JP7024517B2 - E-mail sending approval device, e-mail sending approval method and e-mail sending approval program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an e-mail transmission approval device, an e-mail transmission approval method, and an e-mail transmission approval program.

General e-mail (hereinafter, also simply referred to as e-mail) The outgoing approval system considers all e-mails that satisfy the unique conditions for which outgoing approval is required to be the e-mails subject to the approval request. The e-mail transmission approval system sends an approval request email requesting approval of the transmission of the target email to the approver. Therefore, the approver receives many approval request emails.

Patent Document 1 describes an e-mail holding system that determines whether or not to temporarily suspend the transmission of an e-mail, suspends the e-mail satisfying the condition, and then sends an approval request e-mail.

The e-mail holding system described in Patent Document 1 is not for the approver to confirm the content of the e-mail, but to delete the e-mail containing an error in the content sent by the sender before it is leaked to the outside. To put the mail on hold. The held mail is automatically deleted after a predetermined time has elapsed.

Further, Patent Document 2 describes an e-mail transmission control device that temporarily suspends an e-mail and transmits an e-mail approved by the approver.

Further, Patent Document 3 describes an application rule adjusting device that automatically adjusts the rules applied to the extraction of the sent mail to be approved.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-101337 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-163360 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-266984

If the security level at the time of sending an email is increased when an email sending approval system with an approval function is used, more approval request emails will reach the approver. That is, there is a problem that the load on the approver increases.

The work of approving or denying the e-mail transmission after the approver confirms all the contents of the many approval request e-mails that have arrived is a complicated work. Therefore, when the above e-mail transmission approval system is used, there is a possibility that the approver may approve the e-mail transmission without confirming a part of the content of the approval request e-mail. Approval of sending an email without confirming part of the content of the approval request email is a security risk.

As a countermeasure that does not cause the above security risk, it is conceivable to reduce the load on the approver. As a method of reducing the load on the approver, for example, Patent Document 2 describes a method of automating the approval act. However, when the method described in Patent Document 2 is used, the approval is automatically skipped because the unique condition is used for all the emails set by the administrator in the e-mail transmission approval system. There is a problem that the judgment criteria for each person are not reflected in the conditions.

Another problem is that the approver cannot track how the e-mail transmission was approved because the approver cannot grasp the result of skipping approval by the e-mail transmission approval system.

Further, the e-mail holding system described in Patent Document 1 can delete an e-mail by using a screen for displaying a list of held e-mails, but cannot release the e-mail holding. That is, the e-mail holding system described in Patent Document 1 cannot skip the approval of e-mail transmission.

Further, the application rule adjusting device described in Patent Document 3 reduces the load on the approver by changing the approvable number of the approver according to the process. However, in the application rule adjusting device described in Patent Document 3, it is not assumed that the approval skip condition is adjusted for each approver.

[Purpose of the invention]
Therefore, the present invention provides an e-mail transmission approval device, an e-mail transmission approval method, and an e-mail transmission approval program that can adjust the skip condition for approval of e-mail transmission for each approver, which solves the above-mentioned problems. Is one purpose.

The e-mail transmission approval device according to the present invention stores a plurality of rules defined to skip e-mail transmission approval for each approver of the e-mail transmission while a predetermined condition is satisfied. Judgment based on the stored rule and the information indicating the approver of the input e-mail transmission, and whether or not the approval of the input e-mail transmission is skipped. The predetermined condition is that the number of times the approval of the transmission of the e-mail is skipped based on the rule is not more than the predetermined value .

The method for approving an e-mail transmission according to the present invention stores a plurality of rules defined to be skipped while the approval of the e-mail transmission is satisfied for each approver of the e-mail transmission. Whether or not to store and approve the input e-mail transmission is skipped based on the rules stored in the storage unit and the information indicating the approver of the input e-mail transmission. The determination and the predetermined condition are characterized in that the number of times the approval of the transmission of the e-mail is skipped based on the rule is not more than the predetermined value .

The e-mail transmission approval program according to the present invention has a plurality of rules defined in the computer that approval of e-mail transmission is skipped while certain conditions are met. The rules stored in the storage unit and the approver of the input e-mail transmission are determined by the storage process to be stored in the storage unit and whether or not the approval of the input e-mail transmission is skipped. It is an e-mail transmission approval program for executing a judgment process based on the indicated information, and the predetermined condition is that the number of times the approval of e-mail transmission is skipped based on the rule is less than or equal to the predetermined value. It is characterized by being something.

