JPH10126523A - Electronic mail reception notice method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the reception notice method in which the user simply receives a reception notice of an electronic mail by relieving the load of a reply to the user of a mail server due to the request of reception confirmation of the mail server from the user. SOLUTION: In this method, the reception of an electronic mail addressed to the user to receive the electronic mail service by using a line exchange ISDN 10 by a mail server 101 is informed. Upon the receipt of an electronic mail by the mail server 101, the server 101 generates mail information and sends the information to a router 102, which stores the received mail information tentatively and generates a mail information message, sends the message to a terminal adaptor of the user being a destination of the electronic mail and the terminal adaptor receiving the mail information message displays the mail information message to a display section.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] When subscribing to membership-based personal computer communication or an internet network provider and using an e-mail service, the mail server receives e-mail and notifies the destination user using a circuit-switched ISDN. ,
How to notify.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An e-mail user who reads and writes an e-mail using a mail server located in a network operation center of an internet provider or a membership-based personal computer communication receives an e-mail addressed to the user by the e-mail server. A conventional method for determining whether or not the operation is performed will be described.

First, the information terminal such as a personal computer is turned on, and communication software installed in the personal computer or the like is started. The activated communication software activates a terminal adapter for a circuit-switched ISDN connected to a personal computer or the like in accordance with the set conditions, and uses the B channel line of the ISDN to perform membership-based personal computer communication and network operation of an internetwork provider. Access the center router.

Next, when the user logs in to the mail server, if the mail server receives an e-mail addressed to the user,
E-mail is obtained from the mail server on the user's communication software, a list of the obtained e-mails is displayed on a personal computer, etc., and if the e-mail addressed to the user is not received by the mail server, "New mail" Is not displayed "on a personal computer.

FIG. 4 shows a conventional e-mail reception notifying method.
10 is a circuit-switched ISDN, 300 is a network operation center, and 400 is user equipment. In this description, network operation center 300 and I
A description will be given using the SDN 10 and the user's equipment 400.

[0006] Network operation center 300
, 301 is a mail server, 302 is a router used in the present invention, 303 is a network terminator, 304 is an S bus,
05 is a private network.

[0007] The network terminating device 303 and the terminal adapter built-in router 302 transmit signals via the S bus 304, and the mail server 301 and the router 302 transmit data via the private network 305.

In the user's equipment 400, 401 is a personal computer, 402 is a terminal adapter,
403 is a network terminating device, and 404 is an S bus. The network terminating device 403 and the terminal adapter 402 are connected to the S bus 404
Through the personal computer 401
And terminal adapter 402 are serial line 405
The data is transmitted via the.

When an e-mail is transferred or transmitted to the user of the equipment 400 to the mail server 301, the equipment 40
The e-mail is temporarily stored in the mailbox of the user No. 0.

[0010] A user of the facility 400 turns on the power of the personal computer 401, and then starts communication software installed in the personal computer 401. The activated communication software activates the terminal adapter 402 according to the set conditions, and executes the circuit-switched ISDN.
A call is made to the network operation center 300 via the communication terminal 10.

When this call arrives at the network terminating device 303 of the network operation center 300, the communication software installed in the personal computer 401 is connected to the router 302 via the B channel line, and the communication software accesses the router 302. Then, the user logs in to the mail server 301 and inquires of the mail server 301 whether or not there is an e-mail addressed to the user.

The mail server 301 notifies the communication software that there is an electronic mail in a mailbox addressed to the user of the facility 400, and the communication software acquires the mail. When an e-mail is obtained by the communication software, the communication software displays an icon indicating the arrival of the e-mail on the display of the personal computer 401 and displays a list of the received e-mails. .

If no e-mail has arrived, a message such as "There is no new e-mail" is displayed.

[0014]

As described above, the user turns on the power of the information terminal and activates the installed communication software even if the subscribed mail server does not receive the e-mail addressed to the user. However, it has been troublesome to connect to a router in a network operation center via a B-channel line of a circuit-switched ISDN, and then log in to a mail server to know whether or not an e-mail addressed to the user has been received.

