JP5982944B2 - Notification linkage device, notification linkage method, and notification linkage program - Google Patents

Description

  Some embodiments relate to a notification collaboration apparatus, a notification collaboration method, and a notification collaboration program.

  There is a system in which a dedicated home page (hereinafter referred to as “my page”) is created for a user and a notification to be notified to the user is provided on the my page. In a system that provides such a My Page, when the user logs in to the system, the My Page screen is displayed, and the user efficiently confirms the information by viewing the My Page in which information related to the user is collected. be able to.

  As an example of the use of My Page, it is possible to provide various notifications in the social security field. For example, by creating a My Page on which information related to pensions is created, various information related to the pension can be provided to the user on My Page. The user can browse his / her pension information anytime and anywhere by accessing such a My Page via the network. In addition, various notices from organizations such as pension organizations can be easily obtained by looking at My Page. As described above, there is an increasing trend of creating a dedicated My Page for a user and posting information related to the user.

  On the other hand, notification posted on My Page is also transmitted to a personal email address used by the user, and the user is prompted to confirm the notification by email. For example, there is a case where notification from an organization such as an annuity mechanism is posted on a user's My Page and further notified by e-mail to the e-mail address of a web mail used by the user. In such a case, the same notice may be registered in different systems used by the user, such as a system that provides a My Page and a system that provides a webmail service.

In this regard, an e-mail management system that centrally manages e-mails of both the WEB mail server device and the client device, and a technique for providing the method are known.
There is also known a technique for providing an e-mail receiving system that can be easily seen by people who are not good at operating devices such as personal computers, and those who do not have e-mail addresses such as the Internet and mobile phones.

  In addition, a technique for easily deleting Web information registered in a portal site from a Web browser is known.

JP 2007-79888 A JP 2002-344522 A JP 2004-199210 A

  However, there is no mechanism that can manage the unread and read status of the same notification for the same user between different systems. Some embodiments according to the present invention have an object to provide a mechanism capable of managing unread and read states of the same notification for the same user between different systems.

  A notification linkage program for linking a first system and a second system among a plurality of systems in which the same notification article notified to a user according to one aspect of the present invention is registered. User management information in which first user identification information for identifying a user of the system and second user identification information for identifying a user of the second system are associated with each other, and a news article And the mediation request information including the first user identification information of the user who has been notified of the notification article identified by the notification identification information and indicating that the notification article has been opened. The second user identification information specified by specifying the second user identification information in the second system of the user identified by the first user identification information included in the broker request information And the notification identification information, the notification setting request information for notifying that the notification article identified by the notification identification information has been opened by the user identified by the second user identification information. A notification linkage program that includes notifying a computer and causing a computer to execute processing.

  According to the above aspect, it is possible to provide a mechanism capable of managing the unread and read states of the same notification for the same user between different systems.

It is a figure which illustrates the network configuration in which notification cooperation processing is implemented. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the news article in a different system. It is a figure which shows another example of a display of the news article in a different system. It is a figure which illustrates the functional block structure of a my page provision server. It is a figure which illustrates the functional block structure of a mediation apparatus. It is a figure which illustrates the functional block structure of a webmail server. It is a figure which illustrates notice article registration request information. It is a figure which illustrates my page notice management information. It is a figure which illustrates mail address provision request information. It is a figure which illustrates mail address provision information. It is a figure which illustrates web mail news article registration request information. It is a figure which illustrates the notice registration process performed by the control part of my page provision server. It is a figure which illustrates user management information. It is a figure which illustrates the mail address provision process performed by the control part of a mediation apparatus. It is a figure which illustrates webmail management information. It is a figure which illustrates the web mail registration process performed by the control part of a web mail server. It is a figure which illustrates mediation request information. It is a figure which illustrates my page display processing performed by the control part of my page offer server. It is a figure which illustrates the web mail display process performed by the control part of a web mail server. It is a figure which illustrates the opening screen of a webmail. It is a figure which illustrates web mail opened completion request information. It is a figure which illustrates my page opening completion setting request information. It is a figure which illustrates the notification cooperation process performed by the control part of a mediation apparatus. It is a figure which illustrates the webmail opened completion setting process performed by the control part of a webmail server. It is a figure which illustrates my page opening completion setting processing performed by the control part of my page offer server. It is a figure which illustrates the hardware constitutions of the computer for implement | achieving a my page provision server, a webmail server, a user terminal, an administrator terminal, and a mediation apparatus.

  Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol was attached | subjected to the corresponding element in several drawing.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration 100 in which notification linkage processing is performed.
1 includes a plurality of systems such as a my page providing server 101 and a web mail server 102. The network configuration 100 shown in FIG. The network configuration 100 also includes a user terminal 103, an administrator terminal 104, and an intermediary device 105. The my page providing server 101, the web mail server 102, the user terminal 103, the administrator terminal 104, and the mediation device 105 are connected via a network 110. The network 110 is, for example, a network such as the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), and a wireless LAN.

  The my page providing server 101 is, for example, a web server or the like, and is a server that generates and provides my pages individually to the user. The my page providing server 101 may be, for example, a server that provides pension information, provides bank account information, provides an online shopping service, and provides a social networking service. . For example, the My Page providing server 101 provides My Page information generated for each user to the browser 106 of the user terminal 103 in response to an access from the user terminal 103. In addition, the my page providing server 101 receives a registration request for the notification article 201 from the administrator terminal 104 via the browser 107, for example, and posts the received notification article 201 on the user's My Page.

  The web mail server 102 is a web server, for example, and is a server that manages mail transmitted to the user. The web mail server 102 generates, for example, a list of mails sent and received by the user in response to access from the user terminal 103 and provides it to the browser 106 of the user terminal 103.

  The user terminal 103 is a terminal such as a personal computer, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, or a smartphone. The user terminal 103 is a terminal used by a user who uses services such as a My Page provided by the My Page providing server 101 and a Web mail provided by the Web mail server 102, for example. For example, when the user logs in to his / her own account of the My Page providing server 101 via the network 110 from the browser 106 of the user terminal 103, the My Page generated for the logged-in user is displayed on the browser 106. When the user logs in to his / her account of the web mail server 102 from the browser 106 of the user terminal 103 via the network 110, the browser 106 displays a list of web mails transmitted and received by the logged-in user.

The administrator terminal 104 is, for example, a terminal such as a personal computer, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, or a smartphone. The administrator terminal 104 is a terminal used by the administrator of the my page providing server 101, for example. In the administrator terminal 104, for example, registration of the notification article 201 for a user who uses the my page providing server 101 is executed via the browser 107, for example. The notification article 201 registered from the administrator terminal 104 is used when the My Page providing server 101 generates a My Page of the user to be registered. In addition, the notification article 201 registered in the my page providing server 101 from the administrator terminal 104 is also transmitted to the mail address on the web mail server 102 of the same user.
The mediation device 105 is a device such as a web server, for example, and is a device that executes notification linkage processing. Details of the intermediary device 105 will be described later.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a news article in a different system. FIG. 2A exemplifies a user: A's My Page 200 generated by the My Page providing server 101. 2A, for example, when the user of the user terminal 103 logs in to his / her own account of the My Page providing server 101 via the browser 106 and opens the My Page 200, the browser 106 of the user terminal 103 is displayed. It is a screen displayed on the screen. A notification article 201 notified to Mr. A is displayed on My Page 200. Normally, the My Page 200 is configured such that the display format for the user differs between the unopened notification article 201 and the opened notification article 201. For example, in the My Page 200 illustrated in FIG. 2A, the opened notification article 201 is configured not to be displayed. Therefore, the notification article 201 displayed on the My Page 200 is an unopened article. For example, in FIG. 2A, the notification article 201 “about password change” and “about confirmation of pension notification” are unopened notification articles 201. Furthermore, on the my page 200 illustrated in FIG. 2A, a link 202 for displaying various information related to the account of Mr. A is also displayed.

