KR20020080774A - Method for servicing e-mail in mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for servicing e-mail function of a cellular phone is provided to forward e-mail by editing the e-mail in an off-line state, and to store the e-mail by downloading the e-mail while receiving the e-mail, thereby minimizing an Internet access time. CONSTITUTION: If a user of a cellular phone selects an e-mail function, an LCD displays various sub menus related to the e-mail function(S31). The cellular phone requests the user to edit e-mail to be transmitted, and inputs a title of the e-mail, attached contents, and an e-mail address of a recipient(S32). If the user commands to transmit the e-mail by pressing a send key after editing the e-mail(S33), the cellular phone attempts to access a mobile communication network supplying a mobile communication service(S34). If the cellular phone accesses the mobile communication network, the cellular phone forwards the e-mail to a main server, and automatically returns to an off-line state(S35).

Description

Method for servicing e-mail in mobile terminal}

The present invention relates to an e-mail service method of a mobile phone, and more particularly, to an e-mail service method of a mobile phone capable of minimizing an Internet access time of a mobile phone capable of an e-mail service.

Email is the sending and receiving of a letter on your account over computer communications. To send an email to someone over the Internet, you need the recipient's address and email program. Using a web browser, you can easily access the email using the mouse.

The standard communication protocol of e-mail is SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), and is a store-and-forward service operated by relaying e-mail between adjacent mail servers.

The principle is that the mail sent by the sender is first delivered to a mail server that manages the sender's e-mail, and the mail server analyzes the recipient's e-mail address to find the shortest path to the nearest mail server. Deliver the letter. At this time, the relaying operation continuously delivers until the mail server arrives at the receiver side. At this time, the e-mail user is an efficient system generated in a moment that is not aware of the relay process.

The email address consists of the system name of the organization to which the individual belongs and the user account registered in the system. It is divided into a user account (user_id) and a domain name (domain.name). In this case, the user account is a user's name on the Internet, and a domain name is a format for identifying computers on the Internet with each other.

To set up Internet mail, type the type of mail server (POP3, IMAP or HTTP), the user's account name and password, the incoming mail server name, and the name of the outgoing mail server in the case of POP3 and IMAP from your Internet service provider (ISP) or LAN administrator. You should know.

The mail receiving server (POP3) is a server computer of an Internet service provider (ISP) that serves to receive mail from other places (senders) on the Internet, and the mail transmission server (SMTP) is used to send mail sent from other places on the Internet. A server computer of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that serves to send to (destination).

Such e-mail services have recently served on the wireless Internet. That is, as information devices and communication devices represented by computers and mobile phones are converged technically, services such as communication, broadcasting, and the Internet are gradually integrated, and the wireless Internet is gradually increasing in the technical convergence and service integration.

Such mobile phone e-mail services have been competitively attempted by mobile communication service providers in recent years.

In this case, basically, in order to receive an email service from a mobile phone, the mobile phone service provider subscribed to the mobile phone is connected, and then the email is sent / received according to the set order of the email program embedded in the mobile phone.

Hereinafter, a general e-mail service method will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view for explaining a general email service system.

As shown in FIG. 1, a general email service system includes a plurality of computers 10 and 11, an Internet 12, a mail server 13 composed of a mailbox 13a and a UMS 13b, and a mobile communication network ( 14).

In a general e-mail service system having such a configuration, in order to compose and send e-mails through the computers 10 and 11, the user accesses a mail site where his e-mail account is located via the Internet, or uses a mail program such as Outlook Express. Should be used.

These computers 10 and 11 are provided with a web browser which is software which can read the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document which is a standard document of the web, and can communicate with a server using a Common Gateway Interface (CGI).

The term server refers to software that provides web services in an Internet-connected environment, but is also used as a concept that includes a computer system that executes the software. The server receives the email from the computer and sends it to another computer.

And a mailbox is a storage place for temporary storage of email messages received from other computers.

UMS (Unified Messaging System) is a unified messaging system that can integrate voice and fax messages as well as e-mails provided on the Internet to operate different messages regardless of location, time and mobile phone.

