JPH0779248A - Electronic mail terminal system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily realize the transmission and reception of an electronic mail by enabling the connection/non-connection of a portable device with an electronic mail terminal main body, and to display the content of an incoming mail as necessary by detaching the portable device. CONSTITUTION:This system is equipped with an electronic mail terminal main body 2 which operates the transmission and reception of the mail between a center 3, a portable device 1 which can be connected with the electronic mail terminal main body 2 so as to be brought into contact or non-contact with it. When the portable device 1 is connected with the electronic mail terminal main body 2, the electronic mail terminal main body 2 is line-connected with the center 3, and a received mail having the address ID of the portable device 1 is transmitted from the center 3, and stored in a reception memory 11 of the portable device 1. Then, when the portable device 1 is disconnected from the electronic mail terminal main body 2, a display processing part 14 displays the content extracted from the reception memory 11 on a display panel 10 corresponding to a display instruction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail terminal system for transmitting / receiving an electronic mail by connecting a portable device to the main body of the electronic mail terminal. In an electronic mail system for public communication networks (including analog circuit networks and digital circuit networks) and in-house communication networks (LAN, etc.), it is desired to efficiently send and receive electronic mail with a simple portable device. There is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electronic mail system for delivering electronic mail via a center using a public communication network, a user sends a message from an electronic mail terminal to a center of an electronic mail network via a line by wire or wirelessly. Call and connect.

When the connection with the center is completed, the ID code and the personal identification number are input. Next, an e-mail is sent to the center and a transfer request is made to the corresponding destination. When receiving, an inquiry is made as to whether or not an electronic mail addressed to its own ID has arrived, and if it has arrived, it is taken out and temporarily stored in its own terminal, and then the content is displayed.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional electronic mail terminal calls the center, connects, inputs the ID code and the personal identification number, and then confirms whether or not there is an incoming electronic mail addressed to itself. A complicated operation is required to find out that there is an incoming call only after making an inquiry. Because of these, there were the following problems.

(1) Since connection to the center is made by e-mail subscribers all at once at the beginning of work in the early morning, it is difficult to connect the line, and it is necessary to input an ID code and a personal identification number. There was a problem that it took time and effort to complete.

(2) When inquiring whether there is a received electronic mail, it is necessary to connect to the center and make an inquiry one by one, and there is a problem that it is inconvenient especially for users who have a low frequency of receiving mail. .

(3) The line connection with the center is always an online process, and there is a problem that it is inconvenient to handle mails that do not require immediate communication. In order to solve these problems, the present invention makes it possible to connect / disconnect the portable device to the main body of the email terminal, and stores / displays the received mail in the portable device, and the function of setting the destination and the transmission time. E-mail can be sent and automatically sent to the center when connected to the main body of the e-mail, and incoming e-mail can be stored in the terminal to easily send and receive e-mails, and at any time to receive incoming e-mail by removing the mobile device. It is intended to realize the content display of.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means for solving the problems will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, the portable device 1
Can be connected to the electronic mail terminal body 2 by contact or non-contact, and includes a display panel 10, a reception memory 11, a document file 12, a display processing unit 14, and an input processing unit 15.
It is composed of etc.

The e-mail terminal main body 2 is for connecting the portable device 1, and transmits / receives e-mail to / from the center 3 through a line (including transmission of ID code and personal identification number).
It is something to do.

The center 3 is for delivering electronic mail to a destination.

[0011]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the electronic mail terminal main body 2 is connected to the center 3 by line connection in response to the portable device 1 being connected to the electronic mail terminal main body 2 in a contact or non-contact manner. When the received mail having the destination ID of the portable device 1 is transmitted from the center 3 and stored in the reception memory 11 of the portable device 1, and the portable device 1 is disconnected from the electronic mail terminal body 2, a display instruction is issued. When given, the display processing unit 14 displays the content retrieved from the reception memory 11 on the display panel 10.

At this time, the display processing unit 14 causes the reception memory 11
The number of received mails is displayed on the display panel 10. Further, when the received mail received from the center 3 by the electronic mail terminal body 2 is stored in the reception memory 11 of the portable device 1, if the reception memory 11 has no space, the priority given to the received mail is If there is a low received mail in the reception memory 11, overwrite it and store it.
On the other hand, when there is no low received mail, the center 3 is instructed to save the received mail (or send it back to register).