  FIG. 2B illustrates a user: A's web mail inbox 210 generated by the web mail server 102. In the inbox 210 in FIG. 2B, for example, when the user of the user terminal 103 logs in to his / her account of the web mail server 102 via the browser 106 and opens the inbox 210, the browser 106 of the user terminal 103 is displayed. This is the screen that is displayed. The reception box 210 stores a received mail 211 transmitted to Mr. A's mail address. In the reception box 210, information on the sender 212, the transmission date and time 213, the title 214, and the opening medium 215 for the received mail 211 is displayed. The sender 212 is the mail address of the sender who sent the received mail 211. The transmission date and time 213 is information about the date and time when the received mail 211 is transmitted. The title 214 is information described as the mail title by the sender of the received mail 211. For example, when the same notification for the same user is registered in different systems, the column of the opening medium 215 stores information about which system opened the notification first, and displays the information. Yes. For example, it is assumed that a notification article 201 is registered in the my page providing server 101 and a mail including the same notification article 201 as the notification article 201 is also transmitted to the web mail server 102. In this case, information about whether the user opened the notification article 201 first by using the My Page providing server 101 or the Web mail server 102 is displayed in the column of the opening medium 215. In the first and third mails from the top of FIG. 2B, “mail” is displayed in the column of the unsealed medium 215 so that it can be seen that the web mail server 102 has opened the first mail. The inbox 210 is configured such that the display formats of the unopened received mail 211 and the opened received mail 211 are different. For example, in the inbox 210 in FIG. 2B, the unopened received mail 211 is configured to be displayed in bold, while the opened received mail 211 is released from the bold setting and is set to a normal thick. It is comprised so that it may be displayed with the character of length. For example, in FIG. 2B, the titles “about password change” and “tennis invitation” are displayed in bold, and are unopened received mail 211. On the other hand, since the titles “about newly assigned person” and “intelligence” are displayed in normal thickness characters, they are the received mails 211 that have been opened.

  Further, the inbox 210 also displays various operation buttons such as a mail creation 216, a next screen 217, and a logout 218. The mail creation 216 is a button used when the user creates a new mail, for example. The next screen 217 is a button for displaying the next page, for example, when the number of received mails 211 included in the inbox 210 is large and the received mails 211 are displayed over a plurality of pages. The logout 218 is a button used when the user logs out from his / her account of the web mail server 102, for example.

  For example, it is assumed that a new notification article 201 is registered in the My Page 200 of a certain user in the My Page 200 and the Inbox 210 as described above. In this case, the registered notification article 201 is posted on the My Page 200 generated for the user. In addition, when the notification article 201 is registered on this My Page 200, it is assumed that the same notification article 201 is notified by e-mail to the e-mail address personally used by the user. . In this case, the user sees the notification of the same notification article 201 on both the My Page 200 and the inbox 210.

  For example, in FIG. 2A, the notification article 201 “about change of password” is displayed, and it can be seen that the notification article 201 “about change of password” is unopened in My Page 200. Also in FIG. 2B, the notification article 201 “about password change” is registered in the inbox 210 in bold and the notification article 201 “about password change” is unopened in the inbox 210. I understand. If the same notification article 201 is registered in the two systems such as the My Page 200 and the inbox 210 in this way, it is assumed that the notification article 201 is opened and read by one system.

  Even in such a case, since unread and read management is generally performed separately for each system, even if the news article 201 is opened and read in one system, it remains unread in the other system. It was the state of. For example, when the notice article 201 “about password change” is opened and browsed on the My Page 200 in FIG. 2A, the notice article 201 “About Password Change” is read and is not displayed on the My Page 200. However, even though the user has already read the notification article 201 “Password change” on My Page 200 and has already grasped the content, the notification article 201 “Password change” is still bold and unread in the inbox 210. Will be displayed. On the contrary, even when the notification article 201 “about password change” is opened and read in the inbox 210, it is handled as unread in the My Page 200 unless the notification article 201 “about password change” is opened. Therefore, the notification article 201 “about password change” continues to be displayed on My Page 200. In this case, for example, the user determines whether the unread notice article 201 is an already opened notice article 201 whose contents have already been confirmed by another system, or a different notice article 201 with a similar title but different. It was necessary to do. Or the state where the notification of the same notification article 201 is confirmed a plurality of times has occurred. The inventors of the present application have realized that such a situation is not convenient for the user.

  Therefore, the inventor of the present application has invented a mechanism capable of managing the unread and read states of the same notification for the same user between different systems. Hereinafter, the notification cooperation process will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another display example of a news article in a different system. FIG. 3 exemplifies the display of the My Page 200 and the Inbox 210 that are displayed when the user has opened the notification article 201 “About changing password” in one system.

  For example, it is assumed that an unopened notification article 201 “about password change” is opened in My Page 200 in FIG. In that case, for example, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the notification article 201 “about password change” opened in My Page 200 is read as being read in both My Page 200 and Inbox 210. It is handled. That is, the notification article 201 “About password change” is not displayed in the My Page 200 of FIG. 3A, and the notification article 201 “Password change” is not displayed in the inbox 210 of FIG. It is displayed with normal thickness characters. Similarly, for example, it is assumed that an unopened notification article 201 “about password change” is opened in the inbox 210 of FIG. Also in this case, for example, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the notification article 201 “about password change” opened in the inbox 210 is already in both the My Page 200 and the inbox 210. It is treated as a reading. That is, in the My Page 200 of FIG. 3A, the notification article 201 “about change of password” is not displayed, and in the inbox 210 of FIG. 3B, the notification article 201 “about change of password”. Is displayed in normal thickness characters. Therefore, since the user can specify that the notification article 201 has been opened in any system, it is possible to prevent the wasteful operation of misunderstanding that the same notification article 201 is unread and confirming multiple times in a plurality of systems. .

Next, functional block configurations of the My Page providing server 101, the mediation device 105, and the web mail server 102 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a functional block configuration of the my page providing server 101. The control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 includes, for example, a notification registration unit 401, a my page display unit 402, and a my page opened setting unit 403. The storage unit 410 of the my page providing server 101 includes a notice registration program 411, a my page display program 412, a my page opened setting program 413, and my page notice management information 800. The control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 functions as the notification registration unit 401 by reading and executing the notification registration program 411. The control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 functions as the my page display unit 402 by reading and executing the my page display program 412. The control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 functions as the my page opened setting unit 403 by reading and executing the my page opened setting program 413. Details of these functional units and details of information stored in the storage unit 410 will be described later.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a functional block configuration of the intermediary device 105. The control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 includes, for example, a providing unit 501, a receiving unit 502, a specifying unit 503, and a notification unit 504. The storage unit 510 of the mediation device 105 includes a mediation program 511 and user management information 1300. The control unit 500 of the mediation device 105 functions as a providing unit 501, a receiving unit 502, a specifying unit 503, and a notification unit 504 by reading and executing the mediation program 511. Details of these functional units and details of information stored in the storage unit 510 will be described later.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a functional block configuration of the webmail server 102. The control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 includes, for example, a webmail registration unit 601, a webmail display unit 602, and a webmail opened setting unit 603. The storage unit 610 of the webmail server 102 includes a webmail registration program 611, a webmail display program 612, a webmail opened setting program 613, and webmail management information 1500. The control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 functions as the webmail registration unit 601 by reading and executing the webmail registration program 611. The control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 functions as the webmail display unit 602 by reading and executing the webmail display program 612. The control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 functions as the webmail opened setting unit 603 by reading and executing the webmail opened setting program 613. Details of these functional units and details of information stored in the storage unit 610 will be described later.

  Next, the registration process of the notification article 201 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, information used in the operation flow of FIG. 12 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating notification article registration request information 700. The notification article registration request information 700 is information transmitted from the administrator terminal 104 to the my page providing server 101 in this embodiment. The notification article registration request information 700 illustrated in FIG. 7 includes a message type 701, a user ID 702, and a notification article title 703 and a notification article body 704 as information of the notification article 201. Each information has a remark 710 attached thereto. In FIG. 7, remarks 710 include supplements such as meaning for easy understanding, but remarks 710 are not necessarily included in notification article registration request information 700.

  The message type 701 is information indicating the type of message to be transmitted. In this embodiment, the value “10” of the message type 701 indicates that the message to be transmitted is a notification article registration request as shown in the remarks 710. Information 700 is indicated. Since the value “10” of the message type 701 is a specific value assigned to the notification article registration request information 700, for example, by storing in advance in the storage unit 410, the value is read and set from there. can do. The user ID 702 stores the user ID in the My Page 200 of the user to whom the notification article 201 is registered by the notification article registration request information 700. For example, here, a user ID 702: A-san001 of user A is stored. The user ID 702 is an identifier that can identify a user who uses the my page 200 in the my page providing server 101. The notification article title 703 stores information on the title of the notification article 201, and the notification article body 704 stores the body of the notification article 201.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating my page notification management information 800 stored in the storage unit 410 of the my page providing server 101 shown in FIG. My page notification management information 800 illustrated in FIG. 8 includes notification article information 801. The notification article information 801 includes a user ID 802, a registration date and time 803, an opening status 804, and a notification ID 805, a notification article title 806, and a notification article body 807 as information on the notification article 201. These user ID 802, registration date and time 803, opening status 804, notification ID 805, notification article title 806, and notification article body 807 are associated with each other by notification article information 801.