The UMS reads the ID of the received e-mail, and if the e-mail destination address has an identification code such as 019, 018, 017, 016, 011, which is the service number of the mobile service provider, the UMS should send the message to the mobile phone through SMS. The e-mail is determined to be an e-mail, the e-mail header and the body are separated, and the main sender's e-mail address and header (title) are transmitted in a short message, and the called party's mobile number, time and body are stored.

2A to 2D are diagrams illustrating a state of a mobile phone screen when setting an e-mail sending and receiving function in an e-mail-enabled mobile phone, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an e-mail sending method of a mobile phone according to the prior art. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an email receiving method of a mobile phone according to the prior art.

Referring to FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 3, a method of sending a mail to another mobile phone 15 or a computer 10, 11 using a mobile phone 15 in a general email service will be described. While selecting the e-mail function as shown in FIG. 2A from the menu function built into the mobile phone while viewing the display unit of FIG. 15, various sub-menus related to the e-mail function are displayed on the display unit LCD (S11).

Here, the sub menu includes an e-mail transmission, an e-mail reception, and an environment setting. When the user selects an e-mail transmission (outgoing) as shown in FIG. 2B, the mobile phone 15 provides a mobile communication network (e.g., a mobile communication service) to the mobile communication service. 14, and when connected to the mobile communication network 14 (when it is online), the mobile phone 15 sequentially displays the progress for sending an e-mail on the display. From this time, the mobile phone 15 is connected to the Internet via the mobile communication network 14 (S12).

At this time, for example, there are operations for inputting a destination email address, inputting an email subject, and editing contents to be sent (S13).

Next, when the mobile phone asks whether to send an e-mail and sends a response command in response thereto, the e-mail is transmitted to the mail server of the mobile communication network 14 (S14), and when the user presses the end key of the mobile phone 15, the mobile communication network While the connection between the 14 and the mobile phone 15 is disconnected, the mobile phone 15 is offline with the Internet (S15).

Next, a method of receiving an email of the mobile phone 15 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2C, 2D, and 4. When another mobile phone (not shown) or the computer 10, 11 is sent to the mobile phone 15, The calling mail server sends an email to the called mail server, and the mobile communication network 14 connected to the called mail server sends an email to the mobile phone 15 via the short message service center (SMSC) as shown in FIG. 2C. Send a Short Message Service.

The mobile phone user selects the e-mail function from the menu function of the mobile phone 15 while viewing the display of the mobile phone 15 and receives the e-mail from the sub-menu in order to receive (confirm) the e-mail that has arrived to him ( S21).

When the mobile phone user selects to receive an e-mail, the mobile phone 15 attempts to connect with the mobile communication network 14 (S22). When the mobile phone user is connected to the mobile communication network 14 (when online), the mobile phone 15 is guided. The received e-mail is retrieved (see Fig. 2D) (S23).

Subsequently, the mail body arrived at itself is checked and finished (S24, S25).

In the conventional general e-mail service method as described above, since a mobile phone user can send and receive an e-mail through the Internet only when the mobile phone user accesses the mobile communication network, there is a problem that the mobile phone user's burden on the mobile communication fee increases.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and when the offline content is edited (written) and attached to the recipient's e-mail address to be sent out and press the transmission key is connected to the Internet through the mobile communication network It is an object of the present invention to provide an e-mail service method of a mobile phone which can minimize internet access time by downloading an e-mail content from a mail server after being connected to the Internet and receiving an e-mail even when receiving an e-mail.

E-mail service method of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in a mobile phone having an e-mail transmission and reception function, the user, the subject, the content and the destination of the e-mail to be sent after the user selects the e-mail sending function Inputting an e-mail address in the set order according to the guidance of the mobile phone and pressing a transmission key; and when the mobile phone comes online with a mail server of a mobile communication network, the e-mail is transmitted to the mail server of the mobile communication network and the mobile phone Automatically returning the communication network and the mobile phone to the offline state.

