KR100239911B1 - Apparatus and method of vms - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an electronic mail transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving electronic mail through the Internet; An e-mail storage unit for storing the received e-mail, a voice storage unit for storing voice data transmitted from a user, and a connection information storage unit for storing connection information regarding a forwarding destination of the received e-mail Storage unit; A voice converter for converting the contents of the e-mail into a voice that can be recognized by a user; A communication connection unit for transmitting the voice mail converted into voice to a voice communication means connected to the outside; A connection information setting unit for setting connection information about a transmission destination of the received e-mail; An electronic mail check unit for checking whether or not the electronic mail is transmitted / received; An email content analysis guide unit for analyzing the contents of the email and guiding information on the contents of the email, and a connection address guide unit for reading and guiding the connection information stored in the storage unit. Guide unit for transmitting; An account verification unit for confirming whether the user has an account for using the e-mail; And a control unit for controlling the operation of the respective parts.

As described above, according to the present invention, even if there is no computer connected to the mail server, the email recipient can receive the contents as well as voice mail through voice communication means. You can set the connection number of the voice communication means to receive the received e-mail contents, and when the e-mail arrives, the e-mail can be converted into a preset voice communication means and transmitted to the voice to efficiently receive the e-mail. To do it.

Description

E-mail service device and method

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for an e-mail service. More particularly, the present invention relates to a conventional communication means, as well as whether or not an e-mail arrives even when no e-mail recipient is connected to a mail server. An apparatus and a method for receiving an e-mail service are provided.

Recently, with the rapid development of information and communication, people's social life has changed greatly. One of them is easy information transmission method using electronic mail (E-Mail).

In particular, the rapid growth of the Internet has made it possible to send E-mail to any computer user in the world connected to the Internet.

In general, in the process of sending an e-mail on the Internet, an e-mail sender first composes an e-mail and transmits the e-mail address to an e-mail address of a person to receive the e-mail. At this time, the contents of the e-mail were document-oriented in the early days, but recently, with the spread of multimedia, various types of data such as voice and images can be included.

On the other hand, the e-mail address is configured in the form of "user account @ machine domain name", "machine domain name" is the name given only to the machine (computer) connected to the Internet, "User account (User) ID) "is an identifier opened to a user who uses the machine, and may have several different user accounts on one machine.

Such machines are commonly referred to as mail servers.

As such, as the use of the e-mail is activated, various problems arise. One of them is that the user must check the arrival of the e-mail every time the user accesses the mail server.

For example, if an e-mail arrives for a user with user account A, the user must connect to the mail server and check the e-mail that arrives at him. If the user is remote and there is a computer for accessing the mail server. If you do not, there is no way to check the arrival of the e-mail and the contents of the mail.

Thus, if the arriving e-mail contains important content in time, it causes a fatal problem.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to enable an e-mail recipient to receive voice mail as well as its contents through voice communication means even when there is no computer connected to the mail server.

Another object of the present invention is to enable an email recipient to set a connection number of a voice communication means for receiving the received email content.

It is another object of the present invention to convert the contents automatically received to a predetermined voice communication means when the e-mail arrives to be transmitted to the voice.

1 is a block diagram showing an E-mail service apparatus according to the present invention;

Figure 2 shows a database stored in the connection information storage unit of the E-mail service device according to the present invention,

3 is a flowchart of a method of an E-mail service according to the present invention.