  The user ID 802 stores a user ID that is an identifier that can identify the user who uses the My Page 200 for which the notification article 201 is registered in the notification article information 801. For example, the notification article information 801 with the user ID 802 “A-san001” indicates that the data is used for generating the user's My Page 200 identified by the user ID 802 “A-san001”. The registration date and time 803 stores information about the date and time when the news article information 801 was registered. The unsealing status 804 is information indicating whether or not the notification article 201 corresponding to the notification article information 801 has been opened by the user in My Page 200. For example, in the example of FIG. 8, “not yet” is stored when the user has not yet opened the notification article 201 corresponding to the notification article information 801, while the notification article 201 corresponding to the notification article information 801 is stored. If the user has opened the box, “Done” is stored. When the notification article information 801 is registered in the my page notification management information 800, the unsealing status 804 is registered in an “unknown” state. The notification ID 805, the notification article title 806, and the notification article body 807 are information regarding the notification article 201. The notification ID 805 is an identifier that can uniquely identify the notification article 201. In the notification article title 806 and the notification article body 807, for example, the contents of the notification article title 703 and the notification article body 704 of the notification article 201 notified by the notification article registration request information 700 are stored.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating mail address provision request information 900. The mail address provision request information 900 is information transmitted from the my page provision server 101 to the mediation apparatus 105 in the present embodiment. The mail address provision request information 900 illustrated in FIG. 9 includes a message type 901 and a user ID 902. Each information is provided with a remark 910. In FIG. 9, the remarks 910 include supplements such as the meaning of values to facilitate understanding, but the remarks 910 are not necessarily included in the mail address provision request information 900. The message type 901 is information indicating the type of message to be transmitted. In this embodiment, the value “8” of the message type 901 indicates that the message to be transmitted is a mail address provision request as shown in the remarks 910. Information 900 is indicated. Since the value “8” of the message type 901 is a specific value assigned to the mail address provision request information 900, for example, it is stored in advance in the storage unit 410 so that it can be read and set from there. can do. The user ID 902 stores the value of the user ID 702 of the notification article registration request information 700 or the value of the user ID 802 of the notification article information 801 registered by the notification article registration request information 700.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating mail address provision information 1000. The mail address provision information 1000 is information transmitted from the mediation apparatus 105 to the my page provision server 101 in this embodiment. The mail address provision information 1000 illustrated in FIG. 10 includes a message type 1001, a user ID 1002, and a mail address 1003. Each information has a remark 1010 attached thereto. In FIG. 10, the remark 1010 includes supplements such as the meaning of the value for easy understanding, but the remark 1010 does not necessarily need to be included in the mail address provision information 1000. The message type 1001 is information indicating the type of message to be transmitted. In this embodiment, the value “9” of the message type 1001 indicates that the message to be transmitted is the mail address provision information as shown in the remarks 1010. 1000. Since the value “9” of the message type 1001 is a specific value assigned to the mail address provision information 1000, for example, it is stored in advance in the storage unit 510, and is read and set from there. be able to. The user ID 1002 stores the value of the user ID 902 notified by the mail address provision request information 900. Further, the mail address 1003 includes the mail address of the user identified by the user ID 1002. In the first embodiment, the mail address 1003 is the mail address used by the user identified by the user ID 1002 on the web mail server 102.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating web mail notification article registration request information 1100. In this embodiment, the web mail notification article registration request information 1100 is information transmitted from the my page providing server 101 in order to request the web mail server 102 to register the notification article 201. The web mail notification article registration request information 1100 illustrated in FIG. 11 includes a message type 1101 and a registration destination mail address 1102. The web mail notification article registration request information 1100 also includes a notification ID 1103, a notification article title 1104, and a notification article body 1105 as information of the notification article 201. Each information has a remark 1110 attached thereto. In FIG. 11, remarks 1110 include supplements such as meaning to facilitate understanding, but remarks 1110 do not necessarily need to be included in web mail notification article registration request information 1100.

  The message type 1101 is information indicating the type of message to be transmitted. In this embodiment, the value “20” of the message type 1101 indicates that the message to be transmitted is the web mail notification article registration request information 1100. Represents. Since the value “20” of the message type 1101 is a specific value assigned to the web mail notification article registration request information 1100, for example, it is read out by storing it in the storage unit 410 in advance. Can be set. The registration destination email address 1102 is the email address of the user to which the notification article 201 is registered on the web mail server 102 to which the web mail notification article registration request information 1100 is transmitted. For example, the value of the mail address 1003 of the mail address provision information 1000 is stored in the registration destination mail address 1102. The notification ID 1103 is an identifier that can uniquely identify the notification article 201 assigned to the notification article 201 requested to be registered by the web mail notification article registration request information 1100. The notification article title 1104 and the notification article body 1105 store the title and the content of the body of the notification article 201 requested to be registered by the web mail notification article registration request information 1100.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating notification registration processing executed by the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101. The operation flow of the notification registration process in FIG. 12 is implemented by, for example, reading and executing the notification registration program 411 stored in the storage unit 410 by the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101. In one embodiment, the notification registration process starts when the my page providing server 101 starts the providing service of the my page 200. In step S <b> 1201, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 determines whether or not the notification article registration request information 700 has been received from the administrator terminal 104. If the notification article registration request information 700 has not been received (No in step S1201), the process returns to step S1201 and repeats the process. On the other hand, if the notification article registration request information 700 is received (step S1201 is Yes), the flow proceeds to step S1202. In one embodiment, the control unit 400 of the My Page providing server 101 uses the notification article registration request information 700 when the message type of the received message is “10” representing the notification article registration request information 700. You may determine with having received. Subsequently, in step S1202, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 assigns a notification ID to the notification article 201 included in the received notification article registration request information 700. The notice ID is an identifier that can uniquely identify the notice article 201. In step S <b> 1203, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 generates notification article information 801 from the information included in the notification article registration request information 700 and the assigned notification ID, and registers it in the my page notification management information 800.

  Subsequently, in step S <b> 1204, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 generates mail address provision request information 900 and transmits it to the mediation device 105. The control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 generates e-mail address provision request information 900 from the value of the user ID 702 of the notification article registration request information 700 or the user ID 802 of the my page notification management information 800, for example. Subsequently, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 transmits the generated mail address provision request information 900 to the mediation device 105. Thereby, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 inquires of the mediating apparatus 105 about a mail address that is an identifier for identifying the user identified by the user ID 902 in the web mail server 102.

  Subsequently, in step S1205, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 receives the reply of the mail address providing information 1000 from the mediation device 105, and the flow proceeds to step S1206. In step S <b> 1206, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 generates web mail notification article registration request information 1100 and transmits it to the web mail server 102. By transmitting the web mail notification article registration request information 1100, the control unit 400 requests the web mail server 102 to register the notification article 201 similar to the article registered in the my page notification management information 800 in step S1203. The web mail notification article registration request information 1100 is generated from, for example, the information of the notification ID 805, the notification article title 806, the notification article body 807, and the mail address 1003 of the mail address provision information 1000.

  The notification article 201 is registered in the my page notification management information 800 in the my page providing server 101 by the operation flow of FIG. Web mail notification article registration request information 1100 for requesting the web mail server 102 to register the same notification article 201 as the notification article 201 registered in the my page notification management information 800 is transmitted to the web mail server 102.

  In the processing from step S1201 to step S1206 in FIG. 12, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 functions as the notification registration unit 401.

