JPS6126106B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (1) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to a document communication processing method in a data processing system, in which the destination of document data can be registered and modified freely and interactively while maintaining confidentiality. The present invention relates to a mail destination management control method.

(2) Background and problems For example, by inputting a session start command from a terminal, it is logically connected to a data processing device, and users can receive conversation processing services etc. through time sharing. In a data processing system, when a user of one terminal sends a message to, for example, users of multiple other terminals via a data processing device, the user of the receiving terminal is always ready to receive the message. Conventionally, mailbox files have been used for processing as described below.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a conventional document communication processing method.
In the figure, 1 is a data processing device, 2-1 to 2-3
is a terminal, 3-1 to 3-3 are user space, 4 is system space, 5-1 to 5-3 are conversation processing units, 6 is multiple message processing unit, 7 is send command processing unit, 8 is destination management table ,, 9 is a mail management table, 10-1 and 10-2 are sending command processing units, 11 is a mailbox file creation processing unit, 12 is a mailbox file reading processing unit, and 13-1 to 13-4 are file management information. area, 14 is a document file, 15-1 to 15-
3 represents a mailbox file.

For example, when the user of the terminal 2-1 wants to receive a conversation processing service provided by the data processing device 1, he inputs a session start command (ON command). By the ON command, user space 3
-1 is opened, and the conversation processing section 5-1 is activated. Thereafter, desired conversation processing commands can be input one after another, and the service can be received interactively. In particular, when transmitting some kind of document to users of other terminals 2-2, 2-3, etc., the file name of the document file 14 containing the document to be transmitted and the name of the transmission destination. Specify and submit the send command. Upon inputting the transmission command, the transmission command processing section 7 is activated.

The transmission command processing unit 7 reads the document file 14 based on the information in the file management information area 13-1 in which the file directory, etc. is stored, specifies the read document data and destination name, and sends the multiplexed document data. The message processing unit 6 is requested to process the document communication. The multiple message processing unit 6 operates as a system-resident task, and in response to a request to send a document, it first processes the mailbox file creation processing unit 1.
Start 1. The mailbox file creation processing unit 11 creates a mailbox file 15-1 as a temporary file, stores the document data requested to be sent in the mailbox file 15-1, and also manages the file belonging to the multiple message processing unit 6. Access information for the mailbox file 15-1 is registered in the information area 13-4. Further, the destination management table 8 is referred to using the destination name as a key, a receiving terminal and a user are determined, and transmission/reception management information, such as a list of recipients, is set in the mail management table 9. If the receiving terminal has a session open, a message indicating that the document data has been sent, that is, an email has been received, is immediately output to that terminal, but to a receiving terminal that does not have a session open,
When you input the ON command from the receiving terminal, you will be notified that the email has arrived.

For example, the user of the receiving terminal 2-2 inputs an ON command to activate the conversation processing section 5-2, and receives the message indicating that there is a mail. The user can input the receive command and receive the document data that is the contents of the mailbox file 15-1. In particular, in the received command,
You can also specify that the document data be cataloged as your own file. The reception command processing unit 10-1 is activated by inputting the reception command, and the transmission command processing unit 10-1 requests the multiple message processing unit 6 to process.

The multiple message processing section 6 starts the mailbox file reading processing section 12, reads out the contents of the mailbox file 15-1 based on the access information in the file management information area 13-4, and transfers the contents to the conversation processing section. Transfer to 5-2. In addition, if a catalog is specified, the content is created as a mailbox file 15-2 storage file, and the file management information area 13 of the user is saved.
-Register in 2.

The same applies to the other receiving terminal 2-3. The multiple message processing unit 6 has a mail management table 9.
The mailbox file 15-1 is deleted from the list of recipients whose reception has been completed, and the mailbox file 15-1 is deleted when reception has been completed for all recipients.

In the conventional method described later, the destination management table 8 is shared by all users in the system, and the destination name specified by the user in document communication is directly an internal user identifier defined for processing within the system. It was made to correspond to Therefore, each user cannot arbitrarily modify the destination management table 8, and the system administrator has to make the modifications as a batch job, for example, after the end of nighttime general services. If a user were to be able to make arbitrary changes through conversation processing, it would affect other users, and the user would have to be aware of the user identifier used for internal processing of the system, making it confidential. Unfavorable compatibility problems arise due to changes in protection and internal processing. Furthermore, since the internal user identifier is general binary data, it is difficult to enter it as a normal character code using keys from a terminal, and even if conversion rules were established, there would be confusion.

