KR20060135178A - Method and appararus for processing deleted e-mails - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for processing deleted emails are provided to remarkably increase viewing probability of AD(ADvertisement) emails by retransmitting the emails deleted without viewing contents to a receiver under an approval of the receiver and maximize AD effect with active induction of viewing by paying rewards for viewing the primarily detected AD email. A sender terminal(12) generates the purposed emails. A receiver terminal(14) receives the purposed emails. A deleted email management server(16) transceives the purposed emails between the sender terminal and the receiver terminal through the network, collects/sends information for receiver terminal users deleting the purposed emails to a sender terminal user, and transmits the deleted emails to the receiver terminal user based on a request of the sender terminal user. When the purposed emails are viewed by the receiver terminal user, the deleted email management provides the rewards for viewing the purposed emails to the receiver terminal user.

Description

METHOD AND APPARARUS FOR PROCESSING DELETED E-MAILS}

1 is a schematic block diagram of a deletion mail processing system according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the deleted mail management server shown in FIG. 1;

3A, 3B, and 3C are diagrams illustrating an example screen shown to users of a sending terminal and a receiving terminal in a deletion mail processing system according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by a calling terminal shown in FIG. 1;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by a receiving terminal shown in FIG. 1;

6A and 6B are flowcharts illustrating a process performed by the deletion mail managing server shown in FIG. 1;

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12: calling terminal 14: receiving terminal

16: delete mail management server 22: mail sending server

24: mail receiving server 26: delete mail processing server

28: database

The present invention relates to a mail system, and more particularly, a deletion mail which notifies a sender of a recipient of a mail deleted without reading, and resends the deleted mail to the recipient at the request of the sender, thereby giving the recipient a read opportunity again. To a processing system.

As information transmission and distribution through distributed computer networks such as the Internet have been expanded, the transmission of information between individuals through mail systems has become increasingly common. The mail system consists of a distributed client / server system with equivalent servers, which are basically based on an open system that communicates with the server to send and receive mail and the server communicates with other servers.

The mail system creates a mail using a personal computer connected to the wired / wireless network and sends the mail to the sending mail server, and the sending mail receives the mail requested by the user of the sending terminal to send it to the receiving mail server. Receiving server receiving mail from server, sending mail server and storing mail in receiving mail mailbox, and finally delivering mail to recipient according to user's request of receiving terminal, and receiving end receiving mail from receiving mail server. Consists of words. The sending of mail from the calling terminal to the sending mail server, and sending the mail from the sending mail server to the receiving mail server is performed by a standardized communication procedure called SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). Recipients can read mail using standardized communication procedures such as the Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) or Post Office Protocol (POP) 3.

Recently, a lot of web mails integrating a mail server and a web server have been widely used, and a sending terminal delivers a mail to a sending mail server through an interface called CGI (Common Gateway Interface) over HTTP. Instead of standardized communication procedures such as IMAP and POP3, the CGI over HTTP interface is used to receive the mail from the receiving mail server.

On the other hand, the openness of such a mail system is called 'Unsolicited Commercial Email' (UCE) such as 'spam mail' and 'junk mail'. Problems are being raised.

As described above, the typical mail system sends the mail at the sender's discretion and fills it into the receiving mailbox of the receiving mail server regardless of the recipient's intention. The party has a lot of burden to keep the forwarded mail in the mailbox, and to read or delete the archived mail. Therefore, there is a moral hazard in which the sender collects the recipient's email address and sends the mail randomly from the sender who has no burden in using the mail.This causes the Internet to be congested and the spam server is filled with the spam mail. It causes a serious problem in the necessary mail communication and overloads the receiving mail server, resulting in a huge malfunction of the electronic mail.

From the sender's point of view, if an e-mail containing informative information, advertisements, or propaganda is deleted without being read by the recipient, the purpose of sending the e-mail is unreasonable and therefore a waste of unnecessary resources.

From the point of view of the recipient, they do not know who is sending or even what content, so it is impossible to read the mail one by one, and it takes a lot of time to open and check the contents. Also, after reading mails, mails deemed inappropriate or unnecessary should consume a lot of time to delete.

Therefore, it is necessary for the sender to have the information of the mail made and sent by the sender more read without being read by the consumer and without being dumped, and the recipient should be paid for reading the mail.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a deletion mail processing system and method which can dramatically increase the reading probability of advertisement mail by sending again a mail deleted without confirmation by the recipient with the consent of the recipient.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a deleted mail processing system and a method for maximizing an advertisement effect by actively inducing mail reading by paying a fee for reading a deleted mail to a recipient such as an advertisement mail. .

