KR20020060387A - E-mail writing method with mobile communication terminal and computer readable medium stored thereon computer executable instruction for performing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for writing an E-mail in a mobile communication terminal is provided to supply contents stored in a template pre-set by a businessman or a user in the case that the businessman operates a system for managing information related to an E-mail address of the user, and the user connects to a businessman system through the Internet and prepares an E-mail. CONSTITUTION: A businessman system(200) includes a template related information database(210) and a transmission mail processing module(220) for storing paragraphs frequently used in preparing an E-mail by users and paragraphs set by users in accordance with a users' taste. A user uses a wire/wireless terminal having an Internet protocol for accessing the businessman system(200). In the case that the user prepares E-mail contents directly through an E-mail writing interface supplied by the businessman system(200), or prepares E-mail contents using a template and transmits an E-mail, the transmission mail processing module(220) transmits an E-mail to a mail server. As a unit of the user for connecting to the businessman system(200) for managing the user as a member through the Internet, a personal computer(10) or a mobile communication terminal(20) being operated by a client having a wire/wireless Internet protocol is used.

Description

E-MAIL WRITING METHOD WITH MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL 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 for creating an e-mail in a mobile communication terminal and a program for implementing the same, and more particularly, a service provider operating a system for managing information related to an e-mail address of a user. When the user accesses the operator system via the Internet to compose an e-mail, the present invention relates to a method of creating an e-mail in a mobile communication terminal by using a template preset by the operator or the user.

1 is a view showing a method of creating a conventional email when creating an email.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the conventional email writing method using a mobile communication terminal for sending an email through the Internet, a user directly inputs an email content through a mail writing interface provided by an operator. 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 writing an e-mail content of 20 characters, it is inconvenient to press the dial button of the mobile communication terminal more than 40 times, and when the content of the e-mail is long, the degree is much more serious.

Therefore, there is a need for a rational e-mail creation method that provides a phrase frequently used by e-mail users or a phrase set by the user.

The present invention has been conceived to solve the above problems, the operator operates a system for managing information related to the user's email address and when the user accesses the operator system through the Internet to create an email, the operator or the user Its purpose is to provide the content stored in a pre-set template.

1 is a view showing a method of creating a conventional email when creating an email.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system and network configuration for implementing an email writing method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3 is a mail writing interface using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4 is a mail writing interface using a mobile communication terminal through a template search according to the present invention.

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10 ... personal computer 20 ... mobile communication terminal

30 ... Internet 200 ... Operator System

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a method of inputting an email address of a recipient when creating an email according to the present invention operates a system in which an operator manages information related to an email address of a user, and a user accesses an operator system through the Internet to send an email. In the case of writing, in a method of creating an email in a mobile communication terminal using a template previously set by a service provider or a user, (a) an authentication step in which the service provider undergoes a membership authentication procedure for a user accessing the service provider's system through the Internet; (b) if the user chooses to write a mail through the operator's system, the operator provides the user with an interface for entering an email recipient, email subject, and email content; and (c) the user directly enters the email content. In addition to the means to write by typing my Using a step of providing an interface to write the message contents.

In the present invention (c), in the step (c), provides a template for storing the most used content for use in the template, the template personalization and the interface for the template search, and when selecting the content input step, using the contents of the template If you write an email, the recipient's name is automatically inserted and sent to the recipient's name in the template contents.When you select a content input step, you can write your own email and use the contents stored in the template. When writing an e-mail content, it is desirable that the e-mail sending time and sender's name are attached to the end of the e-mail content.

Finally, the object of the present invention can be achieved by a computer-readable recording medium containing a program capable of performing an e-mail writing method in a mobile communication terminal for implementing the method according to any one of the above selected invention.

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.

In the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, when the operator operates a system for managing information related to the user's e-mail address and the user accesses the operator system through the Internet to write an e-mail, the operator or the user presets the e-mail. In a method for creating an email in a mobile communication terminal using a template, the method includes a member authentication procedure step, an email writing interface providing step, and a content providing step stored in the template.