According to the present invention, the conditions for skipping approval for sending an e-mail can be adjusted for each approver.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the 1st Embodiment of the e-mail transmission approval system by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the approval screen which the approval screen display part 160 displays. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the setting screen displayed by the approval SKIP setting unit 230. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the condition registered in the condition DB 250. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the rule registered in rule DB 240. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of the condition registered in the condition DB 250. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of the rule registered in rule DB 240. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the approval emphasis setting screen displayed by the approval SKIP setting unit 230. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of the approval screen which the approval screen display part 160 displays. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of the approval request processing by the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of the mail delivery processing by the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the hardware configuration example of the e-mail transmission approval system by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the outline of the e-mail transmission approval apparatus by this invention.

Embodiment 1.
[Description of configuration]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a first embodiment of the e-mail transmission approval system according to the present invention.

The e-mail transmission approval system 10 shown in FIG. 1 is a system capable of skipping approval actions for many e-mails to be approved based on a designated rule.

Further, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 causes the approver to execute the approval operation or the denial operation based on the rules designated for each approver. That is, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 causes the approver to execute the approval operation or the denial operation according to the appropriate conditions for each approver, not the unique conditions in the system.

Further, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 has a function of generating a rule using an operation result indicating the approval status or the denial status of the approver. That is, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 can support the generation of rules for each approver.

Further, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 has a function of displaying an e-mail for which approval is skipped as well as an e-mail for which approval is requested on the approval screen referred to when the approver performs an approval operation or a denial operation. That is, the approver can later track how the e-mail transmission was approved by referring to the approval screen.

As shown in FIG. 1, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of the present embodiment has a mail receiving unit 110, a mail holding unit 120, a holding mail management unit 130, an approval request mail generation unit 140, and a mail delivery unit 150. The approval screen display unit 160, the approval unit 170, the mail hold release unit 180, and the approval SKIP device 200 are included.

The mail receiving unit 110 has a function of receiving mail from an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server existing outside the e-mail transmission approval system 10.

The mail holding unit 120 has a function of determining, among the received mails, the mails whose transmission is suspended due to the approval of the boss or the self-approval. Further, the hold mail management unit 130 has a function of managing the hold mail determined to be the mail held by the mail hold unit 120.

The approval request mail generation unit 140 has a function of generating an approval request mail, which is a mail indicating an approval request for the hold mail determined by the mail hold unit 120. A pending email is attached to the approval request email. Further, the mail delivery unit 150 has a function of delivering a mail such as an approval request mail to the destination.

The approval screen display unit 160 has a function of displaying an approval screen for accepting an approval operation or a denial operation for sending a hold mail. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an approval screen displayed by the approval screen display unit 160.

Each column item of the approval screen shown in FIG. 2 is a check box, “approval”, “From”, “To”, “Subject”, and “attachment / non-attachment”. Also, each column item can be sorted.

"Approval" indicates the approval status of the email. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, “approved” includes either approved, unapproved, or approved SKIP. Further, "From", "To", and "Subject" are From, To, and Subject described in the header of the e-mail, respectively. In addition, "presence / absence of attachment" indicates the presence / absence of an attachment file in the email.

The approver determines whether or not the email can be approved based on the "From", "To", "Subject", and "Attachment" information. Also, in response to the email, the approver decides whether or not to confirm the content of the email.

The approval screen is displayed when the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) described in the approval request email is clicked. The line corresponding to the pending email for which approval has been requested is highlighted. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the line corresponding to the pending mail is surrounded by a double frame.

Also, the line corresponding to the email whose approval was skipped is displayed differently from the other lines. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the line corresponding to the email whose approval is skipped is displayed in black. That is, the approver can confirm the mail whose approval is skipped by the preset approval SKIP setting on the approval screen.

The approver approves the outgoing call by checking all the check boxes in the row corresponding to the email that can be approved without any problem and pressing the "Approve" button. In addition, the approver denies the outgoing call by checking all the check boxes in the line corresponding to the mail having a problem when approving and pressing the "deny" button.

