JPH1124874A - Electronic mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten the operating time and to produce an electronic mail in a short time by copying the data to another window by the drag and drop operations for production of the mail. SOLUTION: The information processors 100 and 100a are connected to a server 200. The data can be copied between a bar or an area that can be inputted via a keyboard 102 and another window by the drag and drop operations. In such an electronic mail system, the object data are copied out of a memory list and displayed in the copy destination area based on the copy system of a window system as long as the data can be copied in the window system. In regard to data which cannot be copied in the window system, the object data are decomposed for generation of the copy data which can move in the window system. Then the generated copy data are copied to the copy destination area, restored into the data which can be recognized in an electronic mail and displayed on a display screen.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail system which operates on a network connecting a plurality of information processing apparatuses, and more particularly, to a predetermined area displayed on a display screen by a coordinate pointing device such as a mouse. By dragging the data, releasing it on other areas and dropping it,
The present invention relates to an electronic mail system capable of copying or moving the data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal computers (PCs)
2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of information processing apparatuses such as the above, information exchange by e-mail has been actively performed in companies and homes. In these e-mail systems, if a destination recognized by the system is input, information can be easily exchanged like a letter or telephone exchange. Moreover, a large amount of information can be easily transmitted / used by using the attached file function.
Can be received.

The e-mail system is, for example, a Hitachi integrated groupware Groupmax Version 2 (Groupmax V) released in 1996 by Hitachi, Ltd.
It is disclosed in 2).

[0004]

However, in the conventional system, since the destination is coded, the window of the address book which has been digitized is opened, and the target destination is copied to the memory from this window. The user must move the cursor to the destination area of the copy destination and take a plurality of work procedures for pasting the data copied to the memory. Similarly, the work of attaching to the attached file must follow a similar plurality of procedures.

In the window system for operating the electronic mail system, a function of easily copying an iconized data file displayed on a display screen by dragging and dropping the file with a mouse (coordinate indicating device). However, the conventional e-mail system has not been introduced because the data format (particularly the destination) is different.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide
An object of the present invention is to provide an e-mail system that can be easily copied by a drop operation.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in an electronic mail system according to the present invention, a cursor which can be moved on a screen by a coordinate designation input device is placed on target data displayed on a display screen. A window system having a copy function of recognizing the area as a copy destination by recognizing the area as a copy destination by dragging the data with the target data, moving the target data while dragging, and releasing and dropping the area in a predetermined area. In the above, in an electronic mail system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses capable of operating an electronic mail system and a server provided corresponding to the plurality of information processing apparatuses, the electronic mail system is displayed on a display screen of the information processing apparatus. Is displayed, and data between the display window and the outside of the display window area is displayed. The copy instruction is recognized by the drag and drop operation, and it is determined whether or not the target data for which the copy source and the copy destination are recognized is data that can be copied on the window system, and is copied on the window system. If it is possible data, the target data is copied from the memory list according to the copy system of the window system and displayed in the copy destination area. If the data cannot be copied on the window system, the target data is decomposed. Generates copy data that can be moved on the window system, copies the copy data to the copy destination area, and restores and displays the copy data copied to the copy destination area to data recognizable on the e-mail. Display on the screen.

Further, in the electronic mail system according to the present invention, an instruction to copy target data relating to a destination between the destination area provided in the display window and the outside of the destination area is recognized by the drag and drop operation. The target data for which the copy source and the copy destination have been recognized,
Determine whether the data is copyable on the email system, and if the data is copyable on the email system, decompose the target data to generate copy data and copy it to the copy destination area Then, the copy data copied to the copy destination area is restored to data recognizable on the electronic mail system and displayed on a display screen. If the data cannot be copied on the electronic mail system, the data is displayed. Display that copying is not possible on the screen.

