JP6524876B2 - Email terminal, program, and creation support method of email - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for supporting creation and transmission of electronic mail.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for efficiently prompting a reply to an e-mail. In this technique, the user terminal transmits an e-mail requiring an answer, and then transmits the e-mail from the storage unit in which a measure indicating the speed of the answer to the e-mail is stored in association with the e-mail address. Identify the measure associated with the e-mail address of the e-mail. Then, according to the specified scale, the transmission timing of the request confirmation mail of the response to the transmitted electronic mail is determined, and when the determined transmission timing comes, this notification mail is transmitted.

JP, 2012-113577, A

  However, since the technology described in Patent Document 1 is to send a request email for a reply to the email to the destination of the email, there is a possibility that the destination of the email may feel uncomfortable. On the other hand, the sender of the e-mail may feel uneasy because the sender of the e-mail can not know whether or not the other party immediately confirms the sent e-mail.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to support the creation and transmission of an electronic mail in consideration of the circumstances of the transmission destination of the electronic mail.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, schedule data of a transmission counterpart associated with a destination address of an e-mail being created is obtained from a scheduler which manages schedule data in association with a mail address for each user. And display this schedule data along with the e-mail being created. Here, a predetermined keyword representing a date etc. is retrieved from the e-mail being created, and when the predetermined keyword is detected, the schedule data of the transmission partner is obtained and displayed together with the e-mail being created. It is also good. Alternatively, the presence of the transmission partner may be specified from the acquired schedule data, and a message indicating whether the transmission partner can immediately confirm the e-mail may be displayed based on the presence.

For example, the first aspect of the present invention is
An e-mail terminal that creates and sends an e-mail according to the instruction of the operator.
Schedule acquisition means for acquiring schedule data of a transmission counterpart associated with a destination address of an e-mail being created from a scheduler that manages schedule data in association with an e-mail address for each user;
Schedule display means for displaying the schedule of the transmission partner acquired by the schedule acquisition means together with the e-mail being created ;
If the schedule of the transmission partner acquired by the schedule acquisition means does not have a schedule currently in operation, the presence of the transmission partner is determined to be "present," and if there is a schedule currently in operation Presence determination means for determining the presence of the other party as “other than presence”;
If the presence of the transmission partner determined by the presence determination unit is "present" along with the e-mail being created and the schedule of the transmission partner displayed by the schedule display unit, the transmission partner Displays a message notifying that the e-mail can be confirmed, and if the other party's presence is "not present", the e-mail will be sent if the other party is not after the currently running schedule. Message display means for displaying a message indicating that the status can not be confirmed .

In addition, the second aspect of the present invention is
  An e-mail terminal that creates and sends an e-mail according to the instruction of the operator.
  Schedule acquisition means for acquiring schedule data of a transmission counterpart associated with a destination address of an e-mail being created from a scheduler that manages schedule data in association with an e-mail address for each user;
  Schedule display means for displaying the schedule of the transmission partner acquired by the schedule acquisition means together with the e-mail being created;
  Keyword search means for searching for a predetermined keyword regarding an answer due date including a due date in a wording from the e-mail being created;
  The schedule acquisition unit
  When the predetermined keyword is detected from the e-mail being created by the keyword search means, the schedule data from the current date and time of the transmission partner to the date included in the detected predetermined keyword is the scheduler Get from

  According to the present invention, since it is possible to confirm the schedule of the other party of the electronic mail prior to the transmission of the electronic mail, whether or not the other party can cope within the response time limit described in the electronic mail, and It can be determined whether the sender is ready to immediately confirm the email. Therefore, it is possible to support creation and transmission of an e-mail considering the circumstances of the e-mail sender.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an electronic mail system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the electronic mail system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing an example of registered contents of the schedule storage unit 23. As shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a flow for explaining the process as the scheduler of the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2. FIG. 6 is a schematic functional block diagram of the electronic mail terminal 1. FIG. 7 is a view schematically showing an example of registered contents of the message storage unit 15. As shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a flow for explaining the operation of the electronic mail terminal 1. FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of a display screen of the electronic mail terminal 1.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an electronic mail system according to the present embodiment.

  As illustrated, the electronic mail system according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of electronic mail terminals 1-1 to 1-n (hereinafter, also simply referred to as electronic mail terminal 1), a scheduler-equipped electronic mail server 2, and A network 3 such as a WAN, LAN, etc. interconnecting the electronic mail terminal 1 and the scheduler-equipped electronic mail server 2 is configured.