Mobile phone email service method according to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is in a mobile phone having an email transmission and reception function,

When the mobile phone user selects the e-mail receiving function, the mobile phone attempts to connect to the mobile communication network;

And when the mobile communication network is connected, automatically downloading the received email to the mail server of the mobile phone, storing the email in the mobile phone, and automatically returning the mobile communication network and the mobile phone to an offline state. Way of email service.

1 is a view for explaining a general email service system

2A to 2D are diagrams showing states of a mobile phone screen when setting an e-mail sending and receiving function in a mobile phone capable of an e-mail service;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sending an email of a mobile phone according to the prior art;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for receiving an email of a mobile phone according to the prior art.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sending an email of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart for explaining an email receiving method of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of sending an email of a mobile phone according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of receiving an email of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

2A, 2B, and 5, the method of sending an e-mail of a mobile phone according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 5. If is selected, various sub-menus related to the e-mail function are displayed on the display unit LCD (S31).

Subsequently, the cellular phone requests the user to edit an email to be sent to the display unit of the cellular phone, and includes an email subject to be sent, attachment of contents to be sent, and input of a called party's email address as shown in FIG. 2B (S32). The phone is still offline.

When the user completes editing through the mobile phone, when the user presses the transmission key of the mobile phone to command the transmission of the created email (S33), the mobile phone attempts to connect with the mobile communication network providing the mobile communication service to itself (S34). When connected to a mobile phone (when it is online), the mobile phone sends an e-mail sent from the mobile phone to the mail server of the mobile communication network, and when the e-mail is sent to the mail server, the mobile phone is disconnected from the mobile communication network even if there is no user's command input. Automatically return to the state (S35).

Next, referring to Figs. 2c, 2d and 6, the method of receiving an e-mail of the cellular phone is described. When the e-mail is transmitted from another cellular phone (not shown) or a computer to the cellular phone, the originating mail server sends the e-mail to the destination mail server. And the mobile communication network connected to the destination mail server transmits a short message service to the mobile phone through the short message service center (SMSC) as shown in FIG. 2C.

The mobile phone user selects an e-mail function from the menu function of the mobile phone while viewing the display unit of the mobile phone and receives an e-mail from the sub-menu, in order to receive (confirm) the e-mail arrived at the user (S41).

When the mobile phone user selects to receive the e-mail, the mobile phone attempts to connect to the mobile communication network (S42), and when connected to the mobile communication network (when online), downloads the e-mail stored in the mail server of the mobile communication network regardless of the mobile phone user's request. The mobile phone is stored in the storage unit (memory) of the mobile phone and terminates the connection with the mobile communication network when the e-mail download is completed. That is, when the e-mail is downloaded in the online state connected with the mobile communication network, the mobile phone immediately performs an offline return (S43).

Subsequently, the mobile phone user searches according to the guidance of the mobile phone and retrieves the email stored in the storage unit of the mobile phone (S44), confirms the email body and ends (see FIG. 2D) (S45, S46).

The email service method of the mobile phone according to the present invention minimizes the Internet access time of the mobile phone user as a result by minimizing the Internet access time by downloading and storing the email and checking the contents when the email is edited and sent in the offline state. There is an effect that can be minimized.

Claims (2)

On mobile phones with e-mail sending and receiving function, After the mobile phone user selects the e-mail sending function, inputs the subject, contents, and the destination e-mail address of the e-mail to be sent in the order set according to the instructions of the mobile phone, and presses the send key; And when the mobile phone is online with the mail server of the mobile communication network, transmitting the email to the mail server of the mobile communication network and automatically returning the mobile communication network and the mobile phone to the offline state. Way of email service. On mobile phones with e-mail sending and receiving function, When the mobile phone user selects the e-mail receiving function, the mobile phone attempts to connect to the mobile communication network; And when the mobile communication network is connected, automatically downloading the received email to the mail server of the mobile phone, storing the email in the mobile phone, and automatically returning the mobile communication network and the mobile phone to an offline state. Way of email service.