Further, in the electronic mail system according to the present invention, the data copy instruction between the destination area provided in the display window, the attached file area, and the outside of the display window area is recognized by the drag and drop operation. If the instruction is to copy with the attached file area, the target data is copied from the memory list along the copy system of the window system and displayed in the copy destination area, and if the instruction is to copy with the destination area, Determine whether the data is copyable on the email system, and if the data is copyable on the email system, decompose the target data to generate copy data and copy it to the copy destination area And converting the copy data copied to the copy destination area into data recognizable on the electronic mail system. To display to the original to the display screen, if the copy non-data on an electronic mail system, so as to display that it is impossible to copy the display screen.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIGS.
An embodiment according to the present invention will be described.

First, with reference to FIG. 1, an outline of a copy function by a drag and drop operation, which is a major feature of the electronic mail system according to the present invention, will be described. FIG. 1 shows an e-mail transmission screen 900 displayed on the display screen of the display unit.
And various window screens in which the e-mail transmission screen 900 is a copy source or a copy destination. The e-mail system is a system that is loaded and executed on a window system, and various programs loaded on a display screen, or data or icons displayed in a window of various data opened on the display screen, Alternatively, drag and drop between iconized data directly displayed on the display screen and the transmission screen 900.
Copying by drop operation is possible.

The transmission screen 900 of this e-mail includes a window system operation group 90 arranged in a horizontal line at the top.
1, a toolbar 910 composed of a plurality of e-mail operation buttons arranged in a horizontal line below, a subject bar 920 for inputting e-mail titles arranged therebelow, a destination bar 930 arranged in the center, Attribute bar 940, attachment bar 950, and main sentence area 960 provided at the bottom
It is composed of

The operation group 901 is an operation button operated on a window system. The operation window is expanded by moving a cursor on each button via a mouse and clicking the button, and various operations, for example, The user can close the transmission screen 900 or instruct operations related to various window operations such as file recording, printing, and window adjustment. The toolbar 910 is provided with operation buttons for operating the e-mail system, and can select various operation buttons or change the layout as needed. Theme bar 92
For 0, the user can move the cursor to a horizontally long window and input a title via the keyboard. Destination bar 930
Moves the cursor into a rectangular window and inputs the address of the other party via the keyboard. This address can input a plurality of one-line data such as a destination name, TO / CC, and reply, and has vertical and horizontal scroll bars. The attribute bar 940 is used to specify an attribute such as urgent or confidential with a mouse. The attachment bar 950 displays a file name to be attached as attached information to the mail text, and moves a cursor in the window to specify a file name stored in the storage device. The main sentence area 960 is for inputting the text of the mail, and can be input with the keyboard by moving the cursor.

According to the present e-mail system, a destination bar 930, an attachment bar 950, a main text area 960,
A copy operation by drag and drop with another window or the like is possible. In addition, a subject bar 920 that can be input with a keyboard can also be operated, but is omitted here.

Next, another window or the like which is a copy destination or a copy source for the electronic mail system will be described. First, the attached bar 950 relates to the folder management system 4000 of the window system.
This can be performed between a tree-type list or an iconized list window 4100 managed on the system or an icon 4200 displayed directly on the display screen. In addition, it is also possible to connect to various individual data windows 3200 relating to the mail individual data 3000 created on the electronic mail system. Further, it is also possible to use other mail or the attached data displayed in the window 2000 of a different mail system. Further, it can be performed between various data windows 5200 recorded in the main memory recording data 5000 of the server.

The destination bar 930 includes an address window 5100 recorded in the main memory recording data 5000 of the server, destination mail displayed in the window 2000 of another mail or a different mail system, and
Local address window 3100 for individual mail data 3000 created on this electronic mail system
It is possible between Further, the destination bar 930 can be provided between the main sentence area 960 and destination data.

As described above, according to the e-mail system of the present invention, data can be copied between a bar or an area which can be input by a keyboard and another window by a simple drag and drop operation. It is possible to copy with very simple operation with less mistakes than typing on the keyboard. In addition, the operability can be improved since the copy and paste operations are reduced compared to the conventional copy operation. Further, since the destination and the attachment where the copy function is frequently used can be performed by the same simple operation of drag and drop, the operability that gives the user a feeling of being confused by the proper use of the operation can be improved.

