KR101953231B1 - Method for providing function of receiving confirmation when sending multiple e-mails in outlook - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a function of confirming the reception of multiple emails transmitted through Outlook. More specifically, the method comprises: a step (1) of extracting email information, which includes at least a recipient, from an email to be sent through Outlook; a step (2) of generating dummy emails as many as the number of recipients based on the email information extracted through the step (1); a step (3) of generating an email ID including an unique code for each of the dummy emails generated through the step (2); a step (4) of adding a reception confirmation code to each of the dummy emails generated through the step (2), and then, storing the generated email ID of the step (3) and the reception confirmation code; a step (5) of sending the dummy email, to which the reception confirmation code has been added through the step (4); and a step (6) of receiving reception confirmation data from the program server to display reception confirmation records. According to the present invention, the method is capable of providing a function of confirming the reception of each email even when multiple emails are sent to a number of people through Outlook. Moreover, according to the present invention, the method is capable of enabling an email sender to confirm reception through a reception confirmation link attached to each email without confirming the reception through an extra reception confirmation box.

Description

METHOD FOR PROVIDING FUNCTION OF RECEIVING CONFIRMATION WHEN SENDING MULTIPLE E-MAILS IN OUTLOOK}

The present invention relates to a method of providing an acknowledgment function of an e-mail, and more particularly, to a method of providing an acknowledgment function in a multi-e-mail transmission in Outlook.

Outlook is a personal information manager application that is included with Microsoft Office. Outlook supports email client (email client) by default, but it also supports calendar, contact management and memo. Most companies that use Microsoft Office are using Outlook to do their work and often use the resource sharing feature with Microsoft Exchange Server.

Outlook is most commonly used as an email client and can manage emails received by multiple mail accounts using protocols such as POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3). However, when sending mail from Outlook, there is no built-in acknowledgment function such as Web mail. In general, Web mail can be provided with an acknowledgment function because it manages an e-mail transmission server and an e-mail reception server together, but in the case of an e-mail receiving server, an e-mail receipt function is provided in the server.

1 is a diagram showing a setting screen for using an acknowledgment function in Outlook. As shown in FIG. 1, in Outlook, when a user changes the setting of Outlook and receives or reads an e-mail, the user can indirectly use the acknowledgment function by allowing the e-mail of the sender to receive the confirmation e-mail. However, these receipt methods often do not work well with e-mail servers and applications that do not support sending verification mail.

In particular, in the case of sending an e-mail to several people at the same time in Outlook, since the e-mail server is bundled with each mail server in the Outlook server, the e-mail server and the application program supporting the sending of the confirmation e- There is a problem that can not be confirmed.

As a prior art related to the technical field, Korean Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0052190 'Received mail confirmation method and computer readable recording medium recording a program for executing the above method' have been proposed.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the previously proposed methods, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for providing an acknowledgment function for each mail even when multiple e- And to provide a method of providing an acknowledgment function when sending multiple e-mails in Outlook.

In addition, the present invention provides a method and system for receiving multiple e-mails in Outlook that can be acknowledged in a sent box of an e-mail sender through a confirmation link attached to each e-mail without confirming whether the e- And to provide a method for providing a verification function.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing an acknowledgment function in a multi-

In a method for providing an acknowledgment function in Outlook,

(1) extracting mail information including at least a recipient from a mail to be sent to the Outlook;

(2) generating dummy mail for the number of recipients in the mail information extracted in the step (1);

(3) generating a mail ID having a code unique to each dummy mail generated in the step (2);

(4) adding an acknowledgment code to each dummy mail generated in the step (2), storing the mail ID and the acknowledgment code generated in the step (3) in the program server;

(5) sending a dummy mail to which the acknowledgment code is added in step (4); And

(6) receiving receipt confirmation data from the program server and displaying receipt confirmation details.

Advantageously, said step (5)

Only the first mail sent can be stored in the Sent Mailbox.

More preferably, the step (5)

After the second mail is sent, the mail can be sent without being stored in the sent mail box.

More preferably, the step (5)

The mail ID generated in the step (3) may be added to the property of the first mail sent in the sent mail box.

More preferably, the step (6)

(6-1) extracting the mail ID from the attribute of the first mail sent.

More preferably, the step (6)

(6-2) transmitting the mail ID extracted in the step (6-1) to the program server, and receiving the reception confirmation data matched with the mail ID from the program server.

More preferably, the step (6)

(6-3) displaying the receipt confirmation history according to the receipt confirmation data received in the step (6-2).

Preferably, between step (2) and step (3)

And deleting the mail to be sent.