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a deleted mail processing system and a method of generating a new revenue model by providing a re-sending mail resending service to a sender such as an advertisement mail and receiving a monetary compensation thereof. It is.

According to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a deletion mail processing method, generating a destination mail in the sending terminal; Receiving the destination mail at a receiving terminal; Identifying a recipient of the receiving terminal from which the destination mail is deleted in a deletion mail management server; Inquiring, by the deleted mail management server, of a user of the calling terminal whether to resend the deleted mail for the purpose; Enclosing a message in the deleted mail processing system that promises compensation for reading the destination mail while resending the destination mail to a user of the receiving terminal that deleted the mail at the request of the sender according to the inquiry. ; And compensating for the recipient who read the destination mail resent by the deletion mail processing system.

According to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a deletion mail processing system, the originating terminal for generating a mail for the purpose; A receiving terminal for receiving the purpose mail; Sending and receiving the destination mail through the network between the calling terminal and the receiving terminal, collecting the information of the receiving terminal user who deleted the destination mail and notifying the user of the calling terminal, the request of the calling terminal user A deletion mail for transmitting the deleted mail to the user of the receiving terminal again, and providing compensation for reading to the user of the receiving terminal when the destination mail of the calling terminal user is read by the user of the receiving terminal. Characterized in that it comprises a management server.

Objects and other objects of the present invention described above will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1, a block diagram of a deletion mail processing system according to the present invention is shown. As shown, the deletion mail processing system of the present invention includes a sending terminal 12, a sender 14 and the deletion mail management server 16.

The originating terminal 12 generates a mail for the purpose of distribution or advertisement to the users of the plurality of receiving terminals 14, and requests transmission to the deleted mail management server 16, and the user of the receiving terminal 14 The purpose mail created by the originating terminal 12 is received through the deletion mail management server 16. The originating terminal 12 and the receiving terminal 14 referred to in the present specification refer to a personal computer having a built-in mail program capable of transmitting and receiving mail with a counterpart using a network interface and a network interface connectable to a network such as the Internet. do.

The deleted mail management server 16 transmits the purpose mail requested from the calling terminal 12 to the users of the plurality of receiving terminals 14 via the Internet. The deleted mail management server 16 refers to a computer system connected to a network that provides a service according to a request of clients such as the above-mentioned originating terminal 12 and the receiving terminal 14. In the present invention, the deleted mail management server 16 checks the recipient who deleted the mail, informs the sender of this, and resends the mail to the recipient at the sender's request. At this time, the sender should be arranged to provide a predetermined price, that is, a price for reading, for the mail resent to the receiver.

In the present invention, for the sake of brevity, the deleted mail management server 16 will be described as generalizing the mail transmission / reception functions of the sending terminal 12 side and the receiving terminal 14 side. In addition, the deleted mail management server 16 of the present invention may be included as a part of a portal system for providing mails such as Yahoo, Naver, and Empas, or may be commercially performing the above functions while operating a mail server individually. It may be the configuration of a site.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed block configuration of the deleted mail management server 16 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the deleted mail management server 16 includes a mail sending server 22, a mail receiving server 24, a deleted mail processing server 26, and a database 28. As shown in FIG.

The mail origination server 22 performs a function of sending a destination mail created by the user of the originating terminal 12 and delivered via the Internet 18 to the users of the plurality of receiving terminals 14.

The mail receiving server 24 confirms that the user of the receiving terminal 14 has read the target mail by receiving a read confirmation signal indicating that the mail sent to the user of the receiving terminal 14 has been received or read by the recipient. do. If the reading signal is not returned, the mail receiving server 24 may know that the user of the corresponding receiving terminal 14 deletes the target mail without reading it. Such a reading confirmation function is now widely known in the art, and includes, for example, the technology disclosed in Patent No. 272,322 registered under the name "E-mail system and method through the Internet with a reception confirmation function". .

On the other hand, as described briefly in Figure 1, since the deleted mail management server 16 is described as the overall control of the transmission and reception function between the originating terminal 12 and the receiving terminal 14, from the user's point of view of the originating terminal 12 Although the target mail is sent through the mail sending server 22 of the deleted mail management server 16, the user of the receiving terminal 14 sends the target mail through the mail receiving server 24 of the deleted mail management server 16. It should be understood that receiving mail.

The database 28 stores their account information, including profile information of the sender and receiver subscribed to the deleted mail management server 16.

