be changed. For example, in FIG. 9A, the order of the ToDo information display control unit 28 is changed by dragging and dropping the ToDo information displayed below the ToDo information display field 91 onto the upper ToDo information. The unit 36 changes the display order of the ToDo information as shown in FIG.

  The ToDo information displayed in the ToDo information display column 91 is selected by the user, the action execution button 93 displayed by the action execution input receiving unit 30 is selected by the user, and the action execution input receiving unit 30 receives an action execution instruction. If so, the action execution unit executes the action for which the execution instruction has been accepted. For example, when the ToDo information including the “Reply All” action displayed in the ToDo information display field 91 in FIG. 9A is selected and the action execution button 93 is selected, the ToDo information display control unit 28 displays the link destination. As for the e-mail registered as, an e-mail input screen of “Reply to all” is displayed with all e-mail addresses displayed in the address or Cc as the address. Thus, an action can be executed without performing a complicated operation such as selecting an e-mail in the e-mail list display 60 and selecting a reply icon for all of them.

  When the action execution unit 32 executes the action for which the execution instruction has been accepted, the ToDo information display control unit 28 deletes and displays the ToDo information including the executed action from the ToDo information display column 91. When the ToDo information display control unit 28 displays the unprocessed ToDo information list 90 when the next scheduled display time of other ToDo information is reached, the ToDo information including the executed action is not displayed and is not executed. Only the ToDo information including the action of execution is displayed.

  When the link destination button 94 is selected, the email list display 60 is activated, the link destination email is selected, and the contents of the link destination email are displayed on the viewer 68. When the registration data button 95 is selected, a registration information dialog box 70 is displayed.

  By selecting the close button 92, the unprocessed ToDo information list 90 is closed. Actions that have not been executed before closing the unprocessed ToDo information list 90 are displayed again when the unprocessed ToDo information list 90 is displayed as the scheduled display time of other ToDo information.

  As described above, according to the e-mail processing device of the present invention, when it is desired to perform an action related to e-mail such as reply or transfer later, it is possible to suppress forgetting these actions. And allows a user to easily manage actions related to email.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. Further, based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each invention specific matter and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. By the way. Hereinafter, modifications will be described.

  The ToDo information display scheduled time may be set by first setting an action deadline and setting how long before the action deadline to display the ToDo information. Thereby, the time limit of action can be clarified.

It is a figure which shows the structure of an electronic mail processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure containing the action execution part of an electronic mail processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure of a ToDo information display control part. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement flow of an electronic mail processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement flow of the action execution process of an electronic mail processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the list display of an email. It is a figure which shows a registration information dialog box. It is a figure which shows the thing relevant to the detailed setting of ToDo information, (a) is a figure which shows a ToDo information setting dialog box, (b) is a figure which shows the setting content of a ToDo information setting dialog box. It is a figure which shows an unprocessed ToDo information list, (a) is a figure which shows before the change of the display order of ToDo information, (b) is a figure which shows after the change of the display order of ToDo information.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Reception part, 12 Transmission part, 14 Mail processing part, 16 E-mail storage part, 20 Action menu selection reception part, 22 Display scheduled time reception part, 24 ToDo information registration part, 28 ToDo information display control part, 30 Action execution input Reception unit, 32 action execution unit, 50 display unit, 60 e-mail list display, 70 registration information dialog box, 85 ToDo information setting dialog box, 90 unprocessed ToDo information list, 100 e-mail processing device.

Claims (5)

An action menu storage unit that stores an action menu that is identification information for identifying any one of a plurality of predetermined actions that are processing for an e-mail including display of an e-mail editing screen;
An action menu selection receiving unit that receives a selection of an action menu that specifies an action that reserves execution among the plurality of actions;
A ToDo information registration unit for registering action reservation information including an action menu accepted for selection as ToDo information;
A ToDo information display control unit for displaying the registered ToDo information on a screen according to a predetermined instruction;
An action execution input receiving unit that receives an execution instruction of an action specified by an action menu included in the displayed ToDo information from a user;
An action execution unit for executing an action for which the execution instruction has been received;
A scheduled display time reception unit that receives from the user designation of a scheduled DoDo information display time indicating the timing at which the ToDo information display control unit displays the ToDo information on the screen;
Equipped with a,
The ToDo information registration unit stores the ToDo information display scheduled time for which the designation has been received in correspondence with the ToDo information,
The ToDo information display control unit is configured such that when any of the unprocessed ToDo information for which a reserved action has not been executed reaches the ToDo information display scheduled time, the ToDo information that has become the ToDo information display scheduled time, and the like Display unprocessed ToDo information on the screen,
The action execution unit executes an action reserved in the selected ToDo information when any of the displayed unprocessed ToDo information is selected and an action execution instruction is received. E-mail processing device. The ToDo information registration unit stores link information for specifying an email to be executed as an action in association with ToDo information,
The action execution unit identifies and specifies an email to be executed by referring to the link information stored corresponding to the ToDo information that is reservation information of the action for which the execution instruction has been accepted. The electronic mail processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an action is executed on the received electronic mail.   The ToDo information display control unit further includes a display order receiving unit that displays a plurality of registered ToDo information on a screen and receives an input of a display order of the plurality of ToDo information displayed on the screen from a user, The electronic mail processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of ToDo information is displayed on a screen in a display order in which an input is accepted.   The ToDo information display control unit is configured such that when the action execution instruction is received by the action execution input receiving unit, the action execution input received by the action execution input receiving unit is received from the ToDo information displayed on the screen. 4. The electronic mail processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ToDo information that is the reservation information is deleted and displayed on the screen. 5. Computer
An action menu storage unit that stores an action menu that is identification information for identifying any one of a plurality of predetermined actions that are processing for an e-mail including display of an e-mail editing screen;
An action menu selection receiving unit that receives a selection of an action menu that specifies an action that reserves execution among the plurality of actions;
A ToDo information registration unit for registering action reservation information including an action menu accepted for selection as ToDo information ;
A ToDo information display control unit for displaying the registered ToDo information on a screen according to a predetermined instruction;
An action execution input receiving unit that receives an execution instruction of an action specified by an action menu included in the displayed ToDo information from a user;
An action execution unit for executing an action for which the execution instruction has been received;
A scheduled display time reception unit that receives from the user designation of a scheduled DoDo information display time indicating the timing at which the ToDo information display control unit displays the ToDo information on the screen;
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The ToDo information registration unit stores the ToDo information display scheduled time for which the designation has been received in correspondence with the ToDo information,
The ToDo information display control unit is configured such that when any of the unprocessed ToDo information for which a reserved action has not been executed reaches the ToDo information display scheduled time, the ToDo information that has become the ToDo information display scheduled time, and the like Display unprocessed ToDo information on the screen,
The action execution unit executes an action reserved in the selected ToDo information when any of the displayed unprocessed ToDo information is selected and an action execution instruction is received. E-mail processing program.

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