In addition, if it is not possible to determine whether or not approval is possible only with the information of "From", "To", "Subject", and "Attachment", the approver will send the email attached to the approval request email. After confirming the contents, it is judged whether or not it can be approved again.

Of the emails displayed on the approval screen, the approver can register rules related to emails in the rule DB 240 via the approval screen for emails for which approval is to be skipped from the next time onward. The approver can register the rule by checking the check box of the line corresponding to the email for which approval is to be skipped from the next time onward and clicking the "Register to rule" button.

Further, the approval screen is not limited to the example shown in FIG. For example, on the approval screen, the threads of the email may be displayed together, or the display method of each corresponding line may be changed according to the importance of the email. In addition, the approval screen may display each corresponding line so that it can be understood that the email is recommended for approval or the email for which denial is recommended. Further, the content displayed on the approval screen may be directly described in the approval request email.

The approval unit 170 has a function of determining whether or not the transmission of the pending mail is approved via the approval screen.

The mail hold release unit 180 has a function of releasing the hold of the transmission of the hold mail managed by the hold mail management unit 130 based on the determination result by the approval unit 170.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the approval SKIP device 200 includes an approval SKIP determination unit 210, an approval SKIP management unit 220, an approval SKIP setting unit 230, a rule DB 240, a condition DB 250, and a rule generation unit 260. It has an approval status acquisition unit 270.

The approval SKIP determination unit 210 has a function of determining whether or not to skip the approval of the reserved mail determined by the mail holding unit 120.

The approval SKIP management unit 220 has a function of managing the rules and conditions used by the approval SKIP determination unit 210 for determination. Further, the approval SKIP setting unit 230 has a function of displaying a rule and condition setting screen used by the approval SKIP determination unit 210 for determination.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a setting screen displayed by the approval SKIP setting unit 230. The approval SKIP setting screen shown in FIG. 3 shows a condition list and a rule list. The approver inputs the content of the condition for which the setting is requested and the content of the rule in the condition list and the rule list in the approval SKIP setting screen, respectively.

After inputting, the approver registers the input contents by pressing the "Register" button. Also, when the approver wants to delete the input contents, the approver presses the "Cancel" button.

By the approver operating through the setting screen displayed by the approval SKIP setting unit 230, the condition is registered in the condition DB 250 and the rule is registered in the rule DB 240. When the approver operates, the approval SKIP management unit 220 registers the condition in the condition DB 250 and the rule in the rule DB 240.

The rule DB 240 is a database that manages rules used for determining approval skip. The condition DB 250 is a database that manages conditions for which approval is skipped.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a condition registered in the condition DB 250. The condition registered in the condition DB 250 is composed of a condition item and a value. The "No." shown in FIG. 4 is a condition number that uniquely identifies the registered condition. Further, the content shown in FIG. 4 corresponds to the condition list shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the condition items are "FROM / TO pair", "keyword", "presence / absence of attached file", and the like. When the condition item is a FROM / TO pair, the value of the condition is a pair of the sender's email address and the receiver's email address as shown in FIG.

When the condition item is a keyword, the value of the condition is an arbitrary term such as "" approved "" described in the body of the email as shown in FIG. When the condition item is the presence / absence of an attached file, the value of the condition is either "yes" or "no" as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a rule registered in the rule DB 240. The rule registered in the rule DB 240 is composed of a condition number, a final approval date and time, and an approval SKIP deadline. The "No." shown in FIG. 5 is a rule number that uniquely identifies the registered rule. Further, the content shown in FIG. 5 corresponds to the rule list shown in FIG.

In the condition number shown in FIG. 5, the condition number of the condition registered in the condition DB 250 is described. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of condition numbers may be described in one rule. When multiple condition numbers are described, the mail that matches the rule is the mail that meets all the conditions.

The final approval date and time shown in FIG. 5 indicates the date and time when the transmission of the mail matching the rule was last approved. The approval SKIP deadline shown in FIG. 5 is a date and time when a predetermined time is added to the final approval date and time. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the approval SKIP deadline is set to a date and time 24 hours after the final approval date and time.

Emails that match the rules registered in rule DB 240 will be skipped for outgoing approval until the approval SKIP deadline expires. After the approval SKIP deadline has passed, approval will be required again for sending emails that meet the rules.