The deletion mail processing server 26 collects the user of the reception terminal 14 deleted without viewing the destination mail and the corresponding deletion mail through the mail reception server 24, and collects the collected reception terminal 14. The user's information, for example, an e-mail address, is transmitted to the user of the originating terminal 12 which has sent the corresponding e-mail via the mail origination server 22. At this time, the deletion mail processing server 26 notifies the user of the originating terminal 12 and the user of the receiving terminal 14, and inquires whether to resend the deleted purpose mail without being browsed. For example, the phrase inquiring reshipment may be constructed as illustrated in FIG. 3A.

In other words, as illustrated in FIG. 3A, the resending inquiry "The mail sent to you xxxx was deleted without reading. If you want to resend this mail to xxxx, please click the OK button below, ... ... "

If the user of the originating terminal 12 requests resending of the deleted mail, the deletion mail processing server 26 requests that the mail be resent to the receiving terminal 14 which deleted the mail. Ask.

At this time, the user of the originating terminal 12 allows the operator of the deletion mail processing server 26, for example, the Internet portal site operator, to pay a predetermined amount according to the amount of resend mail or a monthly contract. Through this, the operator of the deleted mail processing server 26 may generate revenue according to the deleted mail resending service.

However, if the deleted mail is retransmitted, the user of the receiving terminal 14 may cause considerable discomfort and anger. Therefore, it is desirable to obtain consent to resend the mail to the user of the receiving terminal 14, and it is desirable to make a compensation corresponding to the cost of reading the resent mail. To this end, in the present invention, when a request for retransmission of a deleted mail is requested, the sender bears the cost of retransmission and the cost of reading the retransmitted mail. The cost of reading the resend mail may be paid by the operator of the deleted mail processing server 26 to the user of the receiving terminal 14 or may be directly paid by the sender. In this case, the price of the reading provided to the user of the receiving terminal 14 may be cash, but non-cash means such as gift certificate, cashback, and mileage may be used. As such, a message indicating that the user of the calling terminal 12 pays a cost corresponding to the price and a message providing the user of the receiving terminal 14 with the cost of reading mail are sent by the sender and the receiver using their own terminals. Make it appear in a pop-up window when you open your mailbox.

For example, Figure 3b is an example of a cost message shown to the user of the calling terminal 12, "This site is intended to help you to re-send your company's mail that the recipient has deleted without viewing it. ... If you agree to grant the mileage to the recipient, please press the OK button below, .... "

In addition, in FIG. 3C, a reading table shown to the recipient is an example of a message, "This mail is deleted by you without reading. The useful information created by the sender is resent again to prevent unknowingly deletion .... In exchange for reading the mail, the sender will assign the corresponding mileage. If you agree to the ..., please click the "Approve" button below.

As described above, by providing a view price and a benefit according to the present invention, the sender's position can increase the probability of allowing the receiver to view the mail that the recipient deletes without immediately viewing the mail, and from the recipient's point of view, In return, you will benefit from mileage.

On the other hand, when the recipient reads the resent mail, the mileage may be accumulated only by reading the contents without reading the contents. In order to prevent this, the present invention may be configured to check the reading time of the resent mail and give a corresponding cost according to the increase of the reading time. That is, by showing that the cost level is different for each viewing time to the receiving terminal 14 of the receiver, the receiver may know the benefits to be received due to the viewing time. This reading time can be set to 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute and the like.

Hereinafter, the method of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Referring to Figure 4, a process that is processed in the originating terminal 12 for sending the destination mail is shown. First, the user of the originating terminal 12 creates a destination mail (step 41), and the thus created destination mail is sent to the deleted mail management server 16 for sending request (step 42).

Subsequently, as described in detail below with reference to FIG. 6, if there are deleted mails among the mails sent to the user of each receiving terminal 14 by the deleting mail management server 16, the corresponding receiving terminal ( The information of the user of 14) is immediately notified to the user of the calling terminal 12 again via the deleted mail management server 16 (step 43). At this time, a user who has deleted the mail or a list of recipients is notified to the user of the originating terminal 12, and as shown in FIG. 3A, an inquiry screen for resending deletion mail is displayed as a pop-up window, which is illustrated in FIG. 3B. As described above, it is checked whether or not the user of the originating terminal 12 requests re-sending of the deleted mail (step 44).

If the user of the calling terminal 12 does not approve the re-sending of the deleted mail, the process will end. However, if the user of the calling terminal 12 approves the resending of the deleted mail, a message indicating the approval will be sent to the deleted mail management server 16 (step 45).

5 shows a series of processes processed in the receiver terminal 14 receiving the destination mail.

First, the receiver of the receiving terminal 14 may receive the destination mail sent from the deletion mail management server 16 (step 51), and may delete the corresponding destination mail by confirming that the mail is not desired (step 52).