In addition to the transfer, transmission / reception, temporary storage, management, etc. of the e-mail, the mail server receives an e-mail reception inquiry from a user who has not received the e-mail, and responds to the inquiry one by one. Load was occurring.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and eliminates the burden of responding to the user of the mail server when the user is required to confirm the reception of the e-mail, and the user can easily receive the e-mail reception notification. Provide a method of notification of receipt of e-mail.

[0017]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method in which a mail server notifies a user who receives an electronic mail service to a user who receives an electronic mail service by using a circuit-switched ISDN, wherein the mail server receives the electronic mail. Then, the mail information is created and sent to the router, and the router temporarily stores the received mail information, creates a mail information message, sends it to the terminal adapter of the e-mail destination user, and sends the mail information message. The received terminal adapter displays the mail information message on the display unit.

According to claim 2, in addition to the contents described in claim 1,
The mail server that receives the mail creates mail information,
Even if you send an e-mail to the same destination after sending it to the router, the router that received the e-mail information does not create the e-mail information until the destination user logs in to the e-mail server. A mail information message is sent to the user using the user / user information element of the D channel of the type ISDN, and the terminal adapter of the user who has received the mail information message displays the mail information message and sends a confirmation message to the router. After receiving the confirmation message, the router erases the mail information, and after the user's terminal adapter displays the mail information message, logs in to the mail server using the terminal adapter. Is erased.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 is a configuration diagram of a network according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a router according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a terminal adapter according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a circuit switching type ISD.
N and 100 are network operation centers using the present invention, and 200 is equipment for users using the present invention.

Network operation center 100
, 101 is a mail server using the method of the present invention, 102 is a router with a built-in terminal adapter used in the present invention, 103 is a network terminator, 104 is an S bus, and 105 is a private network.

The network terminating device 103 and the terminal adapter built-in router 102 transmit signals via the S bus 104, and the mail server 101 and the router 102 transmit data via the private network 105.

In the user equipment 200, 201 is a personal computer, 202 is a terminal adapter using the method of the present invention, 203 is a network terminator, and 204 is S
It is a bus. Network termination device 203 and terminal adapter 2
02 transmits a signal via the S bus 204, and the personal computer 201 and the terminal adapter 202 transmit data via the serial line 205.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the router 102 used in the present invention. 1 is a terminal adapter unit, 2 is a route control unit, and 3 is a mail information control unit.

The terminal adapter unit 1 performs outgoing / incoming call control and converts data received from the circuit-switched ISDN 10 into transmission data to be transmitted to the private network 105.
The route control unit 2 controls a user's access to the mail server 101.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the terminal adapter 202 used in the present invention. 11 is an ISDN interface unit, 12 is a data conversion unit, 13 is a terminal interface unit, 14 is an incoming / outgoing call control unit, and 15 is a mail reception notification control. Unit, 16 is a display unit, and 17 is a setting unit.

In the terminal adapter 202, IS
The DN interface unit 11 converts data from the ISDN 10 when receiving the data. The data converter 12 converts the data format and converts synchronous data and asynchronous data between the circuit-switched ISDN 10 and the information terminal 201. The terminal interface unit 13 converts the data converted by the data conversion unit 12 into a signal transmitted to the information terminal 201.

Next, an embodiment will be described. When the mail server 101 receives the e-mail addressed to the user of the facility 200, the e-mail is temporarily stored in the recipient's mailbox described in the destination of the e-mail, and the mail server name, the recipient's account name, and the recipient's ISDN are received. The mail information including the telephone number of the mail is created and transmitted to the router 102.

The router 102 that has received the mail information temporarily stores the mail information in the mail information control unit 3 of the router 102, and the mail information control unit 3 creates a mail information message. The mail information control unit 3 of the router 102 activates the terminal adapter unit 1 built in the router 102 based on the mail information, and makes a call to the recipient's ISDN telephone number.

The mail information control unit 3 of the router 102 writes a mail information message in the user / user information element of the SETUP signal sent at the time of calling, and transmits the message to the terminal adapter 202.

The SET transmitted from the mail information control unit 3
When the UP signal arrives at the outgoing / incoming call control unit 14 via the interface unit of the terminal adapter 202, the SE signal
The mail information message written in the user / user information element of the TUP signal is taken into the mail reception control unit 15, and the mail reception control unit 15 displays the mail information message on the display unit 16, and displays the user / user information of the DISCONNECT signal. Write a confirmation message to the element and send it to the router 102 to disconnect the call.

