JPH1031635A - Portable electronic mail terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable electronic mail terminal with which the operation of user can be simplified when transmitting/receiving electronic mail. SOLUTION: A radio communication part 101 receives the mail, a mail command decode executing part 104 decodes the contents of the mail and determines display contents, and a display part 103 displays these contents. When the user performs input operation according to that display and that input shows a schedule notebook call, according to that input, the mail command decode executing part 104 designates the year, month, day and time to a schedule managing part 102 and instructs the part 102 to display schedule corresponding to that designation. Thus, the schedule on the designated date in the mail is displayed on the display part 103.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable electronic mail terminal for transmitting and receiving electronic mail using wireless communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a portable electronic mail terminal can be realized as an extension of an electronic organizer. For example, management of a schedule and an address book is realized by an electronic organizer. Among them, there are those having an electronic mail function such as personal computer communication. In this method, a modem is built in or externally connected to a telephone line by wire. If this is applied and a modem terminal of an electronic organizer is connected to a mobile phone, a mobile electronic mail terminal can be realized.

On the other hand, as a multifunction device of a telephone and an e-mail, for example, there is a portable character telephone. It has the function of sending text and handwritten images in addition to telephone voice. Some PHS phones have a function of sending about 10 characters in addition to the telephone function. A combined function of an e-mail and a fax (hereinafter referred to as FAX) transmission function has already been put to practical use in personal computers. Due to the miniaturization of personal computers, it can be used in a portable state in combination with a mobile phone.
Some electronic organizers have both an electronic mail using personal computer communication and a facsimile transmission function.

Various kinds of information are exchanged by e-mail, and such information includes, for example, schedule information such as party and conference settings, communication of various telephone numbers, forms of various application forms, and the like. In addition, taking advantage of the fact that it can be sent to many people at the same time, it is often used for inquiries and questionnaires of some sort. Upon receiving such various emails, the recipient can check his / her own schedule, make a call,
Perform related operations such as sending an X or writing a reply by email.

Next, how these operations are performed in a conventional device will be described with reference to an example. As case 1, e-mail in the mail function, for example, December 2
Consider a case where a year-end party is contacted on day 0. The user
Switch from the mail function to the schedule management function to check your schedule. Next, in the schedule management function, December 20 is designated, and the schedule for that day is confirmed.

When it is necessary to reply to the mail received by the mail function, the user checks his / her own schedule by the schedule management function and returns to the mail function again to create and send a reply mail.

[0007] When participating in the year-end party, it is necessary to register it in one's own schedule book. Therefore, the user reads the contents of the e-mail, divides the e-mail into dates, times, messages, and the like, calls the schedule management function, and registers the schedule.

[0008] As a second example, a case is considered in which the user wants to immediately know the details of the contents of the mail, and calls the inquiry destination. For example, in the email you received, see "06-X
Please call XX-YYYY. " The user first stores the telephone number, switches to the telephone function, and inputs the number by using the telephone function to make a call.

[0009] As Case 3, consider a case where a form of an application form applied for by FAX is received by e-mail. There are two conventional methods of fax transmission with a combined function of electronic mail and fax transmission function. One of them is to have a FAX transmission function separately from a mail transmission function (this is called Type 1).
Then, select the FAX transmission function explicitly, and
Enter the number. The other is a FAX transmission method incorporated in the mail transmission function (this is called type 2)
In this case, fax transmission is performed when a mail address has a specific format. For example, if a mail address of FAX061234567 is specified as a destination, a fax is sent to the number of 061234567.

In order to receive an application form by e-mail using this composite function and fill in the necessary items in the application form and perform facsimile, after filling in the necessary items in the application form, for example, a type 1 facsimile transmission function Then, the user selects the FAX transmission function, passes the application form to the FAX communication function, and inputs the FAX number taught by e-mail. In the type 2 FAX transmission function, a FAX
E-mail address representing the number (for example, FAX061234567)
) And send.

[0011] As Case 4, consider a case where it is necessary to confirm whether or not a mail has been read. Since e-mail does not communicate directly with the other party, unlike telephone calls, it is not possible to confirm whether the other party has read the sent mail. Therefore, when it is necessary to confirm that the content has been read, a method of writing, for example, "Please reply after reading" in the e-mail to be sent, or sending the e-mail and then calling for confirmation is adopted.

As a case 5, consider a case where a reply to an e-mail is required and a reply is desired to be sent according to a certain format. For example, there is a case where an e-mail for confirming the attendance is sent, and a reply e-mail is mechanically processed to create a list of participants. In this case, the format is added to the outgoing mail, and a text stating "Please reply in such a format" is added to the respondent. The responder edits the received mail as instructed, extracts only the reply format, and prepares the reply text.

[0013]

[0007] Even when a conventional electronic mail is read by a personal computer on a desk, the number of operations is a problem, but the problem becomes more important in a portable device. For example, a personal computer is usually equipped with a keyboard and a mouse, so that quick input is possible. However, portable devices usually have no keyboard due to size limitations, and pen input and handwritten character recognition are used as alternatives. Both methods require more time and effort for input than keyboards and mice of personal computers. Therefore, how to reduce user input / operation is an important point of the portable device.

However, in the above-described conventional apparatus, when an e-mail is received, a schedule book is checked and registered, a telephone call or a facsimile is sent, or a reply is made, the operation procedure for the e-mail is complicated and complicated. Is required.

For example, in Case 1, when opening the schedule book to contact the year-end party on December 20, the problem is that a switching operation from the mail function to the schedule book function and date input are required (problems). 1).

Further, since the received mail and the schedule of the day cannot be viewed at the same time, there is a problem that the schedule book function and the mail function need to be switched many times (problem 2).

Furthermore, when a message is registered in the schedule, the same contents as the received mail must be input separately for date, time, message, and the like. Do).

In case 2, when making a call, it is necessary to switch from the mail function to the telephone function and enter the telephone number taught by the mail, so that there are many operations and a wrong telephone call may occur. Point 4).