According to the method of providing an acknowledgment function in the case of sending multiple e-mails in Outlook proposed in the present invention, even when a plurality of e-mails are sent out to a plurality of people in Outlook, it is possible to provide an acknowledgment function for each e-mail have.

In addition, according to a method of providing an acknowledgment function at the time of dispatching multiple e-mails in Outlook proposed in the present invention, it is possible to send an e-mail message through an acknowledgment link attached to each e- Can be acknowledged in the Sent Mail box.

1 shows a setting screen for using an acknowledgment function in Outlook.
2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration in which a method of providing an acknowledgment function in a multi-e-mail transmission in Outlook in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is performed.
3 illustrates a configuration of a method for providing an acknowledgment function upon sending multiple emails in Outlook in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing an acknowledgment function when sending multiple e-mails in Outlook according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of step S600 in a method of providing an acknowledgment function upon sending multiple e-mails in Outlook in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a receipt confirmation history in a method of providing an acknowledgment function when sending multiple e-mails in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The same or similar reference numerals are used throughout the drawings for portions having similar functions and functions.

In addition, in the entire specification, when a part is referred to as being 'connected' to another part, it may be referred to as 'indirectly connected' not only with 'directly connected' . Also, to "include" an element means that it may include other elements, rather than excluding other elements, unless specifically stated otherwise.

On the other hand, 'e-mail' and 'e-mail' both mean e-mail, and they can be used together.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system in which a method for providing an acknowledgment function when transmitting multiple e-mails in Outlook in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is performed. As shown in FIG. 2, a method of providing an acknowledgment function in the multi-e-mail sending in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention can be performed by the client 100. [ The client 100 may be a device that sends or receives e-mail, and may transmit data to and receive data from the program server 200 via a network. Here, the client 100 may include a personal computer (PC) or a mobile device. The mobile device may include various mobile devices such as a smartphone, a tablet PC, and a wearable device. However, the PC and the mobile device are not limited to the above-described types of devices, and if the mail client can be executed, the PC and the mobile device can act as the client 100 regardless of the specific type. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the execution subject may be omitted at each stage.

The program server 200 may serve as a server for providing an acknowledgment function. The program server 200 may include a web server and a mail server, but is not limited to a specific type as long as it can transmit data to and receive data from the client 100 via a network. The program server 200 may include acknowledgment data that can confirm whether or not the recipient has confirmed the email sent from the client 100 via Outlook. That is, when the receiver confirms the e-mail, the program server 200 receives the acknowledgment data. The program server 200 can determine whether the receiver confirmed the e-mail through the acknowledgment data. A specific method by which the program server 200 receives the acknowledgment data will be described later.

In the present invention, the network may be a wired network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) or a value added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, Satellite communication network, Wireless Broadband Internet (WIBRO), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), and the like.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing an acknowledgment function when transmitting multiple e-mails in Outlook according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, a method of providing an acknowledgment function in a multi-e-mail sending in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method of providing an acknowledgment function in Outlook, A step S200 of generating a dummy mail corresponding to the number of recipients in the mail information extracted in the step S100, a step S200 of extracting a mail ID having a code unique to each dummy mail, A step S400 of adding an acknowledgment code to each dummy mail generated in step S200 and storing the mail ID and the receipt confirmation code generated in step S300 in the program server 200, A step S500 of sending a dummy mail to which an acknowledgment code is added in step S400, and a step of receiving the acknowledgment data from the program server 200 and receiving It may include a step (S600) for displaying a history. Hereinafter, each configuration of a method of providing an acknowledgment function in a multi-e-mail sending in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

In step S100, mail information including at least the recipient can be extracted from the mail to be sent to Outlook. Here, the mail information may include information about the mail to be sent. The mail information includes at least a recipient, but in some embodiments may further include a sender, a title, a content, and attachment information. The recipient can be used as one of mail information for generating a dummy mail in step S200 described later. In step S100, the step of extracting information on a mail to be sent may correspond to a preprocessing step for providing an acknowledgment function.

In step S200, dummy mail can be generated for the number of recipients in the mail information extracted in step S100. The dummy mail is a mail which is generated by copying the mail to be sent, and may correspond to a copy. When sending multiple emails in Outlook, the Outlook server could not provide acknowledgment because it bundles emails to each mail server. Accordingly, in the method of providing the acknowledgment function for sending multiple e-mails in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention, in order to prevent the e-mail from being bundled and sent out from the Outlook server, have. If you send dummy mails that are generated as many as the number of recipients individually to each recipient, you can not send emails from the Outlook server to each mail server. Therefore, even if multiple e-mails are sent in Outlook, it is possible to provide acknowledgment function for each e-mail sent.