Subsequently, as described in detail below with reference to FIG. 6, when the received destination mail is deleted, the recipient who deleted the destination mail by the deletion mail processing server 26 is identified, and the user of the originating terminal 12 is deleted. Based on the mail resend request, it will be sent again to the user of the receiving terminal 14.

Then, the user of the receiving terminal 14 confirms that the destination mail has been received again (step 53). At this time, the receiving terminal 14 displays a pop-up window informing that the mileage is granted in exchange for reading the corresponding mail as shown in FIG. 3C, and asks whether the receiving terminal 14 accepts the price for the mail reading (step 54). ).

If the user of the receiving terminal 14 does not confirm that the deletion mail is not viewed, the process will be terminated. However, when the user of the receiving terminal 14 approves this to receive the price for reading the mail, the contents of the corresponding mail are read in the receiving terminal 14, and a signal indicating the result approved by the receiving terminal 14 is deleted. It is sent to the management server 16 (step 54). This acknowledgment signal is used by the deleted mail management server 16 to accumulate and manage a price such as mileage that the user of the receiving terminal 14 should receive.

6 shows a series of management processes for processing the deleted mail in the deleted mail management server 16.

First, when the destination mail requested by the user of the originating terminal 12 is received from the deletion mail management server 16 (step 61), the destination mail is sent to the users of the plurality of receiving terminals 14 (step 62). ), The user of the receiving terminal 14 which deleted the target mail among the users of the plurality of receiving terminals 14 is grasped by the deleting mail processing server 26 of the deleting mail management server 16 (step 63).

The information of the user of the receiving terminal 14 which deleted the mail identified by the deleting mail processing server 26 is transmitted to the user of the calling terminal 12 in real time via the mail sending server 22 (step 64). ).

At this time, the user of the calling terminal 12 in turn pops up a message as illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B, inducing a request for re-sending the deleted mail of the user of the calling terminal 12 (step 65).

If the user of the originating terminal 12 approves the deletion mail resending inquiry, the mail origination server 22 of the deleting mail management server 16 receives the corresponding receiving terminal 14 according to the user's approval of the originating terminal 12. The destination mail, which has been deleted, is resent (step 66).

Thereafter, the user of the receiving terminal 14 receiving the resent destination mail pops up a message inviting the user to approve the mail reading price of the user of the receiving terminal 14, as shown in FIG. 3C, to the user of the receiving terminal 14. It is informed that rewards such as mileage can be provided (step 67).

If the user of the calling terminal 12 approves reading the mail, the approval signal is transmitted to the deleted mail management server 16, and the destination mail stored in the mail mailbox of the user of the receiving terminal 14 is read (step). 68).

Then, the time at which the user of the receiving terminal 14 read the destination mail is checked (step 69), and the mileage is differentially calculated according to the reading time. This differentially calculated mileage is accumulated in the database 28 having the recipient's account (step 70).

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to give the sender an opportunity for the information of the e-mail sent and made to be sent to the recipient to be read more without being read and resigned, and by having the recipient receive a price for reading the mail. You can build an active mail system. In addition, the operator of the deleted mail management server 16 may create a new revenue model by providing a deleted mail retransmission service from the sender and receiving a financial compensation for it.

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In the deletion mail processing method, Generating a destination mail at the calling terminal; Receiving the destination mail at a receiving terminal; Identifying a recipient of the receiving terminal from which the destination mail is deleted in a deletion mail management server; Inquiring whether the deleted mail management server resends the deleted mail for the purpose to the user of the calling terminal; Enclosing a message in the deleted mail processing system that promises compensation for reading the destination mail while resending the destination mail to a user of the receiving terminal that deleted the mail at the request of the sender according to the inquiry. ; And And compensating for the recipient who read the destination mail resent by the deletion mail processing system. The method of claim 1, And the reward given to the user of the receiving terminal increases as the reading time of the destination mail increases. In the deletion mail processing system, A calling terminal for generating a destination mail; A receiving terminal for receiving the purpose mail; Sending and receiving the destination mail through the network between the calling terminal and the receiving terminal, collecting the information of the receiving terminal user who deleted the destination mail and notifying the user of the calling terminal, the request of the calling terminal user And a deletion mail management server for transmitting the deleted mail to the user of the receiving terminal again, and providing compensation for reading to the receiving terminal user when the target mail is read by the user of the receiving terminal. Delete mail processing system, characterized in that. The method of claim 3, wherein And the reward given to the user of the receiving terminal increases as the reading time of the destination mail increases.

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