* Explanation of the symbols of the main parts of the drawings

11: e-mail transmission and reception unit 12: storage unit

12a: voice storage 12b: e-mail storage

12c: connection information storage unit 13: voice conversion unit

14: account verification unit 15: communication connection

16: connection information setting unit 17: electronic mail check unit

18: guide 18a: connection address guide

18b: e-mail content analysis guide 19: control unit

An electronic mail (E-mail) service apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object is an electronic mail transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving electronic mail through the Internet; An e-mail storage unit for storing the received e-mail, a voice storage unit for storing voice data transmitted from a user, and a connection information storage unit for storing connection information regarding a forwarding destination of the received e-mail Storage unit; A voice converter for converting the contents of the e-mail into a voice that can be recognized by a user; A communication connection unit for transmitting the voice mail converted into voice to a voice communication means connected to the outside; A connection information setting unit for setting connection information about a transmission destination of the received e-mail; An electronic mail check unit for checking whether or not the electronic mail is transmitted / received; An email content analysis guide unit for analyzing the contents of the email and guiding information on the contents of the email; and a connection address guide unit for reading and guiding the connection information stored in the storage unit. Guide unit for transmitting; An account verification unit for confirming whether the user has an account for using the e-mail; And a control unit for controlling the operation of the respective parts.

Preferably, the connection information storage unit account field indicating the user; A password field set by a user having an account of the account field; A contact number storing a connection number for the voice communication means and another e-mail address for forwarding the e-mail to send the converted e-mail to a user having the voice communication means; And address fields.

E-mail service method of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of setting the connection number for the voice communication means and other e-mail addresses (e-mail addresses) to send the e-mail for the user's account; ; Determining whether the email service request has been received; A new e-mail processing step of converting the received e-mail into a voice and transmitting it to a preset connection number for the voice communication means when the new e-mail arrives when the e-mail service request is received; As a result of the determination, when the e-mail service request is an e-mail confirmation request by any voice communication means, after confirming that the e-mail is received, and when the e-mail is received, the e-mail is converted into voice. An email confirmation processing step for transmitting to the arbitrary voice communication means; And an e-mail transmission request processing step of receiving a voice to be transmitted and transmitting it to a predetermined e-mail address when the e-mail service request is an e-mail transmission request through any voice communication means.

Advantageously, said new email processing step comprises: converting said received email into voice; After the conversion, connecting with the voice communication means using a preset connection number for the voice communication means; Analyzing the e-mail after the connection and transmitting the guide voice regarding the contents of the e-mail to the voice communication means; And transmitting the converted e-mail to the voice communication means.

Preferably, the e-mail confirmation processing step returns to the step of determining whether the e-mail service request is received if the e-mail has not arrived for the user account of the user who requested the e-mail confirmation via the arbitrary voice communication means, Converting the received email into voice when the email arrives; And analyzing the e-mail to transmit the guide voice regarding the contents of the e-mail to the voice communication means, and then transmitting the converted e-mail to the voice communication means.

Preferably, the step of processing an email transmission request comprises receiving and storing a voice email through the voice communication means, and then determining whether the email transmission request is a response email to an already received email; Setting a destination to be transmitted to an e-mail address of an already received e-mail in response to the determination result; As a result of the determination, if it is not the response e-mail, setting a desired destination e-mail address according to the guidance; And transmitting the stored voice message to the set destination e-mail address.

Optionally, the method further includes verifying an account of the user who requested the e-mail service.

Optionally, in the case of an e-mail confirmation request by a communication means that does not support voice, after confirming that the e-mail is received, if the e-mail is received, converts the e-mail to voice and transmits it to the preset voice communication means. It further comprises the step.

Hereinafter, the objects, features, and advantages of the present invention described above will be described in more detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

The terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may vary according to the intention or custom of a person skilled in the art, and the definitions should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a block diagram showing an E-mail service apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, an e-mail transmission and reception unit 11 for transmitting and receiving e-mail through the Internet, and stores received e-mail and voice data transmitted from the user and connection information about a forwarding destination of the received e-mail. A storage unit 12, a voice conversion unit 13 for converting e-mails to voice, an account confirmation unit 14 for confirming a user's account, a communication connection unit 15 for communicating with voice communication means, A connection information setting unit 16 for setting connection information, an e-mail checking unit 17 for checking whether an e-mail has arrived, a guide unit 18 for transmitting predetermined guide information to voice communication means, It is characterized by comprising a control unit 19 for controlling the operation.

In this case, the storage unit 12 includes a voice storage unit 12a for storing voice data transmitted from a user, an e-mail storage unit 12b for storing the received e-mail, and a connection information storage unit for storing connection information. It consists of (12c).

