JP7272558B2 - Application software - Google Patents

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Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act applies Banner posted on Satellite Office top page on July 9, 2018 https://www. satellite. jp/ Posted on the Satellite Office Large File Transfer for G Suite page on July 9, 2018 https://www. satellite. jp/G_Suite_Fairutenso. html PDF materials and videos uploaded on July 9, 2018 https://www. satellite. jp/G_Suite_Fairutenso. html#tabTop Manual posted on July 9, 2018 https://sites. google. com/a/sateraito.com/a/sateraito. jp/sateraito-dounyuu/Home/da-rong-liangfairu-zhuan-song Video uploaded to YouTube page on July 20, 2018 https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=dmUnCtfBvOo Video uploaded to YouTube page on July 21, 2018 https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=Y_gGEyxXw5M

The present invention relates to application software for sending file data between a user terminal and another terminal via a server.

Conventionally, using close proximity communication, at least one of a first terminal identifier that identifies a transfer source communication terminal and a second terminal identifier that identifies a transfer destination communication terminal is used between a transfer source communication terminal and a transfer destination communication terminal. On the other hand, identifier sharing means for sharing the file identifier of the file to be transferred, and the transfer source communication terminal and the transfer destination communication terminal separated and moved to different locations after close proximity communication is terminated, using the first terminal identifier. A file identified by the file identifier and at least one of the shared first terminal identifier and second terminal identifier from the identified transfer source communication terminal to the transfer destination communication terminal identified by the second terminal identifier , via a server (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-154139 A (especially claim 1)

However, the conventional file transfer system described above was configured to transfer file data using application software dedicated to file transfer without using message transmission/reception application software such as e-mail application software or chat application software. When using message sending/receiving application software, if the user wants to send a large file data that cannot be attached to an e-mail, the user must find a website for transferring large file data and upload it. There was a problem that the operation was difficult and troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above. is to provide application software for easily uploading desired file data and notifying uniform resource locator information for download, which is resource specifying information of a download-dedicated page downloadable to another terminal on the opposite side. .

The invention according to claim 1 is application software for sending file data between a user terminal and another terminal via a server, wherein the message transmission/reception application for e-mail displayed on the display unit of the user terminal A file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer button displayed in a transmission message window of the software has been selected; and a browser display step of displaying a predetermined file transfer page by a browser when the file transfer button has been selected. an upload step of determining whether or not file data is specified on the file transfer page, and uploading the file data to a server when the file data is specified; and selecting a send button on the file transfer page. When the send button is selected, the download uniform resource locator information, which is the resource specific information of the download-only page generated by the server, is input to the destination e-mail address of the file transfer page The above problem is solved by executing the step of transmitting the resource specific information to the e-mail address entered in the column.

The invention according to claim 2 is application software for sending file data between a user terminal and another terminal via a server, wherein the application software is an application for sending and receiving e-mail messages displayed on the display unit of the user terminal. A file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer button displayed in a transmission message window of the software has been selected; and a browser display step of displaying a predetermined file transfer page by a browser when the file transfer button has been selected. an upload step of determining whether or not file data is specified on the file transfer page, and uploading the file data to a server when the file data is specified; and selecting a predetermined button on the file transfer page. a resource specifying information input step of determining whether or not a predetermined button has been selected, and inputting uniform resource locator information for download, which is resource specifying information of a download-only page generated by the server, into a transmission message window when a predetermined button is selected; Then, it is determined whether or not the send button is selected on the send message window, and when the send button is selected, the download uniform resource locator information is sent to the e-mail entered in the destination column of the send message window. The problem described above is solved by executing the step of transmitting resource specific information to the address.

In the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the configuration of the application software described in claim 1 or claim 2, the log-in password information for the download-only page is transmitted from the server to the destination e-mail address of the file transfer page. Further comprising a password transmission step of transmitting to the e-mail address entered in the input field, when the transmission button is selected in the resource specific information transmission step, the server generates a login password for the download dedicated page and downloads the information. The above-described problem is further solved by the configuration for transmitting the uniform resource locator information for the device.

The invention according to claim 4, in addition to the configuration of the application software described in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the file transfer page can display a plurality of folders, and the folder The above-described problem can be further solved by being configured so that the predetermined area for uploading can be switched by selecting .

The invention according to claim 5, in addition to the configuration of the application software according to any one of claims 1 to 4, is configured to determine whether uniform resource locator information for download has been clicked on the other terminal. and a click log saving step of saving a log of the click when the click is made, wherein the file transfer page is a uniform for uploading and downloading file data. The above-mentioned problems are further solved by a configuration in which the logs of transmission of resource locator information and clicks of uniform resource locator information for download on other terminals can be displayed.

In the invention according to claim 6, in addition to the configuration of the application software according to any one of claims 1 to 5, a download-only page is opened in the browser of the other terminal to download file data. and a download log saving step of saving a log indicating that the file data has been downloaded when the file transfer page has been downloaded. The aforementioned problems can be further solved by providing a configuration in which logs of upload, transmission of uniform resource locator information for download, and execution of download at another terminal can be displayed.

The invention according to claim 7 is, in addition to the configuration of the application software according to any one of claims 1 to 6, in the browser display step, a The above problem can be further solved by reading each data and inputting them into the destination e-mail address input column and the comment column of the file transfer page.

The invention according to claim 8 is, in addition to the configuration of the application software according to any one of claims 1 to 7, whether the file transfer page or the administrator page logs in with a password. Set whether or not, set to notify the user that the other party clicked when the other party clicked the download uniform resource locator information, and notify the user that the other party performed the download operation when the other party performed the download operation The above-mentioned problem can be further solved by the configuration in which at least one of the setting of notifying the user of the fact, the setting of re-notifying the other party when the other party does not operate the download for a predetermined period of time, and the setting of the downloadable period can be freely specified. It is a solution.