(3) The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems, and enables a user to arbitrarily specify a destination name using a nickname through conversation processing, and to associate that destination name with a plurality of receiving users. The purpose is to ensure that the document communication processing of other users is not affected.

(4) In order to achieve the above object, the mail destination management control method of the present invention includes a conversation processing unit that is activated in response to a processing request from each terminal, and a multiple message processing unit that processes document communication between each terminal. In a document communication processing method that is equipped with a mailbox file and sends document data using a mailbox file, system destination management information that provides a one-to-one correspondence between an internal user identifier that identifies a receiving user and a destination number. A storage area is provided for each user that associates a storage area, an arbitrarily determined destination name specified by the sending user as the destination of the document data, and the destination number in a one-to-n (n≧1) manner. a plurality of user destination management information storage areas provided in the multiple message processing section, which are configured to store a group of the sum of destination numbers in the user destination management information storage area that corresponds to the destination name when transmitting the document data; A means for determining the destination by matching each destination number in the system destination management information storage area; and a means activated by the conversation processing section to interactively modify the contents of the user destination management information storage area. It is characterized by having the means.

(5) Examples of the invention This will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
Code 1, 2-1 or 2-3, 3-1 or 3-
3,4,5-1 to 5-3,6,7,9,10
-1, 10-2, 13-1 or 13-3 are the first
Corresponding to the figure, 16-1 to 16-3 are user destination management tables, 17 is a system destination management table, 18 is a shared permission (PERMIT) processing unit, 1
9-1 and 19-2 represent a sharing declaration (SHARE) processing section, 20 a shared information area, 21 a destination correspondence processing section, 22 a reception confirmation processing section, and 23 a destination modification processing section.

The user of the terminal 2-1 activates the conversation processing unit 5-1 by inputting an ON command, as in the case of the conventional method explained using FIG. When attempting to perform document communication with a user of another terminal, a send command is input to start the send command processing unit 7, but in the send command, the document data to be communicated is stored in advance. The mailbox file 15 registered as a storage file is specified in the file management information area 13-1. Further, a destination name arbitrarily determined in advance and registered in the user destination management table 16-1 as a nickname is specified.

The transmission command processing unit 7 includes a shared permission processing unit 18.
, create a shared information area 20 in the file management information area 13-1 in which file names, directories, etc. held by the sending user are stored, and set sharing permission information for the mailbox file 15 to be sent. do. Of course, this sharing permission is granted only to the communication partner, and is not granted to other general users. Next, information regarding the file name of the mailbox file 15 and the destination name of the user destination management table 16-1 is specified, and processing is requested to the multiple message processing section 6.

The multiple message processing section 6 first calls the destination correspondence processing section 21, determines the receiving terminal, creates a recipient list, and registers it in the mail management table 9.

User destination management table 1 related to the above process
6-1 and the system destination management table 17 have a relationship as shown in FIG. 3, for example. In FIG. 3, the destination names X, Y, Z, ... in the user destination management table 16-1 are nicknames that can be arbitrarily determined by the user, and several destination numbers are assigned corresponding to each destination name. are associated with each other. This user destination management table 16-1 can be arbitrarily modified by the user by calling the destination modification processing section 23 shown in FIG. 2 using a destination modification command. On the other hand, system destination management table 1
7 associates the destination number with a user identifier used for internal processing of the system.
This system destination management table 17 is updated by batch processing when a new terminal is installed, a user joins, etc. Updates can only be performed by system administrators. The user destination management table 16-1 and the system destination management table 17 are associated with each other by a destination number.

Once the destination is determined, the multiple message processing unit 6 outputs a message containing mail to the terminal that is currently opening a session for that destination. In addition, for terminals that have not opened a session,
Notify when ON command is input.