Corresponding to the connection of the portable device 1 to the electronic mail terminal main body 2 in a contact or non-contact manner, the electronic mail terminal main body 2 is connected to the center 3 through a line, and the center 3 connects the document file of the portable device 1 to the center 3. The outgoing mail extracted from 12 is sent.

Therefore, the portable device 1 is attached to the main body 2 of the electronic mail terminal.
Can be connected / disconnected, and the handset 1 has functions to store and display received mail, create sent mail, and set the destination and send time, and automatically send mail when connecting to the email terminal body 2. By storing the sent and received mails in the center 3 in the portable device 1, it becomes possible to easily realize the sending and receiving of the mails and disconnect the portable device 1 to display the contents of the received mails at any time.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the construction and operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be sequentially described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1A shows a configuration diagram. In FIG. 1A, the portable device 1 can be contacted or contactlessly connected to the e-mail terminal main body 2 to display a received mail, create a sent mail, and the like. Panel 10, reception memory 11, document file 12, reception management table 13, display processing unit 14, and input processing unit 15
It is composed of etc.

The display panel 10 is for displaying various data. Here, the received mail stored in the reception memory 11 is displayed, and characters input from the input mechanism are displayed to create a document. It is for doing things.

The reception memory 11 stores the received mail received from the center 3 by the electronic mail terminal main body 2 when the portable device 1 is connected to the electronic mail terminal main body 2.

The document file 12 is for storing a document created by inputting from the input mechanism on the display panel 10 of the portable device 1 (see FIG. 3). The document (outgoing mail) stored in the document file 12 is automatically sent via the line to the center 3 via the line when the portable device 1 is connected to the electronic mail terminal body 2 and the outgoing mail is sent. (The ID code and PIN are also sent together).

The reception management table 13 is for managing the number of received mails. When the portable device 1 is connected to the electronic mail terminal body 2, the type of received mail received from the center 3 and stored in the reception memory 11 is stored. And the number of stored items (see FIG. 4).

The display processing unit 14 takes out the received mail stored in the reception memory 11 and displays it on the display panel 10. The input processing unit 15 takes in data and characters input from the input mechanism and displays the display panel 1
0, or a document created by displaying it on the display panel 10 is saved as a document file (sent mail).

The electronic mail terminal main body 2 connects the portable device 1 in contact or non-contact, and gives a destination to a document (outgoing mail) extracted from the document file 12 of the portable device 1 and sends it via the line. Sent to the center 3 or received from the center 3 by the received mail of the destination ID of the portable device 1 and stored in the reception memory 11 of the portable device 1, or the type and the number of received mails are stored in the reception management table 13. It is something to set. The email terminal body 2 is
The communication processing unit 21 and the like are included.

The communication processing unit 21 is connected to the center 3 via a line.
And data (received mail, sent mail, ID of the portable device 1, personal identification number, etc.) are exchanged between and. The center 3 is connected to a plurality of e-mail terminal bodies 2 via a line and distributes e-mails to the destination e-mail terminal body 2, for example. The management table 31 and the e-mail processing unit 32 are provided. It is composed of

The management table 31 manages electronic mails in association with IDs (see FIG. 5). Here, the TEL. No., type (personal message, circle service, information guide, etc.) is managed.

The electronic mail processing section 32 stores the electronic mails sent from the respective electronic mail terminal bodies 2 and the like,
For example, it is delivered to the electronic mail terminal body 2 having the destination ID.

FIG. 1 (a-1) shows an example of a configuration in which the portable device 1 and the electronic mail terminal body 2 are contacted and connected. In this case, the portable device 1 and the electronic mail terminal body 2 are connected by a connector. Since this connector makes contact and makes a connection, when returning to the office from outside, the portable device 1 is inserted and connected to the e-mail terminal body 2, the prepared document is taken out from the document file 12 and sent to the center 3 (mobile device). The ID of the machine 1 and the personal identification number are also transmitted), and a distribution request is automatically made to the destination. At this time, the battery of the portable device 1 is also charged.

FIG. 1 (a-2) shows a configuration example in which the portable device 1 and the electronic mail terminal body 2 are connected in a non-contact manner. In this case, the portable device 1 and the e-mail terminal body 2 are connected to each other by electromagnetic connection, ultrasonic connection, infrared connection, or the like. Connected by placing it on or near the center, taking out the created document from the document file 12 and
And send the request to the destination automatically. On this occasion,
The battery of the portable device 1 is charged by placing it on the main body 2 of the e-mail terminal and connecting it to the power charging terminal.