The connection information storage unit 12c further includes an account field indicating the user, a password field set by the user having an account of the account field, and a voice communication means for transmitting the converted e-mail to the user having the voice communication means. You can store contact numbers and address fields that store the contact number and other e-mail addresses to which you will forward your email.

On the other hand, the guide unit 18 is an email content analysis guide 18a for guiding information on the contents of the email by analyzing the contents of the email, and a connection address guide for reading and guiding connection information stored in the storage unit ( 18b).

Preferably, a telephone can be used as the voice communication means.

Figure 2 shows a database stored in the connection information storage unit of the E-mail service device according to the present invention.

As shown, an account field representing a user, a password field set by a user having an account in the account field, a connection number for the voice communication means and an e-mail to send the converted e-mail to a user with voice communication means. It contains a contact number and an address field that stores another E-mail address for forwarding mail.

3 is a flowchart of a method of an E-mail service according to the present invention.

As shown, step (S30) of setting a connection number for the voice communication means and other e-mail addresses for sending an e-mail for the user's account, and determines whether the e-mail service request has been received Step S40, when a new e-mail arrives as a result of the determination, a new e-mail processing step S50 for converting the e-mail to voice and transmitting the voice to a preset connection number for the voice communication means; An e-mail acknowledgment step (S60) of converting the e-mail to voice and transmitting the voice to an arbitrary voice communication means when the e-mail is received after the e-mail acknowledgment request is made by the means; If it is determined that an e-mail transmission request through any voice communication means is received, a voice to be transmitted is received and transmitted to a predetermined e-mail address. It is composed of the electronic mail transmission request processing step (S70).

At this time, the new e-mail processing step (S50) is the step of converting the received e-mail into voice (S51), and using the predetermined connection number for the voice communication means and the step of connecting with the voice communication means (S52) and And analyzing (S53) the email and transmitting the guide voice regarding the contents of the email to the voice communication means (S53), and transmitting the converted email to the voice communication means (S54).

In addition, the email confirmation processing step (S60) is a step of checking whether the email has arrived for the user account of the user who requested the email confirmation through any voice communication means (S61), and if the email is received If not, return to the step of determining whether the e-mail service request has been received, and if the e-mail has arrived, converting the received e-mail to voice (S62), and analyzes the e-mail to guide the voice information about the contents of the e-mail Is transmitted to the voice communication means (S63), and the converted e-mail to the voice communication means (S64).

On the other hand, the email transmission request processing step (S70) is a step of receiving and storing the voice mail via the voice communication means (S71), and determining whether the email transmission request is a response email for the already received email; In step S72, in the case of the response e-mail as a result of the determination, setting a destination to be transmitted to an e-mail address of the received e-mail (S73); In step S74, a desired destination e-mail address is set according to the guidance, and the stored voice message is transmitted to the set destination e-mail address (S75).

Hereinafter, the operation of the E-mail service apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, when a mail server user accesses a mail server and inputs his / her account and password, the mail server user grants access to the mail server according to whether the account and password input by the account verification unit 14 match. Since this is a general authorization process when accessing the system, description thereof will be omitted.

After the mail server user acquires the permission to use the mail server, the mail server user sets the connection number of the voice communication means that he has for his user account through the connection information setting unit 16, and then the mail server Converts the received e-mail into voice so that it can be forwarded to this voice communication means. In other words, a voice communication means for forwarding an email arriving at the mail server is set. Meanwhile, other e-mail addresses for transmitting an e-mail are set (step: S30).

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a telephone can be used as the voice communication means.

At this time, the set information is stored in the connection information storage unit 12c in the form of a database as shown in FIG.

Preferably, the mail server user can set the telephone number of the telephone to receive the voice e-mail using the telephone and the e-mail address indicating the destination to which the electronic mail is to be delivered according to the guidance of the connection address guide 18a. It transmits the setting value requested by the mail server user to the communication connection unit 15 connected to the telephone network, and the transmitted setting value is transferred to the information setting unit 16 to set the connection number and destination e-mail address of the voice communication means. It makes it possible.