Next, the mail address provision process will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating user management information 1300 stored in the storage unit 510 of the mediation apparatus 105 shown in FIG. The user management information 1300 includes user cooperation information 1301. The user cooperation information 1301 includes a cooperation flag 1302, a user ID 1303, and a mail address 1304. A user ID 1303 and a mail address 1304 are user identification information 1305 for identifying a user in each system. The cooperation flag 1302, the user ID 1303, and the mail address 1304 are associated with each other by the user cooperation information 1301. The cooperation flag 1302 is a flag indicating whether or not to be a target of notification cooperation processing. For example, in the example of FIG. 13, if the value of the linkage flag 1302 is “ON”, it indicates that the notification linkage processing is targeted. Further, if the value of the cooperation flag 1302 is “OFF”, it indicates that the notification cooperation processing is not performed. Details of processing related to the cooperation flag 1302 will be described later. The user ID 1303 is user identification information 1305 for identifying a user in each system. For example, the user ID 1303 is an identifier that can identify a user who uses the My Page 200 provided by the My Page providing server 101. A mail address 1304 is a mail address in the user's web mail server 102 identified by the user ID 1303. The mail address 1304 is one piece of user identification information 1305 for identifying the user in each system, and is also used as an identifier for identifying the user in the web mail server 102.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a mail address provision process executed by the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105. The operation flow of the mail address provision process in FIG. 14 is implemented, for example, when the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 reads and executes the mediation program 511 stored in the storage unit 510. In one embodiment, the mail address providing process starts when the mediation device 105 starts providing the notification cooperation process. In step S1401, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 determines whether the mail address provision request information 900 has been received. In one embodiment, this determination is performed when the control unit 500 of the intermediary device 105 confirms the message type of the received message, and when the value is “8” representing the mail address provision request information 900, the mail address It may be determined that the provision request information 900 has been received. In step S1401, when the mail address provision request information 900 is not received (step S1401 is No), the flow returns to step S1401 and repeats the process. On the other hand, when the mail address provision request information 900 is received in step S1401 (step S1401 is Yes), the flow proceeds to step S1402. In step S1402, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 acquires the mail address 1304 from the user management information 1300 using the received mail address provision request information 900. For example, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 identifies the user cooperation information 1301 having the user ID 1303 that matches the user ID 902 from the user management information 1300, and the mail address 1304 from the identified user cooperation information 1301. To get. In step S1403, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 generates mail address provision information 1000 and returns it to the my page provision server 101. The mail address provision information 1000 is generated from, for example, the user ID 902 of the mail address provision request information 900 or the user ID 1303 included in the identified user cooperation information 1301 and the acquired mail address 1304. In step S1403, when e-mail address provision information 1000 is returned to my page provision server 101, the flow returns to step S1401. By the mail address providing process described above, the mail address 1304 of the user corresponding to the user ID 902 is provided from the intermediary device 105 to the my page providing server 101. That is, the e-mail address 1304 for identifying the user is specified in the web mail server 102 from the information of the user ID 902 for identifying the user in the my page providing server 101 and returned to the my page providing server 101. The

In the processing from step S1401 to step S1403 in FIG. 14, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 functions as the providing unit 501.
Next, the web mail registration process will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating web mail management information 1500 stored in the storage unit 610 of the web mail server 102 shown in FIG. The web mail management information 1500 illustrated in FIG. 15 includes web mail information 1501. The web mail information 1501 is information about web mail transmitted and received by the web mail server 102. The web mail information 1501 includes, for example, a message ID 1502, a sender 1503, a destination 1504, an opening status 1505, an opening medium 1506, a transmission date and time 1507, and a notification ID 1508. Further, the web mail information 1501 includes information on a title 1510 and a text 1511 as mail information 1509. Note that the notification ID 1508, the title 1510, and the text 1511 are information of the notification article 201.

  The message ID 1502 is an identifier for identifying individual web mail information 1501 managed by the web mail server 102. The message ID 1502 is assigned when the web mail information 1501 is registered in the web mail management information 1500, for example.

  The sender 1503 is the mail address of the sender who sent the web mail information 1501. A destination 1504 is a mail address of the transmission destination of the web mail information 1501. When the web mail information 1501 is the notification article 201 registered by the notification of the web mail notification article registration request information 1100, the registration destination mail address 1102 is stored in the destination 1504.

  The unsealed status 1505 is information indicating whether or not the web mail information 1501 has been unsealed by the user. For example, in the example of FIG. 15, when the user has not opened the web mail information 1501, information “not yet” is stored. On the other hand, when the user has opened the web mail information 1501, “ "Completed" information is stored. When the web mail information 1501 is registered in the web mail management information 1500, “not yet” is set in the unsealed status 1505.

  The opening medium 1506 stores information indicating in which system the notification article 201 is opened when the notification cooperation processing is performed. Therefore, when the web mail information 1501 is not the web mail information 1501 including the notice article 201 registered by the web mail notice article registration request information 1100, the column of the unsealed medium 1506 is blank. In the example of FIG. 15, when the notification article 201 included in the web mail information 1501 is first opened by the my page providing server 101, “page” is stored. On the other hand, when the webmail information 1501 is first opened by the webmail server 102, “mail” is stored. Even if the web mail information 1501 includes the notice article 201, if the notice article 201 is unopened in both the My Page providing server 101 and the web mail server 102, the column of the unsealed medium 1506 Is blank.

  The transmission date and time 1507 stores information about the date and time when the web mail information 1501 was transmitted. The notification ID 1508 is an identifier that can uniquely identify the notification article 201. When the webmail information 1501 is the notification article 201 registered by the notification of the webmail notification article registration request information 1100, the notification ID 1508 stores the value of the notification ID 1103 of the webmail notification article registration request information 1100. On the other hand, when the web mail information 1501 is not the notice article 201 registered by the notice of the web mail notice article registration request information 1100 but a normal web mail, the notice ID 1508 is blank.

  Mail information 1509 is information about the contents of the mail, and includes a title 1510 and a body 1511. The title 1510 stores, for example, the contents described as the title of the web mail information 1501 by the sender of the web mail information 1501. Further, the text 1511 stores, for example, the contents described as the text of the web mail information 1501 by the sender of the web mail information 1501. When the web mail information 1501 is the notice article 201 registered by the notice of the web mail notice article registration request information 1100, the contents of the notice article title 1104 and the notice article body 1105 are stored in the title 1510 and the body text 1511. . Accordingly, when the web mail information 1501 is the notice article 201 registered by the notice of the web mail notice article registration request information 1100, information about the notice article 201 is stored in the notice ID 1508, the title 1510, and the body 1511. . The webmail server 102 stores, for example, the webmail management information 1500 as described above in the storage unit 610, and manages the webmail information 1501 by the webmail management information 1500.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a web mail registration process executed by the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102. The operation flow of the web mail registration process of FIG. 16 is implemented, for example, when the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 reads and executes the web mail registration program 611 stored in the storage unit 610. In one embodiment, the webmail registration process starts when the webmail server 102 starts a webmail providing service.

  In step S <b> 1601, the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 determines whether the web mail notification article registration request information 1100 has been received from the my page providing server 101. In one embodiment, when the message type of the received message is “20” representing the webmail notification article registration request information 1100, the control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 receives the webmail notification article registration request information. It may be determined that 1100 has been received. In step S1601, when the web mail notification article registration request information 1100 is not received (No in step S1601), the flow returns to step S1601 and repeats the process. On the other hand, when the web mail notification article registration request information 1100 is received (step S1601 is Yes), the flow proceeds to step S1602. In step S1602, the control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 generates webmail information 1501 from the webmail notification article registration request information 1100 and registers it in the webmail management information 1500. In the generation of the web mail information 1501, for example, the destination 1504 stores information on the registration destination mail address 1102 of the received web mail notification article registration request information 1100. In addition, in the notice ID 1508, the title 1510, and the text 1511, information of the notice ID 1103, the notice article title 1104, and the notice article body 1105 of the received web mail notice article registration request information 1100 is stored, respectively. In step S1602, when the web mail information 1501 is registered in the web mail management information 1500, the flow returns to step S1601.

  The web mail information 1501 including the notification article 201 is registered in the web mail management information 1500 based on the web mail notification article registration request information 1100 received from the my page providing server 101 by the operation flow of FIG. The

In the process from step S1601 to step S1603 in FIG. 16, the control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 functions as the webmail registration unit 601.
Next, my page display processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 and 18.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating mediation request information 1700. The mediation request information 1700 is information transmitted from the my page providing server 101 or the web mail server 102 in order to request the mediation device 105 to perform notification cooperation processing in the display processing by the my page providing server 101 or the web mail server 102. . The mediation request information 1700 illustrated in FIG. 17 includes a message type 1701, a request source 1702, user information 1703, and a notification ID 1704, a notification article title 1705, and a notification article body 1706 as information of the notification article 201. Each information is provided with a remark 1710. In FIG. 17, remarks 1710 include supplements such as meaning in order to facilitate understanding, but remarks 1710 are not necessarily included in the mediation request information 1700.

  The message type 1701 is information indicating the type of message to be transmitted. In this embodiment, the value “30” of the message type 1701 is the message transmitted as shown in the remarks 1710. It represents that. Since the value “30” of the message type 1701 is a specific value assigned to the mediation request information 1700, for example, it is stored in advance in the storage unit 410 and the storage unit 610, and is read and set from there. can do.

  The request source 1702 is information about a transmission source system that requests the mediation device 105 to perform notification cooperation processing by transmitting mediation request information 1700. In the example of FIG. 17, “mail” is stored in the request source 1702 when the request source is the web mail server 102 as also shown in the remarks 1710. If the request source is the My Page providing server 101, “page” is stored in the request source 1702.