FIG. 1 (a-3) shows another configuration example in which the portable device 1 and the electronic mail terminal body 2 are connected in a non-contact manner.
In this case, the portable device 1 and the e-mail terminal body 2 are R
Since the connection is made by radio waves from the F adapter, when returning from work to the office, the portable device 1 is placed near the electronic mail terminal body 2 and connected, and the prepared document is taken out from the document file 12 and transmitted to the center 3. Then, the delivery request is automatically made to the destination. At this time, the battery of the portable device 1 is charged by placing it on the main body 2 of the e-mail terminal and connecting it to the power charging terminal.

FIG. 1B shows an example of a display panel. This shows an example of the display panel 10 of the portable device 1 of FIG. The display panel 10 is double-opened like a notebook, and has a display portion on the left and a handwriting input portion on the right. Various operation buttons are provided below the display part and the handwriting input part to instruct / handwrite the number of the received mail to be displayed, and to turn the page of the displayed received mail.

Next, the operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail in the order shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, at S1, the portable device 1 is inserted into the electronic mail terminal body 2 and connected. This connects the portable device 1 to the electronic mail terminal main body 2 by contact or non-contact.

In S2, the registered contents are transmitted to the center 3 via the line and registered (at this time, the ID and the personal identification number of the portable device 1 are automatically transmitted to connect with the center 3). S
3 is registered in the management table 31. These S2, S3
The registered contents by are contents registered in advance using the input mechanism of the portable device 1, and are the following and shown in the figure.

Registration contents (transmission contents, reception contents) ・ ID No and Tel No Registration contents (transmission contents, reception contents) ・ Contents (message) ・ Priority (smaller number indicates higher priority) ・ Personal message: 01-Circle message: 02-Information guide: 03 These registration contents are transmitted to the center 3 via the line and registered in the management table 31 in the center 3 as shown in FIG. 5, for example. As a result, the ID of the portable device 1,
Phone number and message priority ・ ID No ・ Tel No ・ Sending priority ・ Personal message: 01 (highest priority) ・ Circle service: 02 (second highest priority) ・ Information Guidance: 03 (third highest priority) -Other :-( lowest priority) is registered.

In step S4, the electronic mail and the priority registered in the management table 31 are transmitted. In this case, when there is a received mail that matches the content registered in the management table 31 of the center 3 in S3, the received mail and the priority are given, and the received mail is sent to the electronic mail terminal body 2 via the line.

In S5, the electronic mail terminal main body 2 receives the contents transmitted in S4. S6 is the reception management table 1
Registration and content display in 3. This is because the number of received mails received in S5 is, for example, as shown in the reception management table 13 of FIG.
Register the number of receptions divided into information guides. Then, the received contents are displayed on the display panel 10.

In step S7, it is determined whether the receiving memory 11 has an empty space. In the case of YES, the contents of the received mail are stored and saved in the reception memory 11 in S8. On the other hand, if NO, the process proceeds to S9.

In step S9, it is determined whether or not there is a lower priority. This determines whether there is a received mail having a lower priority than the received mail in the reception memory 11. If YES, the priority is overwritten in S10. on the other hand,
In the case of NO, in S11, a message with a high priority (for example, a personal message of 01, a circle service of 02, etc.) displays a message, and a save instruction is sent to the center 3 in S12, and the received mail of the center 3 is received. Keep it without deleting it (or send it back and register it).

