JPH11175432A - Electronic mail system, method therefor and record medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic mail system capable of easily registering desired information in a received electronic mail in a data file (electronic notebook or the like). SOLUTION: A mail display part 4 reads mail data from an electric mail memory 3, and displays the content of the mail. A registering command inputting part 5 inputs a desired registering command related with the displayed mail. A registration executing part 6 fetches desired information in the display mail according to an input registering command, and prepares a data record, and registers it in a data file memory 7. When the data record includes the data item of 'title', a titling part 6A is operated so that a specific title can be prepared.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail apparatus for receiving and processing electronic mail by a programmed computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of e-mail apparatus, received e-mails are stored in a memory simply called an inbox (mail box), and the contents of this memory (a list of received e-mails and the contents of each e-mail) are stored. Is displayed on the screen. By the way, this type of e-mail device generally has a data file such as an electronic organizer, and memo data or the like is input from an input device and added to the data file, or the contents of the data file are displayed on a screen as appropriate. You can do it. However, in this type of apparatus, an operation mode in which an e-mail can be accessed and an operation mode in which a data file (an electronic organizer such as a memo pad) can be accessed are different modes (modes operated by another program). It has been difficult to register information contained in an e-mail as data on a data file, or to perform complicated operations (including procedures for opening and closing each operation mode).

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to register desired information included in a received electronic mail in a data file such as an electronic organizer by a simple operation (accordingly, it is possible to register the desired information in a data file). E-mail devices and methods that can be managed and used as information). A further object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to realize such an instant registration function is recorded. Further, an object of the present invention is to automatically convert e-mail information relating to registration into a unique title at the time of immediate registration when each data record of the data file has a title (data record name) as a data item. It is to register.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail apparatus for receiving and processing an electronic mail by a programmed computer, comprising: (A) a file of a data record; , A mail file receiving means for receiving an electronic mail, a mail storing means for storing a received electronic mail, and a mail for displaying the contents of the stored electronic mail. Display means; (E) registration command input means for inputting a desired registration command with respect to the displayed e-mail; and (F) in response to the input of the registration command,
A registration execution unit that captures a specified part of the displayed e-mail as at least a part of the data record and registers it in the data file storage unit; and (G) a data display unit that displays the contents of the data file storage unit. An e-mail device is provided. According to this configuration, as long as a desired registration command is input from a state in which the content of the e-mail is displayed on the e-mail display means, the registration execution means executes processing of the display e-mail as processing corresponding to the registration command input. The specific part can be captured as at least a part of the data record and registered in the data file storage means. Therefore, according to this configuration, during the operation mode in which the received mail can be accessed, desired information in the received mail can be registered in the data file as data record information, and the operation for registration is simple. is there. By using such an instant registration function, desired selection information in a received mail can be effectively managed and used as information on a data file (for example, a memo pad or a memo file). The result of the registration can be confirmed on the data display of the data display means. Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail method for receiving and processing an electronic mail by a programmed computer,
(A) storing a data record file in a data file memory; (B) receiving an e-mail; and (C) storing the received e-mail.
(D) displaying the content of the stored e-mail;
(E) inputting a desired registration command with respect to the displayed e-mail; and (F) responding to the input of the registration command, capturing a specific portion of the displayed e-mail as at least a part of a data record. An e-mail method is provided, comprising the steps of: registering in a memory; and (G) displaying the contents of the data file memory. Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a recording medium recording a processing program for receiving and processing an electronic mail by a computer, the processing program stores (A) a file of a data record in a data file memory. To memorize,
(B) receive the e-mail, (C) store the received e-mail, (D) display the contents of the stored e-mail, and (E) input a desired registration command for the displayed e-mail, F) In response to the input of the registration command, a specified part of the displayed e-mail is taken as at least a part of the data record, and is registered in the data file memory. (G) The contents of the data file memory are displayed. A recording medium is provided. Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an e-mail apparatus for receiving and processing an e-mail by a programmed computer, wherein (A) data file storage means for storing a file of a data record having a title as a data item; B) a mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail; (C) a mail storage means for storing the received e-mail; (D) a mail display means for displaying the contents of the stored e-mail; Registration command input means for inputting a desired registration command for mail,
(F) In response to the input of the registration command, a specific part of the displayed e-mail is taken in as the title of the data record. At this time, if there is a data record of the same title in the data file storage means, Title registration executing means for adding a distinguishing symbol to the specific portion of the e-mail to form a title of the data record and registering the result in the data file storage means; and (G) displaying the contents of the data file storage means. And a data display unit that performs the processing. This configuration not only has the above-described immediate registration function, but also adds a symbol for distinction as necessary when registering a specific part of the e-mail as the title (record name) of the data record. Since titles are assigned, title management becomes easy. Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail device which receives and processes an electronic mail by a programmed computer,
(A) memo file storage means for storing a memo record file having a title and memo content as data items; (B) mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail;
(C) mail storage means for storing the received e-mail, (D) mail display means for displaying the contents of the stored e-mail, and (E) registration command input for inputting a desired registration command for the displayed e-mail. Means for specifying, by the registration command, an e-mail data item to be the title of the memo record (referred to as title designation item) and an e-mail data item to be the memo content of the memo record (referred to as content designation item) (F) in response to the registration command,
Registration execution means for creating a memo record from the displayed email and registering it in a memo file storage means,
(I) The data content of the title designation item (referred to as title data) is read from the displayed e-mail, and if the same title as the title data does not exist in the memo file storage means, the title is used as the memo record title. (Ii) a memo that reads the data content of the content designation item from the displayed e-mail, and uses this as the memo content of the memo record. There is provided an e-mail apparatus comprising: a registration executing means including a contents registering means; and (G) a data display means for displaying contents of the memo file storage means. According to this configuration, during the input registration command,
Since the information that specifies the data item of the email that should be the title of the memo record and the information that specifies the data item of the email that should be the memo content of the memo record are included,
A memo record can be created and registered using desired information selected from the e-mail. Further, this configuration includes an automatic title assigning function for assigning a unique title at the time of registration.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of an electronic mail device according to the present invention. The e-mail device receives the e-mail 1 at the receiving unit 2 and stores it in the mail memory at the storage unit 3. The mail display unit 4 displays the contents of the mail stored in the mail memory on a screen (not shown). According to the present invention, desired information in the e-mail can be registered in the data file only by inputting a registration command for the e-mail displayed on the mail display unit 4.