Next, a system configuration of an electronic mail system according to the present invention having a copy function by the drag and drop operation will be described. FIG. 2 shows a system configuration diagram. In FIG. 2, an information processing device is generally indicated by reference numeral 100, and a server is indicated by reference numeral 200. A plurality of information processing devices 100 are connected to the server 200, but are shown here as two information processing devices 100 and 100a for convenience. Information processing device 100
Is a system device 1 with a built-in CPU and hard disk
01, a keyboard 102 and a mouse (coordinate indicating device) 103 for performing an input operation, an external storage device 104,
A display unit 105 for displaying various data such as graphics and images. In this embodiment, the input unit is configured by the mouse 103 and the keyboard 102, but may be a remote controller, a pen input device, a touch screen, or the like.
Further, the external storage device 104 stores various data created on the e-mail system, for example, the common cabinet 104.
a, personal holder 104b, local address 104c, and other files are recorded. In addition, the external storage device 104 can store various data created on other various application programs. The external storage device 104 may be integrated with a main memory 120 described later.

The system unit 101 processes a keyboard driver 140 for processing an input from the keyboard 102, a mouse driver 141 for processing an input from the mouse 103, and processes input / output of the external storage device 104. A disk controller 142, a display controller 143 for processing the display screen of the display 105, and a main memory 120 for storing various programs such as a window system 121, a mail program 122, a different mail 1 program 124, and other application programs 123. A CPU 110 for reading various programs from the main memory 120 or inputting / outputting various data from / to the external storage device 104 as necessary, and a communication for enabling data communication with the server 200 It consists of Ntafueisu 130..

Several programs are loaded on the main memory 120 and executed. The window system 121 executes processing of displaying windows and icons on the display screen 106 and transmitting input from the mouse driver 141 and the keyboard driver 140 to other programs. Also, the window system 121
Controls the display on the display unit 105 in accordance with an instruction from another program, and collectively manages address information used by various programs. In particular, the window system 121 has a function of easily copying an iconified data file displayed on the display screen 106 by dragging and dropping it with the mouse (coordinate pointing device) 103.

For example, when copying the mail program 122 from the main memory 120 to the external storage device 104, the data stored in the main memory 120 and the external storage device 104 are displayed in a window on the display screen 106 in the form of icons or lists. Display screen 106 with mouse 103
By dragging a cursor that can move upward on the icon or list of the mail program 122 on the window of the main memory 120, the cursor is recognized as copy source data, and the external storage device 1 is dragged while the icon is being dragged.
There is provided a copy function of recognizing the window area of the external storage device 104 as a copy destination by releasing and dropping in the window area of the window 04. The e-mail system according to the present invention utilizes the copy function by the drag-and-drop operation of the window system efficiently to provide the e-mail system having the copy function with good operability disclosed in FIG. Has been realized.

The mail program 122 stored in the main memory 120 is the main operation program of the e-mail system according to the present embodiment. The e-mail program 122 is loaded on the window system 121 loaded by the CPU 110 to create and send e-mail. Controls transmission and reception.

In addition, the main memory 120 stores a different mail 1 program 124 and various application programs 123, which are loaded and executed as needed by user operation. A spreadsheet program, a word processor program, and the like are examples of frequently used application programs.

The server 200 includes a main memory 220 for recording various data, a server CPU 210 for integrally controlling the server 200, a communication interface 230.
It is composed of The server CPU 210 is used for the information processing apparatus 1 on which the e-mail program 122 is loaded.
In response to the request of 00, transmission / reception of an e-mail with another information processing apparatus 100a is executed via the public telephone line 240 or a dedicated line, and the transmission / reception recording data is recorded in the main memory 220. Note that the server CPU 210
Various programs for executing the e-mail system are loaded. The main memory 220 stores mail data 221 storing transmission / reception records of e-mails and information processing devices (users) registered in the e-mail system.
The address data 224 which stores the address book of this is stored. In addition, running on the email system,
The schedule data 222 and the document management data 223 are stored. The various data stored in the main memory 220 are stored in the I
DNO. , Or as a common directory (file), and supplied based on a request from the information processing apparatus 100.

