KR20020060386A - Receiver's e-mail address input method and computer readable medium stored thereon computer executable instruction for performing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for inputting an E-mail address of a receiver is provided to enable a businessman to list and supply a basic mail receiver in accordance with a selected environment of an E-mail when a user prepares an E-mail and inputs an address of a receiver by making the businessman operate a system for managing an E-mail address of the user and making the user connect to a businessman system through the Internet and setting one's E-mail environment. CONSTITUTION: A businessman instructs a user who connects to a system(200) of the businessman through the Internet to perform a member certification process. The businessman supplies an interface for setting an E-mail environment of the user to the user for supplying a service of an E-mail address inputting method to the user. In the case that the user prepares and transmits E-mail through the businessman's system(200), when an E-mail address of a receiver is prepared, a basic mail receiver is listed in accordance with an E-mail environment set by the user.

Description

A computer-readable recording medium containing a method of inputting a recipient's email address when writing an email and a program capable of implementing the same {RECEIVER'S E-MAIL ADDRESS INPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORED THEREON COMPUTER EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTION FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD}

The present invention relates to a computer-readable recording medium containing a method of inputting an e-mail address of a recipient when a e-mail is written and a program capable of implementing the e-mail. More specifically, the operator operates a system for managing a user's e-mail address. How to enter the recipient's email address by accessing the operator's system 200 through the Internet and setting up his or her email environment, and providing the default recipient's email address according to the email environment set by the operator when the user inputs the recipient's address when composing the email. It is about.

1 is a diagram illustrating a method of inputting an e-mail address of a recipient when composing a conventional e-mail.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the conventional method of inputting an address of an email receiver using a mobile communication terminal for sending an email through the Internet, a user directly inputs an email address of the receiver through an email writing interface provided by an operator. 11) I had to. Since a mobile communication terminal mainly includes a dial button for setting a voice call path and uses the dial button for text input, there is a great difficulty in terms of speed and procedure compared to text input using a computer keyboard. In fact, in the case of inputting an e-mail address of 20 characters, it is inconvenient to press the dial button of the mobile communication terminal more than 40 times.

In addition, the address input method (13) of the e-mail recipient using the keyboard of the personal computer does not extend to the mobile communication terminal, but the user has to directly input (14) the e-mail recipient field.

In the past, when inputting an e-mail using a wired / wireless terminal, the input of an e-mail address is a simple e-mail without considering the propensity of the e-mail sender / receiver target, such as the user who sends and receives the most e-mail and the most recent e-mail recipient. Relying on the direct address input method, the e-mail address input method was inefficient and much more severe in the mobile communication terminal with poor text input means.

Therefore, there is a need for a rational e-mail address input method for setting a schedule selected by the user as a default e-mail recipient by using statistical information on the e-mail recipient.

The present invention has been conceived to solve the above problems, the operator operates a system for managing the user's email address, the user accesses the operator system through the Internet to set up their own email environment, the user writes the email When the address of the recipient is input, the service provider lists and provides the default mail receiver according to the set email environment.

1 is a diagram illustrating a method of inputting an e-mail address of a recipient when composing a conventional e-mail.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system and network configuration for implementing an email address input method of a recipient when composing an email according to the present invention.

3 is a mail configuration main interface provided to a user according to the present invention.

4 is a mail configuration interface provided to a user according to the present invention.

5 is a mail writing interface in which a specific email receiver is set as a default mail receiver according to the present invention.

6 is a mail writing interface provided to a user for setting an email recipient as a scheduler in a mail recipient list according to the present invention.

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20 ... Personal computer 30 ... Mobile terminal

40 ... Internet 200 ... Operator System

300 ... Settings 400 ... Mail Settings

In order to achieve the above technical problem, an email address input method of a recipient when creating an email according to the present invention operates a system in which a business operator manages a user's email address, and a user accesses a business system through the Internet to set up his or her email environment. By setting the user's email address when the user writes the email address, the email address input method of the receiver provided by the operator according to the set email environment is provided. (B) providing, by the operator, an interface for setting the user's e-mail environment, and (c) the user's e-mail environment in order to provide the user with an e-mail address input method. After setting, the user writes an email through the operator's system If you wish to be sent over, it comprises a list of the default mail recipient, depending on recipient's email address when creating a user email settings.