For this purpose, a registration command input unit 5 inputs a desired registration command. In response to this, the registration executing means operates to fetch a specified part of the displayed e-mail as at least a part of the data record and register it in the data file memory 7. The data display section 8 displays the contents of the data file memory 7 (files of data records as a list or as contents of individual data records).
indicate.

In one configuration example, the data file memory 7 stores two files, a mail directory (personal data book) 7A and a memo pad (memo file) 7B. Here, the mail directory 7A is a data file in which each data record (mail record) includes an e-mail address as one of the data items (for example, each data record has a data item as an e-mail address, a personal name, a telephone number). , The address, etc.), and the memo file 7B is a data file (a set of memo records) in which each data record (memo record) includes a title (title) and the contents of the memo.

In this case, the registration command input by the registration command input unit 5 includes a registration command A for the mail directory 7A and a registration command B for the memo file 7B.
There is one. The registration command B for the memo file 7B includes information for specifying a data item in the e-mail as the title of the memo and information for specifying a data item in the e-mail as the content of the memo.

As a response to the registration command A, the registration execution unit 6 reads the e-mail address (sender address) in the display mail, creates a mail record using this as the e-mail address of the mail record, and registers it in the mail directory 7A. I do. In this case, if there is a mail record having the same mail address as the mail address read from the mail in the mail directory, the registration process (the process of adding a new mail record to the mail directory 7A) is performed. It is better not to do it.

[0010] In response to the command B to be registered in the memo pad 7B, the registration execution section 6 reads the data content of the data item selected as the memo title from the display mail, and stores the memo having the same memo title as the memo title. Check whether the record is in the memo pad 7B. If not, the read data content is used as the title of the memo record to be newly created, and if it is, a title is added with a distinguishing symbol. This unique title function is shown in FIG. 1 as 6A. Further, the registration execution unit 6 reads the
The data content of the data item set as the content of the memo is read, and this is set as the content of the memo of the memo record. Then, the registration execution unit 6 adds the created memo record to the memo file 7B and ends the registration processing. It is convenient to immediately display the registration result (for example, the memo record created by the registration execution unit 6) via the data display unit 8 so that the user can confirm the registration result.

FIG. 2 shows a plurality of e-mail devices 20-1,
1 shows the overall configuration of a system including the system 20-2. Each of the e-mail devices 20-1 and 20-2 is a terminal of a computer (for example, a personal computer), and is connected to the communication server 10 via the communication bus 12. Each e-mail device 2
Reference numerals 0-1 and 20-2 denote a communication control unit 21 (including a MODEM) for controlling transmission and reception of an e-mail with the server 10, a CPU 22, which is a central processing unit, and various programs (e-mail reception and processing). (Including a processing program to execute the processing), a RAM 26 as a working memory, a display unit 27 for displaying visible information such as e-mail, a keyboard 23 and a mouse 24 as input devices.

FIG. 3 shows a memory map (on the RAM 26) relating to the electronic mail processing. The received mail is stored in the reception area 50 (corresponding to the mail memory in FIG. 1). Each mail data includes a sender address, a subject, a body, and KAIFU. KAIFU is a flag that is set to "1" if the mail has been opened, and to "0" otherwise.

