KR19990025317A - E-mail system and automatic control method for transmitting urgent e-mails - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an e-mail system for automatically transmitting information informing the reception status of an urgent e-mail to a communication device at the current location of the receiver in the transmission of an urgent e-mail, and a control method thereof. A header including a first storage unit for indicating whether or not an e-mail is an urgent message in a structure, a second storage unit including communication device access number information of a contact previously known, and a third storage unit including important keywords of the mail; Define a communication protocol having a. And a data processing unit for encoding / decoding a header of communication data transmitted and received to and from the electronic mail system, and a storage unit for storing voice or text information indicating a reception state of an urgent mail. Therefore, according to the status of the e-mail received through the modem connected to the public network, especially when the recipient is absent, the voice automatically informs the reception status of the urgent mail by connecting to the communication device of the receiver's current location. Or send character information.

Description

Automatic Transmission Electronic Mail System And Control Method Of The Same

The present invention relates to an automatic sending e-mail system and a control method, and more particularly, to send voice or text information informing urgent e-mail reception status to a communication device at the current location of the recipient automatically in the absence of the recipient in the urgent e-mail transmission. An electronic mail system and a control method thereof.

A message provided through a communication connection between a plurality of computer users or information sent to all or corresponding users from a host computer is called an electronic mail (E-mail). In particular, mail sent to a specific person is not accessible to other users, and the e-mail is sent to a computer called a mail server serving as a post office.

In addition, in order to make a connection necessary for communication, hardware and a control method for signal transmission and reception are required. In order to transmit information through a communication network, all devices in the communication network perform communication according to defined protocols. The protocol that determines the format or order of sending such data is called a protocol.

In general, e-mails are used to exchange information with a desired party through a computer in a home or office. For example, Internet mail, e-mail of a carrier network such as Hitel or Cheon Lian.

As shown in Fig. 1, the first mail server 20 of the first e-mail system 10 on the sending side looks at the e-mail address of the second e-mail system 40 on the receiving side, and the first mail server 20 to which the recipient belongs. 2 is sent to the mail server 30.

The mail server 20, 30 allocates some space to registered users, i.e., the user of the first e-mail system 10 or the second e-mail system 40, like a personal locker, When the e-mail is transmitted from the mail system 10, the first mail server 20 transmits the second mail server 30 to the second mail server 30, and the second mail server 30 transmits the transmitted e-mail to the second email system 40. In the space allocated to). The second e-mail system 40, i.e., the recipient must bring the e-mail sent to his mail server 30 directly and read it.

Therefore, the user of the e-mail system must search the allocated space from time to time to receive the mail sent to him.

In addition, even when the e-mail system 10 and 40 of the sender and receiver are registered and used in the same mail server, the mail server may be searched at any time to receive the mail sent to the user, as described above.

As mentioned above, the e-mail system can generally provide the desired information regardless of the connection time. Therefore, when the sender and the receiver communicate with each other, they can send and receive each other's information in near real time.However, in the case of a user of an e-mail system that travels or goes out frequently, if the sender transmits urgent information in the absence of the receiver, the receiver transmits vaguely. Wait until you see the mail.

In addition, it is unclear whether or not the recipient has received the e-mail sent without a separate method.

And if the recipient's current location is known, he or she can directly inform that he or she has sent an urgent e-mail to another communication connection, but the communication connection to an e-mail system, a telephone or a portable communication device, for example a pager or a mobile phone, located elsewhere may be used. This is only possible if the sender knows the communication access number.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention provides a protocol for defining communication data to be transmitted including an urgent state of an e-mail, a contact number known in advance, and a header for storing important keywords of the communication data.

The present invention also provides an electronic mail system and control method for transmitting voice and text information to the communication device at the current location of the receiver in the absence of the recipient to notify that the urgent mail has been received.

1 is a diagram showing a connection configuration of a general e-mail system;

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic sending e-mail system according to the present invention;

3 is a diagram showing the configuration of an automatic sending e-mail system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 illustrates a packet structure of an e-mail according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure of a header shown in FIG. 4; FIG.

6 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of the automatic sending e-mail system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the communication connection routine shown in FIG.

