KR20090120639A - Method, mobile terminal for alarming receipt of a mail and computer readable record-medium on which program for executing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for informing of the reception of a mail, a mobile communication terminal thereof, a method thereof and a recording medium in which a program for performing the method is recorded are provided to inform a user that a mail is received in a mail server. CONSTITUTION: A connection unit(230) performs the user authentication after connecting to a mail server by using the address information of the mail server stored or inputted in a mobile communication terminal. In case a mail of an authenticated user is received in the mail server, a mail information managing unit(240) receives index information of the mail and then analyzes the index information. An output unit(250) outputs one of a vibration, a sound and a notification message to inform the user of the reception of the mail according to the analysis result.

Description

{Method, mobile terminal for alarming receipt of a mail and computer readable record-medium on which program for executing method}

The present invention relates to a method for notifying reception of mail, and more particularly, a method of notifying a user of reception of mail by receiving index information of mail received on a mail server, a mobile communication terminal, and a program for executing the method. It relates to a recording medium.

Recently, with the rapid development of electronic engineering, communication engineering, mobile communication terminal technology, mobile communication terminals also have various functions. That is, with the rapid development of wireless communication and wireless data processing technology, people can use functions such as wireless internet connection as well as voice calls and message transmission and reception using mobile communication terminals.

On the other hand, in recent years, communication using electronic mail has been rapidly developed and used by many people. A mail client (for example, a personal computer) connects to a mail server using an internet network and sends or receives mail. The client of the sender of the mail connects to the sender's mail server using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (standard), which is a standard protocol used when transmitting mail from the Internet, and transmits the mail to the receiver's mail server through the Internet. At this time, the receiving mail client receives the mail from the mailbox of the server using POP3 (post office protocol version 3).

Here, POP3 is the third edition of the Post Office Protocol (POP) used for downloading e-mail, and is a de facto standard in Internet mail communication as a protocol for an Internet mail client to retrieve mail from a mail server.

According to this conventional technique, a mobile communication terminal in which mail client software such as Outlook Express is installed receives all mail (or new mail) in a mail server. Therefore, they may receive advertisement mail such as spam mail or mail containing viruses. That is, there is a disadvantage in that the user cannot select and receive the mail arriving at the mail server. Nor can you selectively delete mail before the user receives it from the server.

In addition, even when the user uses the mobile communication terminal, the user must access all the Internet by accessing the wireless Internet. Therefore, in the situation where the wireless Internet is inferior in terms of transmission and efficiency than the wired Internet, there is a problem that the mobile communication terminal must receive all of a large amount of mail.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when the mail is received by the mail server, the object of the present invention is to notify the reception of the mail through the mobile communication terminal of the recipient of the mail.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a mail reception notification method for selectively notifying reception of a mail only when a sender of a received mail is included in a preset sender list.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a mail reception notification method is disclosed.

Mail receiving notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of (a) accessing the mail server using the address information of the mail server stored or input in the mobile communication terminal; (b) performing user authentication on the mail server; (c) when the mail server receives mail for the authenticated user, receiving index information of the received mail; And (d) outputting one or more of vibration, sound, and notification messages for notifying reception of the mail using the index information.

Step (d) may include extracting sender information of the mail from the index information; And outputting one or more of the vibration, sound, and notification message when the extracted sender information is included in a preset notification target sender list.

The index information may be header information of the mail including sender information.

In the step (b), the user authentication may be performed using the identification number or ID and password of the mobile communication terminal.

The mobile communication terminal may perform communication with the mail server through a POP3 scheme.

The mail receiving notification method may further include extracting period information set for checking mail before the step (a), and may be periodically connected to the mail server based on the period information. .

The mail reception notification method may further include, after the step (d), transmitting a deletion request for deleting the received mail to the mail server according to a user's input.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mail receiving notification mobile communication terminal is disclosed.

Mail receiving notification mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention is connected to the mail server using the address information of the mail server stored or input in the mobile communication terminal, the connection unit for performing a user authentication for the mail server ; A mail information manager configured to receive index information of the mail and analyze the index information when a mail for the authenticated user is received at the mail server; And an output unit configured to output one or more of vibration, sound, and notification messages for notifying the reception of the mail according to the analysis result of the index information.

The mail information manager may include: an extractor configured to extract sender information of the mail from the index information; And a determination unit that determines whether the extracted sender information is included in a preset notification target sender list, wherein the output unit determines that the extracted sender information is included in the notification target sender list. Only one or more of the vibration, sound and notification message may be output.

The index information may be header information of the mail including sender information.

The access unit may perform the user authentication using an identification number or an ID and a password of the mobile communication terminal.

The mobile communication terminal may perform communication with the mail server through a POP3 scheme.