The invention according to claim 9 is the application software configuration according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the file transfer page or the administrator page is configured to hide the notification mail. Setting of destination email address, setting of domains/email addresses that can be sent, setting of domains/email addresses that cannot be sent, settings of domains/email addresses that can be downloaded, settings of domains/email addresses that cannot be downloaded, can be sent Specify at least one of the following: IP address settings for non-transmission, IP address settings for disallowing downloads, IP address settings for disallowing downloads, and settings for limiting file data extensions that can be uploaded. The above-described problem can be further solved by the configuration for freely displaying.

The invention according to claim 10 is application software for sending file data between a user terminal and another terminal via a server, wherein the chat message transmission/reception application software displayed on the display unit of the user terminal a file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer button displayed on the talk screen has been selected; a browser display step of displaying a predetermined file transfer page by a browser when the file transfer button is selected; an upload step of determining whether or not file data is specified on a file transfer page and uploading the file data to a server when the file data is specified; and whether or not a send button is selected on the file transfer page. When the submit button is selected, the uniform resource locator information for download, which is the resource specific information for the download page generated by the server, is entered in the destination e-mail address input field of the file transfer page. The above problem is solved by executing the step of sending the resource specific information to the specified e-mail address .
Further, the invention according to claim 11 is application software for sending file data between a user terminal and another terminal via a server, wherein the chat message transmission/reception application displayed on the display unit of the user terminal a file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer button displayed on a talk screen of the software has been selected; and a browser display step of displaying a predetermined file transfer page by a browser when the file transfer button has been selected. an upload step of determining whether or not file data is specified on the file transfer page, and uploading the file data to a server when the file data is specified; and a predetermined button is selected on the file transfer page. resource specifying information for inputting uniform resource locator information for download, which is resource specifying information for a download-only page generated by a server, into a message input field on a talk screen when a predetermined button is selected. an input step of determining whether or not a send button has been selected on the talk screen, and specifying a resource for transmitting uniform resource locator information for download to a destination terminal on the talk screen when the send button is selected; The above problem is solved by executing the information transmission step.

The application software of the present invention not only allows file data to be sent between a user terminal and another terminal via a server on the cloud, but also has the following specific effects.

According to the application software of the invention according to claim 1, even if the file data is too large to be attached to an e-mail, the file transfer button displayed in the send message window of the e-mail application can be selected. Since a browser opens that displays a file transfer page where you can freely upload file data just by clicking , URL information) can be notified.

According to the application software of the invention according to claim 2, as with the effect of the invention according to claim 1, even if the file data is too large to be attached to the e-mail, the e-mail application can be sent. Simply selecting the file transfer button displayed in the message window opens a browser displaying a file transfer page that allows you to freely upload file data. The URL information for download can be notified to the terminal.
Furthermore, since the download URL information is input (embedded) in the transmission message window, it is possible to notify the other terminal, which is the other party, of the downloadable URL information using the message transmission/reception application software.
In other words, it is possible to utilize the data input to the transmission message window of the message transmission/reception application software without wasting it, and notify the other terminal, which is the other party, of the download URL information.

According to the application software of the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the effects of the invention according to claim 1 or claim 2, since a login password is generated and transmitted to another terminal that is the other party, The user can easily upload desired file data and notify the login password in addition to the URL information for download to another terminal on the opposite side.

According to the application software of the invention according to claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the destination can be freely set for each folder, so that the user can Usability can be improved.
For example, user-friendliness can be improved by changing the transmission destination for each folder or by changing and setting the authority of the other party for viewing and downloading.

According to the application software of the invention according to claim 5, in addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the e-mail is opened and the download URL is accessed. Since this is saved as a log, the user on the sending side can check whether the other party has opened the email and the date and time when the email was opened.
In other words, since not only the user's own operation but also the access operation to the other party's download URL is displayed as a log, the user can easily check not only the user's own operation but also the access operation to the other party's download URL and the date and time. can be verified.

According to the application software of the invention according to claim 6, in addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the fact that file data has been downloaded is saved as a log. , the user who is the sender can check whether the other party has downloaded the file and the date and time of the download.
In other words, since not only the user's own operation but also the partner's download operation are displayed as a log, the user can easily check not only the user's own operation but also the presence or absence of the partner's download operation and the date and time.

According to the application software of the invention according to claim 7, in addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the data input in the transmission message window of the message transmission/reception application software can be used as it is. Since it is reflected on the file transfer page, it is possible to avoid double input work and simplify the user's operation up to transmission.

According to the application software of the invention according to claim 8, in addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7, user-friendliness can be improved because user-friendliness can be freely specified. be able to.

According to the application software of the invention according to claim 9, in addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 8, security can be freely specified, so security can be set as appropriate. can be done.

According to the application software of the invention according to claim 10, as with the effect of the invention according to claim 1, even if the file data is too large to be attached to the chat, it can be displayed on the talk screen of the chat application. Simply select the displayed file transfer button to open a browser displaying a file transfer page that allows file data to be uploaded freely, allowing the user to easily upload the desired file data and download it to another device on the other end. uniform resource locator information (hereinafter referred to as URL information) can be notified.
Further, according to the application software of the invention according to claim 11, as with the effect of the invention according to claim 2, even if the file data is too large to be attached to the chat, the chat application can Simply selecting the file transfer button displayed on the screen opens a browser displaying a file transfer page that allows you to freely upload file data. can be notified of the download URL information.
Furthermore, since the download URL information is entered (embedded) in the message input field of the talk screen, it is possible to notify the other terminal, which is the other party, of the downloadable URL information using the message transmission/reception application software.
In other words, the data input in the message input field of the talk screen of the message transmission/reception application software can be effectively utilized to notify the other terminal, which is the other party, of the download URL information.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a file transfer system provided with a file transfer application according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 4 is a chart diagram showing the operation of the file transfer application according to the first embodiment of the present invention; The figure which shows a state when the file transfer icon is pushed in the user's computer terminal which is 1st Example of this invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a file transfer page displayed on the user's computer terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a transmission content confirmation screen displayed on the user's computer terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation of embedding download URL information in a transmission message window of a mail browser on a file transfer page of a user's computer terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention; 8A and 8B are diagrams showing e-mails of download URL information and e-mails of password information received by the mail browser of the notebook computer terminal of the other party; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a download-only page opened by a browser on the other party's notebook computer terminal; The figure which shows the log displayed on the page for file transfer of a user's computer terminal. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a log displayed on the administrator's page of the user's computer terminal; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing security setting items displayed on an administrator page of a user's computer terminal; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing items of default values of file transmission settings displayed on the administrator page of the user's computer terminal; 8A and 8B are diagrams showing how file data is transferred in the user's smart phone terminal according to the second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. The conceptual diagram of the file transfer system which is 3rd Example of this invention.