The personal data area 60 corresponds to the mail directory 7A in FIG. 1, and stores a file of a mail record or a personal record (indicated by TEL (i)). Each individual record is composed of the data items of the individual's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and work place. The memo pad area 70 corresponds to the memo pad 7B in FIG. 1, and stores a file of a memo record (indicated by MEMO (i)). Each memo record is composed of a title and a data item of the content.

FIG. 4 is a main flowchart showing the overall operation of the electronic mail apparatus. First, the current time is always counted to know the reception time (A1),
The receiving process (A2) is performed. Thereafter, it is checked whether or not a start switch (one of the icons on the main screen, not shown) for viewing the received mail list is on, and if it is on, the flag ONF is set to "1" (A3, 4). . Then, only when the flag ONF is "1" (A5), the reception display processing (A6) is performed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the receiving process A2 in FIG. When an e-mail is received (B1), the e-mail is stored in a buffer (B2), and then received in the reception area 50.
A search is made for an empty area to store received mail data, and the date and time of reception is also stored. If there is no free space, the mail with the old reception time is deleted (B3 to B3).
8).

6 to 9 show a detailed flow of the reception display processing A6 in FIG. 4, and FIG. 10 shows a reception display screen 100 displayed by this processing A6. First, the reception display frame is displayed (C1). Characteristic features of this embodiment include switch icons 130-133 for creating, opening, deleting, and ending mails, as well as icons such as “phone book” and “memo pad”. 110 and 120 (icons for accessing data files) are displayed.
After that, to display the received mail list,
The sender (sender data attached to the mail address), the subject, the date and time of reception of each mail and the unopened mark if unopened are displayed, and the uppermost mail display is highlighted (C2 to C10). Here, the cursor is moved by moving the mouse or the like (C11, C12),
When a click is made (C13), if the cursor position is the "phonebook" icon (C14), the phonebook display processing C15
I do. If it is the "memo pad" icon 120 (C16)
A notepad display process C17 is performed. If it is on the mail creation processing switch 130, (C18) mail creation processing (1) C
19, and if it is the opening switch 131 (C20), an opening process C21 for displaying the details (contents) of the highlighted mail is performed. If the delete switch 132 is (C2
2) The mail data highlighted is deleted from the reception area, and the mail data is moved so as to eliminate the deleted area (C23 to C26). If the end switch 133 is selected (C27), the display is cleared and the start flag ONF is returned to "0" (C28, C29). Further, when the cursor position is on any of the mail list displays (C30), the mail display is highlighted (C31).
To C33).

FIGS. 11 to 13 show a detailed flow of the telephone directory display process called at C17 in FIG. 7, and FIG. 14 shows a telephone directory display screen 200 displayed by this flow.
The telephone directory displayed in the telephone directory display process is created from a personal data file stored in the personal data area 60 (FIG. 3).

In the telephone directory display processing, first, a display frame is displayed (D1). At this time, an addition switch 230, a deletion switch 231 and a detail switch 23 are displayed as display icons.
2. The reception icon 210 and the memo pad icon 220 are displayed together with the mail creation switch 233 and the end switch 234. A telephone list (comprising personal names and telephone numbers) is displayed at D2 to D5, the first line of the telephone list is highlighted at D6 to D11, a cursor is displayed, and the cursor is moved with a mouse. click. By clicking the “Receiver” or “Notepad” icons 210 and 220 with a mouse, a reception display process D13 (FIGS.
9) Or memo pad display processing D15 (FIGS. 15 to 17) is performed (D12 to D15). Also, the additional switch 23
When the user clicks on the delete switch 231 (D16), the personal data registration process D17 for registering new personal data is performed. When the user clicks on the delete switch 231 (D18), the personal data corresponding to the highlighted list item is displayed. The record is deleted from the personal data area 60 (D19 to D2)
2). Then, when the user clicks on the detail switch 232 (D23), a telephone directory detail display process D2 for displaying details of personal data corresponding to the highlighted list item is performed.
4 is performed. Further, when the mail is clicked on the mail creation switch 233 (D25), a mail creation process for creating a mail using the mail address of the personal data record relating to the list item designated to be highlighted as a destination (2) D
26 is performed. If the user clicks on the list, the list item is designated in reverse video (D27 to D3).
0), if clicked on the end switch, the display is cleared and the process exits (D31, D32).

FIGS. 15 to 17 show C17 of FIG. 7 or FIG.
At D15. FIG. 18 shows a detailed flow (E1 to E30) of the notepad display process, and FIG.
Is shown. This process is basically a telephone directory display process (FIG. 1).
Same as 1-13), but as can be seen from the display screen 300 of FIG. 18, the icons are “Receiver” and “Phonebook”, there is no mail creation switch, and it is obvious that Instead of a list, a list of note subjects will be displayed.