The connection unit may extract period information set for checking mail and periodically connect to the mail server based on the period information.

The mail information manager may transmit the delete request to the mail server when a delete request for deleting the received mail is input from a user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a recording medium in which a program for executing a mail notification method is recorded.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a recording medium on which a program for executing a mail notification method is recorded is tangibly embodied as a program of instructions that can be executed by a digital processing device to perform a mail reception notification method. A program that can be read by the device is recorded.

Therefore, when the mail is received at the mail server, the user can know the reception of the mail through the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the user can selectively receive the corresponding mail only when the sender of the received mail is included in a preset sender list.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Terms including ordinal numbers, such as second and first, may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the second component may be referred to as the first component, and similarly, the first component may also be referred to as the second component. The term and / or includes a combination of a plurality of related items or any item of a plurality of related items.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the same or corresponding components will be denoted by the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

According to the present invention, a mail reception notification mobile communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as "mobile communication terminal") informs the user of the mail reception when the user receives the mail.

The mobile communication terminal can periodically connect to the set mail server. When the new mail is received, the mobile communication terminal receives the index information of the mail from the mail server. In this case, the mobile communication terminal outputs one or more of a vibration, a sound (sound data such as a ring tone), and a notification message for notifying the reception of the mail.

In the present invention, the index information includes some or all of header information of the mail such as a mail sender, a mail subject, a mail receiver, and a mail reception date.

Hereinafter, a system for notifying mail reception will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is a system diagram for a mail reception notification according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system for notification of mail reception includes a calling client 113, a receiving client 111, a calling mail server 123, a receiving mail server 121, a communication network 130, and mobile communication. It may include a terminal 140.

The calling client 113 or the receiving client 111 is a mobile communication terminal 140 that communicates with a wired or wireless Internet network, such as a personal computer (PC), a hand-held PC, and a notebook PC, respectively. ).

The calling client 113 connects to the calling mail server 123. The sending client 113 may create a predetermined mail and transmit the mail to the receiving client 111 through the Internet.

At this time, the receiving client 111 may access the receiving mail server 121 and receive the received mail.

The sending mail server 123 or the receiving mail server 121 is a web server that can send and receive mail through the Internet. For example, a mail server means a web server that provides a mail account to a subscriber through a web site such as Naver, Blue, and provides a mail transmission / reception service using the mail account. In FIG. 1, although the sending mail server 123 and the receiving mail server 121 are separately implemented, the sending mail server 123 and the receiving mail server 121 may be implemented as one mail server. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

The communication network 130 includes not only CDMA or WCDMA, but also all wired and wireless communication networks 130 capable of providing a message transmission service to the mobile communication terminal 140.

WCDMA will be described below as an example. The WCDMA network may include a radio base station Node B, a radio network controller (RNC), a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN), and a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN). Since the WCDMA network is a known technology, detailed descriptions are omitted to clarify the gist of the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 140 is not only a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a WCDMA phone, a CDMA-2000 phone, a mobile broadband and system (MBS) phone that communicates with the mobile communication network 130. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 140 communicates with a wireless Internet network such as a hand-held PC and a notebook PC.

The mobile communication terminal 140 accesses the mail server through the communication network 130. If there is a mail received by the user from the mail server, the index information of the mail is received.

Thereafter, the mobile communication terminal 140 may extract sender information of the mail from the index information. The mobile communication terminal 140 determines whether the extracted caller is included in the sender list preset by the user. As a result of determination, the mobile communication terminal 140 may notify the user of the reception of the mail only when the sender is included in the sender list.

So far, the system for notifying mail reception according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to FIG. 1. Hereinafter, a mail reception notification mobile communication terminal 140 according to a message will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a block diagram of a mail reception notification mobile communication terminal 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the mobile communication terminal 140 accesses a mail server and receives index information of a predetermined mail. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 140 receives index information of a mail from a mailbox of a mail server using a post office protocol version 3 (POP3).

Here, POP3 is the third edition of () used for. POP3 is the de facto standard for mail fetching mail from a mail server. Instructions of POP3 used as an embodiment of the present invention are shown as a table in FIGS. 4A and 4B.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the mobile communication terminal 140 for notifying the reception of the mail will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The mobile communication terminal 140 may include a communication unit 210, an input unit 220, a connection unit 230, a mail information management unit 240, an output unit 250, and a storage unit 260.

The communication unit 210 performs wireless communication using the local area network 130 or the mobile communication network 130. In the present invention, the communication unit 210 transmits and receives all data and signals for receiving the index information through the mail server and the communication network 130. The input unit 220 includes a keypad or a touch screen for input control of the mobile communication terminal 140. The communication unit 210 and the input unit 220 will not be described in detail as a general configuration apparent to those skilled in the art.