Next, an embodiment of the network configuration of the electronic mail system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1000 shown by a thick frame denotes an intranet of Company A in which the electronic mail system according to the present embodiment is adopted. The intranet 1000,
Company A main office network 110 built in Company A building
0, and a company A branch network 1200 connected to the company A head office network 1100 via a public line. Company A head office network 1100 is server 111
0, a web server 1120, and a plurality of information processing apparatuses 11
31 and 1132. Further, the company A branch network includes a web server 1210 and a plurality of information processing devices 1221 and 1222. The A company head office network 1100 and the A company branch network 1200 are connected like a dedicated line by using a public line via routers 1140 and 1230. Also,
In the company A head office network 1100, the server 1110
Connected to the PC network via the
1, 1132 can be connected. Further, it can be connected to the information processing device 1400 via the server 1110 and a modem. Further, the company A branch network 120
Also, it can be connected to a facsimile machine 1241 or a telephone 1242 via the web server 1210. The company A's intranet 1000 connects to the WWW server 1500 via the Firewall 1150, and the Internet 15
WWW clients 1520 and 153 connected to
0 can be connected. As described above, the network system shown in FIG. 3 is one embodiment, and the display style changing system according to the present invention is not limited to this.

Now, in the electronic mail system according to the present invention, the server 200 shown in FIG. 2 is replaced by the server 1110 or the web server 1120 or 12 shown in FIG.
Corresponds to 10. Further, the information processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG.
0 is the information processing device 1131, 1132, 12 shown in the figure
21, 1222, 1310, and 1400. Thus, the intranet 1000 of the company A according to the present embodiment is
According to this, by providing a server 1110 or a web server 1120, 1210 in each of the company A head office network 1100 and the company A branch network 1200, the information processing apparatus connected to each network can be connected to the familiar server 1110 or the web server 1120, 1210. , Various data can be obtained via a network. In addition, since the intranet 1000 includes a plurality of servers 1110 and web servers 1120 and 1210, which constitute a network, a predetermined server or a web server can be called from any information processing apparatus to obtain predetermined various data. be able to. Further, the user's ID NO. By registering the WWW client 1520, 1530
Web server 1120 or 12 via ll 1150
10 can be connected.

Next, based on the operation flow shown in FIG.
A copy function by a drag-and-drop operation, which is a major feature of the electronic mail system according to the present embodiment, will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 to FIG. 10 show an electronic mail transmission screen showing a drag and drop operation.

First, FIG. 5 shows that the display screen 106 of the display unit 105 of the information processing apparatus 100 includes a transmission screen 900 of the electronic mail system and an address window 51 of the address data 224 stored in the main memory 220 of the server.
00 is displayed. Here, description will be made assuming that necessary address data is copied from the address window 5100 to the destination bar 930. The address window 5100 has a data display area divided into right and left, and the left side corresponds to an organization display area 5110 represented by a tree-shaped holder, and the right side corresponds to the holder item selected in the organization display area 5110. Address display area 5 for displaying the address data Q to be
220. The address data Q displays names, titles, telephone numbers, destinations, and the like in a one-line format. Here, “M. TOYOMARU” of the address data Q displayed in the address display area 5220 is copied. The reverse is also possible, but is omitted here.

In FIG. 5, a cursor P (shown by a white arrow) movable by the user on the display screen 106 with the mouse 103 is provided on the mouse 103 on the address data Q displayed on the display screen 106. By pressing the button, the CPU 110 recognizes that the address data Q has been selected, and the user moves the cursor while holding down the operation button (drag), whereby the CPU 1
10 recognizes that the address data Q is copy source data. The CPU 110 recognizes the area, here the destination bar 930, as a copy destination by moving the mouse while dragging and releasing it on a window of the destination bar 930 and dropping (stopping pressing). I do. Thus, the electronic mail system according to the present invention recognizes the target data and the copy source and the copy destination by the drag and drop operation.