In case 3, when sending a fax, the user must input the fax number taught by e-mail in both the type 1 method and the type 2 method. (Problem 5). In the case of the type 2 FAX transmission function, it seems that a method using a mail in which a FAX number is set in the return address can be used. The return address is the mail address used for reply operation, and is usually the sender of the mail. The mail sender sets this address to a mail address corresponding to FAX and sends out the mail, so that the FAX can be sent to the FAX number set in advance by the calling side by a reply operation. However, this method has a problem that a reply to the original mail sender cannot be made.

In case 4, the operation is complicated because the person who received the e-mail has to send a confirmation e-mail according to the message "Please reply after reading the e-mail". (For example, there is a problem 6). In addition, there is a problem that it is very labor-intensive to send a confirmation telephone call when a large number of people are sending e-mails (referred to as a problem 7).

In case 5, an operation for cutting out the format of the reply portion from the received mail is required, and the number of operations is increased.
In addition, since a user's editing operation is inserted, the format of a reply message may differ depending on the editor. Therefore, there is a problem that the mechanical processing cannot be performed (referred to as a problem 8).

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems 1 to 8, and can simplify the operation related to the processing when sending and receiving a mail and greatly reduce the operation error. Provide a portable e-mail terminal capable of

[0023]

In order to solve this problem, according to the present invention, a radio communication unit receives a mail, a mail command decoding execution unit decodes the contents of the mail, and determines display contents. The display unit displays the contents, and when the user performs an input operation on the input unit arranged on the display unit,
According to the input, if the input is a call to the schedule book, the e-mail command decryption execution unit specifies the date and time to the schedule management unit, and displays a schedule corresponding to the specification on the display unit. In this way.

Further, the radio communication unit receives the mail, the mail command decoding execution unit decodes the contents of the mail, determines the display contents, and displays the contents on the display unit. When the user performs an input operation on the input unit provided on the display unit, the mail command decryption execution unit, according to the input,
If the input is a telephone button, instruct the telephone section to call the telephone number specified by e-mail,
The telephone unit activates the wireless communication unit to make a call.

Further, the radio communication unit receives the mail, the mail command decoding execution unit decodes the contents of the mail, determines the display contents, and displays the contents on the display unit. When the user performs an input operation on the input unit provided on the display unit, the mail command decryption execution unit, according to the input,
If the input is a fax transmission button, the reply data in the received mail is passed to the editorial department, and after the editorial department has added / corrected the reply part, the reply data is passed to the fax transmitter. The fax is transmitted by the fax transmission unit to the destination of the fax number designated by the mail.

Also, the radio communication unit receives the mail, and the mail command decoding execution unit decodes the contents of the mail and determines the display contents. First, the subject or body of all the received but unread mails is read. Part of the display,
Display one line or reduced. When the user selects an e-mail to be read from the input unit provided on the display unit, the selection operation is transmitted to the e-mail command decoding execution unit via the input unit, and the e-mail command decoding execution unit The display unit is instructed to display the mail selected by the user's selection operation as display data. In addition, the e-mail command decryption execution unit requests the confirmation e-mail creation unit to send a confirmation e-mail if the e-mail includes an instruction that a confirmation e-mail is required. In this configuration, an e-mail having the content that the e-mail has been read is created, and the e-mail is transmitted to the e-mail sender using the wireless communication unit.

[0027] With these configurations, it is possible to simplify the operation related to the process of sending and receiving a mail and greatly reduce the operation error.

[0028]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A portable e-mail terminal according to claim 1 of the present invention has a schedule function, transmits and receives e-mails using wireless communication, and exchanges the e-mails bidirectionally. An electronic mail terminal, a wireless communication unit that transmits and receives the electronic mail, a schedule management unit that manages a schedule of a user, a content of the electronic mail received by the wireless communication unit, and a schedule that is managed by the schedule management unit. And a display unit for displaying the electronic mail received by the wireless communication unit, and when the content includes a schedule call instruction, prompts the user to perform an operation for calling the schedule, and the user issues the schedule call. When the call instruction is operated, the schedule management unit is designated by the e-mail. An e-mail command decryption execution unit that instructs to display the attached schedule on the display unit, and an input unit that receives the operation of the user and transmits the operation content to the e-mail instruction decryption execution unit and the schedule management unit. It is characterized by.

According to this configuration, the radio communication unit receives the mail, the mail command decoding execution unit decodes the contents of the mail, determines the display contents, and displays the contents on the display unit. When the user performs an input operation on the input unit provided on the display unit, according to the input, the e-mail command decryption execution unit transmits a message to the schedule management unit if the input is a schedule book call. Then, the user specifies the specified date and time of the mail and instructs the display unit to display a schedule corresponding to the specified date and time. As a result, the schedule on the date specified in the mail is displayed on the display unit.

The portable electronic mail terminal according to claim 2 is
A portable e-mail terminal having a schedule function, transmitting and receiving an e-mail using wireless communication and exchanging the e-mail bidirectionally, a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving the e-mail, and a schedule of a user. A schedule management unit that manages the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, a display unit that displays the contents of the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, and decrypts the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit and includes a schedule quote command as the contents Sometimes, for the schedule management unit, a mail command decryption execution unit that instructs to display the schedule on the specified date of the e-mail on the display unit together with the contents of the e-mail, and receives the operation of the user, An input unit for transmitting operation contents to the e-mail command decryption execution unit and the schedule management unit. To.

According to this configuration, the radio communication unit receives the mail, and the mail command decryption execution unit determines the display content. At this time, the variable corresponding to the content related to the schedule included in the received mail is set as follows. By replacing the information with the information on the recipient side regarding the schedule, the schedule of the recipient is inserted as it is into the received mail, and the display unit displays the display content determined by the mail command decryption execution unit. As a result, the display unit displays the schedule of the date specified by the mail together with the text of the sent mail.