  The user information 1703 stores information for identifying the user who opened the notification article 201 in the request source system that requests the intermediary device 105 to perform notification cooperation processing of the notification article 201. In the example of FIG. 17, for example, when the request source is the web mail server 102, information on the mail address that can identify the user who opened the notification article 201 in the web mail server 102 is stored in the user information 1703. The The user's e-mail address can be acquired from, for example, the destination 1504 of the web mail information 1501 including the opened notification article 201. When the request source is the My Page providing server 101, a user ID that can identify the user on the My Page providing server 101 is stored in the user information 1703. The user ID of the user can be acquired from the user ID 802 of the notification article information 801 including the opened notification article 201, for example. In the notification ID 1704 of the mediation request information 1700, for example, when the request source is the My Page providing server 101, the notification ID 805 of the notification article information 801 including the opened notification article 201 is stored. Also, for the notification article title 1705 and the notification article body 1706, the notification article title 806 and the notification article body 807 of the notification article information 801 including the opened notification article 201 are stored. On the other hand, for example, when the request source is the web mail server 102, the notice ID 1508 of the web mail information 1501 including the opened notice article 201 is stored. Also, for the notification article title 1705 and the notification article text 1706, the title 1510 and the text 1511 of the web mail information 1501 including the opened notification article 201 are stored.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating my page display processing executed by the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101. The operation flow of the my page display process of FIG. 18 is implemented, for example, when the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 reads and executes the my page display program 412 stored in the storage unit 410. In one embodiment, when the my page providing server 101 starts the service for providing the my page 200, the my page display process starts.

  In step S <b> 1801, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 determines whether a display request for the my page 200 has been received from the user terminal 103. For example, the user operates the browser 106 on the user terminal 103 to transmit a display request for the my page 200 to the my page providing server 101. In step S1801, if the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 has not received a display request for the my page 200 (step S1801 is No), the flow returns to step S1801 and repeats the process. On the other hand, when the display request for my page 200 is received (Yes in step S1801), the flow proceeds to step S1802.

  In step S1802, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 acquires the unopened notification article information 801 corresponding to the user ID of the user who has requested display from the my page notification management information 800, and acquires the my page 200. Is generated. Then, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 transmits the generated my page 200 to the user terminal 103. In step S <b> 1803, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 determines whether a request to open the news article 201 is received from the user terminal 103. A request to open the notification article 201 is transmitted from the user terminal 103 to the my page providing server 101 when the user selects the notification article 201 in the My Page 200 displayed on the browser 106 of the user terminal 103, for example. The If it is determined in step S1803 that a request to open the news article 201 has not been received (step S1803: No), the flow proceeds to step S1807. On the other hand, if a request to open the news article 201 is received in step S1803 (step S1803 is Yes), the flow proceeds to step S1804.

  In step S <b> 1804, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 indicates “open” in the my page notification management information 800 indicating that the opening status 804 of the notification article information 801 corresponding to the notification article 201 that has received the opening request has been opened. Change to In step S 1805, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 generates mediation request information 1700 from the information of the news article information 801 that has been opened, and transmits the mediation request information 1700 to the mediation device 105. In step S <b> 1806, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 generates an unsealed screen from the information of the news article information 801 that has been opened, and transmits it to the user terminal 103. The opening screen includes the content of the notification included in the notification article 201, for example, information of the notification article title 806 and the notification article body 807, and the user can grasp the content of the notification by looking at the opening screen. it can. Subsequently, in step S1807, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 determines whether an end request for ending the display of the my page 200 is received from the user terminal 103. If it is determined in step S1807 that an end request has not been received (step S1807 is No), the flow returns to step S1803. On the other hand, if a request to end display of my page 200 is received in step S1807 (step S1807 is Yes), the flow returns to step S1801.

  When the notification article 201 is opened on the My page 200 by the My Page display process of FIG. 18 described above, the opening status 804 of the notification article information 801 including the opened notification article 201 indicates that the opening has been completed. It is changed to “Done”. Furthermore, when the notification article 201 is opened on the My Page 200, the mediation request information 1700 is transmitted from the My Page providing server 101 to the mediation device 105. With the transmission of the mediation request information 1700, the my page providing server 101 requests the mediation device 105 for notification cooperation processing.

  In the processing from step S1801 to step S1807 in FIG. 18, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 functions as the my page display unit 402.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a web mail display process executed by the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102. The operation flow of the web mail display process of FIG. 19 is implemented, for example, when the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 reads and executes the web mail display program 612 stored in the storage unit 610. In one embodiment, the webmail display process starts when the webmail server 102 starts a webmail providing service.

  In step S 1901, the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 determines whether a display request for the inbox 210 has been received from the user terminal 103. For example, the user transmits a display request for the inbox 210 to the web mail server 102 by operating the browser 106 on the user terminal 103. If the display request for the inbox 210 has not been received (No in step S1901), the flow returns to step S1901 and repeats the process. On the other hand, if a display request for the inbox 210 has been received (step S1901 is Yes), the flow proceeds to step S1902.

  In step S1902, the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 acquires the web mail information 1501 corresponding to the mail address of the user who has made the display request from the web mail management information 1500, generates the inbox 210, and the user Transmit to the terminal 103. In step S <b> 1903, the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 determines whether an opening request for the received mail 211 is received from the user terminal 103. The opening request for the received mail 211 is transmitted from the user terminal 103 to the web mail server 102 when the user selects the received mail 211 in the inbox 210 displayed on the browser 106 of the user terminal 103, for example. .

  If it is determined in step S1903 that a request to open the received mail 211 has not been received (step S1903: No), the flow proceeds to step S1908. On the other hand, if an opening request for the received mail 211 is received in step S1903 (step S1903 is Yes), the flow proceeds to step S1904. In step S <b> 1904, the control unit 600 opens the webmail management information 1500 when the opening status 1505 of the webmail information 1501 corresponding to the received mail 211 that has received the opening request is “unopened” indicating unopened. Change to "Done" to represent.

  In step S1905, the control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 determines whether a notification ID is set in the notification ID 1508 of the webmail information 1501 that has been opened. If the notification ID is not set, the flow proceeds to step S1907. On the other hand, if a notification ID is set in the notification ID 1508 of the web mail information 1501 that has been opened, the flow advances to step S1906.

  In step S 1906, the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 generates mediation request information 1700 from information included in the webmail information 1501 that has been opened, and transmits the mediation request information 1700 to the mediation device 105. The transmission of the mediation request information 1700 causes the web mail server 102 to request the mediation device 105 for notification linkage processing. In step S <b> 1907, the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 generates an unsealed screen 2000 from information included in the web mail information 1501 that has been unsealed, and transmits it to the user terminal 103. The opening screen 2000 includes information such as a sender 1503, a destination 1504, a transmission date and time 1507, a title 1510, and a text 1511 included in the web mail information 1501. Therefore, the user can grasp the contents of the received mail 211 by looking at the opening screen.

  Subsequently, in step S1908, the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 determines whether an end request for ending the display of the inbox 210 has been received from the user terminal 103. If it is determined in step S1908 that an end request has not been received (No in step S1908), the flow returns to step S1903. On the other hand, if a request to end display of the inbox 210 is received in step S1908 (Yes in step S1908), the flow returns to step S1901. When the unopened web mail information 1501 in the inbox 210 is opened by the web mail display process of FIG. 19 described above, the unsealed state 1505 of the opened web mail information 1501 is opened. It is changed to “Done” indicating “Done”. Furthermore, when the web mail information 1501 in which the notification ID 1508 is set in the inbox 210 is opened, the mediation request information 1700 is transmitted from the webmail server 102 to the mediation device 105. The transmission of the mediation request information 1700 causes the web mail server 102 to request the mediation device 105 for notification linkage processing.

  In the processing from step S1901 to step S1908 in FIG. 19, the control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 functions as the webmail display unit 602.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a webmail opening screen 2000. The unsealing screen 2000 is a screen that is displayed when the received mail 211 is unsealed in the inbox 210 displayed on the browser 106 of the user terminal 103, for example. The unsealing screen 2000 illustrated in FIG. 20 includes, for example, a sender 1503, a destination 1504, a transmission date and time 1507, a title 1510, and a text 1511. Therefore, the user can grasp the content of the notification included in the received mail 211 by looking at the opening screen 2000 of the web mail. When the received mail 211 includes the notification article 201, the contents of the notification article 201 can be grasped. 20 illustrates the opening screen 2000 of the web mail, but even when the notification article 201 is opened on the My Page 200, the content of the notification included in the notification article 201 is displayed on the opening screen as described above. Is displayed. That is, for example, the information of the notification article title 806 and the notification article body 807 is displayed on the opening screen, so that the user can grasp the contents of the notification article 201 by looking at the opening screen.