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

In the providing of the email writing interface, when the user selects writing of the mail through the operator's system, the operator provides the user with an interface for inputting an email recipient, an email subject, and an email content.

In the providing of the contents stored in the template, the user may provide an interface for creating the contents of the mail by using the contents stored in the template in addition to the means for directly inputting the contents of the email.

A template is a form, framework, or model used to guide you in creating something. Here, a template is a phrase that email users frequently use when composing an email, or a phrase set by the user according to their preferences. When writing an email using the terminal, the phrases stored in the template can be used without pressing the dial button of the terminal.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system and network configuration for implementing an email writing method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operator system 200 may include a template related information database 210 and a transmission mail processing that store phrases frequently used when an email user creates an email or phrases set by the user according to user preferences. It is configured to include a module 220, the user uses a wired / wireless terminal with a built-in Internet protocol to access the operator system.

The transmission mail processing module 220 sends a mail to a mail server when a user writes an email content or writes an email content using a template and sends an email through an email writing interface provided by an operator system. It is a component of the operator system.

The user's means of accessing the operator's system 200 via the Internet 30 to manage the user as a member may be a personal computer 10 or a mobile communication terminal 20 operating as a client having a built-in wired / wireless internet protocol. Is preferably. In particular, in the case of the mobile communication terminal 20 using a limited dial button for inputting characters, the wired / wireless personal computer 10 having a keyboard and the like for inputting various characters is more effective according to the present invention. More doubling

3 is a mail writing interface using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, when a user wants to compose an e-mail through a mail writing interface 300 provided by a business operator, a recipient list 301, an address book search 302, or a recipient account may be directly input 303. Illustrates an interface for recipient selection and email subject entry 304. When the subject of the mail is input by the user, an interface for selecting "content input" 311, "personalization" 312, "greeting greeting" 313, and "template search" 314 is preferably provided. Do.

The "content input" 311 can be used when the user writes the contents of the mail directly by using the dial button of the mobile communication terminal when the contents of the email are written. When a user wants to use a phrase that is not stored in a template when writing an email content or the user wants to express a specific intention to a specific person, the email content is written by a normal email writing method.

Even when the user directly enters the contents of the email (320), it is desirable to provide an interface including a menu (321) for enabling the use of the phrase set in the template if necessary and sending the email when the contents of the email are completed. Do.

"Personal setting" (312) is to save the phrases, emoticons, etc. that are frequently used when the user writes the email in a template managed by the operator in advance, and can be used when writing the email can sufficiently reflect the user's personal taste. There is an advantage.

Here, emoticon is a compound word of emotion and icon (computer program function display shape). It is a cyber word that conveys the meaning of minute emotion, specific person, job, etc. by combining letters, symbols, and numbers of computer keyboard properly. It is a language unique to space. Therefore, it is possible to make the emotions and expressions of the e-mail sender clearer by enabling emoticons to be used in templates created according to personal preferences. It is apparent to those skilled in the art that emoticons can be used in templates provided by operators as well as templates according to personal settings.

The personal setting 312 can be connected to the operator system using a wired / wireless terminal that operates as a client with an embedded Internet protocol. However, the personal setting 312 is more particularly created using a personal computer 10 equipped with a keyboard. desirable.

"Human greeting" (313) is a template that can be provided by the operator to extract the phrases that users use the most when creating the e-mail and stored in a template in advance, the user can provide when the e-mail template. In this example, the greetings commonly used in writing an email are stored and provided in a template. However, the operator statistically analyzes the propensity of the email users to provide various templates in addition to this example, so that the user can conveniently write the email. It is preferable to provide.

Operators can prepare templates in various formats that can be used for various occasions such as birthdays, promotions, acceptances, childbirths, Christmas, etc. in addition to regards to the greetings. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be modified to suit the conditions.

If the contents of the template are entered as the contents of the e-mail by selecting the greeting template (330), the user can check whether the contents stored in the template are suitable for writing the e-mail, and the user can change the contents stored in the template It is preferable to further provide an interface 332 for inputting content.

