KR20070093388A - Native language email address service system - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for providing a native language email address service is provided efficiently to use a present email address service system by selecting a mode for loading an email address processing module using a native language email service server, which converts a native language email address into the email address using ASCII(American Standard Code for Information Interchange) codes and LDH(Letter, Digit, and Hyphen). A native language email address server(280) receives/converts the native language email address into the email address including the ASCII codes and the LDH, and transmits the converted email address. A mail agent(220) includes a native language email address processing module(221) for transmitting the email address including the native language to the native language email address server, and receiving the email address including the ASCII codes and the LDH. The native language email address processing module is loaded to the mail agent as an inserted program for processing an event generated in the mail agent.

Description

Native Language Email Address Service System

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a prior art email address service system.

2 is a block diagram of a national language email address service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A to 3E are diagrams for describing methods of installing an NLEA module in a mail agent A according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram of a national language email address service system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5A to 5C are diagrams for describing methods of installing the NLEA module 231 in the mail transmission server A 230 in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a block diagram of a distributed native language email address service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

140: DNS server 120, 220: mail agent A

221, 231: NLEA module 130, 230: mail transmission server A

280: NLEA server 560: Root NLEA server

The present invention relates to an e-mail address service system, and more particularly, to configure a native language e-mail address including a native language (real name) to be used in an existing e-mail address service system using ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen). A national language email address service system.

 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a prior art email address service system.

Referring to FIG. 1, a process in which user terminal A 110 delivers mail to user terminal B 170 is described below. First, user terminal A 110 sends mail to user terminal A using mail agent A 120. 110 is delivered to the designated mail transmission server A (130). The mail transmission server A 130 receiving the mail from the mail agent A 120 searches for an address that the user wants to send using the MX (Mail eXchange) resource of the DNS server 140. The mail transmission server A 130 transfers the mail to the corresponding mail transmission server B 150 by referring to the IP of the mail server. The delivered mail can be read by the user terminal B 170 through the mail transmission server B 160.

The e-mail address used in the conventional e-mail address service system uses an e-mail address defined in the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (RFC 821), and is composed of a combination of a user name, a domain name, and an @ symbol. Here, only 128 ASCII codes can be used for the user name, and the domain name is limited to LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen).

Therefore, the conventional e-mail address service system has a problem that characters other than ASCII code and LDH cannot be used at all.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a system for converting an email address configured in a native language so that an existing email address service system can use it.

Another object of the present invention is to implement a system that makes use of a national language email address server more efficiently in the existing email address service system.

As a technical means for solving the above problems, a first aspect of the present invention is a national language email address server for receiving a national language email address and converts it to an email address containing an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); And a native language email address processing module for transmitting an email address including a native language to the native language email address server, and receiving an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the native language email address server. The native language email address processing module, which includes a mail agent, is an embedded program that processes an event occurring in the mail agent, and provides a native language email address service system mounted on the mail agent.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a national language email address server for receiving a national language email address and converting the email address to an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); And a native language email address processing module for transmitting an email address including a native language to the native language email address server, and receiving an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the native language email address server. The local language email address processing module includes a mail agent, and provides a national language email address service system that hooks a window message input from an email address input unit and performs an email address conversion if the hooked window message is a national language email address.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a native language email address support LDAP server for receiving a native language email address and converting the email address into an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); And an LDAP support mail agent that sends an email address containing a native language to the native language email address server and receives an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the native language email address server, The LDAP support mail agent provides a native language email address service system that designates a native language email address support LDAP server and connects the native language email address to an email address registered in the directory service server when a native language email address is input.

A fourth aspect of the invention provides a mail agent for transmitting data including a national language email address; A national language email address server for receiving an email address including a native language and converting the email address to an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); And a native language email address processing module for transmitting an email address including a native language to the native language email address server, and receiving an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the native language email address server. And a mail sending server, wherein the mail sending server further includes a data receiving unit for receiving data including a national language email address from the mail agent, and when the data received by the data receiving unit includes a national language email address A national language email address service system for driving an email address processing module is provided.

A fifth aspect of the invention provides a mail agent for transmitting data including a national language email address; A national language email address server for receiving an email address including a native language and converting the email address to an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); A national language email address processing module for transmitting an email address including a native language to the native language email address server and receiving an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the national language email address server; A mail proxy server that adds and sends an email address corresponding to the native language email address when a native language email address is received from a mail agent; And a mail transmission server for searching the email address transmitted from the mail proxy server and transmitting data to the searched email address.

