JPH11234324A - Mail incoming notifying device, mail incoming notification receiver and record medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and also inexpensively notify information by producing a message frame based on information extracted from an electronic mail at the time of receiving the electronic mail, sending it to a network, making the network notify that the message frame arrives and making a mail incoming notification managing means fetch the message frame, to perform incoming notification and to display its content. SOLUTION: An electronic mail is transmitted by operating a mail transmitting terminal 6. The transmitted electronic mail is received by a mail center 1 and a destination address is collated with a mail address of a mail database. If they coincide, proceed the next because it was registered on the mail database. Because it is not registered if they do not coincide, it is decided that it is not the destination to which an incoming notification service is offered, normal processing is performed and the processing is finished. If it is registered, whether or not incoming notification exists is discriminated. IF the incoming notification exists, whether or not it corresponds to a mode is discriminated and when it is discriminated that it does not correspond to the mode, information is taken out from the mail.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail arrival notification device for notifying the arrival of an electronic mail, a mail arrival notification receiving device, and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electronic mail system, a user operates a personal computer to connect to an electronic mail server via a line to transmit an electronic mail or to download an incoming electronic mail, if any. And display it on a browser to read the content.

[0003] When an e-mail arrives at its own mailbox, it is notified that the e-mail has arrived at a pager, and a user who has received the notice of the arrival at the pager connects to an e-mail server to download the e-mail. And read the contents.

[0004]

In the former e-mail system, the user cannot know whether or not an e-mail has arrived unless the user operates a personal computer to connect to the e-mail server. There is a problem that it is not clear that an e-mail has arrived unless it is actually connected to the e-mail server, the operation is complicated, and a high charge of line connection is required to connect to the e-mail server. .

In the latter electronic mail system for notifying a pager of an incoming electronic mail, there is a problem that a user who does not have a pager cannot receive an electronic mail notification.

[0006] The present invention solves these problems,
Title when an email arrives at the email server,
When the conditions such as mail volume and keywords match or do not match, the call is notified at low cost without a call connection, the terminal side blinks and displays the mail sender, receiver account, title, etc. and notifies them. It is an object of the present invention to realize a device in which a user who connects to an e-mail server downloads a necessary e-mail, and simply and inexpensively notifies the arrival of the e-mail and the minimum necessary information.

[0007]

Means for solving the problem will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, a mail center 1 receives an e-mail and stores the received e-mail in a destination mailbox, or performs an incoming notification to the destination. It comprises a notification management host 4 and the like.

The mail server 2 receives an electronic mail and stores it in a destination mailbox. The mail arrival notification transmitting device 3 transmits an incoming notification to the destination of the received e-mail.

The mail notification management host 4 manages the incoming notification of the received e-mail.
It is composed of the mail incoming notification control means 5 and the like. The mail arrival notification control means 5 extracts information from the received e-mail and creates a message frame.

The mail sending terminal 6 is a terminal that sends an electronic mail. The user terminal 7 is a terminal that receives an incoming call notification from the mail center 1 here, and includes a line connection device 8, a mail incoming notification terminal 10, and the like.

The line connection device 8 is for transmitting and receiving various kinds of information by connecting to the mail center 1 via a line, and here, receives a call from the network and a message frame from the network. Things.

The mail arrival notification management means 9 receives the message frame of the electronic mail arrival notification via the mail center 1 and the network. The mail arrival notification terminal 10 displays the fact that a mail has arrived and its contents on a browser screen.

Next, the operation will be described. The mail server 2 constituting the mail center 1 receives the e-mail transmitted from the mail originating terminal 6 and stores it in the destination mail box, and the mail arrival notification control means 5 constituting the mail notification management host 4 transmits the e-mail. Create a message frame based on the information extracted from the email when received,
The mail arrival notification transmitting device 3 transmits the destination telephone number of the e-mail received and the created message frame to the network, and the network notifies the line connection device 8 of the user terminal 7 of the destination telephone number of the arrival of the message frame. The mail arrival notification management means 9 constituting the line connection device 8 captures the message frame, flashes the lamp of the line connection device 8 to notify the incoming call, and notifies the mail arrival notification terminal 10
The content of the message frame is displayed above.

At this time, at least a mail sender and a subject are extracted from the electronic mail, set in a message frame, and transmitted as an incoming notification. Also, when any one or more of the mail sender, title, mail volume, and keyword extracted from the e-mail correspond to or do not correspond to the pre-registered content or range, the notification of the arrival of the message frame is permitted, and A message frame is sent to the telephone number to notify the incoming call.