The application software of the present invention comprises a file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer button displayed in a transmission message window of message transmission/reception application software displayed on a display unit of a user terminal has been selected; a browser display step of displaying a predetermined file transfer page by the browser when the file transfer page is specified; determining whether or not file data is specified on the file transfer page; and sending file data to the server when the file data is specified. an uploading step of uploading; determining whether or not the send button has been selected on the file transfer page; By causing the user terminal and the server to execute a resource specific information transmission step of transmitting the resource locator information to the e-mail address entered in the destination e-mail address input field of the file transfer page, the user can obtain the desired file data. can be easily uploaded and the download URL information can be notified to the other terminal, which is the counterpart, in any specific embodiment.
Here, "the send button is selected on the file transfer page" means that the send button is selected while the file transfer page is active.
For example, when the confirmation button on the file transfer page is pressed and the transmission content confirmation screen pops up, it also includes the selection of the transmission button on the transmission content confirmation screen.
The application software of the present invention further includes a file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer button displayed in a transmission message window of the message transmission/reception application software displayed on the display unit of the user terminal has been selected. a browser display step of displaying a predetermined file transfer page by a browser when selected; a browser display step of determining whether or not file data is specified on the file transfer page; an uploading step of uploading data; determining whether or not a predetermined button has been selected on the file transfer page; a resource-specific information input step of inputting uniform resource locator information into a send message window; determining whether or not a send button has been selected on the send message window; The user can easily upload desired file data by causing the user terminal and the server to execute the resource specific information transmission step of transmitting the locator information to the e-mail address entered in the destination field of the transmission message window. Any specific embodiment may be used as long as it can notify the other terminal, which is the other party, of the download URL information.
Further, the application software of the present invention includes a file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer is input at the artificial intelligence speaker terminal, which is a user terminal, and a file data input at the artificial intelligence speaker terminal. An upload step of determining whether or not it is specified and uploading the file data to the server when the file data is specified, and determining whether or not the effect of transmission has been input at the artificial intelligence speaker terminal, and inputting the effect of transmission. an artificial intelligence speaker terminal and an artificial intelligence speaker terminal; If the user can easily upload desired file data and notify the download URL information to another terminal on the opposite side by causing the server to execute it, the specific embodiment is as follows. It doesn't matter what it is.

For example, the user terminal is a desktop personal computer terminal, a notebook personal computer terminal, a smartphone terminal, a tablet terminal, an artificial intelligence speaker terminal having artificial intelligence control means, etc., which executes application software, and is the so-called Internet. Any communication network including a wide area network, a local network, a telephone line, etc. may be used as long as it connects directly or indirectly to another terminal via a server to transmit and receive file data.
The concept of application software includes not only the application software itself, but also an add-on program for adding message transmission/reception application software (hereinafter referred to as an addition add-on program) that extends the functions of the message transmission/reception application software.
Further, the message sending/receiving application software can be any software for sending/receiving message data, such as one for sending/receiving e-mails, or a so-called chat format in which dialogues are additionally displayed sequentially in the same window for the same party. It doesn't matter if it's something.
The selection/input may be performed by pressing a button by clicking, by voice, or by keyboard input, so-called command input by a shortcut key.
Also, the data format of the message may be a text data format, a voice data format, or a video data format of voice and animation.

A mail browser application and a file transfer application, which are the first embodiment of the application software of the present invention, will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12. FIG.
Here, FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a file transfer system 100 provided with a file transfer application according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the file transfer application according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a chart showing the operation, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state when the file transfer icon 113a is pressed on the user's computer terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a file transfer page 114 displayed on the user's computer terminal 110, which is the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a content confirmation screen 115, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a file transfer page 114 of the user's computer terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which download URL information DL is embedded in the transmission message window of the mail browser 112. FIG. 7A is a diagram showing an e-mail of the download URL information DL received by the mail browser 122 of the notebook computer terminal 120 of the other party, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an e-mail of the login password information PW received by the mail browser 122 of the notebook computer terminal 120 of the other party. FIG. FIG. 9 shows the log LG displayed on the file transfer page 114 of the user's computer terminal 110, and FIG. 10 shows the log LG displayed on the administrator's page 116 of the user's computer terminal 110. 11 is a diagram showing the displayed log LG, FIG. 11 is a diagram showing security setting items displayed on the administrator page 116 of the user's computer terminal 110, and FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing items of default values of file transmission settings displayed on the page for administrator 116. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a file transfer system 100 having a file transfer application, which is the first embodiment of the present invention, comprises a computer terminal 110, which is an example of a user's terminal, and a notebook type terminal, which is another terminal of the other party. A computer terminal 120 and a server 130 are provided.
A mail browser application, which is an example of the message transmission/reception application software of the present invention, is installed in the user's computer terminal 110 .
By using a mail browser application, the user's computer terminal 110 can send and receive e-mail, which is an example of message data, to and from the other party's notebook computer terminal 120 as an example via the server 130. is configured as

When the mail browser application is activated on the user's computer terminal 110 , the mail browser 112 is displayed on the display unit 111 of the user's computer terminal 110 .
Then, when the user performs an operation to select the item "inbox" in the mail browser 112, the contents of the inbox are displayed on the mail browser 112, for example.