  The scheduler mounted electronic mail server 2 is an electronic mail server provided with a scheduler function for managing schedule data of users of each electronic mail terminal 1. The e-mail terminal 1 acquires schedule data of the transmission destination of the e-mail being created from the scheduler-equipped e-mail server 2, and displays the data together with the e-mail being created.

  FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the electronic mail system according to the present embodiment. Here, an example in which the user of the electronic mail terminal 1-1 transmits an electronic mail to the user of the electronic mail terminal 1-2 is shown.

  First, when the electronic mail terminal 1-2 receives a schedule registration instruction from the user (S101), the scheduler mounted electronic mail with a schedule registration request accompanied by the electronic mail address of the electronic mail terminal 1-2 and the schedule data inputted by the user It transmits to the server 2 (S102).

  In response to this, the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 registers the schedule data added to the schedule registration request in association with the electronic mail address of the electronic mail terminal 1-2 added to the schedule registration request ((1) S103).

  Next, when receiving an email creation instruction from the user (S104), the email terminal 1-1 displays an email creation screen (S105), and receives an email creation / editing operation from the user (S106). Then, when the electronic mail terminal 1-1 detects a predetermined keyword related to the response time limit or a predetermined keyword requesting an answer from the electronic mail being created and edited, the electronic mail address of the electronic mail terminal 1-2 as the transmission partner Is confirmed as the destination address (S107). Then, a schedule acquisition request accompanied by the destination address is sent to the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 (S108).

  In response to this, the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 searches the schedule data of the user of the electronic mail terminal 1-2 registered in association with the destination address added to the schedule acquisition request (S109). Then, the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 transmits the schedule data of the user of the electronic mail terminal 1-2 to the electronic mail terminal 1-1 (S110).

  Next, when the schedule data of the user of the email terminal 1-2 is received from the scheduler-equipped email server 2, the email terminal 1-1 displays this schedule data together with the email creation screen (S 111). Does the user of the e-mail terminal 1-1 refer to the schedule data of the user of the e-mail terminal 1-2 displayed together with the e-mail creation screen, and whether the response deadline described in the e-mail being created or edited is appropriate? In other words, it is determined whether or not the other party can respond within the response time limit, and the e-mail is edited as necessary.

  Further, the electronic mail terminal 1-1 determines the presence indicating the current state of the user of the electronic mail terminal 1-2 from the schedule data of the user of the electronic mail terminal 1-2. Then, based on the presence, it is determined whether or not the user of the electronic mail terminal 1-2 can immediately confirm the newly received electronic mail, and a message indicating the result is displayed (S112).

  Next, when the e-mail terminal 1-1 receives an e-mail transmission instruction from the user (S113), an e-mail address of the e-mail terminal 1-2 created / edited via the e-mail creation screen is used as the destination address. The mail is sent to the scheduler-equipped electronic mail server 2 (S114).

  Next, when the e-mail terminal 1-2 receives an e-mail having the e-mail terminal 1-1 as the transmission source from the scheduler-equipped e-mail server 2, it displays an e-mail reception notification notifying that the e-mail has been received. (S115). Then, upon receiving an instruction to display an e-mail from the user (S116), the e-mail terminal 1-2 displays an e-mail whose source is the e-mail terminal 1-1 (S117).

  Next, the details of the scheduler-equipped electronic mail server 2 and the electronic mail terminal 1 constituting the electronic mail system according to the present embodiment will be described.

  First, the scheduler mounted electronic mail server 2 will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2.

  As illustrated, the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 includes a network interface unit 20, an electronic mail server processing unit 21, and a scheduler processing unit 22.

  The network interface unit 20 is an interface for communicating with the electronic mail terminal 1 via the network 3.

  The e-mail server processing unit 21 carries out the processing necessary to realize the function of the e-mail server. Specifically, the e-mail is transferred to another e-mail server in accordance with SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), and e-mail addressed to the user is received in accordance with POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3).

  The scheduler processing unit 22 implements the processing necessary to realize the function of the scheduler, and includes a schedule storage unit 23, a schedule registration request processing unit 24, and a schedule acquisition request processing unit 25.