More specifically, on the telephone directory display screen 300, a reception list icon 310, a telephone directory icon 3
20 and an additional switch 33 as a switch icon for shifting to each subroutine in the notepad display process.
0, delete switch 331, detail switch 332,
There is an end switch 333 as a switch icon for ending the notepad display process.

In the memo pad display processing flow, E1 to E11 in FIG. 15 correspond to D1 to D11 in the telephone directory display processing flow (however, the displayed memo list is created from a memo file placed in the memo pad area 70). ), FIG.
E12 to E22 are a reception icon 310, a telephone directory icon 320, an addition switch 330, and a deletion switch 331.
FIG. 17 shows the processing when each is clicked.
23 to E30 are detailed switches 332, memo list items,
The processing when each of the end switches 333 is clicked is shown.

As can be understood from the above description, the reception display processing (FIGS. 6 to 9) and the telephone directory display processing (FIGS. 11 to 1)
3), the memo pad display processing (FIGS. 15 to 18) constitutes a processing routine for calling each other. This is shown in FIG. The reception display process accesses the reception list 50.
A first operation mode that can be processed is determined, a telephone directory display process determines a second operation mode that can access and process the personal data file 60, and a memo pad display process is performed for the memo file 70.
Is determined in a third operation mode that can access and process. In the present embodiment, the display screens 100, 200, 30 of each mode
0, an icon (for example, the reception display screen 100 that is a display screen in the first operation mode) that enables the transition to another mode.
Has a phone book icon 1 for shifting to the second operation mode.
30, memo icon 1 for shifting to the third operation mode
20) appears, and it is possible to shift to a desired operation mode simply by clicking the corresponding icon.

FIGS. 19 to 21 show the details of the subroutine "mail creation processing (1)" called at C19 in FIG. 7 of the reception display processing routine, and FIG.
It is. The mail creation screen 140 includes a transmission switch 141, a cancel switch 142, and an address designation switch 143 as icons, and has a destination field 144, a subject field 145, and a mail body field 146 as input data fields.

In the mail creating process (1), first, the mail creating area of the RAM is cleared (F1), and a frame is displayed (F).
2, F3). Then, a character cursor (not shown) is set in the address (destination) input field 144 (F
4). The character cursor is moved to the cursor position when clicked while the cursor moved by the mouse is located in another input area (see, for example, F11 and F12). Then, when the cursor is placed on the address designation switch 143 and clicked (F15), an address list is displayed, and an address designation process F16 for designating a predetermined e-mail address from the address list is performed, and designated in the address input area. The e-mail address is displayed. When data is input here, the input data field 14 with the character cursor is displayed.
4, 145 and 146 are input and displayed (FIG. 21).
F23 to F35). Then, when the transmission switch 141 is clicked, this mail is transmitted, and the mail creation processing ends (F17 to F19). When the user clicks on the cancel switch 142 for canceling mail creation, the mail creation area on the RAM is cleared,
The display is also cleared (F20 to F22). In other words, the creation of the e-mail is something that did not occur from the beginning.

FIGS. 23 and 24 show a detailed flow of a subroutine "address designation processing" called in F16 (FIG. 20) of the mail creation processing routine, and FIG. 25 shows a screen 140A thereof. The address designation screen 140A includes a cancel switch 147 and an end switch 148 as icons, and has a mail address list 149 as a data field. The mail address list is created from the personal data file placed in the personal data area 60 using the information of the name and the mail address.

In the address designation processing, first, a designation frame screen is displayed (G1), and the name and mail address of each personal data in the personal data area are sequentially displayed in the list field 147 (G2 to G5). ). Then, the uppermost address (list item) is highlighted and a cursor is displayed (G6 to G8). Here, the cursor is moved using the mouse (G9, G10), and clicking on any of the list items (G11, G12) causes that list item to be highlighted (G13 to G15). By such an operation, the destination e-mail address is specified. Then, when the user clicks on the end switch 148 (G18), the designated mail address data becomes R
It is copied to the mail creation area on the AM and the display is cleared (G19, G20). If the user clicks on the cancel switch (G16), the display is cleared (G16).
17), address designation will not be performed.

FIGS. 26 to 28 show a subroutine "mail creation processing (2)" called in D26 (FIG. 12) of the telephone directory display processing routine, and FIG.
Is shown. This processing is basically the same as the mail creation processing (1) in FIGS. 19 to 21. However, since the destination address is specified from the telephone directory, no destination input is required, and only the point that there is no address specification switch is provided. Different.