The connection unit 230 connects to the mail server using address information of the mail server stored or input in the storage area of the mobile communication terminal 140. The user can store the address of the mail server used in advance. Alternatively, the user can enter the address of the mail server to check whether the mail is received by accessing the mail server.

In addition, the connection unit 230 performs a user authentication process with respect to the mail server. In this case, the connection unit 230 may perform user authentication using an ID and a password. Alternatively, the connection unit 230 may perform user authentication using a terminal or user identification number such as a mobile identification number (MIN) or an international mobile station identity (IMSI) stored in the mobile communication terminal 140.

In addition, the connection unit 230 may periodically connect to the mail server. In detail, the connection unit 230 extracts the set period information from the storage area. The connection unit 230 periodically connects to the mail server based on the extracted period information.

Here, the cycle information may be set and changed by the user.

The mail information manager 240 receives index information of the mail when the mail for the authenticated user is received by the mail server. The mail information manager 240 analyzes the received index information.

In detail, the mail information manager 240 extracts the sender information 241 for extracting the sender information of the mail from the index information and the determination unit 243 for determining whether the extracted sender information is included in the preset notification target sender list. It may include.

Here, the index information is part or all of the header information of the mail. The header information is information recorded in the header area of the mail and includes information such as a mail sender, a mail subject, a mail receiver, a route, and a mail reception time necessary for sending and receiving mail. Hereinafter, in the present specification, for the convenience of understanding and explanation of the present invention, receiving the above-described header information as index information will be described as a representative example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the index information of the present invention is all the case of the various types of information required for the mobile communication terminal 140 to inform the reception of the mail, such as receiving only the sender information of the header information, or only the sender information and the mail subject information. Include.

The determination unit 243 determines whether caller information extracted by the extraction unit 241 corresponds to preset caller information. Here, the caller information may include a caller name or a sender mail address.

In detail, the determination unit 243 may determine whether the extracted caller information is included in the previously stored notification target sender list. Here, the notification destination sender list is a list of senders set by the user. This allows a user to enter a notification destination sender list that includes one or more people, or set a specific number (or name) as the notification destination sender in the address book.

For example, suppose a user presets Gap-dong (or) as a notification destination sender.

The determination unit 243 determines whether the sender (that is, the sender of the received mail) extracted from the index information is Kim Gap-dong. The determination unit 243 may determine whether the sender name or the mail sender address are the same. That is, when the originating address of the received mail is, the determination unit 243 determines that the mail is the notification target mail.

In addition, when a request for deleting a received mail is input from the user, the mail information manager 240 may transmit a delete request to the corresponding mail server. The mail information management unit 240 may be a case where a user who has received a mail through the output unit 250 (to be described later) recognizes as a spam mail and deletes the mail. Thus, the user can delete the received mail without downloading all the contents of the mail to the mobile communication terminal 140.

The output unit 250 outputs one or more of vibration, sound, and notification message for notifying the reception of the mail. The output unit 250 notifies the user of the reception of the mail when the determiner 243 is included in the notification destination sender list, that is, when the received mail is the notification destination.

In detail, the output unit 250 may include a display module that visually displays an image to a user, a speaker module that may output a sound source, and a vibration module that may cause vibration of the mobile communication terminal 140. Motor, etc.) or a combination thereof.

For example, the output unit 250 may output a sound source such as a designated ring tone through the speaker when it is necessary to notify the reception of the mail according to the determination of the determination unit 243.

The storage unit 260 may store a predetermined program for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal 140, data input / output, and various data processed.

In addition, the storage unit 260 may store data necessary for determining whether the above-described determination unit 243 is a notification target mail. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the storage unit 260 may store data (for example, a notification target sender list) for the notification target sender. Accordingly, the determination unit 243 may read the notification target sender list from the storage unit 260 to determine whether the corresponding mail is the notification target.

In the present specification, the communication unit 210, the input unit 220, the connection unit 230, the mail information management unit 240 (the extraction unit 241 and the determination unit 243), the output unit 250 and the storage unit 260 are Functionally expressed. That is, although each functional unit is expressed separately, this is for convenience of description and may be implemented in one circuit (micro circuit as one logic unit).

In particular, although the extractor 241 and the determiner 243 are represented as components in the mail information manager 240, the extractor 241 and the determiner 243 may be implemented as a component together with the mail information manager 240. Alternatively, the mail information manager 240 may be separated from the mail information manager 240 and implemented as a separate component.

Up to now, the mail receiving notification mobile communication terminal 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to FIG. 2. Hereinafter, the mail reception notification communication process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a mail receiving notification communication process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 140 of the present invention accesses the mail server and receives index information of the received mail. The mobile communication terminal 140 notifies the user of the reception of the mail by using the index information. At this time, the mobile communication terminal 140 can communicate with the mail server using POP3.