  The schedule storage unit 23 stores schedule data of the user of each electronic mail terminal 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing an example of registered contents of the schedule storage unit 23. As shown in FIG. As illustrated, the schedule storage unit 23 stores, for each user of the electronic mail terminal 1, a table 230 storing a record 232 of schedule data of the user in association with the electronic mail address 231 of the user. The record 232 has a field 233 for registering an ID for identifying a schedule, a field 234 for registering an implementation date of the schedule, a field 235 for registering a start time of the schedule, and a field 236 for registering an end time of the schedule. , Has a field 237 for registering a subject for the schedule.

  The schedule registration request processing unit 24 registers schedule data in the schedule storage unit 23 in accordance with the schedule registration request received from the electronic mail terminal 1 via the network interface unit 20.

  The schedule acquisition request processing unit 25 reads out the schedule data from the schedule storage unit 23 according to the schedule acquisition request received from the electronic mail terminal 1 via the network interface unit 20, and transmits it to the electronic mail terminal 1 which is the transmission source of the schedule acquisition request. Do.

  FIG. 5 is a flow for explaining the process as the scheduler of the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2. Since the process as the electronic mail server of the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 is the same as that of the existing electronic mail server, the detailed description thereof is omitted.

  When the schedule registration request processing unit 24 receives a schedule registration request from the electronic mail terminal 1 via the network interface unit 20 (YES in S200), the schedule registration request processing unit 24 associates the schedule with the electronic mail address added to the schedule registration request. The table 230 stored in the storage unit 23 is searched (S201). Then, the record 232 of the schedule data added to the schedule registration request is registered in the table 230 searched for (S202).

  Furthermore, when the schedule acquisition request processing unit 25 receives a schedule acquisition request from the electronic mail terminal 1 via the network interface unit 20 (YES in S203), the schedule acquisition request processing unit 25 is associated with the electronic mail address added to the schedule registration request. Then, the table 230 stored in the schedule storage unit 23 is searched (S204). Then, from this table 230, at least partially, a period from the current date and time to the date and time added to the schedule registration request (however, the date if only the date or the corresponding date if only the day). The record 232 of schedule data whose implementation period overlaps is read (S205). Here, when the information regarding date and time is not added to the schedule registration request, all the records 232 of the schedule data after the current date and time are read out. Then, the schedule acquisition request processing unit 25 transmits the read record 232 to the electronic mail terminal 1 of the transmission source of the schedule acquisition request via the network interface unit 20 (S206). When a plurality of destination addresses are added to the schedule acquisition request, the records 232 are read from the table 230 associated with each destination address, and the records 232 are transmitted.

  Next, the electronic mail terminal 1 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic functional block diagram of the electronic mail terminal 1.

  As illustrated, the electronic mail terminal 1 includes a network interface unit 10, a man-machine interface unit 11, an electronic mail client processing unit 12, a keyword search unit 13, a schedule acquisition request unit 14, and a message storage unit 15. A presence determination unit 16, a schedule display unit 17, a schedule reception unit 18, and a schedule registration request unit 19 are provided.

  The network interface unit 10 is an interface for communicating with the scheduler-equipped electronic mail server 2 via the network 3.

  The man-machine interface unit 11 is an interface for displaying information to the user and receiving various operations from the user, and although not shown, a display device such as an LCD or LED, a mouse, a keyboard, a touch sensor And the like.

  The email client processing unit 12 carries out the processing necessary to realize the function of the email client. Specifically, the electronic mail is sent to the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 according to the SMTP, and the electronic mail is received from the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 according to the POP3. Also, the mail creation screen is displayed on the man-machine interface unit 11, and the user receives an email creation and editing operation.

  The keyword search unit 13 searches the electronic mail created by the electronic mail client processing unit 12 for a predetermined keyword related to the response time limit and a predetermined keyword for which the response is requested.

  When the keyword search unit 13 detects a keyword, the schedule acquisition request unit 14 transmits a schedule acquisition request to the scheduler-equipped electronic mail server 2 via the network interface unit 10, and the electronic mail client processing unit 12 creates it. The record 232 of the schedule data of the transmission partner specified by the destination address of the e-mail being edited is acquired.

  The message storage unit 15 stores a message as to whether or not the transmission partner can immediately confirm the electronic mail according to the presence of the transmission counterpart of the electronic mail. FIG. 7 is a view schematically showing an example of registered contents of the message storage unit 15. As shown in FIG. As illustrated, the message storage unit 15 stores a record 150 for each message. The record 150 has a field 151 for registering a presence ("presence", "non-presence"), a field 152 for registering the end time of the presence, and a field 153 for registering a message.