Next, the notification cooperation process will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 21 is a diagram exemplifying the webmail opened / closed setting request information 2100. The webmail opened setting request information 2100 is information transmitted from the intermediary device 105 in order to request the webmail server 102 for webmail opened setting processing. The web mail unsealed setting request information 2100 illustrated in FIG. 21 includes a message type 2101, user information 2102, and a notice ID 2103. Each information has a remark 2110 attached thereto. In FIG. 21, remarks 2110 include supplements such as meaning for easy understanding. However, remarks 2110 do not necessarily have to be included in web mail opened setting request information 2100.

  The message type 2101 is information representing the type of message to be transmitted. In this embodiment, the value “40” of the message type 2101 indicates that the message to be transmitted is already opened as shown in the remarks 2110. The setting request information 2100 is indicated. Since the value “40” of the message type 2101 is a specific value assigned to the web mail open setting request information 2100, for example, it is stored in advance in the storage unit 510, and is read and set from there. can do. The user information 2102 stores the value of the user information 1703 of the mediation request information 1700. The user information 2102 is information for designating the web mail information 1501 to be requested to be opened from the web mail server 102 by the destination 1504. The notification ID 2103 stores the value of the notification ID 1704 of the mediation request information 1700. The notification ID 2103 is information for designating the web mail information 1501 to be requested to be opened from the web mail server 102 by the notification ID 1508.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of My Page Opened Setting Request Information 2200. My page opened setting request information 2200 is information transmitted from the intermediary device 105 in order to request the my page providing server 101 to perform a my page opened setting process. The My Page Opened Setting Request Information 2200 illustrated in FIG. 22 includes a message type 2201, user information 2202, and a notice ID 2203. Each information has a remark 2210 attached thereto. In FIG. 22, remarks 2210 include supplements such as meaning in order to facilitate understanding, but remarks 2210 are not necessarily included in My Page Opened Setting Request Information 2200.

  The message type 2201 is information indicating the type of message to be transmitted. In this embodiment, the value “50” of the message type 2201 indicates that the message to be transmitted is already opened in My Page as shown in the remark 2210. This indicates that it is the setting request information 2200. Since the value “50” of the message type 2201 is a specific value assigned to the My Page Opened Setting Request Information 2200, for example, by storing in advance in the storage unit 510, the value is read and set from there. can do. In the user information 2202, the value of the user information 1703 of the mediation request information 1700 is stored. The user information 2202 is information for designating the notification article information 801 that is requested to be opened to the my page providing server 101 by the user ID 802. The notification ID 2203 stores the value of the notification ID 1704 of the mediation request information 1700. The notification ID 2203 is information for designating the notification article information 801 to be requested for opening from the my page providing server 101 by the notification ID 805.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating notification linkage processing executed by the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105. The operation flow of the notification cooperation process in FIG. 23 is implemented, for example, when the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 reads and executes the mediation program 511 stored in the storage unit 510. In one embodiment, the notification linkage processing starts when the mediation device 105 starts providing mediation by the notification linkage processing.

  In step S2301, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 determines whether mediation request information 1700 from the my page providing server 101 or the web mail server 102 has been received. If the mediation request information 1700 has not been received (No in step S2301), the flow returns to step S2301 and repeats the process. On the other hand, when the mediation request information 1700 is received (step S2301 is Yes), the flow proceeds to step S2302.

  In step S2302, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 determines whether the received mediation request information 1700 is a request from the my page providing server 101. This determination is executed by referring to the information of the request source 1702, for example. If the value of the request source 1702 is “page” indicating the request from the my page providing server 101, it is determined Yes, and the flow is step S2303. Proceed to

  In step S2303, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 reads the user information 1703 from the mediation request information 1700 and refers to the user management information 1300. Then, the cooperation flag 1302 and the mail address 1304 are specified from the user cooperation information 1301 including the user ID 1303 that matches the user information 1703. Subsequently, in step S2304, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 determines whether or not the value of the acquired cooperation flag 1302 is “ON” indicating that it is a target of notification cooperation processing. If the value of the cooperation flag 1302 is “OFF” indicating that it is not the target of notification cooperation processing (No in step S2304), the flow returns to step S2301. On the other hand, if the value of the cooperation flag 1302 is “ON” indicating that it is a target of notification cooperation processing (Yes in step S2304), the flow proceeds to step S2305.

  In step S <b> 2305, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 transmits the web mail opened setting request information 2100 to the web mail server 102. Accordingly, the web mail server 102 is notified of a request to change the web mail information 1501 identified by the user information 2102 and the notice ID 2103 to opened. Note that the value of the user information 1703 is set in the user information 2102 of the web mail opened setting request information 2100. In addition, the notification ID 2103 of the web mail unsealed setting request information 2100 is set to the value of the notification ID 1704 of the mediation request information 1700. In step S2305, after sending the webmail opened / closed setting request information 2100, the flow returns to step S2301.

  On the other hand, if the value of the request source 1702 is “mail” indicating a request from the web mail server 102 in step S2302, step S2302 is determined No, and the flow proceeds to step S2306. In step S2306, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 reads the user information 1703 from the mediation request information 1700 and refers to the user management information 1300. Then, the user ID 1303 and the cooperation flag 1302 are specified from the user cooperation information 1301 including the mail address 1304 that matches the user information 1703.

  Subsequently, in step S2307, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 determines whether or not the value of the acquired cooperation flag 1302 is “ON” indicating that it is a target of notification cooperation processing. If the value of the cooperation flag 1302 is “OFF” indicating that it is not the target of the notification cooperation process (No in step S2307), the flow returns to step S2301. On the other hand, if the value of the cooperation flag 1302 is “ON” indicating that it is a target of notification cooperation processing (Yes in step S2307), the flow proceeds to step S2308.

  In step S <b> 2308, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 transmits my page opened setting request information 2200 to the my page providing server 101. As a result, a notification is sent to the my page providing server 101 to change the notification article information 801 identified by the user information 2202 and the notification ID 2203 to opened. Note that the value of the user information 1703 is set in the user information 2202 of the My Page Opened Setting Request Information 2200. In addition, the value of the notification ID 1704 of the mediation request information 1700 is set in the notification ID 2203 of the My Page Opened Setting Request Information 2200. In step S2308, after transmitting the My Page Opened Setting Request Information 2200, the flow returns to step S2301.

  23, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 opens the notification article 201 opened by any one of the my page providing server 101 or the web mail server 102 in another system. Request to change to completed. User information 2102 or user information for identifying the user who has received the notification article 201 to be set to be opened is included in the web mail opened setting request information 2100 or my page opened setting request information 2200 used for the request. 2202 is included. The web mail unsealed setting request information 2100 or my page unsealed setting request information 2200 used for the request includes a notice ID 2103 or notice ID 2203 for specifying the notice article 201 to be set to be opened. Therefore, in a system that has received a request to change to opened, the user who has registered the notification article 201 to be set to opened can be identified from, for example, the user information 2102 or the user information 2202. Further, the notification article 201 to be set to be opened can be specified from the notification ID 2103 or the notification ID 2203.

  Note that the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 functions as the reception unit 502 in the process of step S2301 of FIG. Further, in the processing from step S2302 to step S2303 and step S2306, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 functions as the specifying unit 503. In the processing from step S2304 to step S2305 and from step S2307 to step S2308, the control unit 500 of the mediation apparatus 105 functions as the notification unit 504.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram exemplifying a webmail opened / closed setting process executed by the control unit 600 of the webmail server 102. The operation flow of the webmail opened setting process in FIG. 24 is implemented, for example, by the control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 reading and executing the webmail opened setting program 613 stored in the storage unit 610. . In one embodiment, the web mail opened setting process starts when the web mail server 102 starts a web mail providing service.

  In step S <b> 2401, the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 determines whether or not the web mail unsealed setting request information 2100 has been received from the mediation device 105. When the web mail open setting request information 2100 has not been received (No in step S2401), the flow returns to step S2401 and repeats the process. On the other hand, when the webmail opened / closed setting request information 2100 is received (step S2401 is Yes), the flow proceeds to step S2402.

