JPH05241992A - Electronic mail arrival informing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely inform the arrival of an electronic mail and to fully take advantage of the electronic mail by displaying the arrival of the electronic mail on a display output device registered as an electronic mail arrival informer. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with the display output device 8 which displays and outputs mail arrival information, an input device 4 which inputs the information (ID of informer, etc.) of an informer who desires to be informed and display the arrival of the electronic mail addressed to oneself, i.e., informer information, and an informer information registration part 9 which registers inputted informer information on an informer information memory device 5. Also, it is comprised of the informer information memory device 5 which stores the informer information, an informer information readout part 3 which outputs the informer information by reading out from the informer information memory device 5, a mail arrival confirming part 6 which makes access an electronic mail memory device 2 by referring to outputted informer information and checks whether or not the electronic mail addressed to an informer target arrives and is stored and receives snail information, and a mail arrival informing part 7 which supplies the mail information to the display output device 8 after converting the information to an output possible format by receiving the supply of received mail information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail arrival notification system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional e-mail arrival notification system, the e-mail arrival notification information is managed by the host side, and the recipient operates a terminal or the like to confirm the arrival status of e-mail addressed to himself / herself on the host. I was able to confirm the arrival of the mail for the first time.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional electronic mail arrival notification method, it is unknown whether or not the electronic mail addressed to itself has arrived unless the recipient of the electronic mail performs the operation of confirming the arrival of the electronic mail. Also, even if the sender sends an e-mail, the sender has to notify the other party by phone or other means after sending each e-mail, which is a disadvantage that the advantages of the e-mail cannot be fully utilized.

An object of the present invention is to provide an e-mail arrival notification system that ensures the arrival notification by displaying the arrival of the e-mail on the display output device registered as the e-mail arrival notifier and can make full use of the advantages of the e-mail. To provide.

[0005]

The electronic mail arrival notification system of the first invention comprises a display output means for displaying and outputting mail arrival information, an input means for inputting notifier information indicating a mail arrival notification target person, By referring to the inputted notifier information, it is checked whether or not an electronic mail addressed to the notified person has arrived, and when it arrives, a mail arrival confirmation means for receiving the mail information and the mail arrival confirmation means. It comprises mail arrival notifying means for converting the supplied mail information into an outputable format and supplying it to the display output means.

The electronic mail arrival notification system of the second invention is
In addition to the electronic mail arrival notification method of the first invention, notifier information storage means for storing notifier information, notifier information registration means for registering the entered notifier information in the notifier information storage means, It comprises notifier information reading means for reading the notifier information from the notifier information storage means and supplying it to the mail arrival confirmation means.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an electronic mail arrival notification system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, in the electronic mail center system 1, when a mail sender sends an electronic mail, the contents of the mail are stored in the electronic mail storage device 2. The electronic mail storage device 2 stores the mail information of the sent electronic mail (destination name, sender name, document name, time, etc.). The storage status is shown in FIG.
A plurality of pieces of mail information 21 are stored, and as the mail information, a notifier ID 22 and a sender ID of the mail, respectively.
23, a title 24, etc. are stored.

The e-mail arrival notification system of this embodiment uses a display output device 8 for displaying and outputting mail arrival information, and a notification target person who wants the display output device 8 to notify and display the arrival of an e-mail addressed to himself. Information, that is, the input device 4 for inputting notifier information (notifier's ID etc.), the notifier information registration unit 9 for registering the input notifier information in the notifier information storage device 5, and the notifier information stored Notifier information storage device 5
And the notifier information reading unit 3 that reads out the notifier information from the notifier information storage device 5 and outputs the notifier information, and accesses the electronic mail storage device 2 with reference to the output notifier information, The e-mail is checked to see if it has arrived and stored, and if it has arrived, it is converted into a format that can be output by receiving the mail arrival confirmation unit 6 that acquires and receives the mail information and the received mail information. After that, it is composed of a mail arrival notification unit 7 to be supplied to the display output device 8.

The storage status of the notifier information storage device 5 is shown in FIG. A plurality of notifier IDs 31 are stored.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Register notifier information prior to operation. That is, the notifier information is input from the input device 4 and registered in the notifier information storage device 5 by the notifier information registration unit 9.

First, the notifier information reading unit 3 reads the notifier information from the notifier information storage device 5 and the mail arrival confirmation unit 6
Supply this to.

The mail arrival confirmation section 6 refers to the notified person information supplied, and is the mail information of the registered e-mail addressed to the notified person stored in the electronic mail storage device 2 in the electronic mail center system 1? If it is stored, the mail information is received and supplied to the mail arrival notification unit 7. The mail information of all the notification target persons is searched, and if the mail information is not stored, it waits until the next monitoring time comes.

The mail arrival notification unit 7 converts the supplied mail information into a format that can be output, and then displays the mail arrival information on a display output device 8 such as a printer, a display, or a multifunction telephone.
Output to.

This makes it clear that the electronic mail has arrived at the recipient, and it is possible to deal with the emergency mail.

The mail information may be monitored at all times, but normally a fixed monitoring time interval is provided, and the load is reduced by searching the contents of the electronic mail storage device 2 of the center via the communication line at this time interval. Top desirable.

Although the notifier information reading section 3 reads the notifier information from the notifier information storage device 5, the input device 4 is used.
Alternatively, it may be directly input from the mail arrival confirmation unit 6.

When only the emergency mail is to be displayed, if the electronic mail has an attribute, it can be selectively displayed.

In the case of notification, it can be displayed in a dedicated message display area of the terminal, displayed as one window of a multi-window, displayed using the entire screen, etc. Also, if a buzzer sounds at the same time as the message, confirmation is easy. Becomes

[0020]

As described above, the electronic mail arrival notification system of the present invention can reliably notify the arrival of an electronic mail without confirming the arrival of the mail or sending the notification by telephone or the like. The effect is that the advantages of email can be fully utilized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an email arrival notification system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a storage diagram showing a storage status of mail information in an electronic mail storage device.

FIG. 3 is a storage diagram showing a storage state of notifier information in a notifier information storage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 E-mail center system 2 E-mail storage device 3 Notifier information reading unit 4 Input device 5 Notifier information storage device 6 Mail arrival confirmation unit 7 Mail arrival notification unit 8 Display output device 9 Notifier information registration unit 21 Plural mail information 22 Notifier ID 23 Caller ID 24 Subject 31 Multiple Notifier IDs

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A display output means for displaying and outputting mail arrival information, an input means for inputting notifier information indicating a mail arrival notification target person, and a notification target person addressed to the notification target person by referring to the inputted notifier information. It checks whether or not the electronic mail has arrived, and when it arrives, mail arrival confirmation means for receiving the mail information, and the mail information supplied from the mail arrival confirmation means is converted into a format that can be output and the display output is made. An electronic mail arrival notification system comprising: an electronic mail arrival notification means for supplying the means. 2. The notifier information storage means for storing notifier information in the electronic mail arrival notification method according to claim 1.
It includes notifier information registration means for registering the notifier information that has been input to the notifier information storage means, and notifier information reading means for reading the notifier information from the notifier information storage means and supplying it to the mail arrival confirmation means. An e-mail arrival notification method characterized in that