In the present invention, in the step (b), the user's email preference interface provided to the user includes an interface for setting a default mail recipient, and the interface for setting a default mail recipient includes a most sender / receiver, a recent sender / receiver, and You can select one of the recipients with a direct account and set it as the default mail recipient.

In the present invention, in the step (c), in addition to listing the default mail recipient, provides an interface for confirming whether or not to create and send mail to the default mail recipient and an interface for modifying the account of the default mail recipient, In addition to the list, the user interface may further provide an interface for selecting a recipient or a user who directly inputs an account from among a list of recipients managed by the user's address book, and a system for a service provider that manages the user's email address through the Internet. When the user's means of access is a personal computer operating as a client with a built-in wired Internet protocol, the recipient or user directly accounts in the list of recipients managed by the user's address book in addition to the default mail recipient when the right mouse button is clicked. It further provides an interface for selecting the recipient entered a mail recipient is preferred.

Finally, the object of the present invention can be achieved by a computer-readable recording medium containing a program capable of performing a method of inputting an email address of a recipient when creating an email for implementing the method according to any one of the above inventions. .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples, and the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, embodiments according to the present invention can be modified in many different forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described below. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more clearly and easily describe the present invention to those skilled in the art.

The method of inputting an email address of a recipient when creating an email according to the present invention operates a system in which a business operator manages an email address of a user, and a user accesses the business operator system 200 through the Internet 40 to set up his or her email environment. In the method of inputting the recipient's email address provided by the business operator when the user inputs the recipient's address when composing the email, the member authentication procedure step, the email environment setting step 300 and the default mail recipient list step are provided. It is made to include.

The membership authentication procedure is a step in which a service provider authenticates a user who accesses a service provider's system through the Internet 40 through a membership authentication procedure.

The e-mail configuration step 300 is a step in which an operator provides an interface for the user's e-mail configuration 300 to provide a service of an e-mail address input method to the user.

In the basic mail recipient list step, if the user wants to write and send an email through the operator's system after the user's email configuration 300, the basic mail recipient list is based on the email environment set by the user when creating the recipient's email address. It's a step.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system and network configuration for implementing an email address input method of a recipient when composing an email according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operator system 200 stores a database 210 for storing basic user information of a member, an e-mail address book managed for each user, and information related to an e-mail sent and received by each user. Database 220 and a mail server-related function unit 230 for transmitting a mail to a mail server, wherein the user has a built-in Internet 40 protocol for accessing the operator system 200. Use the wireless terminals 20 and 30.

Here, the basic user information 210 is information required when the user registers as a member managed by the operator's system. The user ID, password, name, address, social security number, and contact information required for registration on the general Internet (40) Web It may be a phone number, an e-mail address, a gender, education, a hobby, a payment method, and the like. In particular, the ID and password are user information that the operator system 200 uniquely defines and assigns the user. The ID and password protect the operator system 200 from any user who illegally accesses the operator's system, and provide basic and additional information related to the user. It can be used as an access key of a database. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable to use the user's ID to construct and maintain the e-mail transmission / reception related information such as the user's e-mail recipient address list as well as the user's basic information.

The e-mail address book 220 managed by each user is a set of e-mail addresses that are the targets of the e-mail recipients of the user for reference when sending e-mails for each user. The e-mail address book 220 is data that a user can insert, modify, and delete through the operator's system. .

The information 220 related to the e-mail sent / received by each user is data necessary for supporting an e-mail address input method of the e-mail creation according to the present invention. The e-mail sending / receiving account, the frequency of sending / receiving by account, the account Information such as mail transmission / reception time.

The mail server related function unit 230 transmits mail to a mail server when a user composes and sends an email to a basic email receiver provided by the operator system 200 or an email recipient selected by the user. 200 is a configuration module. When a user sends an e-mail, it is desirable to establish a database so that the information about the recipient account is updated.