As shown in FIG. 29, the mail creation screen (2) 240 includes a transmission switch 241 and a cancel switch 242, but the first mail creation screen 140 (FIG.
There is no such thing as the address designation switch 143 in 2). Destination field 244, Subject field 24
5. The mail text field 246 corresponds to each of the input data fields 144 to 146 in FIG. In the mail creation process (2) (FIGS. 26 to 28), H1 to
In H8 (FIG. 26), the mail creation screen 240 is displayed, and the cursor is moved with the mouse and clicked as appropriate. H9
To H18 (FIG. 27) show the processing when the subject field 245, the text input field 246, the transmission switch 241 and the cancel switch 242 are clicked (the same as in the case of the mail creation processing (1)), and FIG.
H19 to H26 are data fields 244 and 24, respectively.
5, processing for data input to 246.

FIG. 30 shows details of the subroutine "opening process" called at C21 (FIG. 7) of the reception display routine, and FIG. 31 shows a display screen 150 thereof. In the opening process, the contents of the e-mail are displayed on the opening screen 150. According to the present invention, the user can copy desired mail information to a desired data file (personal data file 60, memo file 7) through the opening screen 150 displayed in the opening process.
0) can be registered. Opening screen 15 for this
0 is a memo switch icon 152 for registering mail information in the memo file 70, and a personal data switch icon 1 for registering mail information in the personal data file 60.
53. Clicking the memo switch 152 performs registration processing to the memo file 70, and clicking the personal data switch 153 performs registration processing to the personal data file 60. Opening process is completed switch 151
Click to finish.

In the opening processing, first, the opening flag KAIFU of the specified mail is set, a screen for opening the mail is displayed, and the contents (sender address, subject, mail text) of the specified mail (specified by the pointer A). Is displayed (I
1 to I5). Subsequently, a cursor (not shown) is displayed (I
6) Perform cursor movement processing and click detection accompanying mouse movement (I7 to I9). Here, when the cursor is clicked on the end switch 151, the display is cleared and the processing is terminated. However, when the cursor is clicked on the memo switch 152 (I12), the memo registration processing I13 is performed and the personal data switch 153 is displayed. If it is clicked (I14), the processing shifts to personal data (phonebook) registration processing I15.

FIG. 32 shows a flow of the personal data registration processing I15, and FIG. 33 shows a personal data (phonebook) registration confirmation screen 160 displayed in this processing. On the personal data registration screen 160, a “Yes” switch 162 and a “No” switch 163 are displayed together with the sender address information (information in the display mail) 161 as registration information and an inquiry message thereof. In the personal data registration process I15,
First, a frame screen is displayed, and the transmission address of the designated mail is displayed in the address area (J1, J2). Subsequently, cursor display, cursor movement processing for mouse movement, and click detection processing from the mouse are performed (J3 to J6). Here, if the cursor is clicked at the position of "Yes" 162 (J7), processing J8 for adding personal data to personal data file 60 is performed, and the display is cleared (J9). If "No" 163, the display is cleared as it is (J9).

FIGS. 34 to 37 show the details of the personal data addition processing D17 and J8 shown in FIGS. 12 and 32, and FIG. 38 shows the display screen 160R. The processes D17 and J8 are shifted from both the case where the additional switch is clicked in the telephone directory display process (FIG. 12) and the case where "Yes" is clicked (FIG. 32) on the personal data registration confirmation screen 160 (FIG. 33). However, in the latter case, the display screen 160 in FIG.
The only difference is that the mail address 164 has already been input and displayed when R is displayed. That is, in the case of the personal data registration confirmation screen 160, the mail address information of the displayed mail becomes the data item of the personal data record to be added to the personal data file by clicking "Yes". Therefore, the mail address information 161 (original mail address information of the mail opened on the opening screen) shown on the registration confirmation screen is displayed as the data item "mail address" of the personal data record.

In the personal data adding process, a frame screen is first displayed, and a mail address is also displayed from the personal data registration confirmation screen (K1 to K3). Subsequently, a cursor is displayed and a character cursor is displayed in the name input area 165 (K
4, K5). Then, a cursor movement process for the mouse movement is performed to detect and check a mouse click operation (K6 to K8). After that, when the cursor is clicked at a desired input area (name input area, address input area, TEL input area, mail address input area, work input area), the character cursor moves to the input area, and the input area is moved. Data can be input to (K19 to K29). Processing for data input is K30
To K46 (FIG. 37). When the cursor is clicked on the cancel switch 166, this display (personal data registration screen) is cleared and no additional processing is performed (K9, K10). An empty area is searched for, the input personal data is stored in the empty area, and the screen is cleared (K11 to K18). As a result, the personal data record is added to the personal data file 60. However, if there is no free space, a warning is displayed for a fixed time without storing the input personal data (K17).