  The presence determination unit 16 determines the presence indicating the current status of the transmission destination from the schedule data of the transmission destination of the e-mail acquired by the schedule acquisition request unit 14. Then, a message corresponding to the presence is retrieved from the message storage unit 15 and passed to the schedule display unit 17.

  The schedule display unit 17 displays the schedule data acquired by the schedule acquisition request unit 14 and the message searched by the presence judgment unit 16 on the man-machine interface unit 11 together with the mail creation screen being displayed by the email client processing unit 12. Do.

  The schedule receiving unit 18 receives a schedule registration instruction accompanied by input of schedule data from the user via the man-machine interface unit 11.

  The schedule registration request unit 19 transmits a schedule registration request to the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 via the network interface unit 10 in accordance with the schedule registration instruction accepted by the schedule acceptance unit 18.

  FIG. 8 is a flow for explaining the operation of the electronic mail terminal 1.

  First, when schedule reception unit 18 receives a schedule registration instruction accompanied by input of schedule data including a schedule execution date, start time, end time, and subject from a user via man-machine interface unit 11 (YES in S300) ), Passes this schedule data to the schedule registration request unit 19. In response to this, the schedule registration request unit 19 generates a schedule registration request accompanied by the schedule data received from the schedule reception unit 18 and the electronic mail address of the own electronic mail terminal 1, and the scheduler is mounted via the network interface unit 10. This schedule registration request is sent to the electronic mail server 2 (S301).

  In addition, when receiving an email creation instruction from the user via the man-machine interface unit 11 (YES in S302), the email client processing unit 12 displays an email creation screen on the man-machine interface unit 11 (S303). Then, the user receives an e-mail creation and editing operation from the user via the e-mail creation screen (S304). Also, the keyword search unit 13 responds to the e-mail being created and edited according to the operation content received by the e-mail client processing unit 12 from the user via the e-mail creation screen. The search for a predetermined keyword regarding the response time limit such as “before” and a predetermined keyword for requesting an answer such as “please contact”, “reply”, “please answer” is started (S305).

  If a predetermined keyword is not detected from the e-mail being created or edited by the keyword search unit 13 (NO in S305), and an e-mail transmission instruction is received from the user via the e-mail creation screen (YES in S306) The client processing unit 12 confirms that the destination address is set in the electronic mail, and transmits the electronic mail to the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 via the network interface unit 10 (S307).

  On the other hand, when a predetermined keyword is detected from the e-mail being created or edited (YES in S305), the keyword search unit 13 detects the e-mail without receiving an e-mail transmission instruction from the user via the e-mail creation screen (S306: NO). The schedule acquisition request unit 14 is notified of the generated keyword.

  In response to this, the schedule acquisition request unit 14 determines whether the destination address is set in the email being created or edited according to the operation content of the user accepted by the email client processing unit 12 via the email creation screen. (S308). If the destination address is not set (NO in S308), the process waits until the destination address is set. Then, if one or more destination addresses are set (YES in S308), the schedule acquisition request unit 14 generates a schedule acquisition request to which all the destination addresses are added. At this time, if a keyword related to the response time limit is detected by the keyword search unit 13, the date and time of the response time limit specified by the keyword is added to the schedule acquisition request. Then, the schedule acquisition request unit 14 transmits a schedule acquisition request to the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 via the network interface unit 10 (S309).

  Next, the schedule acquisition request unit 14 receives schedule data from the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 and passes it to the schedule display unit 17 and the presence determination unit 16. In response to this, the schedule display unit 17 displays all the schedule data on the man-machine interface unit 11 together with the mail creation screen being displayed by the email client processing unit 12 (S310).

  In addition, when the presence determination unit 16 receives the schedule data from the schedule acquisition request unit 14, the presence determination unit 16 specifies a schedule currently being executed from all the schedule data. Then, based on the specified schedule, the presence indicating the current status of all transmission destinations of the e-mail being created and edited via the e-mail creation screen is determined (S311).

  Specifically, if there is no schedule currently in operation, it is determined that the presence is "present," and the end time of the presence is "not determined." On the other hand, if there is a schedule currently in operation, the presence is determined to be present, and the end time included in the schedule data is set as the end time of the presence.

  Next, the presence determination unit 16 searches the message storage unit 15 for a message using the determined presence and its end time as described above, and passes the message to the schedule display unit 17. In response to this, the schedule display unit 17 displays a message on the man-machine interface unit 11 together with the mail creation screen and the schedule data (S312).

  FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of a display screen of the electronic mail terminal 1. In this example, the e-mail terminal 1 relates to the response due date from the e-mail being created and edited in accordance with the operation content received from the user via the e-mail creation screen 111 being displayed on the display screen 110 of the man-machine interface unit 11. Detects the keyword “Tomorrow Deadline” 1110 and sends a schedule acquisition request with the keyword “Tomorrow Deadline” 1110 and the destination address “nakayo_taro@nyc.co.jp” 1111 set in this email to the scheduler-equipped email server 2 Send schedule data 112 for today (2015/09/28) and tomorrow (2015/09/29) of the other party "nakayo_taro@nyc.co.jp" from the scheduler-equipped e-mail server 2. Display screen 110 It is displayed. In addition, since the schedule currently underway (current time 13:30) is the subject "meeting" for the end time "15:00", the presence of the transmission partner "nakayo_taro@nyc.co.jp" is not "not present" The display screen 110 displays a message 113 indicating that the e-mail can not be confirmed without the end of the schedule currently being executed.

  As a result, the user refers to the schedule data 112 of the other party "nakayo_taro@nyc.co.jp" to which the e-mail is sent, displayed along with the e-mail creation screen 111, and the response time limit described in the e-mail being created and edited is It is judged whether it is appropriate or not, that is, whether or not the other party "nakayo_taro@nyc.co.jp" can respond within this response time limit, and the response time limit etc. may be corrected as necessary. it can. Also, based on the message 113 displayed together with the mail creation screen 111, to know whether or not the e-mail transmission destination "nakayo_taro@nyc.co.jp" can immediately confirm the newly received e-mail. Can.

  Now, when the email client processing unit 12 receives an email transmission instruction from the user via the email creation screen 111 (YES in S313), this email is sent to the scheduler mounted email server 2 via the network interface unit 10. It transmits (S314).

  On the other hand, when the keyword search unit 13 detects that the keyword described in the e-mail displayed on the e-mail creation screen 111 has been changed (YES in S315), or the schedule acquisition request portion 14 displays the e-mail creation screen 111. If it is detected that the destination address of the e-mail being displayed has been changed (YES in S316), the process returns to S309, the schedule data is acquired again from the scheduler-equipped e-mail server 2, and the schedule data and message are displayed on the display screen 110. It displays (S310-S312). Although not shown, if the change of the keyword described in the displayed e-mail is the deletion of the keyword in step S315, the process returns to step S305. Similarly, in step S316, if the change of the destination address of the e-mail displayed on the e-mail creation screen 111 is deletion of the destination address, the process returns to step S308.

  Hereinabove, one embodiment of the present invention has been described.

  In the present embodiment, the e-mail terminal 1 can confirm the schedule of the e-mail transmission destination prior to the e-mail transmission, so that the e-mail terminal 1 can respond within the reply time limit described in the e-mail. It can be determined whether or not there is an e-mail, and whether or not the other party can immediately confirm the e-mail. Therefore, it is possible to support creation and transmission of an e-mail considering the circumstances of the e-mail sender.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the electronic mail terminal 1 detects the predetermined keyword related to the response time limit or the predetermined keyword requesting the response from the electronic mail being created / edited, the electronic mail server 1 transmits the electronic data from the scheduler mounted electronic mail server 2. Since the schedule data of the transmission destination of the mail is automatically acquired, it is possible to reduce the work load for acquiring the schedule data of the transmission destination.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, when the keyword detected from the electronic mail being created / edited is the keyword regarding the response time limit, the electronic mail terminal 1 acquires schedule data up to the response time limit from the scheduler mounted electronic mail server 2. As a result, it is possible to prevent the generation of communication traffic and pressure on memory consumption due to unnecessary schedule data that is unlikely to be referenced. Further, prior to the acquisition of the schedule data, the electronic mail terminal 1 may confirm with the user whether or not it is necessary to acquire the schedule data of the transmission counterpart of the electronic mail terminal 1.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the e-mail terminal 1 determines the presence of the transmission destination of the e-mail based on the schedule data acquired from the scheduler-equipped e-mail server 2, and the transmission destination is the e-mail according to the presence. By displaying a message as to whether or not the user can immediately confirm the user's anxiety can be reduced.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the e-mail terminal 1 acquires schedule data of the e-mail transmission partner from the scheduler-equipped e-mail server 2 by detecting a predetermined keyword from the e-mail being created and edited. It is like that. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when an email transmission instruction is received from a user for an email being created or edited, schedule data of an email transmission destination is acquired from the scheduler mounted email server 2 and displayed prior to the transmission of the email. You may do so. Then, when a mail transmission instruction is accepted from the user again, this electronic mail may be transmitted.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the electronic mail terminal 1 acquires the schedule data of the transmission destination of the electronic mail specified by the destination address 1111 of the mail creation screen 111 (see FIG. 9) from the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 If the CC (Carbon Copy) address 1112 of the mail creation screen 111 is set, the schedule data of the transmission destination of the e-mail identified by the CC address 1112 is acquired from the scheduler-equipped e-mail server 2 May be