* Description of symbols on the main parts of the drawings *

202: CPU 204: protocol

206: voice information storage unit 208: text information storage unit

210: receiver member setting flag 212: communication line storage unit

214: data processing unit 216: modem

According to an aspect of the present invention, an electronic mail system for automatically transmitting an urgent mail reception status comprises: a central processing unit; A receiver member setting flag for setting a member state of the receiver; Send and receive e-mail by connecting to public network, and if the received mail is urgent mail, perform communication connection with receiver in other place through specific communication connection line, and send text or voice to notify that urgent mail has been received. A modem for providing information; A data processor which encodes / decodes a mail transmitted and received by a predetermined protocol; And a storage unit for storing a communication access number for contacting the receiver in the absence of the receiver, voice information indicating that an urgent e-mail has been received, or text information indicating that an urgent e-mail has been received.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the protocol comprises: an electronic mail system for automatically transmitting an urgent mail reception status, comprising: a first storage section containing information indicating whether the electronic mail is an urgent mail; A second storage unit including communication connection number information of a contact point known to the sender in advance; And a header including a third storage section containing important keywords of the mail.

In a preferred embodiment of this aspect, the storage unit comprises: a contact line storage unit for storing a communication access number for contacting the receiver in the absence of the receiver; A voice information storage unit for storing voice information indicating that an urgent e-mail has been received; And a text information storage unit for storing text information indicating that an urgent e-mail has been received.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method of an e-mail system for automatically transmitting a reception state of an urgent mail, comprising: (1) determining whether a received e-mail is an urgent mail; (2) if it is an urgent mail, determining the status of the recipient member setting flag; (3) if the flag is set, providing, by text or voice, that the urgent mail has been received by a predetermined communication connection routine to the communication device at the current location of the recipient stored in the storage.

According to another feature of the invention, the communication connection routine is configured to: determine whether the emergency contact number with the recipient stored in the storage unit or the header is a specific telephone number or a portable telephone number, so that the contact number is the specific telephone number or If it is a portable telephone number, attempting a communication connection to a telephone or a portable telephone connected to the telephone number; Converting text information indicating that an urgent mail has been received into voice information when the communication connection is made; Determining whether the contact number is a general pager number and attempting a communication connection to the pager if it is a pager number; Transmitting information indicating that an urgent mail has been received to the pager when a communication connection is established; Determining whether the contact number is a connection number of a specific e-mail system or a text information receiver, and if the contact number is a connection number of the e-mail system or a text information receiver, attempting a communication connection to the e-mail system or the text information receiver. Step and; When the communication connection is made to the system or device comprising the step of transmitting the text information indicating that the urgent mail has been received.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a protocol for defining communication data to be transmitted including an emergency state for the contents of communication data, a header for storing a contact number known in advance and an important keyword of the communication data, When the defined e-mail is an e-mail having urgent contents, voice or text information indicating that the urgent e-mail is received in the absence of the receiver is provided to the communication device at the current position of the receiver.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 to 7 are the transmission of an e-mail having an urgent content (hereinafter referred to as an urgent mail) according to an embodiment of the present invention by automatically transmitting to the communication device at the current location of the recipient of the outgoing to receive the urgent mail A configuration and control method of an e-mail system for reporting status is shown.

2, an e-mail transmitted from the first e-mail system 100 is received through a modem (not shown) of the second e-mail system 200, and it is determined whether the received e-mail is an urgent mail. Thus, if the recipient is absent in the case of an urgent mail, a communication device at the receiver's current location, i.e., a third email system at another location, via a modem (not shown) of the second electronic mail system 200 ( 300, the pager 330, the phone 320, the portable phone 310, or the text receiver 340 receiving the text information provides text or voice information indicating that the urgent mail has been received.

For example, the text information is information that informs the reception status of an urgent mail with concise text such as 'an emergency mail has been received', 'e-mail', 'e-mail' or 'receive mail'. The contents of the urgent mail can be grasped in advance by providing a communication data, that is, a keyword stored in the third storage section of the electronic mail header.

In addition, the voice information is stored in advance by the user, for example, the voice information containing a clear content that informs the reception status of the urgent mail, such as 'emergency mail has arrived', 'urgent mail has been received' For example, it is possible to provide not only a telephone and a portable telephone but also a pager having a function of receiving voice information or an e-mail system for receiving voice information.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 3, there is shown a novel data processing unit 214, a contact line storage unit 212, a receiver member setting flag 210, and a protocol 204 of the present invention. And a modem 216, a text information storage unit 208, a voice information storage unit 206, and a CPU 202.

As shown in Figs. 4 to 5, the protocol 204 includes a communication protocol defining a structure of an e-mail transmitted and received including a first storage unit, a header having a second storage unit and a third storage unit, and a data unit. to be.

4 to 5, the structure of the e-mail transmitted and received by the protocol is shown.