The portable electronic mail terminal according to claim 3 is
A portable e-mail terminal having a schedule function, transmitting and receiving an e-mail using wireless communication and exchanging the e-mail bidirectionally, a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving the e-mail, and a schedule of a user. A schedule management unit that manages the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, a display unit that displays the contents of the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, and decodes the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit and includes a schedule registration instruction as the contents. Sometimes, prompting the user to determine the execution of the registration, when the user performs the operation of the registration instruction, to the schedule management unit, a mail command decryption execution unit that instructs to register the schedule in the e-mail, An input unit for receiving an operation of the user and transmitting the operation content to the e-mail command decryption execution unit. And butterflies.

According to this configuration, the radio communication unit receives the mail, the mail command decoding execution unit decodes the contents of the mail, determines the display contents, and displays the contents on the display unit. When the user performs an input operation on the input unit provided on the display unit, the e-mail command decryption execution unit, according to the input, if the input is a schedule registration button, sends a message to the schedule management unit. Then, the user designates the date, time, and message specified by the e-mail and instructs registration thereof, and the schedule management unit registers the specified date, time, and message. Thus, when the user issues a schedule registration instruction, the schedule received by e-mail is directly written in his / her schedule book.

The portable electronic mail terminal according to claim 4 is
What is claimed is: 1. A portable e-mail terminal for transmitting and receiving an e-mail using wireless communication and exchanging the e-mail bidirectionally, comprising: a wireless communication unit that implements the e-mail transmission / reception and telephone function; A telephone unit for transmitting and receiving the electronic mail, a display unit for displaying the contents of the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, and decoding the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, and the contents include a telephone operation command. Sometimes, prompting the user to determine whether to perform the telephone operation, and when the user performs the operation to perform the telephone operation,
An e-mail command decryption execution unit that instructs the telephone unit to call the designated number of the e-mail, and an input unit that receives the operation of the user and transmits the operation content to the e-mail command decryption execution unit. It is characterized by having.

According to this configuration, the radio communication unit receives the mail, the mail command decoding execution unit decodes the contents of the mail, determines the display contents, and displays the contents on the display unit. When the user performs an input operation on the input unit provided on the display unit, the e-mail command decryption execution unit sends an e-mail to the telephone unit according to the input if the input is a telephone button. Is instructed to make a call to the telephone number designated by the user, and the telephone unit activates the wireless communication unit to make a call. Thereby, a telephone call is made to the telephone number specified by the mail.

The portable electronic mail terminal according to claim 5 is
What is claimed is: 1. A portable e-mail terminal that performs facsimile transmission and e-mail transmission / reception by wireless communication and bi-directionally exchanges the e-mail, wherein the e-mail transmission / reception and the facsimile function realize at least a transmission function. Unit, a facsimile transmission unit for performing the facsimile transmission, a display unit for displaying the content of the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, and decrypting the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, and as a content, a fax transmission command Is included, the user is prompted to judge the execution of the facsimile transmission. When the user performs the operation of the facsimile transmission, the facsimile transmission unit displays the specified number of the e-mail on the display unit. Fax transmission of the content or the content of the display area of the display specified by the e-mail A mail command decryption execution unit that instructs to perform, an editing unit that edits characters, figures, and the like written on the display mail on the display unit, receives an operation of the user, and interprets the content of the operation by the mail command decryption execution unit and And an input unit for notifying the editing unit.

According to this configuration, the radio communication unit receives the mail, the mail command decoding execution unit decodes the contents of the mail, determines the display contents, and displays the contents on the display unit. When the user performs an input operation on the input unit provided on the display unit, according to the input, the mail command decryption execution unit, if the input is a fax transmission button, to the editing unit, After passing the reply data in the received e-mail and editing / editing the reply part by the editorial department, the reply data is passed to the fax transmitter and the destination of the fax number specified in the e-mail by the fax transmitter Faxed to

The portable electronic mail terminal according to claim 6 is
What is claimed is: 1. A portable e-mail terminal for transmitting and receiving an e-mail using wireless communication and exchanging the e-mail bidirectionally, a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving the e-mail, and an e-mail received by the wireless communication unit. A display unit that displays the contents of, a confirmation e-mail creation unit that creates a confirmation e-mail transmitted from the wireless communication unit to indicate that the e-mail has been read, and decrypts the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit. When the confirmation mail request instruction is included, an e-mail instructing the confirmation e-mail creation unit to create the confirmation e-mail at the timing of displaying the e-mail content on the display unit and transmit the confirmation e-mail from the wireless communication unit A command decryption execution unit; and an input unit that receives the user operation and transmits the operation content to the mail command decryption execution unit.

According to this configuration, the radio communication unit receives the mail, and the mail command decoding execution unit decodes the contents of the mail and determines the display contents. The display unit displays the subject or a part of the text in a reduced size of about one line. When the user selects an e-mail to be read from the input unit provided on the display unit, the selection operation is transmitted to the e-mail command decoding execution unit via the input unit, and the e-mail command decoding execution unit The display unit is instructed to display the mail selected by the user's selection operation as display data. In addition, the e-mail command decryption execution unit requests the confirmation e-mail creation unit to send a confirmation e-mail if the e-mail includes an instruction that a confirmation e-mail is required. Create an e-mail indicating that the e-mail has been read and send it to the sender of the e-mail using the wireless communication unit.

The portable electronic mail terminal according to claim 7 is
What is claimed is: 1. A portable e-mail terminal for transmitting and receiving an e-mail using wireless communication and exchanging the e-mail bidirectionally, a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving the e-mail, and an e-mail received by the wireless communication unit. A display unit that displays the contents of the e-mail, a mail creation unit that creates an e-mail to be transmitted from the wireless communication unit, and a decryption instruction for the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit. Sometimes, the user is prompted to make a decision on the execution of the reply, and when the user performs the operation of the reply, the mail creation unit edits the specified reply content of the email based on the user operation as an initial value. A mail command decryption execution unit that instructs to perform transmission, and an input unit that receives the operation of the user and transmits the operation content to the mail command decryption execution unit. And it said that there were pictures.