The user's means of accessing the operator's system 200 for managing the user's e-mail address via the Internet 40 may be a personal computer 20 or mobile communication operating as a client incorporating the wired / wireless Internet 40 protocol. It is preferable that it is the terminal 30. In particular, in the case of the mobile communication terminal 30 using a limited dial button for inputting characters, the wired / wireless personal computer 20 having a keyboard for inputting various characters is more effective according to the present invention. More doubling

3 is a mail configuration main interface provided to a user according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the operator provides an interface supporting a method of inputting an email address of a recipient when creating an email, and the user sets up his or her email environment. In this embodiment, when the user selects the environment setting 300, the main screen for setting the user's e-mail environment by selecting the "MAIL environment setting" 310 as an interface provided to the user. It is desirable to add a "setting environment on / off" (320) menu for controlling the operation of the environment-configured function so that the user can turn off the service provided by the operator as necessary even if the environment is set.

4 is a mail preference interface provided to a user in accordance with the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the mail configuration 400 refers to a step in which a service provider provides an interface for setting a user's email environment in order to provide a service of an email address input method to the user.

In the mail setup step, the user's email preference interface provided to the user preferably includes an interface 401 for setting a default mail recipient. Here, the default mail recipient refers to a recipient mail address that the operator system 200 automatically lists to the user when creating an email address of an email address of a certain recipient selected by the user in an email configuration step.

The interface 410 for setting a default mail recipient selects one of the most senders / receivers 411, the most recent senders / receivers 412, and the direct account input recipients 413 to set the default mail recipient. The operator system 200 preferably stores the transmission / reception frequency for each recipient account managed in the user's address book and the recent transmission / reception account for the user in the database 220 described above for management.

In addition to the most (411) and the most recent (412) senders and receivers, the user can directly enter the recipient's email address when composing an email (413). By setting it as the default mail receiver, it is possible to give flexibility in selecting an email recipient.

Furthermore, by selecting (420) the most recipients 411 or the most recent recipients 412 as the default mail recipients, the relevant information on the most recipients or the recent recipients, namely the recipient's name 421, the account 422, the frequency of occurrence ( 423) Or, it may be desirable to refer to the latest reception time information, and to check the displayed related information, and then set the user to the maximum mail / receiver or recent send / receiver as the default mail recipient (424).

In this case, when the maximum number of senders / receivers is selected (420), the indication of the frequency of sending / receiving emails with the user (423) specifies a certain period of time, such as "Send 15 items in the last week" and the like. The frequency of transmission and reception can be indicated, and the period of time can be adjusted according to the choice of the operator or the user. In addition, the example has been provided to provide an interface that can be set (424) the default mail receiver immediately without moving to the next menu in the state of checking the information of the most recent, recent recipients.

In the mail configuration step 400, the user's email preference interface provided to the user further includes an interface for displaying a recipient list 401 managed by the user address book in addition to the default mail recipient to manage recipient email addresses associated with the user. To help. To this end, when the user selects the recipient list in the mail configuration interface (430), the user provides an interface for adding (437) and deleting (444) the recipient's email address or lists the most recent recipients (431-436). Can be configured to display.

The recipient list 430 managed by the user address book may include one or more recipients 431 to 434 and the remaining recipients 435 and 436 in order of most sender / receiver and most recent sender / receiver, and the remaining recipients 435. 436 indicates the recipient's ID or the recipient's account for identification by the user.

When selecting one or more recipients among the recipients 430 of the recipient list 430 managed by the user address book, and the recipients of the most recent recipients, the recipient related information such as the name of the recipient ( 441), displaying information such as account 442, telephone number 443, and the user fully aware of the displayed recipient's information and then providing an interface 444 for the user to delete the selected recipient account from the recipient list. can do.

The user's e-mail preference interface 400 provided to the user may further include an interface 450 in which the user directly inputs one or more recipient accounts in addition to the recipients registered and managed in the recipient list. This is useful when the user wants to expand the recipients he / she sends / receives through the e-mail by directly inputting the managed e-mail recipient address using the user's ID as a key in addition to the default e-mail recipient in the mail configuration. Addition of the recipient account 450 preferably enables input of one or more accounts, allowing the user to conveniently enter 451 accounts of multiple recipients without changing the menu. The number of accounts that can be input at one time can be appropriately adjusted in consideration of the size of the displayed window of the mobile communication terminal.