  In step S <b> 2402, the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 refers to the web mail management information 1500 using the user information 2102 and the notification ID 2103 of the received web mail unsealed setting request information 2100. Then, the control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 specifies the web mail information 1501 including the destination 1504 and the notice ID 1508 that match the user information 2102 and the notice ID 2103, and sets the unsealed status 1505 to “finished”. change. After changing the unsealing status 1505 to “completed” indicating that the package has been opened, the flow returns to step S2401. Through the above processing, the web mail information 1501 including the same notification article 201 as the notification article information 801 opened in the My Page providing server 101 is set to be opened.

  Note that in the processing from step S2401 to step S2402 in FIG. 24, the control unit 600 of the webmail server 102 functions as the webmail opened setting unit 603.

  FIG. 25 is a diagram exemplifying a my page opened setting process executed by the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101. The operation flow of the My Page Opened Setting process in FIG. 25 is implemented by, for example, reading and executing the My Page Opened Setting Program 413 stored in the storage unit 410 by the control unit 400 of the My Page providing server 101. The In one embodiment, the My Page Opened Setting process starts when the My Page providing server 101 starts providing the My Page 200 service.

  In step S <b> 2501, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 determines whether or not my page opened setting request information 2200 has been received from the mediation device 105. When the My Page Opened Setting Request Information 2200 has not been received (No at Step S2501), the flow returns to Step S2501 and repeats the process. On the other hand, if My Page Opened Setting Request Information 2200 has been received (Yes in step S2501), the flow proceeds to step S2502. In step S2502, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 refers to the my page notification management information 800 by using the user information 2202 and the notification ID 2203 of the received my page opened setting request information 2200. Then, the control unit 400 of the My Page providing server 101 specifies the notification article information 801 including the user ID 802 and the notification ID 805 that match the user information 2202 and the notification ID 2203, and displays the opened status 804 indicating “opened”. Change to After changing the unsealing status 804 to “completed” representing the unsealed state, the flow returns to step S2501. Through the above processing, the notification article information 801 including the same notification article 201 as the webmail information 1501 opened in the webmail server 102 is set as opened.

  Note that, in the processing from step S2501 to step S2502 in FIG. 25, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 functions as the my page opened setting unit 403.

  According to the embodiment exemplified above, when the same notification article 201 is registered for the same user in a plurality of systems such as the My Page providing server 101 and the web mail server 102, the opening status is consistent in the plurality of systems. It becomes possible to make it. Therefore, since the user can specify that the notification article 201 has been opened in any system, for example, it is assumed that the same notification article 201 has not been read, and unnecessary operations such as checking multiple times in a plurality of systems are prevented. Is done.

  For example, when the mediation request information 1700 of the web mail information 1501 is transmitted in step S1906 of FIG. 19 described above, the opening medium 1506 of the web mail information 1501 is set to “mail” representing the web mail server 102. You may comprise. 24, when the web mail information 1501 is changed to opened, the opened medium 1506 of the web mail information 1501 is set to “page” representing the my page providing server 101. May be. With this configuration, the user knows, for example, in which system the my page providing server 101 or the web mail server 102 opened the news article 201 from the value of the opening medium 1506 of the web mail information 1501. be able to.

  FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer 2600 for realizing the my page providing server 101, the web mail server 102, the user terminal 103, the administrator terminal 104, and the mediation device 105. The hardware configuration of the computer 2600 in FIG. 26 includes, for example, a processor 2601, a memory 2602, a storage device 2603, a reading device 2604, a communication interface 2606, and an input / output device 2607. Note that the processor 2601, the memory 2602, the storage device 2603, the reading device 2604, the communication interface 2606, and the input / output device 2607 are connected to each other via a bus 2608, for example.

  The processor 2601 provides a part or all of the functions of each functional unit described above by executing a program describing the procedure of the above-described operation flow using the memory 2602. For example, the control unit 400 of the my page providing server 101 is, for example, a processor 2601, and the storage unit 410 includes, for example, a memory 2602, a storage device 2603, and a removable storage medium 2605. The processor 2601 of the my page providing server 101 functions as the notification registration unit 401 by reading and executing the notification registration program 411 stored in the storage device 2603, for example. The processor 2601 of the my page providing server 101 functions as the my page display unit 402 by reading and executing the my page display program 412 stored in the storage device 2603, for example. Further, the processor 2601 of the my page providing server 101 functions as the my page opened setting unit 403 by reading and executing the my page opened setting program 413 stored in the storage device 2603, for example.

For example, my page notification management information 800 is stored in the storage device 2603 of the my page providing server 101.
The control unit 500 of the mediation device 105 is, for example, a processor 2601, and the storage unit 510 includes, for example, a memory 2602, a storage device 2603, and a removable storage medium 2605. The processor 2601 of the mediation device 105 functions as the providing unit 501, the reception unit 502, the specifying unit 503, and the notification unit 504, for example, by reading and executing the mediation program 511 stored in the storage device 2603.

For example, user management information 1300 is stored in the storage device 2603 of the mediation device 105.
The control unit 600 of the web mail server 102 is, for example, a processor 2601, and the storage unit 610 includes, for example, a memory 2602, a storage device 2603, and a removable storage medium 2605. The processor 2601 of the webmail server 102 functions as the webmail registration unit 601 by reading and executing the webmail registration program 611 stored in the storage device 2603, for example. Further, the processor 2601 of the webmail server 102 functions as the webmail display unit 602 by reading and executing the webmail display program 612 stored in the storage device 2603, for example. Furthermore, the processor 2601 of the webmail server 102 functions as the webmail opened setting unit 603 by, for example, reading and executing the webmail opened setting program 613 stored in the storage device 2603.

For example, web mail management information 1500 is stored in the storage device 2603 of the web mail server 102.
The memory 2602 is a semiconductor memory, for example, and includes a RAM area and a ROM area. The storage device 2603 is, for example, a hard disk, a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory, or an external recording device.

  The reading device 2604 accesses the removable storage medium 2605 in accordance with instructions from the processor 2601. The detachable storage medium 2605 includes, for example, a semiconductor device (USB memory or the like), a medium to / from which information is input / output by magnetic action (magnetic disk or the like), a medium to / from which information is input / output by optical action (CD-ROM, For example, a DVD). The communication interface 2606 transmits and receives data via the network 2610 in accordance with instructions from the processor 2601. The input / output device 2607 corresponds to, for example, an interface between a device that receives instructions from a user such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display device such as a display, and an audio device such as a speaker.

Each program according to the embodiment is provided to the my page providing server 101, the web mail server 102, and the mediation device 105 in the following form, for example.
(1) Installed in advance in the storage device 2603.
(2) Provided by the removable storage medium 2605.
(3) Provided from a server 2609 such as a program server.

  In the foregoing, preferred embodiments have been described. However, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the notification linkage processing has been described by taking the my page providing server 101 and the web mail server 102 as an example of a plurality of systems mediated by the mediation device 105. However, the embodiment of the notification linkage process is not limited to this. For example, the mediation device 105 may function to match the opening status of the same news article 201 for the same user in three or more systems.

  In this case, for example, the user cooperation information 1301 of the user management information 1300 may store user identification information 1305 that can identify the user in each of a plurality of systems. For example, a plurality of user IDs 1303 and a plurality of mail addresses 1304 may be registered in the user cooperation information 1301 of the user management information 1300. In this case, the mail address provision information 1000 may include user identification information 1305 registered in the user cooperation information 1301 other than the user ID 902 notified by the mail address provision request information 900. . Also, the web mail notification article registration request information 1100 may store user identification information 1305 that can identify the user in each of a plurality of systems. Further, the web mail notification article registration request information 1100 may be transmitted to a system associated with the user identification information 1305 among a plurality of systems. In addition, in any one of a plurality of systems, when the notification article 201 is opened, the request source 1702 of the mediation request information 1700 stores information indicating the system where the notification article 201 is opened. . The user information 1703 stores user identification information 1305 for identifying the user in the system in which the notification article 201 is opened. For example, mediation request information 1700 including such information may be transmitted to the mediation device 105.

  The intermediary device 105 identifies from which of the plurality of systems the opening has been performed from the request source 1702 of the intermediation request information 1700, and user identification information for identifying the user in other systems. 1305 is acquired from the user management information 1300. Then, each of the other systems includes a user ID information 1305 for identifying the user in the system, and a notification setting request including notification ID 2103 or notification ID 2203 for specifying the opened notification article 201. Send information. The opened setting request information transmitted here may be the same as the configuration exemplified by the web mail opened setting request information 2100 or the My Page opened setting request information 2200, for example. Each system that has received the unsealed setting request information uses the user identification information 1305 and the notification ID 2103 or the notification ID 2203 to specify the registration of the notification article 201 of the user whose opening status should be opened. Then, the registration of the specified notification article 201 is changed to “Done” indicating, for example, opened. As a result, it is possible to synchronize the opening status of the same notice article 201 for the same user in three or more systems.