Here, in the present e-mail system, the CPU 110 into which the window system 121 and the mail program 122 are loaded operates when the window system 121 and the mail program 122 cooperate with each other when the drag and drop operation is performed. Perform the operation.
Specifically, as shown in FIG.
The processing is performed so that the roles are assigned to 610, the copy source 610a, and the copy destination 610b. FIG. 4 shows an operation flow in which the roles are divided.

In FIG. 4, as described above, the user drags the cursor P on the address data Q (step 611), moves while dragging, releases and drops on a predetermined area (step 621). Thus, the CPU 110 determines that the target data is the address data Q
And recognizes the copy source 610a and the copy destination 610b (step 631). When the copy is recognized, the copy source 610a sets only the format data to the copy destination 61.
0b (step 612). Copy destination 610b
Determines whether or not the data is copyable based on the reported format data, and if the data is copyable, requests the copy source 610a for copy data (step 62).
3) If copying is not possible, the fact that copying is not possible is displayed on the display screen 106 (step 63).
2).

The copy source 610a determines whether or not the data is unique to the e-mail system, specifically, the extension of the address data Q (step 613). Step 61
4) If it is other data, the process proceeds to step 617. Here, in the determination of step 613, data that can be dragged and dropped by the window system, for example, is registered in a storage device such as the main memory 120, the external storage device 104, or the server main memory 220 in the form of a file name. It is also determined whether the data is recorded in the memory list. Therefore, when the target data is the address data Q, the address data Q is copy data is generated in step 614 because the data is original data of the electronic mail system not recorded in the memory list.

In the generation of copy data, only the necessary data is extracted by decomposing the displayed address data Q.
With this generation, the address data Q can be copied on the window system. Next, the copy source 610a records the generated copy data in the internal memory (634) of the CPU 610 (step 615),
The created memory address is reported to the copy destination 610b (step 616).

Upon receiving the report, the copy destination 610b obtains the copy data from the memory (634) (step 626), restores the copy data to the original address data Q (step 627), and displays it on the display screen 106. (Step 628).

In step 617, the copy source 106a reports the address of the memory list of the copy data to the copy destination 610b. And the copy destination 610b
Receives the report, acquires the copy data from the memory list (step 624) and displays it on the display screen 106 (step 625). This step 617, 624,
A flow 625 is mainly for copying to the attached bar 950.

Steps 617 and 62 shown in FIG.
The steps 4 and 625 may be processed in the same steps as the steps 614 and thereafter. For example, in step 613, if the data is not the corresponding data of the e-mail system, the corresponding data is read from the memory list to the copy source 610a to generate the copy data (adjustment of the data arrangement, etc.), and the copy data is recorded in the memory. Then, the memory address of the copy data may be reported to the copy destination 610b. In this case, copy destination 6
10b performs the same processing as steps 626, 627, and 628 in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a display screen 106 to be copied to the attachment bar 950. FIG. 6 shows the information processing apparatus 1
00, the transmission screen 900 of the e-mail system and the “material.tet” of the personal holder 104b stored in the external storage device 104 are attached to the external storage device 104 in order to attach it to the electronic mail. The state in which the list window 320 is displayed is shown. The list window 320 has a data display area divided into right and left. The left side corresponds to a holder display area 3210 represented by a tree-shaped holder, and the right side corresponds to a holder item selected in the holder display area 3210. A data name display area 3220 for displaying a data name to be displayed.

In the copy of the attached bar 950,
Similarly to the operation on the destination bar 930, the cursor is moved to the “data.tet” as the target data Q, dragged, and released and dropped on the window of the attached bar 950 while dragging to copy. be able to. The reverse copy is also possible.

FIG. 7 shows a transmission screen 9 of the electronic mail system.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram assuming that copying is performed between 00a and 900b. As is clear from the figure, in the present e-mail system, the drag-and-drop operation not only copies (1) from the destination bar 930a to another destination bar 930b, but also copies the main text area 960a from the destination bar.
The destination data Q can be copied as text data to (2) and another main text area 960b (3). Of course, the reverse copy is also possible. Further attached bar 950
Copying (4) from a to another attachment bar 950b is also possible. In this example, the transmission screen 900 of the same e-mail system has been described, but copying with a transmission screen of a different e-mail system by a drag-and-drop operation is possible.