A sixth aspect of the invention provides a mail agent for transmitting data including a national language email address; A national language email address server for receiving an email address including a native language and converting the email address to an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); A mail transmission server for receiving data including a native language email address from the mail agent; And a native language email address processing module for transmitting an email address including a native language to the native language email address server, and receiving an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the native language email address server. The present invention provides a native language email address service system including a web server unit for driving the email address processing module when a native language email address is included in data received from the mail transmission server.

At least two native language email address service systems, each of which includes a mail agent, a mail transmission server, and a NLEA server; And a root NLEA server to which the native language email address service systems are respectively connected. When a native language email address is input through one mail agent connected to the root NLEA server, the root NLEA server has corresponding information in response thereto. It provides a national language email address service system that sends back addresses of NLEA servers.

Hereinafter, a native language email address service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, embodiments of the present invention may be modified in many different forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described below. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art.

2 is a block diagram of a national language email address service system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a national language email address service system of the present invention includes a mail agent (MUA: Mail User Agent, for example, Outlook, Eudora, webmail, etc.) A 220 into which a national language email address processing module 221 is inserted. And a Native Language Email Address Server (“NLEA Server”) 280.

The national language email address service system includes a user terminal A 110, a mail transmission server A 230, a DNS server 140, a mail transmission server B 150, a mail agent B 160, a user terminal B 170, and the like. Including the national language email address from the user terminal A 110 to the user terminal B 170.

The Native Language Email Address Service System is constructed so that email addresses defined in RFC 821 can be used in the form of 'native language @ native language'. National language email address The national language email address used in the service system is expressed in both national languages around the '@' symbol. As the native language e-mail address includes the native language, the information of the server cannot be obtained to deliver mail using the existing DNS resource. Accordingly, the native language email address service system 1 has a separate device that supports the native language email address in order to use the existing email address system, which is called the NLEA server 280.

The NLEA server 280 has a national language email address DB in which an existing email address is stored corresponding to a national language email address. The NLEA server 280 receives a national language email address entered by a user, and receives the corresponding email address from the national language email address DB. The existing email system finds and converts the available email addresses. In other words, an email address composed of a native language is converted into an email address composed of an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen).

The national language email address processing module 221 determines that the email address input by the user terminal A 110 includes the national language, and if the national language includes the national language, accesses the NLEA server 280 to convert the national language email address into an LDH or the like. It is requested to convert to an email address consisting of, and is provided with the converted email address.

Hereinafter, a method of mounting the NLEA module in the mail agent will be described in detail.

First, as a method for installing the NLEA module 221 in the mail agent 220, a method of installing a program, a method for a webmail user, and a method of using a directory service are used. 3A to 3E are diagrams for describing methods of installing an NLEA module in a mail agent according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 3A and 3B show a program installation method.

Windows Hook Modules "

 Way and "

Insertion Module "

 3C shows a scheme for a webmail user, and FIGS. 3D and 3E illustrate a scheme using a directory service.

① Program installation method

The program installation method is to install a national language email address processing module 221 as a program on a computer using the mail agent 220. When a user inputs or sends an address while composing a mail, if a national language email address is entered, the NLEA server ( 280), and the NLEA server 280 retrieves and responds to the email address composed of LDH corresponding to the national language email address from the national language email DB and receives the result value. It is handled in such a way that the service system converts it into a usable form.

With this program installation method, FIG. 3A shows "

Windows Hook Modules "

 3B,

Insertion Module "

 The manner is illustrated respectively. "

Window Hooking Module "

 Method used by Microsoft operating systems

Window Message "

When the native language email address is input in the email address input portion of the window message generated by the mail agent 220 using the local language email address processing module 221. "

Insertion Module "

 The method uses an add-in program that processes events that occur in the program, and uses events generated by the mail agent A 220. Typically, Outlook is one of Microsoft's office products. Used for

② Method for Webmail Users

Next, for webmail users, if a user who installs a program that supports a local language email address composes a webmail through a browser or enters a local language email address in the email address input window, the user finds the national language email address. For example, if a native language email address is entered in the recipient's address field when composing a mail through webmail, the value is transmitted to the NLEA server 280, and the native language email address is obtained from the national language email address database. By responding to an email address composed of LDH, etc., the local language email address can be used through webmail.

3C illustrates a scheme for a webmail user. This method is a method to operate only if the program is installed like the method of Fig. 3a and 3b, and the method of operating internally is the same as the method of Fig. 3a and 3b. However, the method of FIG. 3C operates by using a window message generated in an HTML browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.), and also operates in a mail address input portion of a web page.