The approval SKIP management unit 220 also manages the approver of the transmission of each e-mail. The approval SKIP management unit 220 manages the rules registered in the rule DB 240 for each approver.

The approval SKIP determination unit 210 determines whether or not the approval of the e-mail transmission is skipped based on the rules managed by the approval SKIP management unit 220 and the information indicating the approver of the e-mail transmission. ..

The approval SKIP determination unit 210 may acquire information indicating the approver of the transmission of the e-mail from the e-mail, or may acquire the information from the approval SKIP management unit 220. Further, the approval SKIP determination unit 210 may hold information indicating the approver of the transmission of the e-mail in advance.

The number of times the approval is skipped may be added to the rule registered in the rule DB 240 managed by the approval SKIP management unit 220. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the condition registered in the condition DB 250. As shown in FIG. 6, the condition item of the condition C5 is "SKIP number of times upper limit", and the value is "10 times".

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the rule registered in the rule DB 240. The rule shown in FIG. 7 includes the number of approved SKIPs.

For example, in rule R3 shown in FIG. 7, condition C5 is specified. That is, if the number of approval SKIPs is up to 10, the approval of the mail that matches the rule R3 is skipped. If the number of approval SKIPs exceeds 10, the approval of the email that matches rule R3 is requested again.

The rule generation unit 260 has a function of generating a rule used for determining approval skip. Further, the approval status acquisition unit 270 has a function of acquiring an operation result indicating the approval status after the approval operation or the denial operation is performed via the approval screen displayed by the approval screen display unit 160.

For example, the rule generation unit 260 accumulates the approval status and the denial status indicated by the operation result acquired by the approval status acquisition unit 270, and generates a rule using the conditions common to the accumulated information and the number of conditions. The rule generation unit 260 defines the validity of the generated rule by statistically processing the data indicating the approval status and the denial status. The validity of the rule is information indicating whether or not the rule is used.

Frequency, Bayesian inference, etc. are simply used to define the validity of the rule. The method of defining the validity of the rule is not particularly limited.

The rule generation unit 260 of the present embodiment may be replaced with a learning device such as a neural network. The learner may learn the rule instead of generating the rule by using the data input from the approval status acquisition unit 270.

The approval SKIP setting unit 230 of the present embodiment may display the approval emphasis setting screen together with the approval SKIP setting screen. The approval highlight setting screen is a screen in which keywords used for displaying the line corresponding to the email that the approver wants to check with particular attention are highlighted on the approval screen are set in advance.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an approval highlight setting screen displayed by the approval SKIP setting unit 230. A keyword list is displayed on the approval emphasis setting screen shown in FIG. The keyword is composed of a target item and a value. The "No." shown in FIG. 8 is a keyword number that uniquely identifies the keyword.

The target item is an element of an email for which it is determined whether or not the value of the keyword matches. The target item is, for example, From, To, Subject, or the body of an email.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the approval screen displayed by the approval screen display unit 160. Lines corresponding to emails whose specified target item matches the keyword value are highlighted. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the third line from the top corresponding to the mail whose Subject contains "ZZZ" is underlined.

That is, since the mail indicated by the line matches the keyword K1 shown in FIG. 8, the third line from the top shown in FIG. 9 is highlighted and displayed. The email indicated by the highlighted line is not processed together with other emails, for example, and the content of the email is focused on by the approver.

[Explanation of operation]
Hereinafter, the operation of the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of the present embodiment from receiving the e-mail to delivering the approval request e-mail to the approver will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the approval request processing by the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of the first embodiment.

First, the mail receiving unit 110 receives the mail from the SMTP server existing outside (step S101). The mail receiving unit 110 inputs the received mail to the approval SKIP determination unit 210.

Next, the approval SKIP determination unit 210 confirms the data managed by the approval SKIP management unit 220, and determines whether or not approval for sending the input mail is required (step S102).

If it is determined that approval is not required (No in step S103), the approval SKIP determination unit 210 returns the input mail to the mail receiving unit 110. Next, the mail receiving unit 110 inputs the returned mail to the mail delivery unit 150.

Next, the mail delivery unit 150 delivers the input mail to the destination (step S105). After the e-mail is delivered, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 ends the approval request process.