In addition, if the [Recipient Name] (333) should be filled out among the contents stored in the template, the name of the recipient selected by the user is automatically inserted when sending an e-mail, so that the contents stored in the template can be used for any recipient, not limited to a specific recipient. It is desirable to ensure versatility so that it is possible.

Furthermore, even if the recipient selected by the user is a group of recipients managed in the user's address book, it appears as [group] on the screen of the mobile terminal, but the actual mail is inserted so that the name of each recipient in the group is inserted. We can enhance convenience more.

In addition to inserting a recipient in the [Recipient] (333) field, an email is automatically sent with information such as [Send time] 334, [Sender] (335), etc., which is usually added to the last part of the email when the email is created. By doing so, it is possible to provide more convenience to the e-mail creator through the mobile communication terminal 20.

The "template search" 314 is a menu for allowing a user to search for and use a template provided by a business operator or a template set by the user when the e-mail is created. A method of composing an email using the retrieved template will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 below.

4 is a mail writing interface using a mobile communication terminal through a template search according to the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, a user illustrates a method of searching for a template through a mail writing interface 400 provided by an operator. When the user selects the template search menu 401 in the mail writing interface 400, it is preferable to provide an interface 410 including a menu of "main control input" 411 and "search" 412.

The user first inputs the main word to be searched for in the main word input word 411 and selects the search menu 412 to search for the template. When the search for the template is completed, the operator system 200 lists a template list including the main word selected by the user. Although the number of templates that can be displayed at one time may be limited according to the size of the display window of the mobile communication terminal 20, all the stored templates may be sequentially displayed through the menu selection of “Next” 421.

The order in which the templates containing the user-selected subject words are displayed may be alphabetically by alphabetical order, but it is also possible to use the display method based on the statistical value reflecting the frequency used by users and the frequency of each individual user. . For the display method based on the statistical value, it is preferable to check the frequency used when the template is used for creating an email and the frequency used when the template is used for creating an email for each user, and store the data in a database.

If the user selects the contents stored in the template as the contents of the email (430), and the user thinks that the contents are appropriate for the selected contents, selects the "Confirm contents" (431) menu and enters the contents of the email. It is desirable to be able to select and modify the "Contents Modification" 432 menu.

If you select the Confirm Content (431) menu, you can enter the contents of the template directly after entering the contents of the template (440), select the template again (442), or send the mail when the contents of the email are completed. It is desirable to provide an interface capable of doing so.

The method for creating an e-mail in the mobile communication terminal 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, in the present invention, when the operator operates a system for managing information related to the user's e-mail address, and the user writes an e-mail by accessing the operator system through the Internet, the operator or the user preset template By providing the content stored in the user has an effect of increasing the efficiency of input to the user to write an email using a mobile communication terminal.

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If the operator operates a system that manages information related to the user's e-mail address, and the user accesses the operator's system via the Internet to compose an e-mail, the operator or the user prepares an e-mail on the mobile terminal using a template preset by the user. To (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) if the user chooses to write a mail through the operator's system, the operator providing the user with an interface for inputting an email recipient, an email subject, and email content; and (c) providing an interface for creating an email content using contents stored in a template in addition to means for the user to directly input and write email contents. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (c), A method of writing an email in a mobile communication terminal, characterized by providing an interface for storing a template, a template personalization, and a template retrieval, the most used content for use stored in a template. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (c), When the content input step is selected, when the content of the template is used to create an email content, the name of the recipient in the template content is automatically inserted into the name of the recipient when the email is sent to the mobile terminal, characterized in that sent. The method of claim 3, When selecting the content input step, when writing the contents of the email directly or when writing the contents using the contents stored in the template, when the email is sent, the email sending time and the sender's name are attached to the last part of the email contents. How to write an email in the mobile terminal characterized in that. A computer-readable recording medium containing a program for executing an email writing method in a mobile communication terminal for implementing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4.