When the telephone directory registration processing routine I15 is called in the unsealing processing, and the personal data addition processing routine J8 is called in this, the mail address check shown in FIG. 57 is performed before K1 in FIG. convenient. In the mail address check, the opened mail M
The mail address of AIL (A) is read, and it is checked whether a personal data record having the same mail address exists in the personal data file 60 (Q1 to Q).
3). If not, a personal data record should be created using the e-mail address of the opened e-mail, and the process proceeds to K1, but if not, the personal data record having the e-mail address of the opened e-mail is already registered in the personal data file 60 and is not registered. A message (a message indicating that no personal data record is added) is displayed, and the process returns to the telephone directory registration process (Q4).

FIGS. 39 to 41 show the memo registration process I1 of FIG.
3 is shown in detail. FIG. 42 shows a memo registration screen 170 displayed in the memo registration process I13. According to this invention,
The memo registration process I13 is a routine for creating a memo record using desired information in the displayed e-mail and registering the memo record in the memo file 70. The user
From the memo registration screen 170, a mail data item to be the first data item "title" of the memo record and a mail data item to be the second data item "content" of the memo record can be selected. .

For this purpose, from the memo registration screen 170 illustrated in FIG. 42, the “title” (title) of the memo record is displayed.
Mail destination (TO), transmission address (FRO)
M) or subject (SUBJECT), and the body of the mail (B
CC), destination (TO), transmission address (FROM), and subject (SUBJECT).
ABC and DEFG on the memo registration screen 170 are radio buttons. "Yes" switch 171 when the selection is completed
Click the "No" switch 172 to cancel the operation.

In the memo registration process I13, the memo pad area 70 is first searched for an empty space, and if there is no empty space, a warning is displayed for a certain period of time and the process is terminated (L1 to L5).
If there is a vacancy (L2), a memo registration screen 170 shown in FIG. 42 is displayed (L6). Then, only the radio buttons A and G are turned on as the initial setting L7 (setting of the subject of the mail as the title of the memo record and the contents of the mail as the contents of the memo record). Subsequently, the cursor is displayed, and cursor movement processing and click check accompanying mouse movement are performed (L8).
~ L11). Here, the user first clicks any of the radio buttons ABC in the “title” area to determine which of the mail destination, transmission address, and subject is to be registered as the title. This is stored as a value input to a register called DF (L12
~ L20). In the same manner, any one of the destination, the transmission address, the subject, and the body of the mail can be selected. This is performed by clicking any of the radio buttons DG, and the result is stored as the value of the register NF (L21 to L29). Thereafter, if the user clicks on the switch 171 of "Yes" (L32), the memo registration confirmation screen processing L33 is performed and the display is cleared (L34), and if the user clicks on the "No" 172, the display is cleared and registered. Was not performed (L30, L3
1).

FIGS. 43 to 45 show details of the memo registration confirmation screen processing L33 in FIG. 41, and FIG. 46 shows a memo registration confirmation screen 180 displayed in this processing L33. On the memo registration confirmation screen 180, the title and contents of the memo record taken from the display mail information are displayed according to the items set on the memo registration screen 170, and if "Yes" 181 is clicked, the data of the displayed memo record is displayed. Memo file 70
Will be recorded. If the user does not want to register the displayed memo record, he / she clicks the "No" switch 182.

In the memo registration confirmation screen processing L33, first, a confirmation screen frame is displayed (M1). Here, there are several DF values and what is in the title area of the screen (data content of the title designation data item in the mail). It is determined what is displayed and what is displayed in the content area of the screen with some NF values (M2-M5, M6-M10). The confirmation display screen 180 shown in FIG. 46 shows a case where the title of the memo is the subject of the mail and the content of the memo is the body of the mail. If the user clicks on “No” 182 here, the display is cleared and registration is not performed (M15, M1
6). Clicking on "Yes" 181 means that the displayed memo information (information created from the mail) is registered as a memo record in the memo pad (M17 to M34).
However, in the present invention, if the title is the same among the previously registered memo records, the title is automatically changed and registered so that it can be distinguished from the current memo record. (M22 to M29). For example, if you already have a memo record titled "About Patents"
The title of the memo to be registered this time is “Patents-1”. After this, if a memo with the title "About patent" is further registered, "About patent -2" is entered. When such a change is made (KF = 1), a title confirmation screen 190 as shown in FIG. 47 is displayed for a certain period of time (M35 to M35).
M38). M22 to M29 in FIG. 44 constitute a title assigning means for assigning a unique title (title) to each memo record. In the example of FIG. 44, a number is used as a distinguishing symbol, but any other distinguishing symbol (for example, A, B, C, (A), (B), (C), etc.) is added. Is also good.