When the rule shown in FIG. 7 is used, the approval SKIP determination unit 210 counts up the number of applicable approval SKIPs in the rule registered in the rule DB 240 managed by the approval SKIP management unit 220 in step S105. Perform additional processing.

If it is determined that approval is required (Yes in step S103), the approval SKIP determination unit 210 inputs the input mail to the mail holding unit 120. Next, the mail holding unit 120 determines that the input mail is a holding mail, and inputs the holding mail to the holding mail management unit 130. The hold mail management unit 130 manages the input hold mail (step S104).

Next, the mail holding unit 120 instructs the approval request mail generation unit 140 to generate an approval request mail regarding the determined held mail. Upon receiving the instruction, the approval request mail generation unit 140 generates an approval request mail (step S106).

Next, the approval request mail generation unit 140 inputs the generated approval request mail to the mail delivery unit 150. Next, the mail delivery unit 150 delivers the input approval request mail to the approver (step S107). After the approval request mail is delivered, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 ends the approval request process.

Next, the operation until the approver approves the transmission of the mail and the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of the present embodiment delivers the approved mail will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mail delivery process by the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of the first embodiment.

The approver clicks the URL described in the received approval request email (step S201).

Next, the approval screen display unit 160 displays the approval screen on the Web browser running on the computer to which the approval request mail operated by the approver is delivered (step S202).

Next, the approver refers to the displayed approval screen, checks the check box of the line corresponding to the pending mail, and then presses the "approve" button (step S203). That is, the approver approves the transmission of the pending mail.

Next, the approval status acquisition unit 270 confirms that the e-mail transmission has been approved by the approver. The approval status acquisition unit 270 acquires the approval date and time, the FROM / TO pair, and the approval status of the e-mail approved for transmission from the approval screen display unit 160.

Next, the approval status acquisition unit 270 inputs the acquired information to the rule generation unit 260. Next, the rule generation unit 260 reflects the input information in the rule registered in the rule DB 240 (step S204).

Next, the approval unit 170 confirms that the transmission has been approved by the approver, and notifies the mail hold release unit 180 of the pending mail for which the transmission has been approved. Next, the mail hold release unit 180 releases the hold of the notified held mail managed by the hold mail management unit 130.

Next, the mail hold release unit 180 acquires the released mail from the hold mail management unit 130 and inputs it to the mail delivery unit 150. Next, the mail delivery unit 150 delivers the input mail to the destination (step S205). After the e-mail is delivered, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 ends the e-mail delivery process.

[Explanation of effect]
When the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of the present embodiment is used, the condition for skipping the approval of the mail transmission is not uniquely set by the administrator, but is set by each approver himself / herself. Further, the set conditions are managed for each approver by the approval SKIP management unit 220. That is, each approver can set an appropriate skip condition.

Even if the email meets the conditions uniquely set by the system, there are emails whose contents must be confirmed well for each approver and emails whose contents do not need to be confirmed. Since the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of the present embodiment can set a skip condition for each approver for an e-mail whose content must be well confirmed for each approver, more types of skip conditions can be set.

In addition, the approver can appropriately confirm the content by referring to the approval screen for the email that requires the approval operation to be executed after the content is well confirmed. That is, the approver can approve many approval request emails based on the specified rule without imposing a load.

The e-mail transmission control device described in Patent Document 2 has problems that only the administrator can set the approval skip condition and the approver cannot confirm that the approval has been skipped. When the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of the present embodiment is used, the above-mentioned problems are solved.

The present invention is suitably used for a mail server or a filtering product that provides a function of sending an approval request email requesting boss approval or self-approval for security measures and sending the approved email.

Hereinafter, a specific example of the hardware configuration of the e-mail transmission approval system 10 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the e-mail transmission approval system according to the present invention.

The e-mail transmission approval system 10 shown in FIG. 12 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a main storage unit 102, a communication unit 103, and an auxiliary storage unit 104. Further, an input unit 105 for the user to operate and an output unit 106 for presenting the processing result or the progress of the processing content to the user may be provided.

The main storage unit 102 is used as a data work area or a data temporary save area. The main storage unit 102 is, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory).