In step S300, a mail ID having a code unique to each dummy mail generated in step S200 can be generated. Here, the mail ID is a code for distinguishing dummy mail from each other, and may have different codes for each dummy mail. According to the embodiment, the mail ID may be composed of letters and numbers, but is not limited to the above-described embodiment as long as it can be uniquely assigned to each dummy mail. This mail ID can be used to confirm whether or not the program server 200 confirms receipt.

Meanwhile, a method of providing an acknowledgment function in the multi-e-mail sending in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include deleting the mail to be sent between step S200 and step S300. A method of providing an acknowledgment function for sending multiple e-mails in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention can generate dummy mails as many as the number of recipients of mails to be sent in step S200, and send dummy mails to recipients. That is, the recipient actually receives the dummy mail and does not receive the mail originally intended to be sent. Therefore, after the dummy mail is generated in step S200, it is desirable to delete the mail to be sent.

In step S400, an acknowledgment code is added to each dummy mail generated in step S200, and the mail ID and the receipt confirmation code generated in step S300 can be stored in the program server 200. [ The acknowledgment code may be attached to the dummy mail. Further, the reception confirmation code may be a code for the reception of the reception confirmation data by the program server 200 when the receiver confirms the dummy mail. At this time, since the mail ID is stored in the program server 200, if the program server 200 receives the acknowledgment data, it is possible to accurately determine which dummy mail has been checked by an arbitrary recipient only by the mail ID . This is because the mail ID has a unique code for each dummy mail. That is, when an arbitrary recipient confirms the dummy mail, the program server 200 can receive the mail ID of the dummy mail together with the receipt confirmation data, so that the recipient can know which dummy mail has been confirmed as a result.

In step S500, a dummy mail to which an acknowledgment code is added can be sent in step S400. The method of providing the acknowledgment function for sending multiple e-mails in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention sends each dummy mail to which an acknowledgment code is added in step S500, Does not send emails to each mail server. Since each dummy mail is sent individually to each recipient.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing an acknowledgment function when transmitting multiple e-mail in Outlook according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In step S500, only the first mail sent can be stored in the sent mail box. In the example shown in FIG. 4 (a), it is assumed that multiple e-mails are sent to five recipients in Outlook. A method of providing an acknowledgment function when sending multiple e-mails in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention generates dummy mail and dispatches each of the dummy mail, have. Referring to FIG. 4 (a), since there are five recipients, a total of five dummy mail are sent. In step S500, only the first mail sent is stored in the sent mail box, and the user who sends multiple e-mails through Outlook is managed as one e-mail including multiple recipients as originally intended. That is, in step S500, after the second mail is sent, the mail can be sent without being stored in the sent mail box. Referring to FIG. 4B, since only the first mail sent to the sender in Outlook is stored, and the second mail is not stored in the sent mail, the user is notified that one email is sent from Outlook .

In step S500, the mail ID generated in step S300 may be added to the attribute of the first mail sent in the sent box. Since the first sent mail is stored in the Sent Mailbox, the mail ID of the dummy mail can not be saved after the second mail sent. Therefore, in step S500, a mail ID for each dummy mail may be added to the attribute of the first mail sent in the sent-in mailbox to store the mail ID. The mail ID stored in the attribute of the mail can be used as information for receipt confirmation.

5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of step S600 in a method of providing an acknowledgment function in a multi-e-mail transmission in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention. In step S600, the reception confirmation data can be received from the program server 200 and the reception confirmation history can be displayed. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, in a method of providing an acknowledgment function at the time of sending multiple e-mails in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention, step S600 includes: A step S620 of transmitting the mail ID extracted in the step S610 to the program server 200, receiving the reception confirmation data matched with the mail ID from the program server 200 (S620), and a step S620 And displaying the receipt confirmation history according to one receipt confirmation data (S630). Hereinafter, each configuration of step S600 will be described in detail in a method of providing an acknowledgment function for sending multiple e-mails in Outlook according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S610, the mail ID can be extracted from the attribute of the first mail sent. Since the mail ID of the dummy mail is added to the attribute of the first mail sent in step S500, the mail ID can be extracted from the attribute of the first mail sent in step S610. Step S610 may correspond to a preprocessing step for providing an acknowledgment function for each dummy mail.