FIGS. 48 to 50 show a flow of the personal data (telephone directory) detailed display processing D24 in FIG. 13, and FIG. 51 shows a display screen 240 thereof. First, display the frame screen (N1),
In this frame, personal data (name, address, TEL, mail address, office, etc.) designated by the pointer A in the personal data area is displayed (N2 to N6). Then, the cursor is displayed, cursor movement processing corresponding to the mouse movement is performed, and the click operation with the mouse is checked (N7
To N10). When the user clicks on the delete switch 241 in this state, the displayed personal data record is deleted from the personal data file 60 and the empty area is filled (N11 to N14). End switch 242
The input data displayed when clicked on above is stored as a personal data record (N15 to N17). When the user clicks on the correction switch 243, a character cursor appears and the displayed data can be corrected (N1).
8-N25).

FIGS. 52 to 53 show the memo pad adding process E of FIG.
17 shows details (P1 to P22), and FIG. 54 shows a display screen 350 thereof. First, a frame screen like 350 in FIG. 53 is displayed, a character cursor is displayed in an input area in this frame, and titles and contents are data-inputted (P18 to P2).
2). And if you click on the end switch 351,
The input data is stored as memo data by searching for an empty memo pad area (P9 to P17). To cancel adding a memo, click the cancel switch 352 (P
7, P8).

The memo detail screen 340 shown in FIG. 54 is a screen displayed in the memo pad detail display processing E24 of FIG. The memo record displayed on the memo detail screen 340 may be created and registered from an e-mail.

FIG. 56 shows a reception display processing routine (FIGS. 6 to 6).
9 shows the relationship between 9) and various subroutines related thereto. The routine with the solid arrow is the calling routine, and the routine that receives the solid arrow is the called routine.

Relevant to the registration processing of the present invention is a reception display processing routine (FIGS. 6 to 9) and an opening processing routine called by clicking an icon from this routine (FIG. 3).
0), a memo registration routine (FIGS. 39 to 41) and a telephone directory registration routine (FIG. 32) which are called by the memo icon click operation or the personal data icon click operation, respectively. In the memo registration routine, the registration confirmation routine (FIGS.
5) is called, and a unique title is given (FIG. 47). Then, a memo record having the unique title fetched from the e-mail and processed and the contents fetched from the e-mail is added to the memo file 70. In the telephone directory registration routine (FIG. 32), a personal data addition routine (FIGS. 34 to 37) is called by clicking the "Yes" icon, and a personal data record is added to the personal data file 60.

The embodiment has been described above, but various modifications and changes can be easily made within the scope of the present invention. For example, FIG.
SUBJE of the mail
Although it is possible to select any one of CT, TO, From, and BCC, a combination of arbitrary data items of the mail may be set as the contents of the memo record. Alternatively, the mail data portion (for example, a part of the mail text) dragged from the mail display screen with a pointing device such as a mouse or a light pen may be captured as a desired data item of the memo record. Further, the mode transition by the icon click operation is preferable, but is not necessarily limited thereto. The mode may be shifted by a keystroke operation from the keyboard.

[0046]

According to the present invention, when a desired registration command is input while the contents of the received e-mail are displayed on the mail display means, the registration execution means executes the display e-mail as processing corresponding to the registration command input. Since the specific part of the received mail is registered as at least a part of the data record and registered in the data file, during the operation mode in which the received mail can be accessed, desired information in the received mail is fetched as data record information, and the data file is read. Can be registered, and the operation for registration is easy.
Also, by using such an instant registration function, desired selection information in a received mail can be managed as information on a data file (for example, memo pad, memo file) and can be used effectively. Also, when applying the above immediate registration function to the case where the data record includes a title as a data item, whether a data record with the same title as the information imported as the title from the display mail has been registered in the data file By checking and registering the acquired information, a symbol for distinction is automatically added to the acquired information and a unique title is given, thereby facilitating the management of the title (record name) of the record on the data file.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an electronic mail device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mail system including a plurality of electronic mail devices.

FIG. 3 is a memory map related to electronic mail processing.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the electronic mail device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a reception process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a reception display process.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a reception display process.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a reception display process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a reception display process.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a reception display screen.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a telephone directory display process.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a telephone directory display process.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a telephone directory display process.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a telephone directory display screen.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a memo pad display process.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a memo pad display process.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a memo pad display process.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a memo pad display screen.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a mail creation process (1).

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a mail creation process (1).

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of mail creation processing (1).

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a mail creation screen (1).

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of an address designation process.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of an address designation process.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an address designation screen.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart of a mail creation process (2).

FIG. 27 is a flowchart of a mail creation process (2).

FIG. 28 is a flowchart of a mail creation process (2).

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a mail creation screen (2).

FIG. 30 is a flowchart of an opening process.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an opening screen.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a telephone directory registration process.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a telephone directory registration confirmation screen.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart of a personal data addition process.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart of personal data addition processing.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart of personal data addition processing.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart of personal data addition processing.

FIG. 38 is a view showing a personal data registration screen.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart of a memo registration process.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart of a memo registration process.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart of a memo registration process.

FIG. 42 is a view showing a memo registration screen.