Further, when the user presses (clicks) the "create" button or operates a shortcut key for creating a new message, a new message window 113 is displayed.
In this embodiment, the new message window 113 is configured to display a file transfer icon 113a, which is a file transfer button.
Here, the file transfer icon 113a is provided separately from the file attachment icon 113b for attaching file data to the e-mail.

In the new message window 113, the user enters an e-mail address in the destination field 113c, a subject in the title field 113d, and a text message in the text field 113e.
Here, although the size of file data that can be attached to one e-mail depends on the setting conditions of the server 130 and the setting conditions of the provider, it is approximately up to 25 MB (megabytes).
The user confirms the size of the file data to be sent to the other party by right-clicking the icon of the file data and selecting properties, etc., and when he or she determines that it is difficult to send the file data as an attachment to an e-mail, he or she selects the file transfer icon of the present invention. Select and press 113a.

For file transfer, the operation of the mail browser application and the file transfer application will be described in detail.
As shown in FIG. 2, in step S1, as a file transfer selection/input decision step, a new message window 113 or a reply The control unit (mail browser application) of the user's computer terminal 110 determines whether or not the file transfer icon 113a displayed in the message window has been selected.
If it is determined that the file transfer icon 113a has been selected and pressed, the process proceeds to step S2, and if it is determined that it has not been pressed yet, step S1 is repeated.

In step S2, as shown in FIG. 3, as a browser display step, when the file transfer icon 113a is selected and pressed, the browser displays a file transfer page 114, which is the content of a predetermined URL.
A folder 114 a is displayed on the file transfer page 114 .
Each time the file transfer icon 113a is selected and pressed, a folder 114a is created.
Then, when the created folder 114a is selected from the plurality of folders 114a, on the right side of the file transfer page 114, an item 114b for "upload file", an item 114d for "file to be sent", and an item 114d for "notification mail setting" are displayed. ' item 114e, 'file transmission setting' item 114h, and 'transmit file and embed download URL in mail body' button 114k or confirmation button 114m, which will be described later, are displayed.

Among these, the item 114b of "upload file" is developed, and a predetermined area 114c for uploading is displayed.
A user designates an icon of file data to be uploaded for file transfer by dragging and dropping.
Specifically, the icon of the file data to be uploaded is dragged and dropped onto the predetermined upload area 114c.
File data is thus specified.
Alternatively, the file data may be specified by pressing the "select file" button and selecting the file data from the pop-up list, and then pressing the "upload" button.

In step S3, as an upload step, the control of the user's computer terminal 110 determines whether the icon of the file data has been dragged and dropped into the predetermined area 114c for uploading on the browser, or whether the file data has been specified by input. (file transfer application) determines.
If it is determined that the file data has been designated by drag-and-drop or the like, the process proceeds to step S4. On the other hand, if it is determined that the file data has not yet been designated, step S3 is repeated.

In step S4, as an upload step, the user's computer terminal 110 and the control unit (file transfer application) of the server 130 upload the designated file data to the server 130 on the cloud.
Then, the control unit (file transfer application) of the server 130 generates a download URL.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the file name of the uploaded file data is displayed by expanding the item 114d of "transmission file".
Furthermore, the item 114e of "notification mail setting" is expanded, and a destination e-mail address input field 114f and a comment field 114g are displayed.

The control unit (file transfer application) of the user's computer terminal 110 and the server 130 reads the data in the destination column 113c and the body text column 113e of the new message window 113, and sets the "notification mail setting" of the file transfer page 114. It is configured to be input to the destination e-mail address input field 114f and the comment field 114g of the item 114e. You may directly input into the column 114f and the comment column 114g.

In this embodiment, in the browser display step, the data of the destination column 113c and the text column 113e of the send message window of the new message window 113 and reply message window (not shown) are read, and the file transfer file opened by the browser is read. The page 114 is configured to be input to the destination e-mail address input field 114f and the comment field 114g.
As a result, the data input in the new message window 113 of the message transmission/reception application software is directly reflected in the file transfer page 114 opened by the browser.
As a result, it is possible to avoid double input work and simplify the user's operations up to transmission.

Then, the user presses a predetermined button 114k on the file transfer page 114 to the effect of "send the file and embed the download URL in the body of the mail".
Then, as a resource identification information input step, the user's computer terminal 110 and the control unit (file transfer application) of the server 130 input (embed) the download URL information DL in the text field 113 e of the new message window 113 .
At this time, the data of the destination e-mail address input field 114f and the comment field 114g of the item 114e of the "notification mail setting" on the file transfer page 114 are reflected in the destination field 113c and the text field 113e of the new message window 113, respectively. You may let
Then, the user confirms the contents of the new message window 113 and presses the send button 113f.

If the file transfer page 114 is opened without going through the file transfer icon 113a of the new message window 113, the button 114k to the effect of "send the file and embed the download URL in the mail text" on the file transfer page 114 Instead, as shown in FIG. 5, the file transfer page 114 is configured to display a confirmation button 114m.
When the confirmation button 114m on the file transfer page 114 is pressed, a transmission content confirmation screen 115 is displayed as shown in FIG.
The transmission content confirmation screen 115 includes download URL information DL and a transmission button 115a.
Then, the user confirms the content of the transmission content confirmation screen 115 and presses the transmission button 115a.

In step S5, as a resource specifying information transmission step, whether or not the transmission button 113f of the new message window 113 was selected, whether or not the transmission button 115a of the transmission content confirmation screen 115 on the file transfer page 114 was selected, etc. The user's computer terminal 110 and the control unit (e-mail browser application, file transfer application) of the server 130 determine whether or not transmission has been input.
If it is determined that the send buttons 113f and 115a have been selected or that a message to send has been input, the process proceeds to step S6. If it is determined that it is not, step S5 is repeated.