  Further, in the above embodiment, the functional configuration of scheduler-equipped e-mail server 2 shown in FIG. 3 is realized in hardware by an integrated logic IC such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA). Or software-implemented by a computer such as a DSP (Digital Signal Processor). Alternatively, in a general-purpose computer such as a PC (Personal Computer) provided with a CPU, a memory, an auxiliary storage device such as a HDD, a DVD-ROM, and a wireless communication device such as a wireless LAN adapter, the CPU executes a predetermined program from the auxiliary storage device. It may be realized by loading it onto a memory and executing it.

  Similarly, the functional configuration of the electronic mail terminal 1 shown in FIG. 6 may also be realized as hardware by an integrated logic IC such as ASIC, FPGA or the like, or as software realized by a computer such as DSP. May be. Alternatively, in a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) or smart phone equipped with a CPU, a memory, an auxiliary storage device such as a HDD or DVD-ROM, and a wireless communication device such as a wireless LAN adapter, It may be realized by loading a program from an auxiliary storage onto memory and executing it.

  Further, although the scheduler equipped electronic mail server 2 which is an electronic mail server having a scheduler function is used in the above embodiment, the scheduler and the electronic mail server may be separate devices.

  1, 1-1 to 1-n: electronic mail terminal, 2: scheduler mounted electronic mail server, 3: network, 10: network interface unit, 11: man-machine interface unit, 12: electronic mail client processing unit, 13: keyword Search unit, 14: Schedule acquisition request unit, 15: Message storage unit, 16: Presence judgment unit, 17: Schedule display unit, 18: Schedule reception unit, 19: Schedule registration request unit, 20: Network interface unit, 21: Electronic Mail server processing unit 22: Scheduler processing unit 23: Schedule storage unit 24: Schedule registration request processing unit 25: Schedule acquisition request processing unit

Claims (8)