The e-mail is largely divided into a header and a data portion, and the header includes novel first to third storage portions of the present invention. And a transmission / reception protocol data unit.

The first storage section includes information indicating whether the electronic mail is an urgent mail.

The second storage unit includes emergency contact information of the receiver, such as contact information and communication device access number information known in advance. For example, it stores the communication access number of the pager, portable telephone or telephone of the receiver.

The third storage section includes important keyword information of the urgent mail. This helps the recipient to grasp the contents of the urgent mail by transmitting important keywords stored in the third storage unit together when transmitting information indicating the reception status of the urgent mail.

The transmission / reception protocol data unit stores control information such as connection conditions for transmission and reception of the e-mail, transmission / reception rules for signals, and error control.

The data section stores the contents of the e-mail provided to the recipient.

Referring back to FIG. 3, the data processor 214 encodes / decodes the mail sent / received by the protocol 204 so as to determine whether it is an urgent mail.

The communication line storage unit 212 is a communication access number of a contact that can be connected through a communication line at another place when the receiver goes out, in case the mail decoded by the data processing unit 214 is an urgent mail. For example, communication connection number data such as a connection number of a telephone number, a pager, a device for receiving text information, a portable telephone and the like, and a connection number of an e-mail system in another place is stored.

The receiver member setting flag 210 is a storage area for notifying that the receiver is absent. The receiver member setting flag 210 determines the status of the receiver member and informs the receiver member of the receiver of the e-mail system when the emergency mail is received.

The text information storage unit 208 stores the important data stored in the header (the third storage unit of the header) of the e-mail received by the protocol 204 or the text data prepared by the receiver in advance. It stores text information indicating that an urgent mail has been received and a simple important content of the received mail. For example, a pager at a recipient's location in another location stores text indicating the arrival of an emergency mail. Alternatively, text information indicating an urgent mail reception is stored in a screen display unit (for example, a monitor device or an LCD) of an e-mail system at a receiver location of another place.

The voice information storage unit 206 is the voice data that the receiver has made in advance, or when the important keyword stored in the third storage unit of the data header received by the protocol 204 is voice information indicating that an urgent mail has been received. The voice information is received and stored through the data processor 214. For example, a wave file or voice that can be output through a sound output audio card (not shown) or speaker phone modem in the e-mail system for voice alerts to the telephone or portable telephone at the recipient's location in another location. It is storing data.

The modem 216 transmits and receives the mail by connecting to the public network, and when the received mail is an urgent mail, the communication device at the current location of the receiver through the stored communication connection line data of the contact line storage unit 212. Connect to

In addition, the modem 216 transmits text or voice information indicating that an urgent mail stored in the voice information storage unit 206 has been received to the contact line storage unit 212 or an e-mail header (a second storage unit of the header). It is provided to the receiver in another place through the stored communication connection line.

The CPU 202 determines that an emergency mail is received by the data processing unit 214, determines a state of the receiver member setting flag 210, and communicates with another communication through the data of the communication line storage unit 212. Control to connect to the device. The text information storage unit 208 or the voice information storage unit 206 transmits data to the modem 216.

Next, the control procedure of the automatic sending e-mail system according to the present invention will be described with reference to Figs.

Referring to Fig. 6, these procedures show a procedure for receiving an urgent mail from the sending e-mail system to the receiving e-mail system, and their control is performed by the CPU 202.

Referring to the drawing, in step S600, it is determined whether the e-mail received through the modem 216 is an urgent mail by decoding of the data processing unit 214. Process in the same way as the reception method. In other words, the received e-mail is received by the recipient's search.

If the mail is urgent, the flow advances to step S610 to determine the state of the receiver member setting flag 210. Subsequently, if the state of the flag 210 is set, that is, if the receiver is absent, the flow proceeds to step S630 to determine whether or not the storage connection 212 stores a communication connection number for making a non-recipient communication connection at the other place. do.

Subsequently, if the communication connection number is stored, the flow advances to step S700 to perform a predetermined communication connection routine. Otherwise, the flow proceeds to step S640 and the header of the mail received by the decoding of the data processing unit 214 (header of header). In the second storage unit, it is judged whether or not the communication connection number of the emergency contact information with the receiver known in advance is recorded.

Subsequently, if the communication contact number of the emergency contact is stored in the header, the process proceeds to step S700 to perform the communication access routine.

7, the communication connection routine S700 performs different operations according to the contact number stored in the storage unit 212 or the contact number of the contact communication apparatus stored in the second storage unit of the header.