According to this configuration, the radio communication unit receives the mail, the mail command decoding execution unit decodes the contents of the mail, determines the display contents, and displays the contents on the display unit. When the user presses the reply button to the input unit provided on the display unit, the operation is transmitted to the mail command decoding execution unit via the input unit, and the mail command decoding execution unit sends the mail The reply mail data included in the received mail is passed to the copy unit, and then an editing instruction for the reply mail data input from the input unit is transmitted. The reply mail created in this way is transmitted via the wireless communication unit.

Hereinafter, a portable electronic mail terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1, FIG. 7, FIG. 11, FIG. 16, FIG. 19, FIG. 23 and FIG. 29 are schematic structural diagrams of a portable electronic mail terminal according to the embodiments corresponding to claims 1 to 7, respectively. is there. Since the overall configurations of the portable electronic mail terminals in these embodiments are different from each other, but there are many common parts, the common parts will be described first, and then the different parts will be described. (Explanation of common parts) FIGS. 1, 7, 11, 16, and 1
9, wireless communication unit 10 in each of FIGS. 23 and 29
1, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701
(Hereinafter, these are collectively referred to as the wireless communication unit 101 and the like) have the same functions, and their schematic configurations will be described below using the configuration examples shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The function of the wireless communication unit 101 and the like is to transmit and receive a certain chunk of data. This block is called mail. Retransmission when communication cannot be performed because you or the other party is out of the communication range,
Retransmission due to a transfer error during mail transfer is also performed by the wireless communication unit 10.
1 etc. do. The wireless communication unit 101 and the like also have a function of wirelessly transmitting and receiving voice and transmitting a facsimile (hereinafter, referred to as a facsimile).

FIG. 2 shows a configuration example 1 of the wireless communication unit 101 and the like.
There is. In FIG. 2, a modem 111 converts mail data into a voice signal. The telephone function unit 112 sends a voice signal to the other party. The protocol processing unit 113 performs a protocol process for sending the mail to the other party. Specifically, first, a destination is set and a line is connected. Next, the email data,
After dividing into packets of a size that can be transferred by the modem 111, the packets are transferred to the modem 111 for each packet. In addition, flow control is performed so that the other party can receive the data without fail. The error correction for each packet is performed by the modem 111. However, when an unrecoverable error (for example, a line disconnection) occurs in the modem 111, the protocol processing unit 113 performs a line connection again after an appropriate time and retransmits.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration example 2 of the wireless communication unit 101 and the like. This is the method used when transferring data with digital mobile phones. Protocol processing unit 1
23 operates in the same manner as the protocol processing unit 113 in FIG. Digital modem 121 and digital wireless communication unit 1
Reference numeral 22 performs substantially the same operation as the modem 111 and the telephone function unit 112 in FIG. The only difference is the modem 1
11 and the telephone function unit 112 are connected by an analog signal called a voice signal, while the digital modem 1
21 and the digital wireless communication unit 122 are connected by digital signals. In either case, since the configuration is based on the conventional technology, further description is omitted.

The blocks of the modem 111, the telephone function 112, the digital modem 121, and the digital radio communication unit 122 are shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 7, FIG. 11, FIG.
The configuration may be integrated with the other blocks constituting the portable electronic mail terminal shown in FIGS. 23 and 29, or the configuration may be such that each block is separate and connected by a cable. Further, a configuration may be adopted in which some blocks of all blocks are integrated, and other blocks are not integrated.

The display units 103, 203, 303, 4
03, 503, 603, and 703 (hereinafter, collectively referred to as the display unit 103 and the like) have a function of displaying the contents of mails and schedules. The display unit 103 and the like use a small liquid crystal display in order to realize portability. Since this is a technique already implemented in an electronic organizer or the like, a detailed description is omitted.

The input units 105, 205, 305, 4
05, 505, 605, and 705 (hereinafter, collectively referred to as an input unit 105) are used to transmit a user's operation to a portable e-mail terminal, and include, for example, a transparent pressure-sensitive device mounted on the display unit 103 or the like. It can be realized with a tablet.
Since this is already used in an electronic organizer or the like, a detailed description is omitted.

The mail command decryption execution units 104 and 20
4, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704 (hereinafter, referred to as
The email command decryption execution unit 104 and the like) are portions that decrypt the email received by the wireless communication unit 101 and perform necessary processing. The received mail satisfies a certain format so that the mail command decryption execution unit 104 and the like can execute decryption. This format describes several processing procedures, and these procedures are composed of a combination of the following four basic procedures. (1) Replace the contents of the variables in the received mail with the corresponding information inside the electronic mail terminal that has received the mail. (2) Specify display contents on the display unit 103 and the like. What is displayed on the display unit 103 and the like includes a character string, handwritten data, and a button. (3) The user waits for an input from above the buttons or mail displayed on the display unit 103 or the like, and selects a corresponding procedure according to the input position or the pressed button. (4) For each of the constituent blocks, for example, a command such as “open schedule book”, “register in schedule book”, “call”, “send facsimile”, and the like is performed.

The procedures (1), (2), and (3) are common to all portable electronic mail terminals according to the embodiment, and are executed in all mail command decryption execution units (mail command decryption execution unit 104 and the like). Can be processed. However, the procedure (1)
The information inside the electronic mail terminal in the above may be any information necessary for realizing the mobile electronic mail terminal described in the embodiment. Also, the function of the procedure (4) differs depending on the configuration diagram of the portable electronic mail terminal shown in each embodiment, and therefore, it is sufficient that the function necessary to execute the portable electronic mail terminal of each embodiment exists. .