In response to the notification of the arrival of the message frame to the line connection device 8 or the like of the user terminal 7, the fact that the electronic mail has arrived and the contents of the message frame are displayed. I have.

Therefore, when an e-mail arrives at the mail center 1 and meets or does not meet the conditions such as the title, the mail volume, and the keyword, the incoming call is notified at a low price without a call connection, and the user terminal 7 is connected to the line connection device. 8 and the like, the e-mail sender, the recipient account, the title, etc. are displayed and notified, so that the user who sees the e-mail connects to the mail center 1 and downloads the e-mail, and can easily and inexpensively transmit the e-mail. It is possible to notify the arrival of mail and the minimum necessary information.

[0017]

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

FIG. 2 shows a registration flowchart of the present invention. In FIG. 2, S1 connects to a Web server.
In step S2, a distribution registration screen is displayed. These S1, S2
Connects the user terminal 7 to a Web server (not shown) in the mail center 1 in FIG. 1 described above, downloads a distribution registration screen in FIG. 3 described later, and displays it on the display.

S3 is input. In S4, the information is converted into a DB and registered in the mail notification management host 4 in the mail center 1.
In these steps S2, S3 and S4, after inputting a user name and a password on the distribution registration screen shown in FIG. It is uploaded to the mail center 1 and registered in the mail notification management host 4 as shown in a mail database of FIG.

E-mail related information (required items, cannot be selected and system fixed): E-mail sender: E-mail recipient: E-mail title: Other: E-mail related information (user : Incoming call notification: YES / NO ・ Receiver account: ・ Notify / not notify by mail sender ・ Notify / not notify by subject ・ Notify / not notify by mail volume (notify・ Specify or not notify by the presence / absence of the specified keyword ・ Other: As described above, the user specifies mail-related information (selection items) when receiving an e-mail to the mail center 1 and specifies conditions Can be registered in advance so as to receive an incoming call notification when the condition is satisfied.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a distribution registration screen according to the present invention.
This is because the user terminal 7 is not connected to the W
It is an example of a screen for connecting to an eb server and registering mail-related information when authentication is OK after inputting a user name and a password. Here, the mail-related information includes:-Incoming call notification: YES / NO-Phone number (phone number for incoming call notification):-Confidentiality and sender:-Others: Mail-related information (selection items) described in S4 of FIG. Select "Enter" and enter the mail notification management host 4 in the mail center 1.
Register with. Thereby, when an e-mail arrives at the mail center 1 later, the mail-related information (selection item)
When the conditions registered in the above are satisfied or not satisfied, it is possible to receive an incoming call notification in a message frame of FIG. 7 described later.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a mail database according to the present invention. This is registered in the mail notification management host 4 in the mail center 1 in FIG. 1 in S4 in FIG. 2, and the following items shown in the figure are registered.

User name: Mail address: Mail related information: Billing information: Other: Next, the operation of the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described in detail according to the order shown in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention. In FIG. 5, in S11, the mail sender operates the mail sending terminal 6 to send an e-mail.

In S12, the mail center 1 receives the e-mail transmitted in S11. In step S13, the destination address is compared with the mail address in the mail database. This is the destination address of the e-mail received in S12,
The e-mail address is compared with the e-mail address registered in the e-mail database shown in FIG. In S14, it is determined whether there is a match. In the case of YES, it has been registered in the mail database, so the flow proceeds to S15. In the case of NO, since it is not registered in the mail database, it is determined here that it is not the destination provided by the incoming call notification service, so that normal processing is performed and the processing is terminated.

At S15, since the destination address registered in the mail database is determined at YES in S14,
It is determined whether there is an incoming call notification. This is to determine whether or not “Yes” is registered in “Incoming notification” in the mail-related information of the mail database. In the case of YES, the process proceeds to S16.
In the case of NO, since "absence" has been registered in the "incoming notification" in the mail-related information of the mail database, normal processing is performed and the processing ends.

In step S16, it is determined whether or not the mode is satisfied.
This corresponds to any of the modes shown in FIG. 8 described below (email sender rejection, title selection, mail volume, keyword mode).
Is determined. In the case of YES, it is determined that there is no incoming call notification in these modes, so that normal processing is performed and the processing is terminated. In the case of NO, the mode does not correspond to these modes and it is determined that there is an incoming call notification, and the process proceeds to S17.

In step S17, information is extracted from the mail. S
Reference numeral 18 stores the e-mail in the mailbox. S1
9 creates a message frame. This is, as shown in FIG. 7 described below, extracted from the e-mail in S17.-E-mail sender:-Recipient account:-Subject:-Date and time (e-mail reception date and time):-Body (capacity of fixed format is A message frame in a fixed format (for example, 12
8 bytes).