That is, if it is determined in step S702 whether the contact number is a specific telephone number or a portable telephone number, and the telephone number is reached, the flow advances to step S704 to attempt communication connection to the telephone number. Subsequently, in step S706, it is determined whether a communication connection is established, and when the connection is established, character information informing the reception status of the urgent mail is converted into voice information in step S708.

Subsequently, in step S710, voice information indicating that an urgent mail has been received is transmitted to the telephone or portable telephone connected to the telephone number through the modem 216.

If the contact number is not a telephone number in step S702, the process proceeds to step S712 to determine whether the contact number is a specific general pager number. If the contact number is a pager number, the process proceeds to step S714 to attempt communication connection with the pager.

Subsequently, if a connection is established by determining whether a communication connection is established in step S716, the flow advances to step S718 to inform the pager connected by the number via the modem 216 that the urgent mail has been received.

If it is not the pager number in step S712, the flow advances to step S720 to determine whether the contact number is a connection number of a device for receiving a specific e-mail system or a text message. The flow advances to step S722 to attempt a communication connection.

Subsequently, if a connection is established by determining whether a connection is established in step S724, proceeding to step S726, transmitting text information indicating that the urgent mail has been received through the modem 216 to the e-mail system or a text receiving device. It includes.

As described above, in the e-mail system for receiving an urgent mail transmission, it is possible to further implement the advantages of the electronic mail called rapid transmission by informing the receivers of the urgent mail in the absence of the recipient to other recipients.

As described above, the present invention determines an emergency state of an e-mail received through a data processing unit that transmits / receives an encoding / decoding of a header according to a predetermined protocol in an e-mail system. It connects to a predetermined communication device at the current location of the receiver and transmits voice or text information informing the reception status of the urgent mail, thereby informing the reception status of the urgent electronic mail to the recipient who is out.

Claims (5)

In an e-mail system for automatically sending information informing the recipient of an urgent e-mail to a recipient's communication device in another location in the absence of the recipient: A CPU 202; A receiver member setting flag 210 for setting the state when the receiver is absent; A modem 216 connected to a public network to transmit and receive the mail, and to transmit information informing the reception status when the received mail is an urgent mail; A data processing unit 214 for encoding / decoding an e-mail transmitted and received by a predetermined protocol 204; And a storage unit (206, 208, 212) for storing text or voice information indicating that an emergency contact communication connection number and an urgent mail have been received. The method of claim 1, The protocol 204 is: A first storage unit for storing information indicating whether the received electronic mail is an urgent mail; A second storage unit for storing emergency contact number information with the receiver in the absence of the receiver; And a header having a third storage unit for storing important keywords of the mail. In the control method of the automatic sending e-mail system that automatically sends the urgent e-mail reception status: Determining whether the received e-mail is an urgent e-mail (S600); Determining the state of the receiver member setting flag 210 if it is an urgent mail (S610); If the flag 210 is set, determining whether a communication connection number capable of communicating with a receiver is stored in a storage unit 212 (S630); If the communication connection number is stored, performing a predetermined communication connection routine (S700); If the communication access number is not stored, determining whether an emergency contact communication access number with a receiver is stored in a header of the mail (S640); And if the emergency contact communication access number is stored, performing the communication access routine (S700). The method of claim 3, wherein The communication connection routine (S700) is: Determining whether the emergency contact number with the receiver stored in the storage unit 212 or the header is a specific telephone number or a portable telephone number (S702); If the contact number is the specific telephone number or portable telephone number, attempting a communication connection to the telephone 320 or the portable telephone 310 connected to the telephone number (S704); (S706, S708, S710) and converts the text information indicating that the urgent mail has been received when the communication connection is made to the voice information; Determining whether the contact number is a general pager number and attempting a communication connection to the pager (330) if it is a pager number (S712, S714); Transmitting information indicating that an urgent mail has been received to the pager 330 when a communication connection is made (S716, S718); It is determined whether the contact number is a connection number of a specific e-mail system or a text information receiver. If the contact number is a connection number of the e-mail system or a text information receiver, the e-mail system 300 or the text information receiver 340 is determined. Attempting a communication connection in step S720 and S722; And transmitting (S724, S726) text information indicating that an urgent mail has been received to the system (300) or the device (340) when a communication connection is made. The method of claim 3, wherein If the received mail is not an urgent mail, the automatic sending e-mail system, characterized in that it comprises the step of processing as a normal e-mail (S620).