In step S13, it is determined whether there is an instruction to display the received content. In the case of YES, the information is displayed on the display panel 10 in S14, and the process ends. On the other hand, in the case of NO, the process ends. As described above, in response to the connection of the portable device 1 to the e-mail terminal body 2, the ID, telephone number, and priority of the contents registered in advance in the portable device 1 are stored in the center 3 via the line. Register in the management table 31. After this registration, when the portable device 1 is connected to the main body 2 of the electronic mail terminal, it automatically connects to the center 3 via the line and automatically receives the received mail addressed to the registered ID. A mail is transmitted, received by the electronic mail terminal body 2, stored in the reception memory 11 of the portable device 1, and registered in the reception management table 13 for each type of received mail.
As a result, the portable device 1 automatically receives the received mail from the center 3, stores it in the reception memory 11, and registers the received number in the reception management table 13. Then, the portable device 1 is disconnected from the e-mail terminal body 2 and carried, and the received number and the content of the received mail are read out and displayed on the display panel 10 at an arbitrary place and at an arbitrary time, and the content is displayed by the user. Can be seen.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the document file of the present invention.
This is a document file provided in the portable device 1 and is an example of the content of a document file that saves a document (outgoing mail) displayed on the display panel 10 by using the input mechanism (various keys). . Here, ・ Document ID ・ Destination (ID No, Name) ・ Send date and time (Date and time when the outgoing mail is sent by connecting to the e-mail terminal body 2) ・ Document (contents of the outgoing mail) is registered in the document file To do.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the reception management table of the present invention. This is the reception management table 13 provided in the portable device 1.
It is a table for registering and storing the number of received mails received by the electronic mail terminal main body 2 from the center 3.
For example, as shown below, the number is registered and stored for each content of the received mail.

Personal Message Circle Service Information Guide 2 3 3 3 FIG. 5 shows an example of the management table of the present invention. This is a management table 31 provided in the center 3 and is for registering the contents received by the center 3 from each portable device 1. Here, registration is performed as shown below.

ID No Tel No Personal Message Circle Service Information Guidance Others # 1 XXXX-XXXX 01 02 03 Here, 01, 02 and 03 are priorities, and 01 is the highest priority. By registering these priorities based on the contents transmitted from the portable device 1, the ID. Since the received mail of No is given a priority according to its content and is transmitted to the electronic mail terminal body 2 via the line, the electronic mail terminal body 2 is not full in the receiving memory 11 of the portable device 1. At this time, the one with the higher priority is preferentially stored (see S7 to S12 in FIG. 2).

Next, the operation when the portable device 1 is taken out from the electronic mail terminal body 2 and carried in the order shown in FIG. 6 will be described in detail. In FIG. 6, in S21, the portable device 1 is pulled out (disconnected) from the electronic mail terminal body 2.

In step S22, the page turning button is operated to display information. This is to operate the page turning button of the portable device 1 disconnected from the electronic mail terminal main body 2 in S21 to designate the received mail stored in the receiving memory 11 and to designate the page turning button of the designated received mail. Then, the content of the desired page is displayed on the display panel 10. As a result, it becomes possible to display the contents of the received mail stored in the reception memory 11 on the display panel 10 and view or read the contents by operating the portable device 1 carried by the user at any place at any time.

In S23, input is made on the input screen. S24
Sets the destination and transmission time. These S23, S
24 is set on the display panel 10 of the portable device 1 by using the input mechanism (operating the button and inputting handwriting from the handwriting input surface) to input the destination and the transmission time of the transmitted mail.

In step S25, a document file is created. S26
Inserts the portable device 1 into the electronic mail terminal body 2. S2
7 is transmitted to the destination of the document file at the transmission date and time. In this case, the electronic mail terminal body 2 transmits the document file (transmission mail) input and set in S23 to S25 to the destination at the transmission date and time.

In step S28, the sent mail is stored in the center 3. Then, the sent mail is delivered to the destination. As described above, the received mail received from the center 3 according to the procedure of FIG.
The portable device 1 is pulled out in the state of being stored in 3. The buttons of the portable device 1 are operated to display the contents of an arbitrary received mail from the reception memory 11 on the display panel 10 to turn the page, and the desired contents are displayed for viewing or reading. Then, the transmission document is created, the destination and the transmission date and time are input, set, and stored in the document file 12. When the portable device 1 is inserted (connected) into the e-mail terminal body 2 in this state, the document (transmission mail) automatically read from the document file 12 is sent to the destination at the set date and time.
As a result, it is transmitted to the center 3 via the line and delivered to the destination.

FIG. 7 shows a specific example of the present invention. FIG. 7A shows an example of the electronic mail terminal body. In FIG. 7A, the communication jack is for connecting to the line and the center 3.

The power plug is for inputting a commercial power of AC100V to operate the electronic mail terminal body 2. The reception indicator light is turned on when a received mail is received from the center 3 via the line.