The communication unit 103 has a function of inputting and outputting data to and from peripheral devices via a wired network or a wireless network (information communication network).

Auxiliary storage 104 is a non-temporary tangible storage medium. Examples of non-temporary tangible storage media include magnetic disks, opto-magnetic disks, CD-ROMs (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), DVD-ROMs (Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory), and semiconductor memories.

The input unit 105 has a function of inputting data and processing instructions. The input unit 105 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse.

The output unit 106 has a function of outputting data. The output unit 106 is, for example, a display device such as a liquid crystal display device or a printing device such as a printer.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, in the system update device 100, each component is connected to the system bus 107.

The auxiliary storage unit 104 may include, for example, the mail receiving unit 110, the mail holding unit 120, the holding mail management unit 130, the approval request mail generation unit 140, the mail delivery unit 150, the approval screen display unit 160, and the approval unit 170, as shown in FIG. The program for realizing the mail hold release unit 180, the approval SKIP determination unit 210, the approval SKIP management unit 220, the approval SKIP setting unit 230, the rule generation unit 260, and the approval status acquisition unit 270 is stored.

Further, the main storage unit 102 is used, for example, as a storage area of the rule DB 240 and a storage area of the condition DB 250. Further, the mail receiving unit 110, the mail delivery unit 150, and the approval screen display unit 160 may execute the communication process via the communication unit 103.

The e-mail transmission approval system 10 may be realized by hardware. For example, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 may be equipped with a circuit including hardware components such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration) in which a program for realizing the function as shown in FIG. 1 is incorporated.

Further, the e-mail transmission approval system 10 may be realized by software by executing a program in which the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 12 provides the functions of each component shown in FIG.

When realized by software, the CPU 101 loads the program stored in the auxiliary storage unit 104 into the main storage unit 102 and executes it to control the operation of the e-mail transmission approval system 10, so that each function is software. Is realized by.

Further, a part or all of each component may be realized by a general-purpose circuit (circuitry), a dedicated circuit, a processor, or a combination thereof. These may be composed of a single chip or may be composed of a plurality of chips connected via a bus. A part or all of each component may be realized by the combination of the circuit or the like and the program described above.

When a part or all of each component is realized by a plurality of information processing devices and circuits, the plurality of information processing devices and circuits may be centrally arranged or distributed. For example, the information processing device, the circuit, and the like may be realized as a form in which each is connected via a communication network, such as a client-and-server system and a cloud computing system.

Next, the outline of the present invention will be described. FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing an outline of the e-mail transmission approval device according to the present invention. The e-mail transmission approval device 20 according to the present invention stores a plurality of rules defined to skip e-mail transmission approval for each e-mail transmission approver while a predetermined condition is satisfied. The storage unit 21 (for example, rule DB 240), the rule that stores whether or not the approval of the input e-mail transmission is skipped, and the information indicating the approver of the input e-mail transmission A determination unit 22 for determining based on (for example, an approval SKIP determination unit 210) is provided.

With such a configuration, the e-mail transmission approval device can adjust the skip condition for approval of e-mail transmission for each approver.

Further, the predetermined condition may be that the number of times the approval of the transmission of the e-mail is skipped based on the rule is not more than the predetermined value.

With such a configuration, the e-mail transmission approval device can set the number of times that the approval of the e-mail transmission can be skipped.

Further, the predetermined condition may be within a predetermined period from the latest date and time when the transmission of the e-mail is approved.

With such a configuration, the e-mail transmission approval device can set a period during which the approval of the e-mail transmission can be skipped.

Further, the e-mail transmission approval device 20 may include a delivery unit (for example, a mail delivery unit 150) that delivers an e-mail determined to be skipped to an e-mail destination.

With such a configuration, the e-mail transmission approval device can deliver the e-mail whose transmission approval is skipped.

In addition, even if the delivery department delivers the request mail, which is an e-mail indicating the request for approval of the e-mail transmission that is determined not to be skipped, to the terminal operated by the approver of the determined e-mail transmission. good.

With such a configuration, the e-mail transmission approval device can request the approver to approve the transmission of the e-mail for which the approval of the transmission is not skipped.

Further, the delivery unit may describe in the request mail the content of the e-mail whose approval is skipped among the e-mails for which the approver who operates the terminal to which the request mail is delivered is in charge of approving the transmission.