  Note that data transmission / reception between a plurality of systems and the intermediary device 105 and other systems is performed by, for example, transmitting destinations such as mail addresses of the intermediary device 105 and other systems in advance in the storage device 2603 in each of the plurality of systems. It can be implemented by memorizing. Data transmitted from the plurality of systems to the intermediary device 105 and other systems includes, for example, mail address provision request information 900 and web mail notification article registration request information 1100. Data transmitted from the intermediary device 105 to a plurality of systems includes, for example, mail address provision information 1000, web mail opened / closed setting request information 2100, and my page opened / closed request information 2200.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the My Page providing server 101, the web mail server 102, and the mediation device 105 are mounted on separate devices has been described, but the embodiment is not limited to this. . For example, the functions of the my page providing server 101, the web mail server 102, and the intermediary device 105 may be implemented in one server. Further, for example, some or all of the functions of one or both of the my page providing server 101 and the web mail server 102 may be implemented in the mediation device 105. Alternatively, some or all of the functions of the intermediary device 105 are implemented, for example, as functions for executing, for example, mail address provision processing and notification linkage processing in one or both of the My Page provision server 101 and the web mail server 102 described above. It may be. Similarly, in the above-described embodiment, the My Page providing server 101 and the administrator terminal 104 are described as separate devices. However, the My Page providing server 101 and the administrator terminal 104 are a single device. It may be mounted on the same device. Further, in this embodiment, the mail system describes the form of web mail that the server side has all the mail information. However, when the user receives the mail, the mail is deleted from the server (in the user terminal). Needless to say, it is also used in POP type mail systems. For example, the mail recorded on the user terminal 103 and the My Page of the My Page providing server 101 by modifying the operation flow of the above-described embodiment on the mail recorded on the user terminal 103 and executing it. The opening status of the notification article 201 can be matched.

  In the above, the preferred embodiment concerning the present invention was illustrated. However, the embodiments according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be understood as including various modifications and alternative forms of the above-described embodiments. For example, it will be understood that various embodiments can be embodied by modifying the components without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Further, it will be understood that various embodiments according to the present invention can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above-described embodiments. Alternatively, various implementations according to the present invention may be made by deleting or replacing some components from all the components shown in the embodiment, or adding some components to the components shown in the embodiment. One skilled in the art will appreciate that the form may be implemented.

100 Network Configuration 101 My Page Providing Server 102 Web Mail Server 103 User Terminal 104 Administrator Terminal 105 Mediation Device 106 Browser 107 Browser 110 Network 200 My Page 201 News Article 202 Link 210 Inbox 211 Received Mail 212 Sender 213 Origination Date 214 Title 215 Opened medium 216 Create e-mail 217 Next screen 218 Logout 400 Control unit 401 Notification registration unit 402 My page display unit 403 My page opened setting unit 410 Storage unit 411 Notification registration program 412 My page display setting program 413 My page opened setting program 500 Control unit 501 Provision unit 502 Reception unit 503 Identification unit 504 Notification unit 510 Storage unit 511 Mediation program 6 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 0 Control part 601 Web mail registration part 602 Web mail display part 603 Web mail opened completion setting part 610 Storage part 611 Web mail registration program 612 Web mail display program 613 Web mail opened completion setting program 700 Notification article registration request information 701 Message type 702 User ID
703 Notice article title 704 Notice article body 710 Remarks 800 My page notice management information 801 Notice article information 802 User ID
803 Registration date and time 804 Opening status 805 Information ID
806 Information article title 807 Information article body 900 Email address provision request information 901 Message type 902 User ID
910 Remarks 1000 Mail address provision information 1001 Message type 1002 User ID
1003 Mail address 1010 Remarks 1100 Web mail notification article registration request information 1101 Message type 1102 Registration mail address 1103 Notification ID
1104 News article title 1105 News article body 1110 Remarks 1300 User management information 1301 User cooperation information 1302 Cooperation flag 1303 User ID
1304 Mail address 1305 User identification information 1500 Web mail management information 1501 Web mail information 1502 Message ID
1503 Sender 1504 Address 1505 Opening status 1506 Opening medium 1507 Date and time of sending 1508 Information ID
1509 Mail information 1510 Title 1511 Body 1700 Intermediary request information 1701 Message type 1702 Requester 1703 User information 1704 Information ID
1705 Information article title 1706 Information article body text 1710 Remarks 2000 Opened screen 2100 Web mail unsealed setting request information 2101 Message type 2102 User information 2103 Information ID
2110 Remarks 2200 My Page Opened Setting Request Information 2201 Message Type 2202 User Information 2203 Information ID
2210 Remarks 2600 Computer 2601 Processor 2602 Memory 2603 Storage device 2604 Reading device 2605 Removable storage medium 2606 Communication interface 2607 Input / output device 2608 Bus 2609 Server 2610 Network

Claims (8)

A notification cooperation program that causes a mediation device connected to a web server that provides a web page including a notification article for a user and a mail server that manages a mail including the notification article transmitted to the user to execute processing. And the processing is as follows:
Information including first user identification information for identifying the user in the web server and notice identification information for identifying the notice, and indicating that the notice article has been opened; Received from the web server,
Before SL based on the first user identification information and the user management information in the mail server and the second user identification information for identifying the user is associated, the first included in the information Identifying the second user identification information corresponding to one user identification information;
It includes a second user identification information and the announcement identification information the identified, by the user to inform article identified by the announcement identification information is identified by the user identification information of the second in Mark as Read Notifying the mail server of the opened setting request information for notifying that there is,
Look at including it,
The web server, when the news article is opened on the web page, prevents the news article from being displayed on the web page . The information is said is information News articles in the web server is notified from the Web server when it is opened, and announcements identification information of the unwrapped News article, the notified announcements articles is the unsealed The information cooperation program according to claim 1, further comprising first user identification information of a user. The user management information further includes at least one user identification information for identifying the user in at least one system different from the web server and the mail server among a plurality of systems. Associated with the second user identification information and the second user identification information,
In the specifying, user identification information in the at least one system is further specified,
In the notification, the opened identification request information including the user identification information and the notification identification information in the at least one system is notified to the at least one system,
In the at least one system that has received the unsealed setting request information, the notice article identified by the user identification information and the notice identification information in the at least one system is set to be opened. ,
The information cooperation program according to claim 1 or 2. Wherein in response to receiving the identification information request from the web server, the identification information request to the first user identification wherein the user identified by information mail server second to identify with the included user Sending identification information to the web server ;
The notification cooperation program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further causing the mediation apparatus to execute processing. 5. The notification cooperation program according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the web server and the mail server is implemented in the mediation device that executes the notification cooperation program. 6. The mail server further includes information on an opening medium indicating whether the second mail including the notice article that has already been opened is first opened on the web server or the mail server. And when displaying the inbox where the second mail is registered on the terminal of the user, the information on the unsealed medium is displayed in association with the second mail. The notice cooperation program according to any one of claims 1 to 5. An intermediary device communicably connected to a web server that provides a web page containing a news article for a user and a mail server that manages a mail containing the news article sent to the user ,
Information including first user identification information for identifying the user in the web server and notice identification information for identifying the notice, and indicating that the notice article has been opened; A receiving unit for receiving from a web server,
Before SL based on the first user identification information and the user management information in the mail server and the second user identification information for identifying the user is associated, the first included in the information A specifying unit for specifying the second user identification information corresponding to one user identification information;
It includes a second user identification information and the announcement identification information the identified, by the user to inform article identified by the announcement identification information is identified by the user identification information of the second in Mark as Read A notification unit for notifying the mail server of the opened setting request information for notifying that there is,
Only including,
The intermediary device , wherein the web server prevents the news article from being displayed on the web page when the news article is opened on the web page . A notification linkage method executed by an intermediary device that is connected in communication to a web server that provides a web page including a notification article for a user and a mail server that manages a mail including the notification article transmitted to the user. And
Information including first user identification information for identifying the user in the web server and notice identification information for identifying the notice, and indicating that the notice article has been opened; Receiving from a web server;
Before SL based on the first user identification information and the user management information in the mail server and the second user identification information for identifying the user is associated, the first included in the information identifying a second user identification information corresponding to one of the user identification information,
It includes a second user identification information and the announcement identification information the identified, by the user to inform article identified by the announcement identification information is identified by the user identification information of the second in Mark as Read Notifying the mail server of opened setting request information for notifying that there is ,
Only including,
The web server prevents the news article from being displayed on the web page when the news article is opened on the web page .

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