③ How to use directory service

Next, the directory service is a directory service provided by a mail agent program. The directory service is a powerful tool for searching people and companies around the world. Supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to access directory services. The mail agent A 220 designates a directory service server that supports a national language email address, so that when an email address including a national language email address is input, a national language email address can be used by using a directory service.

3D illustrates the manner of using a directory service. Referring to FIG. 3D, the national language email address service system includes an LDAP support mail agent 320 and a NLEA support LDAP server 310. Referring to FIG. 3D, a structure in which an address input by a user is connected to an address registered in an LDAP server 310 that supports a native language email address processing module. After receiving the address input from the user, the LDAP server 310 responds to the email address composed of LDH corresponding to the national language email address from the national language email address DB, and the user receives the result value and uses the email. 3E illustrates a case where an existing English email address is imported with a name including @ in Outlook Express.

4 is a block diagram of a national language email address service system according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the native language email address service system of the present invention includes a mail transmission server 230 and a NLEA server 280 in which the native language email address processing module 231 is inserted. The national language email address service system includes a national language email address including a user terminal A 110, a DNS server 140, a mail transmission server B 150, a mail agent B 160, a user terminal B 170, and the like. The email is transmitted from the user terminal A 110 to the user terminal B 170.

The main difference between the native language email address service system of FIG. 4 and the native language email address service system of FIG. 2 is that the system of FIG. 4 inserts the NLEA module 231 into the mail transmission server A 230. Specifically, ① a method of adding a module to the mail transmission server A 230, ② a method of adding a native language email address processing module 231 before the mail transmission server A 230, ③ a method for the webmail service is used do.

5A to 5C are diagrams for describing methods of installing the NLEA module 231 in the mail transmission server 230 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. More specifically, FIG. 5A illustrates a method of adding a native language email address processing module to a mail transmission server, FIG. 5B illustrates a method of adding a native language email address processing module in front of a mail transmission server, and FIG. 5C illustrates webmail. It shows the way for the service.

① How to add module to mail sending server

The method of adding the module to the mail transmission server 230 uses the fact that the mail sent from the mail agent is transmitted through the mail transmission server 230, and the mail transmission server including the native language email address processing module 231. If the mail agent forwarded by the mail agent includes a national language email address, the value is transmitted to the NLEA server 280, and if an email address including an LDH corresponding to the national language email address is found from the national language email address DB and responded, , Receive it and use it.

5A illustrates a method of adding a native language email address processing module 231 to the mail transmission server 230. The method of FIG. 5A operates only when the mail agent data receiving unit 410 of the mail transmission server 230 analyzes the header portion of the mail when the mail agent data receiver 410 receives the mail transmitted from the mail agent 220. If a national language email address is included, it is delivered to the national language email address server and the DB value is received and processed.

② method of adding the native language email address processing module 231 to the front end of the mail transmission server 230,

Next, the method of adding the national language email address processing module 231 in front of the mail transmission server 230 is a mail transmission server 230 when the mail transmission server 230 is not equipped with a module that supports the national language email address. If the received value is received in advance and the native language email address is included, it is transmitted to the NLEA server 280, and the existing email address system is converted into an email form available for transmission to the mail transmission server 230.

5B illustrates a method of adding a native language email address processing module 231 in front of the mail transmission server 230. As shown in FIG. 5B, data transmitted from the mail agent 220 to the mail transmission server 230 may be transferred to a mail including a native language email address using a mail proxy server 420 equipped with the NLEA module 231. The NLEA server 280 transmits to the NLEA server 280 and adds a general email address composed of LDH from the national language email address DB to the main transport server so that the national language email address can be used simply by adding a module to the existing email address. Here, the mail proxy server 420 may also interwork with the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).

③ Method for Webmail Service

The method for the webmail service takes advantage of the fact that in order to provide a webmail or formmail service, a mail is created and sent through the mail sending page of the web. The webmail service system sends the mail by the web server program specified in the web page. When the web server program recognizes the local language email address, the web mail service system sends the local language email address to the native language email address processing module, and the local language email address processing server responds from the DB. It responds to values in the form of regular email addresses.

5C illustrates a scheme for a webmail service. As illustrated in FIG. 5C, the native language email address processing module 231 operates by being located in a common gateway interface (CGI) program or script 450, and operates through a HTML browser 430 and an HTTP server 440. Process native language email address passed to (450).

6 is a block diagram of a distributed native language email address service system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, a national language email address service system is constructed to use distributed data. When the user terminal C (540) converts the national language email address to the existing email address, when the root NLEA server 560 is queried, the root NLEA server 560 informs the address of another NLEA server having the corresponding information. . Then, the NLEA module 551 mounted on the mail agent C 550 may access the corresponding NLEA server and bring the corresponding email value.