In step S6, as a resource identification information transmission step, the user's computer terminal 110 or the control unit (mail browser application, file transfer application) of the server 130 transmits the download URL information DL to the destination column 113c of the new message window 113 or to a file It is transmitted to the e-mail address entered in the destination e-mail address input field 114f of the forwarding page 114. FIG.
Specifically, when the send button 113f of the new message window 113 is selected and pressed, the control unit (mail browser application) of the user's computer terminal 110 sends the e-mail including the download URL information DL to the other party's notebook type. Send to computer terminal 120 .
Also, when the send button 115a on the send content confirmation screen 115 is selected and pressed, the control unit (file transfer application) of the server 130 sends the download URL information DL, which is the content of the send content check screen 115, to the other party's notebook. It is sent to the model computer terminal 120 as an e-mail.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 7A, the other party's notebook computer terminal 120 receives the e-mail.
An e-mail containing the download URL information DL is displayed in the inbox of the mail browser 122 of the display unit 121 of the notebook computer terminal 120 .
By clicking the download URL information DL, the other party can cause the browser to display the download-dedicated page 123 (see FIG. 8).

Note that the user may set a password for accessing (logging in to) the download-only page 123 as necessary.
In this case, in the resource identification information transmission step, when the transmission buttons 113f and 115a are pressed, or when transmission is input, the control unit (file transfer application) of the server 130 logs in to the download URL. When the password is generated, the user's computer terminal 110 or the control unit (mail browser application, file transfer application) of the server 130 inputs the download URL information DL into the destination field 113c or the destination e-mail address input field 114f. is configured to send to the specified email address.

Then, as a password transmission step, the control unit (file transfer application) of the server 130 inputs the data of the login password information PW for the download dedicated page 123 into the transmission destination e-mail address input field 114f of the file transfer page 114. Configured to send to an email address.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 7B, the other party's notebook computer terminal 120 receives the e-mail.
An e-mail containing the login password information PW is displayed in the inbox of the mail browser 122 of the display unit 121 of the notebook computer terminal 120 .

As shown in FIG. 8, the other party can display the download-only page 123 on the browser by clicking the download URL information DL and entering the login password as necessary.
The download-only page 123 describes information about the file data sender, receiver, receipt period, and comments.
Furthermore, the file name of the file data, the download execution button 124 corresponding thereto, and the size of the file data are displayed.
When the other party clicks the download execution button 124, the download is started.

With the configuration described above, even if the file data is too large to be attached to an e-mail, the file transfer icon 113a displayed in the new message window 113, which is an example of the send message window of the e-mail application, is selected. A file transfer page 114 is displayed on which file data can be freely uploaded to the browser simply by doing so.
As a result, the user can easily upload desired file data and notify the download URL information DL to the notebook computer terminal 120, which is an example of another terminal on the opposite side.

Furthermore, by providing the folder 114a concept in the file transfer page 114, the destination can be freely set for each folder 114a.
As a result, user-friendliness can be improved.
For example, user-friendliness can be improved by changing the transmission destination for each folder 114a or by changing and setting the other party's authority for browsing and downloading.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the file transfer page 114 of the present embodiment includes functions for uploading file data, sending download URL information DL, clicking (opening) the download URL information DL on another terminal, and executing download. The log LG of each can be freely displayed.
Specifically, on the file transfer page 114 displayed on the display unit 111 of the computer terminal 110 of the user who is the sender, uploading of file data, transmission of download URL information DL, and other It is configured to display a click (open) of the download URL information DL on the terminal and a download execution log LG.

A user name, a comment, an IP address, and the creation date and time of the log LG are displayed for each action.
As a result, not only the user's own operation but also the partner's operation are displayed as the log LG.
As a result, the user can easily confirm not only his/her own operation, but also the presence/absence and date/time of the other party's operation.

Further, in this embodiment, a click determination step of determining whether or not the download URL information DL has been clicked on another terminal, and a click log saving step of saving a log LG indicating that the click was made when the URL information DL is clicked. is further equipped with
As a result, the fact that the e-mail was opened and the download-dedicated page 123 was accessed is saved as a log LG.
As a result, the user on the sending side can confirm whether or not the other party has opened the e-mail and the opening date and time.

Further, in this embodiment, a download determination step of determining whether or not the download execution button 124 (see FIG. 8) is clicked on the download dedicated page 123 opened in the browser of the other terminal and the download of the file data is executed. and a download log saving step of saving a log LG indicating that the file has been downloaded.
As a result, the fact that the file data has been downloaded is saved as a log LG.
As a result, the user on the sending side can confirm whether or not the other party has downloaded the file and the date and time of the download.

Further, when the administrator logs in to the file transfer page 114, the administrator page 116 is displayed as shown in FIG.
The administrator page 116 includes uploading of file data, transmission of download URL information DL, clicking (opening) of download URL information DL on another terminal, execution of download, unauthorized access, reminder, expiration, folder copy, and the like. All logs LG can be freely displayed.

Also, as shown in FIG. 11, the administrator page 116 is used to set a non-display destination e-mail address for the notification e-mail, set a domain/e-mail address that can be sent, set a domain/e-mail address that cannot be sent, and enable downloading. Domain/email address setting, downloadable domain/email address setting, sendable IP address setting, sendable IP address setting, downloadable IP address setting, downloadable IP address setting , and at least one setting of restrictions on extensions of file data that can be uploaded.

Here, the setting of the non-display destination e-mail address of the notification e-mail designates the e-mail address to be included in all notification e-mails, and if the administrator's e-mail address is entered, it can be used for the transmission log LG.
In addition, the restriction on the extension of file data can be set to permit or prohibit the input in the input field.
As a result, security can be freely specified.
As a result, security can be appropriately set.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the administrator page 116 is configured so that the default value of the "file transmission setting" item 114h of the file transfer page 114 can be freely designated.
Specifically, it is possible to specify whether or not to log in to the download-dedicated page 123 with a password and set it to be downloaded.
When using a password, you can specify the timing of sending the password notification email.
With this, it is possible to specify that the other party can enter the password and download it.
In addition, it is possible to specify that the user receives an e-mail notifying that the file has been opened when the other party clicks on the download URL information DL.