5 is a mail writing interface in which a specific email receiver is set as a default mail receiver according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the user selects a mail recipient 510 in the mail writing interface 500 provided by the operator to write an email, the email address of the default mail recipient specified by the user through mail configuration Is automatically listed up. In this embodiment, the default mail receiver is set to a person having an e-mail address of "msh777@netsgo.com". If the recipient designated as the default mail recipient is set as the maximum recipient and the user's email sending rate to the maximum recipients is 10% of the total email sending rate, the user has an efficiency of 10% in the step of entering the email address of the recipient.

If the user wants to create and send an email through the operator's system after setting up the user's email environment, write the mail to the default mail recipient in addition to the default mail recipient list according to the email environment set by the user when creating the recipient's email address. An interface 511 for "confirming" whether to send or not, and an interface 513 for "correcting" information when the user wishes to modify information listed in the email address of the primary mail recipient or to send an email to a person other than the primary mail recipient. More may be added. When the confirmation (511) menu is selected in order to send a letter to the basic mail recipient, it is preferable to provide an interface 520 for inputting a mail title during writing.

If the terminal for writing an e-mail is a personal computer 20 for accessing the wired / wireless Internet 40 (530, 540), the terminal can be applied in the same manner as that provided in the mobile communication terminal 30. It is self-evident.

6 is a mail writing interface provided to a user for setting an email recipient as a scheduler in a mail recipient list according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, in addition to listing the default mail recipient of FIG. 5, an interface 512 for displaying a list of recipients managed by a user address book is further provided to create and send an email to a non-default mail recipient. For example, if 620 is selected. In the present embodiment, the recipient list 620 displayed may be one or more recipients among the most recipients and the most recent recipients.

When the user's means of accessing the system of the operator managing the user's e-mail address via the Internet 40 is a personal computer 20 operating as a client incorporating the wired Internet 40 protocol (630, 640), In addition to listing the default mail recipient when the right mouse button is clicked, the user can further select the recipient to compose and send an email to a non-default mail recipient by providing an interface 640 that displays a list of recipients managed by the user's address book. It is desirable to.

The method of inputting an email address of a recipient when creating an email of the present invention as described above may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium. Such recording media includes all kinds of recording media on which programs and data are stored so that they can be read by a computer system. Examples include read only memory, random access memory, compact disk read only memory, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like. Programs and data stored on such recording media can be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer can be stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

The terms used to describe the embodiments of the present invention above are used for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the claims or the claims.

As described in detail above, the present invention operates a system in which the operator manages the user's email address, and the user accesses the operator's system through the Internet to set up his or her email environment so that the user inputs the address when the user writes the email. City, the list of default mail recipients set by the operator has the effect of increasing the efficiency when entering the email address of the recipient using a mobile communication terminal.

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The operator operates the system that manages the user's e-mail address, and the user accesses the operator's system through the Internet to set up his or her e-mail environment. In the email address input method of the recipient, (a) an authentication step of causing the service provider to go through a member authentication procedure to the user accessing the operator's system through the Internet; (b) providing the user with an interface for setting an e-mail environment for the user, in order to provide the user with the service of the e-mail address input method; And (c) if the user wants to create and send an e-mail through the operator's system after setting the e-mail environment of the user, when the e-mail address of the recipient is created, listing the default e-mail recipient according to the e-mail environment set by the user; Recipient's email address input method when writing an email. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (b), The user's email preference interface provided to the user includes an interface for setting a default mail recipient. The method of claim 2, An interface for setting a default mail recipient includes selecting one of the most senders / receivers, a recent sender / recipients, and a direct account input recipient and setting it as the default mail receiver. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (c), A method of inputting an email address of a recipient when creating an email, characterized by providing an interface for confirming whether a mail is created and sent to the basic mail recipient, in addition to listing a basic mail recipient. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (c), A method of inputting an email address of a recipient when creating an email, characterized by further providing an interface for selecting a recipient or a recipient whose user directly inputs an account from among a list of recipients managed by a user address book in addition to the basic mail recipient. The method of claim 5, When the user's means of accessing the system of the operator who manages the user's e-mail address through the Internet is a personal computer operating as a client with a built-in wired internet protocol, the user may right-click the mouse to list the default mail recipient. In addition, the email address input method of the recipient when creating an email, characterized in that it further provides an interface for selecting a recipient or a recipient directly input the account of the recipient list managed by the user address book. A computer-readable recording medium containing a program for performing a method of inputting an email address of a recipient when creating an email for implementing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.