In step S20, the telephone number and the message frame are transmitted to the network. In step S21, a message that the network received in step S20 has been received and a message frame are transmitted to the user terminal 7 having the telephone number.

At S22, the user terminal 7 receives the incoming call and message frame transmitted by the network at S21. S2
No. 3 determines whether a message frame has been received. If YES, disconnect at S24 and proceed to S25. On the other hand, NO
In the case of (1), normal processing (for example, line connection) is performed, and the processing is terminated.

In step S25, since the disconnection is made in step S24, the mail arrival notification lamp flashes to notify the user that the mail arrival notification has been received. S26 displays. This is S2
The content of the message frame received in step 2 is displayed on the liquid crystal panel or the browser screen of the terminal, for example, the content of the message frame in FIG.

In step S27, the user confirms the blinking of the mail reception lamp in step S25 or the content of the received message frame. If YES, the process is reset in S28. If NO, repeat S27 and wait.

In step S29, one or more desired e-mails are selected from the contents of the displayed message frame. S30 connects to the mail server 2.

In step S31, the mail content is downloaded and displayed. In S32, in response to the disconnection of the line by the user terminal 7 in S24, the network disconnects the transmission source line.

A step S33 decides whether or not the mail center 1 receives the data normally. In the case of YES, the message frame is deleted in S34 (the message frame may be deleted at the time of transmission in S20), and the process ends. In the case of NO, S3
An error is recorded in step 5, and the processing ends.

As described above, when the mail center 1 receives the e-mail, the mail-related information (destination address, recipient account, title, date and time, text (only enough capacity)) is extracted from the e-mail, and the mail shown in FIG. When registered in the database, it is determined that there is an incoming call, the message frame is set and transmitted to the network together with the telephone number, and the network transmits the incoming call notification and the message frame to the user terminal 7 of the destination telephone number. Then, the destination user terminal 7 receives the incoming call notification and the message frame and disconnects it. Then, the incoming notification lamp flashes to notify that an e-mail has been received, and the content of the message frame is displayed and displayed on the liquid crystal panel or the browser screen.
From this screen, it is possible to select an e-mail that has received an incoming notification, connect to the mail server, download and read the e-mail. As a result, the message frame is transmitted to the network simultaneously with the telephone number, and the receiving side receives only the incoming call notification and the message frame and immediately disconnects the message frame. 1 time of the minimum fee of
It is possible to notify the incoming call notification and the outline of the notification at an extremely low charge compared to 0 yen.

FIG. 6 shows an example of characteristics of the ISDN network. IS
In a DN network, a network used in a general home or the like (ISDN6
4) is as shown below. Channel type Number of channels Billing system B2 Minimum charge 10 yen D (with UUI) 1 0.4 yen (without UUI) 0 yen (only ringing) Here, the flow chart of FIG. Therefore, a very low charge of 0.4 yen is required for a single incoming call notification and message frame (128 bytes).

FIG. 7 shows an example of a message frame according to the present invention. This is the content registered in the mail notification management host 4 in S4 of FIG. 2 described above, and the following items shown in the figure are registered.

Message type: Incoming notification ・ Mail sender: ・ Receiver account: ・ Subject: ・ Date / time: ・ Text (registered from the beginning of the e-mail regarding the allowable capacity) FIG. 8 is a mode operation flowchart of the present invention. Is shown. This is a detailed flowchart of whether the mode corresponds to the mode of S16 in FIG. 5 described above.

In FIG. 8, a step S41 decides whether or not there is a mail sender rejection mode. This is to determine whether or not the mail sender rejection is registered in the mail-related information in the entry of the destination address (mail address) in the mail database of FIG. 4 described above. If YES, S
At 45, it is determined not to notify the incoming call, the normal processing is performed at S46, and the process ends. In the case of NO, it is determined that the mail sender rejection has not been set as yes, and the process proceeds to S42.

A step S42 decides whether or not there is a title selection mode. This is the same as the title registered in the mail related information in the entry of the destination address (mail address) in the mail database of FIG. Is to be determined. In the case of YES, it is determined not to notify the incoming call in S45, the normal processing is performed in S46, and the process ends. In the case of NO, it is determined that the title selection has not been set, and the process proceeds to S43.

A step S43 decides whether or not there is a mail capacity mode. It is determined whether the mail capacity is included in the mail related information in the entry of the destination address (mail address) in the mail database of FIG. 4 described above and whether the mail capacity is outside the registered mail capacity range. In the case of YES, S45
Is determined not to notify the incoming call, the normal processing is performed in S46,
finish. In the case of NO, it is determined that the mail capacity is not set to exist, and the process proceeds to S44.