In the present e-mail system, the destination or attached data can be input by a drag and drop operation in addition to the transmission screen 900. 8 to 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes another display screen on which the copy operation can be performed. FIGS. 8 and 9 show the transmission screen 900 displaying a property sub-display screen 902 displayed from the “Properties” menu of “Message” of the window system operation group 901 arranged in a horizontal line at the top. Is shown. The property sub display screen 902 is displayed in a window format, and has a destination holder 930.
a, an attribute holder 940a, and an attachment holder 950a, and are displayed in front by clicking a tag at the top of the screen. FIG. 8 shows a state in which the destination holder 930a is displayed on the front, and FIG. 9 shows a state in which the attached holder 950a is displayed on the front. According to the property sub-display screen 902, it is possible to copy data to and from another window similar to that shown in FIG. In particular, according to this property sub display screen 902, as shown in FIG. 8, since each input area is displayed large on the display screen, it is displayed large, so that the contents can be checked without moving the screen using a scroll bar. Can be copied.

FIG. 10 shows a state in which a sub-display screen 903 of the attached file dialog displayed from the “attached file” menu of “message” in the operation group 901 of the window system is displayed. In the sub display screen 903, the user can copy data to another window or the like similar to FIG. According to the sub-display screen 903, the size (data amount) of the copied data file to be attached is displayed, which is extremely convenient in a network system in which the data amount to be transmitted / received in the e-mail is specified. In addition, since a call button 904 for calling a window that can be added is provided, the trouble of opening the copy destination or copy source window is simplified, so that the operability of copy by a drag-and-drop operation is further improved. it can.

As described above, according to the present e-mail system, data copy relating to destinations and attachments can be called by a plurality of types of window screens, and any of them can be copied by a drag-and-drop operation. Therefore, when the transmission screen 900 and the sub display screens 902 and 903 are copied between other windows or between two e-mails, the transmission screen 900 and the sub display screen 902 are copied.
Alternatively, a copy by drag and drop can be performed between the sub display screen 902 and the sub display screen 902 or the sub display screen 903.

In the above embodiment, the copy function by the drag-and-drop operation has been described. However, the data movement may be performed by the drag-and-drop operation.

Further, in the above description, the transmission screen 900 has been described. However, other display screens used in the e-mail system, for example, the reception screen 970 shown in FIG. it can.

In FIG. 11, the reception screen 970 is controlled so that it does not become a copy destination but always becomes a copy source.
However, this is not the case if the screen changes to a display screen for forwarding or replying. In the figure, a reception screen 970 includes a window system operation group 901 arranged in a horizontal line at the top,
A toolbar 971 composed of a plurality of e-mail operation buttons arranged in a horizontal line below, a subject bar 972 for inputting e-mail titles arranged below, a destination bar 973 arranged in the center, and an attribute bar 974 , An attachment bar 975, and a main sentence area 976 provided at the bottom. On the reception screen 970, the subject bar 97
2, a sender area 972b is displayed in addition to the title 972a of the received mail. In the destination bar 973, the CPU 110 extracts the reception type (TO / CC, etc.) and the destination of the user received from the plurality of destination names and displays them in the destination display area 973a. As a result, the recipient can receive the e-mail corresponding to the e-mail (the reception type is T
O) or an e-mail sent for reference (reception type is CC). This is effective for a user who needs to process a lot of e-mails. Moreover, since the mail title 971a, the sender 971b, and the destination display area 973a are laid out close to each other, the above-mentioned effect can be further enhanced.

On the reception screen 970, as described above, although the destination cannot be the copy destination, the subject bar 9
72, a destination bar 973, an attachment bar 975, and a main text area 976 can be copied to a copy source by a drag-and-drop operation.