Next, as the embodiment of the present invention, the operations of the portable electronic mail terminals shown in FIGS. 1, 7, 11, 16, 19, 23 and 29 will be described. This will be described with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) A portable electronic mail terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic mail terminal according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, the wireless communication unit 101, the display unit 103, and the input unit 105 are as described in the description of the common part. The schedule management unit 102 manages the schedule of the user. The schedule management unit 102 stores the schedule input from the input unit 105, and displays the schedule of the specified date or period according to the operation of the user or the command from the mail command decryption execution unit 104. It has the function to do. The operation at the time of schedule input by the user operation and the operation of schedule display according to the present embodiment are performed by the schedule management unit 102, the display unit 103, and the input unit 105, but are the same as the operations of the existing electronic organizer. Omitted.

Next, the operation of the present invention when a mail is received will be described. For the purpose of this explanation, consider the case where the content of the received mail is as shown in FIG. 4 as an example. Note that, here, the contents of the mail are expressed in ordinary text for easy understanding of the description, but in actuality, the command code corresponding to the basic procedure and the parameter given to the command (for example, a display command (For example, the date and time of the schedule book open command).

The mail sent from the transmitting side is first received by the radio communication unit 101, and the mail command decryption execution unit 10
Passed to 4. The e-mail command decryption execution unit 104 receives the e-mail in FIG. 4 and decrypts and executes the procedure of the e-mail. First, the e-mail command decryption execution unit 104 first proceeds to step S10
11, the mail content is displayed on the display unit 103. Thereby, the display of FIG. 5 is obtained. Next, step S101
Decrypt 2. Since this procedure is a procedure for waiting for an input from the user, the mail command decryption execution unit 104 waits for an input from the user. When the user presses the “schedule” button displayed on the display unit 103, the input unit 105 which is arranged on the display unit 103 and is superimposed thereon
Detects the position where the user input was made. The e-mail command decryption execution unit 104 detects that the input position of the user is the position of the schedule button, and proceeds to the procedure of opening the schedule book on December 20. By performing this step,
The e-mail command decryption execution unit 104 includes the schedule management unit 1
02 is instructed to open the schedule book on December 20. According to this instruction, the schedule management unit 1
02 displays the contents of the schedule book on December 20 on the display unit 103. As a result, the display unit 103 displays FIG.
Is obtained. When the user presses a button other than the "schedule" button, another process is performed. However, the process is irrelevant to the present invention, and the description is omitted here. (Embodiment 2) A portable electronic mail terminal according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of the portable electronic mail terminal of the present embodiment. In FIG. 7, the wireless communication unit 201, the display unit 203, and the input unit 205 are as described in the common part. The schedule management unit 202 manages the schedule of the user, manages the schedule input from the input unit 205 by a user operation, and displays the schedule on the date specified by the user's instruction in the display unit 2.
03, and has a function of setting a schedule as a character string in a variable managed by the mail command decryption execution unit 204.

Next, the operation when a mail is received will be described. For the purpose of this explanation, consider the case where the content of the received mail is as shown in FIG. 8 as an example. The mail sent from the sending side is first received by the wireless communication unit 201 and passed to the mail command decryption execution unit 204. The mail command decryption execution unit 204 receives the email of FIG. 8 and decrypts and executes the email. Email command decryption execution unit 204
First, in step S2011 in FIG. 8, a value to be substituted for a variable called $ SCHEDULE is checked. For this purpose, the e-mail command decryption execution unit 204 inquires the schedule management unit 202 of the schedule using the date of December 20 as a parameter. The schedule management unit 202 checks the schedule for the date and sets the schedule in a variable called $ SCHEDULE. When the schedule managed by the schedule management unit 202 is, for example, FIG. 9, the value of the variable $ SCHEDULE is the following character string. 20 (Fri) 10: 00-12: 00 Contract processing 14: 30-16: 00 Regular meeting Next, the e-mail command decryption execution unit 204 executes the procedure S2 in FIG.
012 is executed. As a result, a display as shown in FIG. When the number of schedules is too large to be displayed on one screen, all the schedules may be displayed by scrolling the display of the display unit 203 up and down. Alternatively, as a parameter for checking the value of the variable $ SCHEDULE, December 20, 19:
By giving the time up to 00 and giving the number of displayable lines (two lines in this example), a schedule close to the specified time on the specified day can be set as a variable within the range of the number of displayable lines. . (Embodiment 3) A portable electronic mail terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of the portable electronic mail terminal of the present embodiment. In FIG. 11, the wireless communication unit 30
1, the display unit 303, and the input unit 305 are as described in the common part. The schedule management unit 302 manages the user's schedule, and has a function of receiving the date, time, and business from the e-mail command decryption execution unit 304 and registering it in the schedule.

Next, the operation when a mail is received will be described. For the purpose of this explanation, consider the case where the content of the received mail is as shown in FIG. 12 as an example. The mail sent from the transmitting side is first received by the wireless communication unit 301 and passed to the mail command decryption execution unit 304. The e-mail command decryption execution unit 304 receives the e-mail of FIG. 12 and decrypts the e-mail. Email command decryption execution unit 304
First executes the procedure S3011 in FIG. As a result, the contents shown in FIG. Next, step S3012 in FIG. 12 is decoded. This step is
Since the procedure waits for an input from the user, the e-mail command decryption execution unit 304 waits for an input from the user. When the user presses the “schedule registration” button displayed on the display unit 303, the input unit 305 arranged on the display unit 303 is placed at the position where the user has input. Is detected. The e-mail command decryption execution unit 304
It detects that the input position of the user is the schedule registration button, and requests the schedule management unit 302 to register the schedule. The schedule management unit 302
E-mail command decryption execution unit 304 for information on date, time, and message
Receive from and register on the schedule. As a result, if the schedule before registration is as shown in FIG. 14, after registration, as shown in FIG.
The year-end party has been added. In addition,
14 and 15 show the contents when the schedule is displayed on the display unit 303. The schedule of 25 (Wed) in FIG. 14 is not displayed in FIG. 15 but the schedule is deleted. Not.