The portable device insertion port is a port for inserting and connecting the portable device 1. The portable device pull-out key is a key for pulling out the portable device 1. FIG. 7B shows an example of a portable device. Here, the three portable devices 1 can be simultaneously inserted into the e-mail terminal main body 2 of FIG. These three portable devices 1 have different IDs.

FIG. 7C shows the display panel 1 of the portable device 1.
An example of 0 is shown. In FIG. 7C, the display panel 10
Here, there are two here, one is a display surface for displaying characters and the like, and the other one is a handwriting input surface for inputting handwritten characters.

The page turning pad is a pad for turning the page of the content of the received mail displayed on the display surface. Power on / off is a switch for turning the power on and off.

The display shading adjustment is a switch for adjusting the shading of the display on the display surface. Character enlargement-usually a switch for adjusting the enlarged display or normal display of characters on the display surface.

The type conversion is a switch for switching between hiragana and type. The cursor pad is a pad that moves the position of the cursor.

[0054]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The portable terminal 1 can be connected to the e-mail terminal main body 2, and the portable terminal 1 is provided with a function of storing / displaying received mails and the number of received e-mails, creating a sent message, and setting a destination and a sending time. Since a configuration is adopted in which when a connection is established, the outgoing mail is automatically sent to the center 3 and the incoming mail is stored in the portable device 1, it is possible to easily send and receive e-mail, and remove the portable device 1 to receive at any time. The contents of the mail can be displayed. By these, the problem that the conventional electronic mail terminal is difficult to use is solved, and the following effects are produced.

(1) The portable device 1 is used as the electronic mail terminal body 2
By making it detachable, the mobile device 1 is connected to the e-mail terminal body 2 when returning to the office (or when returning home), and the mobile device 1 is detached at the time of coming to the office (or when working from home). It is possible to easily and quickly display the number and contents of received mails addressed to the display panel 10, and to know the contents even while commuting to work or while moving.

(2) The contents of the outgoing mail, the destination, the sending date and time are input and set using the portable device 1, and the portable device 1 is automatically connected to the main body 2 of the electronic mail terminal. It is possible to send the outgoing mail to the center 3 via the line at the designated sending date and time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory diagram (1) of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a document file of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a reception management table of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a management table of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram (2) of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a specific example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Mobile device 11: Reception memory 12: Document file 13: Reception management table 14: Display processing unit 15: Input processing unit 2: E-mail terminal main body 21: Communication processing unit 3: Center 31: Management table 32: E-mail processing Department

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An electronic mail terminal main body (2) for sending and receiving electronic mail to and from a center (3) and a contactable or non-contactable connection to the electronic mail terminal main body (2). A portable device (1) having a receiving memory (11) for storing received mail, a display panel (10), and a display processing unit (14) for displaying the contents of the receiving memory (11) on the display panel (10). ) And corresponding to connecting the portable device (1) to the electronic mail terminal body (2), the electronic mail terminal body (2)
Connects to the center (3) and receives a received mail having the destination ID of the portable device (1) from the center (3) and stores it in the reception memory (11) of the portable device (1). In a state in which the machine (1) is disconnected from the main body of the electronic mail terminal (2), the display processing unit (14) displays the content retrieved from the reception memory (11) in response to the display instruction. 10) An electronic mail terminal system characterized by being configured to display. 2. The display processing unit (14) comprises a reception memory (1).
2. The electronic mail terminal system according to claim 1, wherein the number of received mails in 1) is displayed on the display panel (10). 3. The receiving memory (11) when storing the received mail received from the center (3) by the electronic mail terminal body (2) in the receiving memory (11) of the portable device (1).
If there is no space in the received mail, the received mail with a lower priority than the priority assigned to the received mail is overwritten and stored in the reception memory (11). 2. The electronic mail terminal system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic mail terminal system is configured to instruct (3) to store the received mail (or send it back to register). 4. An electronic mail terminal main body (2) for transmitting and receiving electronic mail to and from a center (3), and can be connected to this electronic mail terminal main body (2) with or without contact. A portable device (1) having a document file (12) for storing outgoing mail, a display panel (10), and an input processing unit (15) for storing outgoing mail input from the input mechanism in the document file (12). Corresponding to connecting the portable device (1) to the electronic mail terminal body (2),
Is configured to connect to the center (3) by a line and to transmit the outgoing mail extracted from the document file (12) of the portable device (1) to the center (3).