[0047]

According to the present invention, when creating a mail, the data can be copied between other windows by a simple operation of drag and drop, so that the operation procedure can be shortened and the time can be shortened. Can compose emails.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a display screen diagram showing a transmission screen and various window screens serving as a copy source or a copy destination of the electronic mail system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of an electronic mail system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a network configuration diagram of an electronic mail system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the electronic mail system according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a display screen diagram of the electronic mail system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a display screen diagram of the electronic mail system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a display screen diagram of the electronic mail system according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a display screen diagram of the electronic mail system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a display screen view of the electronic mail system according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a display screen diagram of the electronic mail system according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a display screen diagram of the electronic mail system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100: information processing device, 101: system device, 102
... Keyboard, 103, mouse, 104, external storage device, 105, display unit, 106, display screen, 110, CP
U, 120: main memory, 121: window system, 122: mail program, 200: server, 2
10: server CPU, 220: main memory, 90
0: transmission / reception screen, 901: window system operation group, 910: toolbar, 920: mail title, 9
30: destination bar, 940: attribute bar, 950: attached bar, 960: main text area, P: cursor, Q: address data.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Masami Toyomaru 5030 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Software Development Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Shozo Yamamoto 6-chome Onoecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 81 Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cursor which can be moved on a screen by a coordinate designation input device is recognized as copy source data by dragging on target data displayed on a display screen, and the cursor is moved while dragging the target data. A plurality of information processing devices capable of operating an e-mail system on a window system having a copy function of recognizing the area as a copy destination by being released and dropped in a predetermined area; In an e-mail system including a server provided corresponding to a processing device, a display window on which the e-mail system operates is displayed on a display screen of the information processing device, and the display window and the outside of the display window area are displayed. Between the copy source and the copy destination. The recognized target data, it is determined whether the copy data available in the window system, if copiable data in the window system,
The target data is copied from the memory list along the window system copy system and displayed in the copy destination area. If the data cannot be copied on the window system, the target data is disassembled and moved on the window system. Generating possible copy data, copying the copy data to a copy destination area, restoring the copy data copied to the copy destination area to data recognizable on the electronic mail, and displaying the data on a display screen. And e-mail system. 2. The electronic mail system according to claim 1, wherein if the target data cannot be copied by the window system and the electronic mail, it is displayed on the display screen that the data cannot be copied. Mail system. 3. An electronic mail system comprising a plurality of information processing apparatuses capable of operating an e-mail system on a window system and a server provided corresponding to the plurality of information processing apparatuses. A display window on which the e-mail system operates is displayed on a screen, and a copy instruction of target data regarding a destination between a destination area provided in the display window and an area outside the destination area is displayed on the screen by the coordinate instruction input device. A cursor that can move upward is recognized as copy source data by dragging on the target data displayed on the display screen, moved while dragging the target data, released in a predetermined area and dropped. Thereby, the area is recognized as a copy destination, and the target data in which the copy source and the copy destination are recognized Is determined whether the data can be copied on the e-mail system, and if the data can be copied on the e-mail system,
The target data is decomposed to generate copy data, copied to a copy destination area, and the copy data copied to the copy destination area is restored to data recognizable on the e-mail system and displayed. An electronic mail system characterized in that, if the data cannot be copied on the electronic mail system, it is displayed on the display screen that the data cannot be copied. 4. A cursor which can be moved on the screen by the coordinate instruction input device is recognized as copy source data by dragging the data on the target data displayed on the display screen, and the cursor is moved while dragging the target data. A plurality of information processing devices capable of operating an e-mail system on a window system having a copy function of recognizing the area as a copy destination by being released and dropped in a predetermined area; In an electronic mail system including a server provided corresponding to a processing device, a display window on which the electronic mail system operates is displayed on a display screen of the information processing device, and a destination area and an attached file area provided in the display window are provided. And a data copy instruction between the outside of the display window area and the drag and drop If it is an instruction to copy with the attached file area, the target data is copied from the memory list according to the copy system of the window system and displayed in the copy destination area, and an instruction to copy with the destination area is made. Then, it is determined whether or not the data can be copied on the e-mail system.
The target data is decomposed to generate copy data, copied to a copy destination area, and the copy data copied to the copy destination area is restored to data recognizable on the e-mail system and displayed. An electronic mail system characterized in that, if the data cannot be copied on the electronic mail system, it is displayed on the display screen that the data cannot be copied.