In applying the portable electronic mail terminal of the present embodiment, a function of inputting / editing / displaying a schedule by a user's operation is usually provided. For this purpose, the input unit 305 is provided with a schedule input function, and a command is transmitted from the input unit 305 to the schedule management unit 302. Further, the schedule management unit 302 receives an operation from the user, inputs / edits a schedule, and displays the schedule.
Is instructed to display the contents of the schedule. (Embodiment 4) A portable electronic mail terminal according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram of the portable electronic mail terminal of the present embodiment. In FIG. 16, the wireless communication unit 40
1, the display unit 403, and the input unit 405 are as described in the common part. The telephone unit 402 includes a wireless communication unit 401
And has a function of transmitting a telephone call in response to a command from the mail command decryption execution unit 404.

Next, the operation when a mail is received will be described. For the purpose of this explanation, consider the case where the content of the received mail is as shown in FIG. 17 as an example. The mail sent from the transmission side is first received by the wireless communication unit 401 and passed to the mail command decryption execution unit 404. The e-mail command decryption execution unit 404 receives the e-mail shown in FIG. 17 and decrypts the e-mail. Email command decryption execution unit 404
First, the procedure S4011 in FIG. 17 is executed. As a result, the content of FIG. 18 is displayed on the display unit 403. next,
The procedure S4012 in FIG. 17 is decoded. Since this procedure is a procedure of waiting for a user input, the e-mail command decryption execution unit 404 waits for an input from the user. When the user presses the button of “telephone” displayed on the display unit 403, the input unit 405 arranged on the display unit 403 displays the position where the input from the user has been made. To detect. The e-mail command decryption execution unit 404 detects that the input position of the user is the position of the telephone button, and executes a process of calling 06-XXX-YYYY corresponding thereto. Therefore, the e-mail command decryption execution unit 404
It instructs the telephone section 402 to make a call to 06-XXX-YYYY. As a result, a call is made to the telephone destination specified by the mail. When a button other than the telephone is pressed, a process corresponding to the button is performed, but the process is irrelevant to the present invention, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In applying the portable electronic mail terminal of the present embodiment, it is usual to provide a function of making a call to an arbitrary destination by a user's operation. In this case, the input unit 405 is provided with a telephone interface function such as a telephone number input so that the user's operation can be performed by the telephone unit 40.
Tell 2 The telephone unit 402 can receive both commands from the mail command decryption execution unit 404 and the input unit 405. (Embodiment 5) A portable electronic mail terminal according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 19 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic mail terminal according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 19, the wireless communication unit 50
1, the display unit 503 and the input unit 505 are as described in the common part. The facsimile transmission unit 502 is a part that implements a facsimile transmission function using the wireless communication unit 501 and has a function of receiving a command from the mail command decryption execution unit 504 and transmitting a facsimile. The editing unit 506 receives the mail from the mail command decryption execution unit 504, and edits the mail such as adding / deleting / correcting it according to the operation of the user. The user's operation input is received from the input unit 505 and passed to the editing unit 506.

Next, the operation when a mail is received will be described. For the purpose of this description, consider the case where the content of the received mail is as shown in FIG. 20 as an example. The mail sent from the sending side is first received by the wireless communication unit 501 and passed to the mail command decryption execution unit 504. The e-mail command decryption execution unit 504 receives the e-mail shown in FIG. 20 and decrypts the e-mail. Email command decryption execution unit 504
First executes the procedure S5011 in FIG. As a result, the contents of FIG. 21 are displayed on the display unit 503. next,
Step S5012 is decoded. Since this procedure is a procedure waiting for a user's input, the mail command decryption execution unit 504
Waits for input from the user. When the user performs an input on a portion of the displayed mail other than the button display, the operation is transmitted to the editing unit 506 via the input unit 505. The editing unit 506 decodes the operation of the user and edits the displayed mail.

On the other hand, when the user presses the “FAX transmission” button displayed on the display unit 503, this operation is transmitted to the mail command decryption execution unit 504. The mail command decryption execution unit 504 is a process corresponding thereto.
A process of sending a fax to 06-XXX-YYYY is executed.
For this purpose, the mail command decryption execution unit 504 instructs the FAX transmission unit 502 to transmit a FAX to 06-XXX-YYYY.

At this time, the facsimile transmitting unit 502
06, the content to be sent is received, and the fax is transmitted to the designated destination via the wireless communication unit 501. As a result, the mail edited by the user based on the initially received mail is sent as a fax to the transmission destination specified by the mail. FIG. 22 shows an example of the fax transmitted.

When a button other than facsimile transmission is pressed, a process corresponding to the button is performed, but the process is irrelevant to the present invention, and a description thereof will be omitted here. (Embodiment 6) A portable electronic mail terminal according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 23 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic mail terminal according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 23, the wireless communication unit 60
1, the display unit 603 and the input unit 605 are as described in the common part. The confirmation e-mail creation unit 602 has a function of receiving an instruction from the e-mail command decryption execution unit 604, creating an e-mail notifying that the user has read the e-mail, and sending the e-mail to a designated destination.

Next, the operation when a mail is received will be described. In order to explain this operation, as an example, a case where four mails are received via the wireless communication unit 601 will be considered. The operation at this time will be described with reference to FIG. First, the e-mail command decryption execution unit 604 executes a procedure described in each e-mail in order to determine display contents of the received e-mail. When the display contents are determined (step S6011), the display contents are added to the unread mail list (step S6012). The execution of this mail procedure is interrupted, and the execution of another received mail procedure is started (step S6013). When the display contents of all the received mails are determined, a list of unread mails is displayed (step S6014). FIG. 25 is a display example of a list of unread mails. Although this is an example in which the first line of the display content of the mail is displayed, the subject of the mail, the mail sender, the transmission date, the reception date, or a combination thereof may be used. Further, as another embodiment, the whole or a part of the mail may be reduced and displayed.