FIG. 43 is a flowchart of a memo registration confirmation process.

FIG. 44 is a flowchart of a memo registration confirmation process.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart of a memo registration confirmation process.

FIG. 46 is a view showing a memo registration confirmation screen.

FIG. 47 is a diagram showing a memo title (title) confirmation screen.

FIG. 48 is a flowchart of telephone directory detail display processing.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart of telephone directory detail display processing.

FIG. 50 is a flowchart of telephone directory (personal data) detail display processing.

FIG. 51 is a diagram showing a personal data detail display screen.

FIG. 52 is a flowchart of a memo addition process.

FIG. 53 is a flowchart of a memo addition process.

FIG. 54 is a view showing a memo detail screen and a memo addition screen.

FIG. 55 is a state transition diagram among reception display processing, telephone directory display processing, and memo pad display processing.

FIG. 56 is a state transition diagram showing a relation between subroutines related to the reception display processing.

FIG. 57 is a flowchart of a mail address check.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 E-mail 2 Receiving part 3 Storage part 4 E-mail display part 5 Registration command input part 6 Registration execution part 6A Title attaching part 7 Data file memory 8 Data display part 20-1 E-mail device 22 CPU 23 Keyboard 24 Mouse 25 ROM 27 Display Part 50 Reception area 60 Personal data area (data file memory) 70 Notepad area (data file memory)

Claims (5)

[Claims] An e-mail device for receiving and processing e-mail by a programmed computer,
(A) a data file storage means for storing a file of data records; (B) a mail reception means for receiving an e-mail; (C) a mail storage means for storing a received e-mail; E-mail display means for displaying the contents of the e-mail; (E) registration command input means for inputting a desired registration command for the displayed e-mail; and (F) identification of the displayed e-mail in response to the input of the registration command. A registration executing means for fetching a part as at least a part of a data record and registering the data record in the data file storage means; and (G) a data display means for displaying contents of the data file storage means. Mail device. 2. An electronic mail method for receiving and processing electronic mail by a programmed computer,
(A) storing a data record file in a data file memory; (B) receiving an e-mail; and (C) storing the received e-mail.
(D) displaying the content of the stored e-mail;
(E) inputting a desired registration command with respect to the displayed e-mail; and (F) responding to the input of the registration command, capturing a specific portion of the displayed e-mail as at least a part of a data record. An e-mail method, comprising: registering in a memory; and (G) displaying contents of the data file memory. 3. A recording medium on which a processing program for receiving and processing an electronic mail by a computer is stored, said processing program instructing the computer to (A) store a data record file in a data file memory. (B) receive the e-mail, (C) store the received e-mail, (D) display the contents of the stored e-mail, and (E) input a desired registration command for the displayed e-mail. , (F) In response to the input of the registration command, a specific portion of the displayed e-mail is fetched as at least a part of the data record and registered in the data file memory, and (G) the contents of the data file memory are displayed. A recording medium characterized by the above-mentioned. 4. An electronic mail device for receiving and processing electronic mail by a programmed computer,
(A) data file storage means for storing a data record file having a title as a data item;
(B) a mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail, and (C)
Mail storage means for storing the received e-mail;
(D) mail display means for displaying the contents of the stored e-mail, (E) registration command input means for inputting a desired registration command for the displayed e-mail, and (F) response to input of the registration command, Capture a specific part of the displayed email as the title of the data record,
At this time, if there is a data record with the same title in the data file storage means, a symbol for discrimination is added to a specific part of the e-mail to make the title of the data record, and the result is stored in the data file. An e-mail apparatus comprising: a title registration executing means for registering the data in the means; and (G) a data display means for displaying the contents of the data file storage means. 5. An e-mail device for receiving and processing an e-mail by a programmed computer,
(A) memo file storage means for storing a memo record file having a title and memo content as data items; (B) mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail;
(C) mail storage means for storing the received e-mail, (D) mail display means for displaying the contents of the stored e-mail, and (E) registration command input for inputting a desired registration command for the displayed e-mail. Means for specifying, by the registration command, an e-mail data item to be the title of the memo record (referred to as title designation item) and an e-mail data item to be the memo content of the memo record (referred to as content designation item) (F) in response to the registration command,
A registration execution means for creating a memo record from the displayed e-mail and registering the memo record in the memo file storage means; (i) reading the data content of the title designation item (referred to as title data) from the displayed e-mail; If the same title as in the memo file storage means is not present in the memo file storage means, the title is set as the title of the memo record, and if so, a title discriminator is added to the title data to give the title as the title of the memo record; ) The data content of the content designation item is read from the displayed e-mail, and the memo content registration means is used as the memo content of the memo record; a registration execution means including the following; and (G) the content of the memo file storage means is displayed. An e-mail device comprising: data display means.