Furthermore, when the other party clicks the download execution button 124, it is possible to specify that the user receives a download notification e-mail.
It is possible to specify to automatically send a reminder confirmation mail by e-mail when the other party has not downloaded it within the first predetermined period.
It is possible to specify that the file data will be deleted after the second predetermined period of time has passed and that the download will be disabled.
Further, for each of these items, not only the default value but also whether the user is permitted to change the setting or not can be designated freely.
This allows the administrator to enforce the file transfer policy.

If the mail browser does not have the file transfer icon 113a of the present invention, by installing an additional add-on program on the user's computer terminal 110, the file transfer icon 113a of the present invention can be displayed in the new message window 113 or reply message window. to be displayed.

A mail browser application and a file transfer application, which are examples of application software according to the first embodiment of the present invention thus obtained, are used to send and receive messages displayed on the display unit 111 of the computer terminal 110, which is an example of a user terminal. A file transfer selection/input determination step S1 for determining whether or not a file transfer icon 113a, which is a file transfer button displayed in a new message window 113, which is an example of a send message window of application software, has been selected, and a file transfer icon 113a is selected, a browser display step S2 for displaying a predetermined file transfer page 114 by the browser; It is determined whether upload steps S3 and S4 for uploading file data to the server 130 and the send button 115a on the transmission content confirmation screen 115 of the file transfer page 114 have been selected. 130 to the e-mail address entered in the destination e-mail address input field 114f of the file transfer page 114. By causing the terminal 110 and the server 130 to execute, the user can easily upload desired file data and notify the download URL information DL to the notebook computer terminal 120, which is an example of another terminal on the opposite side. can.

Further, the mail browser application and the file transfer application, which are examples of the application software according to the first embodiment of the present invention, send messages from the message transmission/reception application software displayed on the display unit 111 of the computer terminal 110, which is an example of the user terminal. A file transfer selection/input determination step S1 for determining whether or not a file transfer icon 113a, which is a file transfer button displayed in a new message window 113, which is an example of a window, has been selected, and when the file transfer icon 113a is selected. a browser display step S2 of displaying a predetermined file transfer page 114 by a browser; and determining whether or not file data is specified on the file transfer page 114; is uploaded, and in the file transfer page 114, it is determined whether or not a predetermined button 114k to the effect of "send the file and embed the download URL in the body of the mail" has been selected. When button 114k to the effect that "send file and embed download URL in mail text" is selected, download URL information DL, which is resource specific information for download-only page 123 generated by server 130, is displayed in new message window 113. It is determined whether or not the send button 113f is selected on the new message window 113, and if the send button 113f is selected, the download URL information DL is sent to the destination of the new message window 113. By causing the user's computer terminal 110 and the server 130 to execute resource-specific information transmission steps S5 and S6 for transmitting to the e-mail address entered in the field 113c, the user can easily upload desired file data and send it to the other party. is notified of the download URL information DL to the notebook computer terminal 120, which is an example of another terminal, and the data input to the new message window 113 of the message transmission/reception application software is utilized without wasting it. The download URL information DL can be notified to the computer terminal 120 .

Further, the file transfer application further includes a password transmission step of transmitting login password information PW for download-only page 123 from server 130 to the e-mail address entered in destination e-mail address input field 114f of file transfer page 114. When the send buttons 113f and 115a are selected in the resource specifying information sending step S5, the login password for the download page 123 is generated and the download URL information DL is sent to the destination column 113c or the destination e-mail address. With the configuration of sending to the e-mail address entered in the input field 114f, the user can easily upload the desired file data and log in to the notebook computer terminal 120, which is the other party, in addition to the download URL information DL. Password information PW can be notified.

Further, the file transfer page 114 can freely display a plurality of folders 114a, and can freely switch the predetermined area 114c for uploading by selecting the folder 114a, thereby improving usability for the user. For example, user-friendliness can be improved by changing the transmission destination for each folder 114a or by changing and setting the other party's authority for browsing and downloading.

The file transfer application also includes a click determination step of determining whether or not a download URL has been clicked on the notebook computer terminal 120, and a click log saving step of saving a log LG indicating that the click was made when the URL is clicked. , and the file transfer page 114 is a log of file data upload, transmission of download URL information DL, and clicking (opening) of download URL information DL in notebook computer terminal 120 as another terminal Since the LG can be freely displayed, the user can easily check not only the user's own operation but also whether or not the other party has clicked (opened) the download URL information DL and the date and time.

In addition, the file transfer application includes a download determination step of determining whether or not the download-dedicated page 123, which is the download URL, has been opened in the browser of the notebook computer terminal 120 and file data has been downloaded; , and a download log saving step of saving a log LG indicating that the file has been downloaded, and the file transfer page 114 uploads the file data, transmits the download URL information DL, and a notebook computer terminal as another terminal. By having a configuration in which the log LG of each download execution at 120 can be displayed, the sending user can confirm whether the other party has downloaded and the date and time of the download.

Further, in the browser display step S2, the data in the destination field 113c and text field 113e of the transmission message window of the new message window 113 and reply message window are read, and the destination e-mail address input field 114f of the file transfer page 114 is read. , and the comment column 114g, it is possible to avoid double input work and simplify the user's operation up to transmission.

In addition, the file transfer page 114 or the administrator page 116 can set whether or not to log in with a password, set to notify the user that the other party has clicked when the other party clicks the download URL, and set to notify the user that the other party has clicked the download URL. Specify at least one of the following: setting to notify the user that the other party has performed a download operation, setting to re-notify the other party if the other party does not perform the download operation for a predetermined period, setting the downloadable period. User-friendliness can be improved by adopting a configuration for freely displaying.