Next, the user is caused to select a mail (step S6015). When the user touches the mail to be selected, the position is detected by the input unit 605,
The mail command decryption execution unit 604 determines which mail has been selected. Next, it requests the confirmation mail creation unit 602 to send a confirmation mail to the selected mail. At this time, the mail ID and the sender address included in the selected mail are notified to the confirmation mail creation unit 602. The mail ID is an identifier for specifying the mail, and is attached to each mail so as to be unique on the mail sending side. The sender address is the destination of the confirmation mail. The confirmation mail creation unit 602 creates a confirmation mail, puts the mail ID, and sends it to the specified destination (step S6016).

Next, the mail selected from the unread mail list is deleted (step S6017). Finally, the selected mail is displayed, and the execution of the procedure of the selected mail is resumed (step S6018). Thereby, the display unit 60
3 is displayed as shown in FIG. The receiving side of the confirmation mail records the destination list and the mail ID when sending the mail, and puts a confirmation mark on the destination list when the confirmation mail is received. With this mechanism, it is possible to display, for example, as shown in FIG. 27, how many people have read the mail for each mail, or as shown in FIG. 28, who has not read the mail yet. (Seventh Embodiment) A portable electronic mail terminal according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 29 is a configuration diagram of the portable electronic mail terminal of the present embodiment. In FIG. 29, the wireless communication unit 70
1, the display unit 703, and the input unit 705 are as described in the common part. The mail creation unit 702 receives the initial value of the mail content from the mail command decryption execution unit 704,
It has a function of editing the contents by user operation to create a mail, and transmitting a mail according to the user's instruction.

Next, the operation when a mail is received will be described. For the purpose of this explanation, consider the case where the content of the received mail is as shown in FIG. 30 as an example. The mail sent from the sending side is first received by the wireless communication unit 701 and passed to the mail command decryption execution unit 704. The email command decryption execution unit 704 receives the email of FIG. 30 and decrypts and executes the email. Email command decryption execution unit 704
First, the procedure S7011 in FIG. 30 is executed. As a result, the display of FIG. 31 is performed on the display unit 703. next,
Step S7012 is executed. Since this procedure is a procedure for waiting for an input from the user, the mail command decryption execution unit 704 waits for an input from the user. When the user presses the “reply” button displayed on the display unit 703, FIG.
In step S7013 of 0, the name of the user is set in the variable $ NAME.

Next, the contents of the reply mail are displayed on the display unit 703 in step S7014 of FIG. As a result, the display of FIG. 32 is obtained. At the same time, a new mail having the mail in FIG.
02. The destination of the created mail is set to the sender of the original mail. When an input is made to a place other than the button above the mail in FIG.
5 is transmitted to the mail creation unit 702 via the mail command decryption execution unit 704, and the reply mail is edited.
Thereby, the answer can be added on the reply mail.

On the other hand, when the reply button in FIG. 32 is pressed,
The mail command decryption execution unit 704 instructs the mail creation unit 702 to send a mail. Thereby, the mail edited from the mail in FIG. 32 is sent to the original mail sender. FIG. 33 shows an example of the content of the returned e-mail.

[0075]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
By pressing the schedule call command of the received e-mail, the schedule book of the date related to the e-mail can be opened just by pressing the button of the schedule, and the schedule book can be opened by specifying the date of the schedule related to the e-mail as in the past. The operation of opening is eliminated, and the operability is improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the mail command decryption execution unit inquires of the schedule management unit about the schedule, and can simultaneously display the contents of the mail and the user's schedule related to the mail when displaying the mail. The operation to switch to the schedule book, the operation to specify the date, and the operation to switch back to the mail function are not required, and the operability is improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, after the mail is displayed, the user simply presses the schedule registration button, and the mail command decryption execution unit receives the date, time, and task of the schedule to be registered. Take it out of the email,
Because it is registered in the schedule management department, as before,
The user does not need to switch from the mail function to the schedule management function first and register a new schedule by specifying the date, time, and task, thereby improving operability.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the user simply presses the telephone button, and the mail command decryption execution unit takes out the telephone number from the received mail and makes a telephone call. Operation becomes unnecessary, and operability is improved and incorrect calls are prevented.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the user simply presses the fax transmission button written in the received mail, and the mail command decryption execution unit takes out the fax number and adds the contents to the received mail. Can be faxed. In addition, since the e-mail received as a draft of the fax to be sent can be used as it is, the user only needs to add a necessary part. As a result, it is not necessary to input a fax number as in the past, and the procedure for directly using a mail received as a fax manuscript as a draft is simplified, thereby improving operability and preventing incorrect faxes. .

According to the invention of claim 6, when the received mail is read, the confirmation mail creation unit creates the confirmation mail and sends it to the sender of the original mail. Can be known without having to touch the recipient. As a result, there is no need for the sender to ask the recipient "I want a confirmation email after reading the email" or for the sender to perform operations such as checking on the phone, which reduces the number of operations for the email sender and recipient. Reduction can be achieved.

Further, according to the invention of claim 7, since the user simply presses the reply button, the reply mail template set by the mail sending side is displayed.
The operation of cutting out and editing only a necessary part from the received mail is reduced. The format of the reply email is
Since it is created without the user's editing operation, the format does not differ depending on the responding person, and the mechanical processing of the original sender is simplified.

As a result, when sending and receiving a mail, the operation related to the processing can be simplified and the operation error can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic mail terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communication unit according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing another example of the wireless communication unit according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of received mail contents according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a received mail according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a display example when a schedule button is pressed in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic mail terminal according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of a received mail according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the schedule management unit according to the embodiment;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a received mail in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic mail terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of a received mail according to the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a received mail in the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the schedule management unit before the registration button is pressed in the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the schedule management unit after the registration button is pressed according to the embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic mail terminal according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of received mail content according to the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a received mail according to the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic mail terminal according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of a received mail according to the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a received mail in the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating F when FAX transmission is pressed according to the embodiment.
Illustration of AX contents

FIG. 23 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic mail terminal according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure when mail is received according to the embodiment.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of an unread mail list in the embodiment.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram of a display example when mail to be read is selected in the embodiment.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of the number of unread users on the mail sending side according to the embodiment;

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of an unreader on the mail transmitting side according to the embodiment;

FIG. 29 is a configuration diagram of a portable electronic mail terminal according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram of received mail content according to the embodiment.

FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a received mail in the embodiment.

FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram of a display example when the reply button is pressed in the embodiment.

FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of an outgoing mail when the reply button is pressed in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

101, 201, 301, 401 Wireless communication unit 102, 202, 302 Schedule management unit 103, 203, 303, 403 Display unit 104, 204, 304, 404 E-mail command decryption execution unit 105, 205, 305, 405 Input unit 111 Modem 112 Telephone function unit 121 Digital modem 122 Digital wireless communication unit 113 123 Protocol processing unit 402 Telephone unit 501, 601, 701 Wireless communication unit 502 FAX transmission unit 503, 603, 703 Display unit 504, 604, 704 E-mail command decoding execution unit 505 , 605, 705 Input unit 506 Editing unit 602 Confirmation mail creation unit 702 Mail creation unit

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Satoshi Emura 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A portable e-mail terminal having a schedule function, transmitting and receiving an e-mail using wireless communication, and exchanging the e-mail bidirectionally, wherein the wireless communication unit transmits and receives the e-mail. A schedule management unit that manages a user's schedule, a display unit that displays the content of the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit and a schedule managed by the schedule management unit, and an e-mail received by the wireless communication unit When the content includes a schedule call instruction, the user is prompted to perform an operation for the schedule call, and when the user performs the operation of the schedule call instruction, the schedule management unit, A message instructing that the schedule for the specified date of the e-mail be displayed on the display unit. A portable e-mail terminal comprising: a command instruction decoding execution unit; and an input unit for receiving the operation of the user and transmitting the operation content to the mail instruction decoding execution unit and the schedule management unit. 2. A portable e-mail terminal having a schedule function, transmitting and receiving an e-mail using wireless communication, and exchanging the e-mail bidirectionally, wherein the wireless communication unit transmits and receives the e-mail. A schedule management unit that manages a user's schedule, a display unit that displays the content of the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, and a decryption command that decodes the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit. Is included,
An e-mail command decryption execution unit that instructs the schedule management unit to display the schedule on the designated date of the e-mail together with the contents of the e-mail on the display unit; And an input unit for notifying the e-mail command decryption execution unit and the schedule management unit. 3. A portable e-mail terminal having a schedule function, transmitting and receiving an e-mail using wireless communication and exchanging the e-mail bidirectionally, wherein the wireless communication unit transmits and receives the e-mail. A schedule management unit that manages a user's schedule, a display unit that displays the contents of the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, and an e-mail received by the wireless communication unit. Is included,
An e-mail command decryption execution unit that instructs the schedule management unit to register a schedule in the e-mail when the user performs an operation of the registration instruction; A portable e-mail terminal comprising: an input unit for receiving the operation of (i) and transmitting the operation content to the e-mail command decryption execution unit. 4. A portable e-mail terminal that transmits and receives e-mails by using wireless communication and exchanges the e-mails in both directions, a wireless communication unit that implements the e-mail transmission / reception and telephone functions, A telephone unit for transmitting and receiving voice by the wireless communication, a display unit for displaying the contents of the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, and decoding the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit; Is included, the user is urged to determine the execution of the telephone operation, and when the user performs the operation of performing the telephone operation, a mail instructing the telephone unit to call the designated number of the e-mail. A portable e-mail terminal comprising: a command decryption execution unit; and an input unit that receives an operation of the user and transmits the operation content to the mail command decryption execution unit. 5. A portable e-mail terminal that transmits and receives an e-mail while transmitting a facsimile using wireless communication and exchanges the e-mail bidirectionally, wherein at least the transmission / reception function of the e-mail and the facsimile function are provided. A wireless communication unit that realizes, a fax transmission unit that performs the fax transmission, a display unit that displays the content of the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, and decodes the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit, When the fax transmission instruction is included as the content, the user is prompted to judge the execution of the fax transmission, and when the user performs the operation of the fax transmission, the fax transmission unit is notified to the designated number of the e-mail. The display contents of the display unit or the contents of the display range of the display unit designated by the e-mail are fetched. A mail command decoding execution unit for instructing to send a fax, an editing unit for editing characters, figures, and the like to be written on the display mail on the display unit, receiving an operation of the user, and executing the mail command decoding execution based on the operation content. A portable e-mail terminal comprising a communication unit and an input unit for communicating to an editing unit. 6. A portable e-mail terminal that transmits and receives e-mails by using wireless communication and exchanges the e-mails in both directions, wherein a wireless communication unit that transmits and receives the e-mails, and the wireless communication unit A display unit for displaying the contents of the received e-mail, a confirmation e-mail creating unit for creating a confirmation e-mail transmitted from the wireless communication unit and indicating that the e-mail has been read, and decrypting the e-mail received by the wireless communication unit When the confirmation mail request instruction is included as the content, the confirmation mail is created and transmitted from the wireless communication unit to the confirmation mail creation unit at the timing of displaying the mail content on the display unit. A mobile phone comprising: a mail command decryption execution unit that instructs the user to perform the operation; and an input unit that receives the operation of the user and transmits the operation content to the mail command decryption execution unit. Email terminal. 7. A portable e-mail terminal that transmits and receives e-mails using wireless communication and exchanges the e-mails in both directions, wherein the wireless communication unit transmits and receives the e-mails, and the wireless communication unit A display unit that displays the content of the received email, a mail creation unit that creates an email to be transmitted from the wireless communication unit, and decrypts the email received by the wireless communication unit, and issues a reply instruction as the content. Is included, the user is urged to judge the execution of the reply, and when the user performs the operation of the reply execution, the mail creation unit is instructed to perform the user operation with the specified reply content of the email as an initial value. An e-mail command decryption execution unit that instructs to perform editing and transmission based on a command, and receives an operation of the user, and conveys the operation content to the e-mail command decryption execution unit. And a portable e-mail terminal having an input unit.