A step S44 decides whether or not there is a keyword mode. This is because whether the keyword matches the keyword that is registered in the mail-related information in the entry of the destination address (mail address) in the mail database of FIG. Determine. YES
In the case of, it is determined not to notify the incoming call in S45, and S46
To perform normal processing, and the processing ends. In the case of NO, it is determined that the keyword has not been set, and the process ends.

As described above, the information extracted from the received e-mail is in the mode (mail sender, title, mail volume, keyword) in which the incoming notification is not set in the mail-related information of the mail database in FIG. In this case, by not allowing the incoming call notification, it is possible to prevent the incoming mail from being notified of an undesired e-mail.

FIG. 9 shows an incoming call display example (part 1) of the present invention. These are specific incoming call display examples of the blinking display of the mail incoming notification lamp in S25 of FIG. 5 described above. FIG.
(A) shows the case of the router A. In this case, the check lamp on the illustrated panel blinks green to notify the user that the e-mail has arrived.

FIG. 9B shows the case of the router B.
In these cases, the check lamp on the illustrated panel blinks green to notify the user that the e-mail has arrived.

FIG. 9C shows the case of a terminal adapter. In this case, the TEST lamp on the panel shown in the drawing repeatedly blinks green → off → orange → off → green to notify the user of the arrival of the e-mail as shown.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining information extraction according to the present invention. The drawing shows an example of the information of the header portion of the e-mail received by the mail center 1. In S17 of FIG. 5 described above, FIG.
Extract the information to be set in the message frame of
The text is different).

-Sender:-Destination: The recipient account is the "ihsah" part in the figure. Title: Date / time: FIG. 11 shows an incoming call display example (part 2) of the present invention. This is a specific incoming call display example of the blinking display of the mail incoming notification lamp in S25 of FIG. 5 described above.

FIG. 11A shows the case of a terminal adapter. In this case, the MAIL on the panel shown
The lamp flashes orange when mail arrives, notifying the user that e-mail has arrived.

FIG. 11B shows an example of SW / LED entry characters. This shows the relationship between the characters entered on the panel of FIG. 11A and FUNCTION (function).

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When an e-mail arrives at the mail center 1 and meets or does not meet conditions such as a title, a mail volume, and a keyword, the user terminal 7 informs the user of the arrival of the e-mail cheaply without a call connection.
Side adopts a structure that blinks on the line connection device 8 and displays the mail sender, recipient account, title, etc. to notify the user that the desired e-mail is received by the incoming call display. It is possible to know in real time and at a low price, and it is possible to read only the necessary e-mail by connecting to a mail server via a line and download and read the mail-related information notified by the incoming call notification.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a registration flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a distribution registration screen of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a mail database according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of characteristics of an ISDN network.

FIG. 7 is an example of a message frame according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a mode operation flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an incoming call display example (part 1) of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of information extraction according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an incoming call display example (part 2) of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: mail center 2: mail server 3: mail incoming notification transmitting device 4: mail notification management host 5: mail incoming notification control means 6: mail sending terminal 7: user terminal 8: line connection device 9: mail incoming notification managing means 10 ： Email arrival notification terminal

Claims (5)

[Claims] An e-mail arrival notification device for notifying an incoming e-mail, means for receiving an e-mail and storing the e-mail in a destination mailbox, and extracting information extracted from the e-mail when the e-mail is received. Means for creating a message frame based on the above, a means for transmitting the destination telephone number of the received e-mail and the created message frame to a network, and causing the network to notify the destination telephone number of the arrival of the message frame. A mail arrival notification device comprising: 2. The mail arrival notification device according to claim 1, wherein at least a mail sender and a title are extracted from the electronic mail and set in the message frame. 3. Permitting or permitting the notification of the arrival of the message frame when any one or more of the mail sender, the subject, the mail volume, and the keyword extracted from the electronic mail corresponds to the pre-registered content or range. 3. The mail arrival notification device according to claim 1, further comprising means for preventing the arrival of the mail. 4. A mail arrival notice comprising means for displaying that an e-mail has arrived and displaying the contents of the message frame in response to receiving a notice of the arrival of the message frame from the network. Receiver. 5. means for receiving an e-mail and storing it in a destination mailbox; means for creating a message frame based on information extracted from the e-mail when the e-mail is received; A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for transmitting the destination telephone number of the electronic mail and the created message frame to a network, and causing the network to notify the destination telephone number of the arrival of the message frame.