Further, the file transfer page 114 or the administrator page 116 can be used to set a non-display destination e-mail address for the notification e-mail, set a domain/e-mail address that can be sent, set a domain/e-mail address that cannot be sent, set a downloadable Setting domains/email addresses, setting domains/email addresses for which downloads are prohibited, setting IP addresses for which transmission is permitted, setting IP addresses for which transmission is prohibited, setting IP addresses for which downloads are permitted, IP addresses for which downloads are prohibited At least one of the setting and the setting of the extension restriction of file data that can be uploaded is displayed in a freely designable manner, so that the security can be appropriately set, and the effect is enormous.

Next, a chat application and a file transfer application, which are a second embodiment of the application software of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIGS. 13(A) and 13(B).
Here, FIG. 13A is a diagram showing how file data is transferred in the user's smart phone terminal 210 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a state when the download URL information DL is transmitted as chat data in the smartphone terminal 210 of the user according to the second embodiment.

The chat application and the file transfer application of the second embodiment have a format in which the message data for sending e-mails of the mail browser application and the file transfer application of the first embodiment are displayed in each window. Since many elements are common to the mail browser application and the file transfer application of the first embodiment, detailed explanations of the common items are omitted, and the last two digits are omitted. 200 series codes that are common to

As shown in FIG. 13A, a talk screen 212 of a chat application, which is an example of message transmission/reception application software, is displayed on a display unit 211 of a smartphone terminal 210 of user Tanaka, which is an example of a user terminal.
On the talk screen 212, messages of exchanges between Mr. Tanaka, who is the user, and Mr. Ito, who is the other party, are displayed.

Here, Mr. Tanaka, as an example of a message, enters the message "I will send you the materials for the meeting!" Select and press the file transfer icon 213a.
The procedures and settings for specifying and uploading file data are the same as those in the first embodiment, so detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Then, when a button 214k to the effect of "send a file and embed a download URL in the body of the email" is pressed on the file transfer page 214, the user's smartphone terminal 210 and the control unit (file transfer application) of the server 230 display a talk screen. Enter (embed) the download URL in the message input field 213 of 212 .
In other words, the download URL information DL is entered in the message entry field 213 .
Furthermore, when the user presses the send button 213b, as shown in FIG. is transmitted to Mr.'s terminal (not shown).

As described above, even if the file transfer system 200 has a configuration in which the mail browser application is changed to a chat application, the file transfer icon 213a is provided so that the file data to be transferred can be easily uploaded and the download URL information can be downloaded. DL can be easily sent to the other party.
Needless to say, the login password information PW may be configured to be transmitted from the server 230 to Mr. Ito's terminal, if necessary.

Next, a file transfer system 300, which is a third embodiment of the application software of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIG.
Here, FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram of the file transfer system 300 which is the third embodiment of the present invention.
The file transfer system 300 of the third embodiment is obtained by changing the computer terminal 110 of the user of the file transfer system 100 of the first embodiment to an artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310, and many elements are the same as those of the file transfer of the first embodiment. Since it is common to the system 100, the detailed description of the common items is omitted, and only the 300 series numbers having the common last two digits are attached.

As shown in FIG. 14, a file transfer system 300, which is the third embodiment having the application software of the present invention, includes an artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310, which is an example of a user's terminal, and a notebook, which is another terminal of the other party. It comprises a model computer terminal 320 and a server 330 .
The application software of the present invention is installed in the artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310 of the user.
The artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310 includes a speaker, a microphone, a control section, a storage section, time control means, and communication means.
A user inputs the destination, subject, and text of a message to the artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310 by voice via a microphone.
Then, as an example of inputting the fact that the file transfer has been selected, the voice input of "Large-capacity file transfer selected!" is input.
Then, as a file transfer selection/input determination step S1, the control unit (message transmission/reception application software) of the artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310 of the user determines whether or not a file transfer has been input in the artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310 .
Furthermore, as an upload step S4 and a resource specific information transmission step S5, an example of specifying file data to be transferred and an example of an input to the effect of transmission, "Today's meeting materials will be sent to Mr. Ito via the large-capacity file transfer server. !" voice input.

Then, as a resource identification information transmission step S5, the control unit (message transmission/reception application software) of the artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310 or the control unit (file transfer application) of the server 330 transmits the data to Mr. Ito's notebook computer terminal 320. An e-mail having the download URL information DL generated by the control unit 330 (file transfer application) is sent.
Needless to say, the login password information PW may be configured to be transmitted from the server 330 to Mr. Ito's notebook computer terminal 320 as necessary.
As a result, it is possible to obtain the same effects as those of the file transfer system 100 of the first embodiment described above.

The mail browser application and the file transfer application, which are examples of the application software according to the third embodiment of the present invention, obtained in this way are determined whether or not the effect of file transfer has been input at the artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310, which is the user terminal. A file transfer selection/input determination step S1 for determining whether or not file data is specified by input at the artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310, and when the file data is specified, the upload for uploading the file data to the server 330 Steps S3 and S4, determining whether or not transmission is input at the artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310, and when the transmission is input, the resource specifying information of the download page (123) generated by the server 330; By causing the artificial intelligence speaker terminal 310 and the server 330 to execute the resource specifying information transmission steps S5 and S6 for transmitting the download URL information DL to the e-mail address specified by the input, the user can download the desired file data. It is possible to easily upload and notify the download URL information DL to the notebook computer terminal 320, which is an example of another terminal on the opposite side, and the effect is enormous.