For example, when the user of the terminal 2-2 inputs an ON command to activate the conversation processing unit 5-2 and receives the notification that there is a mail, the user inputs a receive command. The received command processing unit 10-1 is activated by inputting the received command. In order to receive document data, the reception command processing section 10-1 first specifies the notified sender name and file name and calls the shared declaration processing section 19-1. The sharing declaration processing unit 19-1 refers to the sharing information area 20 of the file management information area 13-1 of the other party and checks whether the user is permitted to share the mailbox file 15. If it is confirmed that sharing permission has been granted, open mailbox file 1 in file management information area 13-1.
5 in your own file management information area 13
-2 or file management information area 1
By setting a pointer to 3-1, the conversation processing section 5-2 can directly read the mailbox file 15 owned by the sender. In this way, mailbox file 15
When the document data is received, a receipt notification is sent to the reception confirmation processing section 22 of the multiple message processing section 6. The reception confirmation processing unit 22 uses the mail management table 9
The information regarding the user of terminal 2-2 is deleted from the recipient list. The same applies to the other receiving terminal 2-3. However, even if all recipients in the recipient list in the mail management table 9 have received the mail, the multiple message processing section 6 itself does not delete the mailbox file 15. This is because the mailbox file 15 is a storage file of the user of the terminal 2-1.

It is up to the user of terminal 2-1, who is the owner, to decide whether or not to delete this mailbox file 15, but when deleting it, it is necessary to confirm that all recipients have received it. . This confirmation requires communication with the multiple message processing section 6 and requires reference to the mail management table 9. Therefore, the timing for erasing the mailbox file 15 is when the user of the terminal 2-1 inputs the next new send command or receive command. That is, since communication is performed between the conversation processing section 5-1 and the multiple message processing section 6 in processing a sending command or a receiving command,
The conversation processing section 5-1 obtains information about the reception status of the mail management table 9, and deletes the mailbox file 15 as necessary. In other words,
When a send command or a receive command is input, an opportunity is given to erase the previously created mailbox file 15.

As described above, in the present invention, the conventional destination management table is separated into a user destination management table provided for each user and a system destination management table, which exists only once in the system. Since the user destination management table only stores the destination name, which is a nickname, and the destination number uniquely determined by the system administrator in advance, each user must recognize his or her own user destination management table. Modifications can be made by interactively activating the destination modification processing unit at any time, and the modification will not affect other users. Note that each user destination management table and system destination management table are registered as a user destination management file and a system destination management file, respectively, on, for example, a magnetic disk device, and are recalled from memory as necessary. .

(6) Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, each user can arbitrarily change or register a document communication destination, and in particular, by simply specifying one destination name, E-mails can be transferred to multiple terminals at the same time, improving operability and serviceability. It also increases compatibility and flexibility with respect to system changes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows an example of a conventional document communication processing system, FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows a related diagram of a user destination management table and a system destination management table. In the figure, 1 is a data processing device, 2-1 or 2-
3 is a terminal, 3-1 to 3-3 are user spaces, 4
is a system space, 5-1 to 5-3 are conversation processing units, 6 is a multiple message processing unit, 7 is a sending command processing unit, 8 is a destination management table, 9 is a mail management table, 10-1 and 10-2 are 1-1 to 13-4 are file management information areas; 15 is a mailbox file; 16 is a received command processing unit;
-1 to 16-3 are user destination management tables;
17 is a system destination management table, 18 is a shared permission processing section, 19-1 and 19-2 are shared declaration processing sections, 20 is a shared information area, and 23 is a destination modification processing section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A conversation processing unit activated by a processing request from each terminal, and a multiple message processing unit for processing document communication from each terminal, and document data is processed using a mailbox file. In the document communication processing method configured to send the document data, a system destination management information storage area that provides a one-to-one correspondence between an internal user identifier that identifies a receiving user and a destination number; a plurality of user destination management information storage areas provided for each user that associates an arbitrarily determined destination name designated as a destination of the above with the above destination number in a 1:n (n≧1); Provided in the multiple message processing unit, when transmitting the document data, matches the group of destination numbers in the user destination management information storage area corresponding to the destination name with each destination number in the system destination management information storage area. and means for interactively modifying the contents of the user destination management information storage area activated by the conversation processing section. method.