A user of a specific region, for example, user terminal A 510 and user terminal B 570, first searches using internal national language email address servers 520 and 580, and an email address corresponding to an internal national language email address server is displayed. If not, it may be configured to use the data of the national language email address registered with the root NLEA server 560 or the national language email address of the NLEA server designated by the root NLEA server 560. In addition, by configuring the national language email address system to allow access only to internal users, it is possible to build a private national language email address service system.

On the other hand, the national language email address service system of the present invention is configured to inform that the national language email address is an unregistered address when an unregistered national language email address is input. While the existing e-mail address system can recognize that the e-mail address is wrong only by returning after sending the e-mail, the e-mail address can be recognized before the e-mail is sent, thereby preventing the e-mail sending error. There is this.

Meanwhile, the NLEA server of the national language email address service system of the present invention has a national language email address DB in which an existing email address is stored corresponding to the national language email address, and receives a national language email address input by a user, and receives the national language email address. It finds the corresponding email address from the DB and converts the email address composed of ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) which can be used by the existing email system, but the present invention is not limited to this specific method. Various forms of variation are possible.

For example, if necessary, the NLEA module installed in the mail agent or the mail transmission server is downloaded in the form of a program, and the national language email address DB in which the existing email address is stored, and the national language email address entered by the user are converted to the national language email address. It can be configured to find a corresponding e-mail address from the DB and convert the e-mail address composed of ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) that the existing e-mail system can use. In this case, a separate NLEA server may be needed as a function to update the national language email address database.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated in detail through the specific Example, this invention is not limited to this, It is clear that the deformation | transformation and improvement are possible by the person of ordinary skill in the art within the technical idea of this invention.

As described above, by efficiently selecting an e-mail address processing module using a national language email address server that converts an email address composed of a native language for use by an existing email address service system, the national language email address service system can Efficient use of existing e-mail address service system is possible.

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A national language email address server that receives the national language email address and converts the email address into an email address including ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); And A mail equipped with a native language email address processing module which transmits an email address containing a native language to the native language email address server and receives an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the native language email address server. Including agents, The national language email address processing module is an embedded program that processes an event occurring in a mail agent, and is installed in the mail agent. A national language email address server that receives the national language email address and converts the email address into an email address including ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); And A mail equipped with a native language email address processing module which transmits an email address containing a native language to the native language email address server and receives an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the native language email address server. Including agents, The native language email address processing module hooks a window message input from an email address input unit and performs an email address conversion if the hooked window message is a native language email address. The method of claim 2, And the window message is generated in an HTML browser. A local language email address support LDAP server that receives a national language email address and converts the email address into an email address including ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); And Sending an email address including a native language to the native language email address server, and receiving an LDAP address and an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the native language email address server, The LDAP support mail agent designates a native language e-mail address support LDAP server and connects the native language e-mail address to an e-mail address registered in the directory service server when a native language e-mail address is input. A mail agent for transmitting data including a national language email address; A national language email address server for receiving an email address including a native language and converting the email address to an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); And A mail equipped with a native language email address processing module which transmits an email address containing a native language to the native language email address server and receives an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the native language email address server. Includes a delivery server, The mail transmission server further includes a data receiver configured to receive data including a native language email address from the mail agent, and when the data receiver receives a native language email address in the received data, driving the native language email address processing module. National language email address service system. A mail agent for transmitting data including a national language email address; A national language email address server for receiving an email address including a native language and converting the email address to an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); A national language email address processing module for transmitting an email address including a native language to the native language email address server and receiving an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the national language email address server; A mail proxy server that adds and sends an email address corresponding to the native language email address when a native language email address is received from a mail agent; And And a mail transmission server for searching an email address transmitted from the mail proxy server and transmitting data to the searched email address. A mail agent for transmitting data including a national language email address; A national language email address server for receiving an email address including a native language and converting the email address to an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen); A mail transmission server for receiving data including a native language email address from the mail agent; And A native language email address processing module for transmitting an email address containing a native language to the native language email address server and receiving an email address including an ASCII code and LDH (Letter, Digit, Hyphen) from the native language email address server, And a web server unit for driving the email address processing module when the native language email address is included in the data received from the mail transmission server. The method of claim 7, wherein The mail agent is an HTML browser, the mail transmission server is an HTTP server, and the web server portion has a CGI environment. At least two national language email address service systems each including a mail agent, a mail transfer server and a NLEA server; And A root NLEA server to which the national language email address service systems are respectively connected; And when the native language email address is input through a mail agent connected to the root NLEA server, the root NLEA server returns the address of the NLEA server having the corresponding information in response.

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