100 ... file transfer system 110 ... (user's) computer terminal (user terminal)
111... Display unit 112... Mail browser 113... New message window (transmission message window)
113a File transfer icon (file transfer button)
113b... File attachment icon 113c... Destination column 113d... Title column 113e... Text column 113f... Send button 114... File transfer page 114a... Folder 114b... " File upload" item 114c... Predetermined area 114d for upload... "Transmission file" item 114e... "Notification mail setting" item 114f... Destination e-mail address input field 114g...・Comment field 114h... Item 114k of "file transmission settings"... Button 114m to the effect of "send file and embed download URL in email text"... Confirmation button 115... Transmission content confirmation screen 115a ... Send button 116 ... Administrator page 120 ... Notebook computer terminal (other terminal)
121... Display unit 122... Mail browser 123... Download dedicated page 124... Download execution button 130... Server 200... File transfer system 210... User's smartphone terminal (user terminal)
211... Display unit 212... Talk screen 213... Message input field 213a... File transfer icon (file transfer button)
213b... Send button 214... File transfer page 214k... Button 230 indicating "Send file and embed download URL in mail body"... Server 300... File transfer system 310...・ Artificial intelligence speaker terminal (user terminal)
320 ・・・ (other party's) laptop computer terminal (other terminal)
330 ・・・ Server LG ・・・ Log DL ・・・ Download URL information PW ・・・ Login password information

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Application software that sends file data between a user terminal and another terminal via a server,
a file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer button displayed in a transmission message window of an e-mail message transmission/reception application software displayed on a display unit of the user terminal has been selected;
a browser display step of displaying a predetermined file transfer page by a browser when selected;
an upload step of determining whether or not file data is specified on the file transfer page, and uploading the file data to a server when the file data is specified;
determining whether or not a send button is selected on the file transfer page, and when the send button is selected, download uniform resource locator information, which is resource specifying information for a download-only page generated by a server; and a step of transmitting resource-specific information to the e-mail address entered in the destination e-mail address entry field of the file transfer page. Application software that sends file data between a user terminal and another terminal via a server,
a file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer button displayed in a transmission message window of an e-mail message transmission/reception application software displayed on a display unit of the user terminal has been selected;
a browser display step of displaying a predetermined file transfer page by a browser when selected;
an upload step of determining whether or not file data is specified on the file transfer page, and uploading the file data to a server when the file data is specified;
determining whether or not a predetermined button has been selected on the file transfer page, and when the predetermined button has been selected, download uniform resource locator information, which is resource specifying information for the download-only page generated by the server; a step of entering resource-specific information into a send message window;
Determining whether or not a send button is selected on the send message window, and when the send button is selected, sending uniform resource locator information for download to the e-mail address entered in the destination field of the send message window and a step of transmitting resource specific information to be transmitted. further comprising a password transmission step of transmitting the login password information for the download-only page from the server to the e-mail address entered in the destination e-mail address input field of the file transfer page;
3. The configuration according to claim 1, wherein, in said resource specifying information transmitting step, when a transmission button is selected, the server generates a login password for a download-dedicated page and transmits uniform resource locator information for downloading. Application software according to claim 1 or claim 2. 4. The file transfer page can freely display a plurality of folders, and is configured such that a predetermined area for uploading can be freely switched by selecting a folder. Application software described in . a click determination step of determining whether or not the download uniform resource locator information has been clicked on the other terminal;
and a click log saving step of saving a log of the click when the click is made,
that the file transfer page is configured to be able to freely display respective logs of uploading file data, sending uniform resource locator information for download, and clicking uniform resource locator information for download on another terminal; Application software according to any one of claims 1 to 4. a download determination step of determining whether or not a download page has been opened in the browser of the other terminal and file data has been downloaded;
a download log saving step of saving a log indicating that the download has been performed,
1. The file transfer page is configured to display logs of file data upload, uniform resource locator information transmission for download, and execution of download at another terminal. Item 6. Application software according to any one of items 5. In the browser display step, the data of the destination column and the body text column of the transmission message window are read, and the data are input to the destination e-mail address input column and the comment column of the file transfer page. Application software according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The above file transfer page or administrator page sets whether or not to log in with a password, sets to notify the user that the other party has clicked when the other party clicks the download uniform resource locator information, and At least one of the following settings: to notify the user that the other party has performed the download operation when the other party performs the download operation, to re-notify the other party if the other party does not perform the download operation for a predetermined period of time, or to set the downloadable period. 8. The application software according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it is configured to freely specify about. The above-mentioned file transfer page or administrator page sets the hidden destination email address of the notification email, sets the domain/email address that can be sent, sets the domain/email address that cannot be sent, and downloads the domain/email. Address setting, domain/email address setting for which download is prohibited, IP address for sending, IP address for sending, IP address for downloading, IP address for downloading, uploading 9. The application software according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein at least one of possible file data extension limit settings is displayed in a freely designable manner. Application software that sends file data between a user terminal and another terminal via a server,
a file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer button displayed on a talk screen of the chat message transmission/reception application software displayed on the display unit of the user terminal has been selected;
a browser display step of displaying a predetermined file transfer page by a browser when selected;
an upload step of determining whether or not file data is specified on the file transfer page, and uploading the file data to a server when the file data is specified;
determining whether or not a send button is selected on the file transfer page, and when the send button is selected, download uniform resource locator information, which is resource specifying information for a download-only page generated by a server; and a step of transmitting resource-specific information to the e-mail address entered in the destination e-mail address entry field of the file transfer page. Application software that sends file data between a user terminal and another terminal via a server,
a file transfer selection/input determination step of determining whether or not a file transfer button displayed on a talk screen of the chat message transmission/reception application software displayed on the display unit of the user terminal has been selected;
a browser display step of displaying a predetermined file transfer page by a browser when selected;
an upload step of determining whether or not file data is specified on the file transfer page, and uploading the file data to a server when the file data is specified;
determining whether or not a predetermined button has been selected on the file transfer page, and when the predetermined button has been selected, download uniform resource locator information, which is resource specifying information for the download-only page generated by the server; a step of inputting resource-specific information in the message input field of the talk screen ;
a resource specifying information transmission step of determining whether or not a transmission button has been selected on the talk screen , and transmitting uniform resource locator information for download to a terminal of the other party on the talk screen when the transmission button has been selected; Application software characterized by executing

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