Upon receiving the confirmation message from terminal adapter 202, mail information control section 3 of router 102 deletes the mail information.

The user who sees the contents of the display on the display unit 16 and knows that the e-mail addressed to himself has been received by the mail server 101 turns on the information terminal 201 and starts the communication software. Then, the terminal adapter 202 is activated to call the network operation center 100.

Network operation center 100
Then, when the D channel is connected to the router 102 via the network terminating device 103, a user / user / information element with nothing described is transmitted from the router 102 to the terminal adapter 202, and the reception control unit of the terminal adapter 202 When the user, the user, and the information element in which nothing is described are extracted at 15, the mail information message on the display unit 16 is deleted.

Next, when the B channel line is connected, access is made to the router 102, and via the route control unit 2,
Log in to the mail server 101, the communication software requests the mail server 101 to send an e-mail, the mail server sends the temporarily stored e-mail to the communication software,
The communication software obtains the e-mail.

When the mail server 101 receives a new e-mail at the same destination after transmitting the mail information to the router 102, the mail server 101 does not create the mail information until the destination user accesses the same. Mail server 10
1 is transmitted to the router 102, and then the user
1. When a new e-mail is received after logging in to the e-mail and acquiring the e-mail, the mail information is again transmitted to the router 10.
2 and then does not create mail information until the user logs in to mail server 101.

As described above, when an e-mail is received from a mail server, the router transmits information indicating that the e-mail has been received to the user's terminal adapter using the D channel on behalf of the mail server, Upon receiving the information, the adapter indicates that there is mail on the display unit, and furthermore, the mail server does not notify the router even if a new e-mail is received until the user newly accesses the mail server. Therefore, the load on the mail server is reduced because access to inquire the mail server whether or not an e-mail is received from the user is reduced. On the other hand, the user needs to access the mail server one by one and confirm the reception of the mail. Disappears.

[0038]

According to the present invention, in order to notify a destination user that an e-mail has been received, a router uses a D-channel user / user information element of a circuit-switched ISDN to a user on behalf of a mail server. E-mail reception notification is performed, and the terminal adapter receives the reception notification on behalf of the information terminal, which further reduces the load on the mail server.
This has the effect that the user can more easily know the reception of the e-mail.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a router according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a terminal adapter according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a network configuration diagram according to a conventional method.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Terminal adapter part 2 Route control part 3 Mail information control part 10 Circuit-switching ISDN 11 ISDN interface part 12 Data conversion part 13 Terminal interface part 14 Outgoing / incoming call control part 15 Mail reception control part 16 Display part 17 Setting part 100 The present invention Network operation center 101 using method 101 Mail server 102 Router with terminal adapter 103 Network terminator 104 S bus 105 Private network 200 User equipment using method of the present invention 201 Information terminal (personal computer) 202 Terminal using method of the present invention Adapter 203 Network termination device 204 S bus 205 Serial line 300 Network operation center 301 using conventional method 301 Mail server 302 Router 303 Network termination Apparatus 304 S bus 305 local area network 400 user equipment 401 information terminal 402 terminal adapter 403 network unit using the conventional method 404 S bus 405 serial line

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shoichi Nakayama 2-6-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method in which a mail server notifies a user who receives an e-mail service using a circuit-switched ISDN that a mail server has received an e-mail. The router temporarily stores the received mail information, creates a mail information message, sends it to the terminal adapter of the e-mail destination user, and the terminal adapter that receives the mail information message sends the mail to the display unit. An e-mail reception notifying method, which comprises displaying an information message. 2. A mail server that has received a mail creates mail information, transmits the mail information to a router, and receives an e-mail at the same destination after the transmission, even if the destination user logs in to the mail server. The router that has received the mail information without creating the mail information transmits the mail information message to the user using the user / user information element of the D channel of the circuit-switched ISDN, and receives the mail information message. The terminal adapter displays a mail information message, sends a confirmation message to the router, and the router that receives the confirmation message erases the mail information, and after the terminal adapter of the user displays the mail information message, the terminal adapter When the user logs in to the mail server, the terminal adapter of the user Erasing the display of di, e-mail reception notification method of claim 1, wherein a.