An e-mail terminal that creates and sends an e-mail according to the instruction of the operator.
Schedule acquisition means for acquiring schedule data of a transmission counterpart associated with a destination address of an e-mail being created from a scheduler that manages schedule data in association with an e-mail address for each user;
Schedule display means for displaying the schedule of the transmission partner acquired by the schedule acquisition means together with the e-mail being created ;
If the schedule of the transmission partner acquired by the schedule acquisition means does not have a schedule currently in operation, the presence of the transmission partner is determined to be "present," and if there is a schedule currently in operation Presence determination means for determining the presence of the other party as “other than presence”;
If the presence of the transmission partner determined by the presence determination unit is "present" along with the e-mail being created and the schedule of the transmission partner displayed by the schedule display unit, the transmission partner Displays a message notifying that the e-mail can be confirmed, and if the other party's presence is "not present", the e-mail will be sent if the other party is not after the currently running schedule. An electronic mail terminal comprising: message display means for displaying a message notifying that the status can not be confirmed . The electronic mail terminal according to claim 1, wherein
It further comprises a keyword search means for searching for a predetermined keyword from the e-mail being created,
The schedule acquisition unit
An electronic mail terminal characterized by acquiring schedule data of the transmission partner when a predetermined keyword is detected from the electronic mail being created by the keyword search means. An e-mail terminal that creates and sends an e-mail according to the instruction of the operator .
Schedule acquisition means for acquiring schedule data of a transmission counterpart associated with a destination address of an e-mail being created from a scheduler that manages schedule data in association with an e-mail address for each user;
Schedule display means for displaying the schedule of the transmission partner acquired by the schedule acquisition means together with the e-mail being created;
Keyword search means for searching for a predetermined keyword regarding an answer due date including a due date in a wording from the e-mail being created;
The schedule acquisition unit
When the predetermined keyword is detected from the e-mail being created by the keyword search means, the schedule data from the current date and time of the transmission partner to the date included in the detected predetermined keyword is the scheduler An electronic mail terminal characterized by acquiring from . The electronic mail terminal according to claim 3 , wherein
If the schedule of the transmission partner acquired by the schedule acquisition means does not have a schedule currently in operation, the presence of the transmission partner is determined to be "present," and if there is a schedule currently in operation Presence determination means for determining the presence of the other party as “other than presence”;
If the presence of the transmission partner determined by the presence determination unit is "present" along with the e-mail being created and the schedule of the transmission partner displayed by the schedule display unit, the transmission partner but to display a message indicating that there ready to check e-mail, if the transmission destination of presence is "non-presence", when the transmission destination is not after the end of the schedule of ongoing e-mail e-mail terminal, characterized in that it further includes a message display means for displaying a message informing that in a state that can not be confirmed, the. A computer readable program,
The program includes the computer
Schedule acquisition means for acquiring schedule data of a transmission counterpart associated with a destination address of an e-mail being created from a scheduler that manages schedule data in association with an e-mail address for each user;
Schedule display means for displaying the schedule of the transmission partner acquired by the schedule acquisition means together with the e-mail being created;
If the schedule of the transmission partner acquired by the schedule acquisition means does not have a schedule currently in operation, the presence of the transmission partner is determined to be "present," and if there is a schedule currently in operation Presence determination means for determining the presence of the other party as “other than presence”;
If the presence of the transmission partner determined by the presence determination unit is "present" along with the e-mail being created and the schedule of the transmission partner displayed by the schedule display unit, the transmission partner Displays a message notifying that the e-mail can be confirmed, and if the other party's presence is "not present", the e-mail will be sent if the other party is not after the currently running schedule. Message display means for displaying a message notifying that the status can not be confirmed;
A program characterized in that it functions as an electronic mail terminal equipped with A computer readable program,
  The program includes the computer
  Schedule acquisition means for acquiring schedule data of a transmission counterpart associated with a destination address of an e-mail being created from a scheduler that manages schedule data in association with an e-mail address for each user;
  Schedule display means for displaying the schedule of the transmission partner acquired by the schedule acquisition means together with the e-mail being created;
  Keyword search means for searching for a predetermined keyword regarding an answer due date including a due date in a wording from the e-mail being created;
  Function as an e-mail terminal equipped with
  The schedule acquisition unit
  When the predetermined keyword is detected from the e-mail being created by the keyword search means, the schedule data from the current date and time of the transmission partner to the date included in the detected predetermined keyword is the scheduler Get from
  A program characterized by An e-mail creation / transmission support method, wherein the e-mail terminal cooperates with a scheduler to support creation and transmission of e-mails.
The scheduler
Manage schedule data in association with email address for each user,
The schedule data managed in association with the e-mail address received from the e-mail terminal is transmitted to the e-mail terminal;
The e-mail terminal is
The destination address of the e-mail being created is sent to the scheduler, and schedule data of the transmission destination of the e-mail is acquired from the scheduler,
While displaying the schedule of the transmission partner along with the e-mail being created ,
If there is no schedule currently in execution in the schedule of the other party, the presence of the other party is determined to be "present", and if there is a currently in progress schedule, the presence of the other party is Judged as "other than
If the presence of the transmission partner is "in presence", a message notifying that the transmission partner is in a state capable of confirming an e-mail is displayed, and if the presence of the transmission partner is "other than presence" For example, a message is displayed to notify that the e-mail can not be confirmed unless the e-mail is sent after the current schedule has ended .   An e-mail creation / transmission support method, wherein the e-mail terminal cooperates with a scheduler to support creation and transmission of e-mails.
  The scheduler
  Manage schedule data in association with email address for each user,
  The schedule data managed in association with the e-mail address received from the e-mail terminal, the schedule data from the current date and time to the date received from the e-mail terminal along with the e-mail address is transmitted to the e-mail terminal ,
  The e-mail terminal is
  When a predetermined keyword related to an answer due date including a due date is searched from the e-mail being created, and the given keyword is detected, the due date included in the given keyword is included with the destination address of the e-mail. Transmitting to the scheduler, and acquiring schedule data from the current date and time of the other party to which the electronic mail is to be sent to the due date from the scheduler,
  Display the schedule from the current date and time of the sender to the date along with the email being created
  A method for supporting creation and transmission of e-mail characterized by

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