In step S620, the mail ID extracted in step S610 can be transmitted to the program server 200. [ In addition, in step S620, it is possible to receive the reception confirmation data matched with the mail ID from the program server 200. [ Since the program server 200 stores the mail ID and the receipt confirmation data, the program server 200 can retrieve the receipt confirmation data matched with the mail ID transmitted from the client 100 and transmit the retrieved receipt data to the client 100. [ That is, the program server 200 transmits the receipt confirmation data matching the mail ID to the client 100, and the client 100 can receive the receipt confirmation data for the mail ID. For the convenience of explanation, in the example of FIG. 4A, it is assumed that only the mail sent to RECEIPT2@naver.com is confirmed by the recipient. At this time, the program server 200 receives the mail ID and receipt confirmation data of the dummy mail sent to RECEIPT2@naver.com. When the client 100 transmits five mail IDs to the program server 200 in step S620, the program server 200 can retrieve the acknowledgment data matched with the five mail IDs. At this time, in the program server 200, there is no acknowledgment data matching the mail ID of the remaining mail except the dummy mail sent to RECEIPT2@naver.com. Upon receipt of the acknowledgment data matching the mail ID from the program server 200 in step S620, the client 100 receives the acknowledgment data only for the dummy mail sent to RECEIPT2@naver.com.

FIG. 6 is a view illustrating an acknowledgment history in a method of providing an acknowledgment function in a multi-e-mail transmission in Outlook according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, in step S630, a receipt confirmation history according to the received acknowledgment data received in step S620 can be displayed. In the above-described example, since the mail other than the dummy mail sent to RECEIPT2@naver.com can not receive the receipt confirmation data, only the receipt confirmation for the dummy mail sent to RECEIPT2@naver.com in which receipt confirmation data exists Can be displayed. That is, in step S630, when the reception confirmation data matched for each mail ID is received, it is indicated as "reception confirmation", and if there is no reception confirmation data, it can be displayed as "not read". Depending on the embodiment, the acknowledgment may be displayed in a new window.

On the other hand, according to an embodiment, an acknowledgment button may be implemented by an acknowledgment code inserted in a sent box of Outlook. The above-described steps S610 to S630 may be performed by an event that the user selects the acknowledgment button. Therefore, when the user presses the acknowledgment button, the acknowledgment history of each dummy mail can be displayed.

As described above, according to the method of providing an acknowledgment function for sending multiple e-mails in Outlook, which is proposed in the present invention, even when multiple e-mails are sent out to a plurality of people in Outlook, Function can be provided. In addition, according to a method of providing an acknowledgment function at the time of dispatching multiple e-mails in Outlook proposed in the present invention, it is possible to send an e-mail message through an acknowledgment link attached to each e- Can be acknowledged in the Sent Mail box.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

100: Client
200: program server
S100: extracting mail information including at least the recipient from the mail to be sent to Outlook
S200: Step of generating dummy mail for the number of recipients in the mail information extracted in step S100
S300: generating a mail ID having a code unique to each dummy mail generated in step S200
S400: adding an acknowledgment code to each dummy mail generated in step S200, storing the mail ID and receipt confirmation code generated in step S300 in the program server
S500: a step of sending a dummy mail to which an acknowledgment code is added in step S400
S600: receiving acknowledgment data from the program server and displaying receipt confirmation history
S610: extracting the mail ID from the attribute of the first mail sent
S620: transmitting the mail ID extracted in step S610 to the program server, and receiving the acknowledgment data matching the mail ID from the program server
S630: displaying the receipt confirmation history according to the received confirmation data in step S620

Claims (8)

In a method for providing an acknowledgment function in Outlook,
(1) extracting mail information including at least a recipient from a mail to be sent to the Outlook;
(2) generating dummy mail for the number of recipients in the mail information extracted in the step (1);
(3) generating a mail ID having a code unique to each dummy mail generated in the step (2);
(4) adding an acknowledgment code to each dummy mail generated in the step (2), wherein the acknowledgment code is a code for the receipt of receipt confirmation data by the program server when the receiver confirms the dummy mail, Storing the mail ID and the acknowledgment code generated in step (3) in the server;
(5) sending a dummy mail to which the acknowledgment code is added in step (4); And
(6) receiving receipt confirmation data from the program server and displaying receipt confirmation details,
The step (5)
Only the first mail sent is stored in the sent mail box, and after the second mail sent, the mail is sent without being stored in the sent mail box, and the mail ID for each dummy mail created in the step (3) To the properties of the first sent mail stored in the sent mail box,
The step (6)
(6-1) extracting the mail ID from the attribute of the first mail sent; And
(6-2) transmitting the mail ID extracted in the step (6-1) to the program server, and receiving the reception confirmation data matched with the mail ID from the program server. How to provide acknowledgment when sending multiple emails in Outlook.
delete delete delete delete delete 2. The method of claim 1, wherein step (6)
(6-3) displaying an acknowledgment of receipt according to the acknowledgment data received in the step (6-2). [7] The method as claimed in claim 7, .
2. The method of claim 1, wherein between step (2) and step (3)
Further comprising the step of deleting the mail to be forwarded. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 >< / RTI >

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