On the other hand, the connection address guide unit 18a reads and guides other e-mail addresses that are preset and stored in the connection information storage unit 12c, and if an address of a destination desired by the user exists in the connection information storage unit 12c. If not, you can request a mail server administrator to register a new e-mail address.

As such, after setting the connection number of the voice communication means and other e-mail addresses, it is determined whether an e-mail service request is received in the system (step S40).

As a result of determining whether an e-mail service request is received by the system, when a new e-mail arrives, the e-mail is converted into a voice and transmitted to a preset connection number for a preset voice communication means.

Looking at this in detail, in order to convert the received e-mail to the recipient corresponding to the e-mail to the voice to convert the e-mail through the voice conversion unit 13 to the voice (step: S51).

After the e-mail is converted into voice through the voice conversion unit 13, the communication information is set through the telephone network using the communication connection unit 15 according to the voice communication means set by the user and the set connection number in the connection information storage unit 12c. Connect to the voice communication means (step: S52).

After being connected to the established voice communication means, the e-mail content analysis guide 18b analyzes the e-mail and transmits the guide voice about the e-mail content to the voice communication means (step S53). In the case of the postal contents which cannot be voiced, such as image information, the received e-mail may be informed that the image information is included.

After transmitting the guide voice regarding the contents of the electronic mail to the voice communication means, the converted electronic mail is transmitted to the voice communication means (step S54).

Looking at the above-described voice communication means connection process in more detail, the communication connection unit 15 by dialing through the corresponding phone number and transmits the converted guide information and voice e-mail when the communication is established. At this time, the telephone number is retrieved from the connection information storage unit 12c by the control unit 19 and transferred to the communication connection unit 15.

On the other hand, as a result of determining whether an e-mail service request has been received by the system, in the case of an e-mail confirmation request, after confirming that an e-mail is received, if the e-mail is received, the e-mail is converted into voice and a predetermined connection to the voice communication means. Send to the number.

In more detail, when the mail server user accesses the communication connection unit 15 through the telephone network and requests whether the control unit 19 receives the e-mail, the control unit 19 checks the e-mail checking unit 17. It starts and searches the email storage unit 12 to check whether the email has arrived (step: S61).

As a result of checking whether the e-mail has been received, if the e-mail is not received, the process returns to step S40 to determine whether the e-mail service request has been received, and if the e-mail has been received, the received e-mail is voiced to the user. The electronic mail is converted into voice through the voice conversion unit 13 for transmission (step S62). In this case, if the received e-mail is a voice e-mail, this process is omitted.

After the e-mail is converted into voice through the voice conversion unit 13, the communication information is set through the telephone network using the communication connection unit 15 according to the voice communication means set by the user and the set connection number in the connection information storage unit 12c. It can be connected to the voice communication means, and can continue to connect with the telephone to which the current communication is established.

After being connected to the voice communication means, the e-mail content analysis guide 18b analyzes the e-mail and transmits the guide voice about the e-mail content to the voice communication means (step S63).

After transmitting the guide voice regarding the contents of the e-mail to the voice communication means, the converted e-mail is transmitted to the voice communication means (step S64).

On the other hand, as a result of determining whether an e-mail service request is received by the system, when an e-mail transmission request through the voice communication means is received, a voice to be transmitted is received and transmitted to a destination e-mail address.

Looking at this in more detail, the voice server receives and stores the voice e-mail via the voice communication means (step: S71). Preferably, after the user connects to the communication connection unit 15 through the telephone network using a telephone, the user presses a specific button of the telephone and transmits a voice, which is received by the controller 19 and stored in the voice storage unit 12a.

After receiving and storing the voice e-mail, it is determined whether the e-mail transmission request is a response e-mail for the already received e-mail (step S72).

If it is determined that the response e-mail is a response to an already received e-mail, and the current e-mail to be sent is a response e-mail to an already received e-mail, the e-mail address of the received e-mail will be sent to the originating e-mail address of the already received e-mail. Set the destination (step S73).