With such a configuration, the e-mail transmission approval device can notify the approver of the e-mail whose transmission approval is skipped.

In addition, the delivery department may describe in the request mail the content of the request for approval of the transmission of the e-mail in a notation method corresponding to the e-mail.

With such a configuration, the e-mail transmission approval device can notify the approver with particular emphasis on e-mails that require attention for approval.

In addition, the delivery unit may deliver the e-mail approved for transmission by the approver who operates the terminal to which the request e-mail is delivered to the e-mail destination.

With such a configuration, the e-mail transmission approval device can deliver the e-mail for which the approval of the transmission is not skipped.

Further, a generation unit (for example, rule generation unit 260) may be provided to generate a rule based on the content of the e-mail approved to be transmitted by the approver who operates the terminal to which the request mail is delivered.

With such a configuration, the e-mail transmission approval device can generate a rule according to the approval status.

10 E-mail transmission approval system 20 E-mail transmission approval device 21 Storage unit 22 Judgment unit 101 CPU
102 Main storage 103 Communication unit 104 Auxiliary storage 105 Input unit 106 Output unit 107 System bus 110 Mail receiving unit 120 Mail holding unit 130 Reserved mail management unit 140 Approval request mail generation unit 150 Mail delivery unit 160 Approval screen display unit 170 Approval Unit 180 Mail hold release unit 200 Approved SKIP device 210 Approved SKIP judgment unit 220 Approved SKIP management unit 230 Approved SKIP setting unit 240 Rule DB
250 condition DB
260 Rule generation unit 270 Approval status acquisition unit

Claims (10)

A storage unit that stores multiple rules for each approver of the e-mail transmission, which is defined to be skipped while the approval of the e-mail transmission is met.
It is equipped with a determination unit that determines whether or not the approval of the input e-mail transmission is skipped based on the stored rule and the information indicating the approver of the input e-mail transmission .
The predetermined condition is that the number of times the approval of sending an e-mail is skipped based on the rule is not more than the predetermined value.
An e-mail transmission approval device characterized by this. The e-mail transmission approval device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition is within a predetermined period from the latest date and time when the e-mail transmission is approved. The e-mail transmission approval device according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising a delivery unit that delivers an e-mail determined to be skipped for approval to the e-mail destination. Claim 3 delivers a request mail, which is an e-mail indicating an approval request for sending an e-mail determined not to be skipped, to a terminal operated by an approver for sending the determined e-mail. E-mail transmission approval device described. The delivery unit describes the content of the e-mail whose approval is skipped among the e-mails for which the approver who operates the terminal to which the request e-mail is delivered is in charge of approving the transmission in the request e - mail. E-mail transmission approval device. The e-mail transmission approval device according to claim 4 or 5 , wherein the delivery unit delivers an e-mail approved for transmission by an approver who operates a terminal to which the request mail is delivered to the destination of the e-mail. The electronic according to any one of claims 4 to 6 , comprising a generator that generates a rule based on the content of the e-mail approved to be sent by the approver who operates the terminal to which the request mail is delivered. Email transmission approval device. A plurality of rules defined to be skipped while the approval of the e-mail transmission is satisfied are stored in the storage unit for each approver of the e-mail transmission.
Whether or not the approval of the input e-mail transmission is skipped is determined based on the rule stored in the storage unit and the information indicating the approver of the input e-mail transmission .
The predetermined condition is that the number of times the approval of sending an e-mail is skipped based on the rule is not more than the predetermined value.
An e-mail transmission approval method characterized by this. The prescribed condition is that the e-mail must be sent within the specified period from the latest date and time when the e-mail was approved.
The method for approving e-mail transmission according to claim 8. On the computer
A storage process that stores multiple rules defined in the storage for each approver of the e-mail transmission, which is defined to be skipped while the approval of the e-mail transmission is met, and is input. A determination process is executed to determine whether or not the approval of the e-mail transmission is skipped based on the rule stored in the storage unit and the information indicating the approver of the input e-mail transmission. It is an e-mail transmission approval program to make you
The predetermined condition is that the number of times the approval of sending an e-mail is skipped based on the rule is not more than the predetermined value.
E-mail transmission approval program .

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