If it is determined that the response e-mail is for the received e-mail, and the current e-mail to be sent is not the response e-mail for the already received e-mail, the e-mail address of the desired destination e-mail according to the guidance of the connection address guide 18a is determined. (E-mail address) is set using the button on the phone (step S74).

After setting the destination e-mail address, the voice message stored in the voice storage unit 12a is transmitted to the set destination e-mail address (step S75).

As described above, according to the present invention, even if there is no computer connected to the mail server, the email recipient can receive the contents as well as voice mail through voice communication means. You can set the connection number of the voice communication means to receive the received e-mail contents, and when the e-mail arrives, the e-mail can be converted into a preset voice communication means and transmitted to the voice to efficiently receive the e-mail. To do it.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not be able to escape the technology of the present invention.

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An email transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving emails through the Internet; An e-mail storage unit for storing the received e-mail, a voice storage unit for storing voice data transmitted from a user, and a connection information storage unit for storing connection information regarding a forwarding destination of the received e-mail Storage unit; A voice converter for converting the contents of the e-mail into a voice that can be recognized by a user; A communication connection unit for transmitting the voice mail converted into voice to a voice communication means connected to the outside; A connection information setting unit for setting connection information about a transmission destination of the received e-mail; An electronic mail check unit for checking whether or not the electronic mail is transmitted / received; An e-mail content analysis guide for guiding information on the e-mail contents by analyzing the e-mail contents and a connection address guide for reading and guiding connection information stored in the storage unit; Guide unit for transmitting; An account verification unit for confirming whether the user has an account for using the e-mail; And a control unit for controlling the operation of each of the parts. The system of claim 1, wherein the connection information storage unit comprises: an account field indicating a user; A password field set by a user having an account of the account field; A contact number storing a connection number for the voice communication means and another e-mail address for forwarding the e-mail to send the converted e-mail to a user having the voice communication means; And storing the address fields. Setting a connection number for voice communication means and other e-mail addresses to which e-mail is to be sent for the user's account; Determining whether the email service request has been received; A new e-mail processing step of converting the received e-mail into a voice and transmitting it to a preset connection number for the voice communication means when the new e-mail arrives when the e-mail service request is received; As a result of the determination, when the e-mail service request is an e-mail confirmation request by any voice communication means, after confirming that the e-mail is received, and when the e-mail is received, the e-mail is converted into voice. An email confirmation processing step for transmitting to the arbitrary voice communication means; And an e-mail transmission request processing step of receiving a voice to be transmitted and transmitting it to a predetermined e-mail address when the e-mail service request is an e-mail transmission request through an arbitrary voice communication means. How to send e-mail. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the new email processing step comprises: converting the received email into voice; After the conversion, connecting with the voice communication means using a preset connection number for the voice communication means; Analyzing the e-mail after the connection and transmitting the guide voice regarding the contents of the e-mail to the voice communication means; And transmitting the converted e-mail to the voice communication means. The method of claim 3, wherein the email confirmation processing returns to a step of determining whether an email service request is received if an email does not arrive for the user account of the user who requested the email confirmation through the arbitrary voice communication means. Converting the received email into voice when the email arrives; And analyzing the e-mail and transmitting the guide voice regarding the contents of the e-mail to the voice communication means, and then transmitting the converted e-mail to the voice communication means. mail) Service method. The method of claim 3, wherein the processing of the email transmission request comprises: receiving and storing a voice email through the voice communication means, and determining whether the mail transmission request is a response email to an already received mail. ; Setting a destination to be transmitted to an e-mail address of an already received e-mail in response to the determination result; As a result of the determination, if it is not the response e-mail, setting a desired destination e-mail address according to the guidance; And transmitting the stored voice message to the set destination e-mail address. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of verifying the account of the user who requested the email service. The voice communication of claim 3, wherein when the e-mail confirmation request is received by a communication means that does not support voice, the e-mail is converted into a voice when the e-mail is received after checking whether the e-mail is received. E-mail service method further comprising the step of transmitting by means.

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