Hereinafter, a process of notifying reception of a mail will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

In step S310, the mobile communication terminal 140 accesses the mail server. In detail, the mobile communication terminal 140 connects to a mail address preset or input by a user.

Subsequently, in step S320, the mobile communication terminal 140 performs a user authentication process with a mail server. In this case, the user authentication may be performed through a user ID and password, or may be performed using MIN or IMSI of the mobile communication terminal 140.

Subsequently, in step S330, the mobile communication terminal 140 determines whether a mail for an authenticated user has been received. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 140 can confirm the existence of the mail whose user is the authenticated user through the mail server and POP3. Here, the instructions of POP3 will be described in detail in the description of FIGS. 4A and 4B.

Subsequently, when it is determined in step S340 that the mail is received in step S330, the mobile communication terminal 140 receives the header information of the mail from the mail server. In the present specification, the index information is described as a representative example of the header information.

Here, the header information is information recorded in the header area of the mail and includes information such as a mail sender, a mail subject, a mail receiver, a route, and a mail reception time necessary for sending and receiving mail.

Subsequently, in step S350, the mobile communication terminal 140 extracts sender information of the corresponding mail from the header information received in step S340. Here, the sender information may be sender name or sender address information of the mail.

Subsequently, in step S360, the mobile communication terminal 140 determines whether the mail is a notification target mail by the user. For example, the mobile communication terminal 140 determines whether the caller information extracted in step S350 is included in the notification target sender list.

Here, the notification destination sender list is collection data of information on the senders who requested the notification when the mail is received. The notification destination sender list may be generated by the user inputting one or more sender information. Alternatively, the notification target sender list may be implemented in a form of setting a flag as an email reception notification target in an address book stored in the mobile communication terminal 140.

Subsequently, in step S370, the mobile communication terminal 140 outputs one or more of vibration, sound, and notification message when the corresponding mail is the notification target in step S360.

Here, the notification message may further include information such as a sender of the mail, a title of the mail, a reception date or time of the mail, together with text informing that the mail is received.

Subsequently, in step S380, the mobile communication terminal 140 reenters the mail after the set period has elapsed, if there is no mail received for the user authenticated in the mail server in step S330 or S360, or the received mail is not the notification target mail. Connection to the mail server (step S310) is performed.

In detail, the mobile communication terminal 140 extracts the set period information from the storage area. When the extracted period elapses, the mobile communication terminal 140 accesses the mail server again.

Therefore, the user can check whether or not the mail has been periodically received with one setting (notification sender list and mail server address, etc.).

So far, the mail reception notification communication process according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to FIG. 3. Hereinafter, the instructions of POP3 used in an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

4A and 4B are exemplary diagrams for describing a command of POP3 used in an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 140 communicates with the mail server through the POP3 method. In detail, the POP3 method is used when requesting user authentication of the mobile communication terminal 140 and requesting header information of a received mail.

The table of FIG. 4A shows a main command such as providing a user password to the mail server by the mobile communication terminal 140, a description thereof, and an example of using the command.

Referring to FIG. 4A, a USER command is a command for providing an account name of a user, a PASS is a command for providing a password of a user, a QUIT is a command for terminating a session, and a LIST is a command for outputting all messages or the size of the corresponding message. to be.

The table of FIG. 4B shows a command that can be selectively used when the mobile communication terminal 140 communicates with a mail server, a description thereof, and an example of using the command. Alternatively, the table of FIG. 4B further shows an example of a response from the mail server to the mobile communication terminal 140.

Referring to FIG. 4B, a command, a description, and an example of using the command, which can be selectively used when the mobile communication terminal 140 communicates with a mail server, can be seen, and the mail server is the mobile communication terminal 140. An example of a response can be seen.

4A and 4B, the mobile communication terminal 140 and the mail server according to an embodiment of the present invention can know a command for performing communication through POP3.

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

For example, the computer-readable recording medium may include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

It may also include the implementation in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet).

The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

And functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below It will be appreciated that modifications and variations can be made.

1 is a system diagram for a mail reception notification according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a mail reception notification mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a mail receiving notification communication process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A and 4B are exemplary diagrams for describing an instruction used in an embodiment of the present invention.

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111: receiving client 113: calling client

121: receiving mail server 123: sending mail server

130: communication network 140: mobile communication terminal

210: communication unit 220: input unit

230: connection unit 240: mail information management unit

241: extraction unit 243: determination unit

250: output unit 260: storage unit

Claims (15)

In the method for the mobile communication terminal to notify the reception of the mail, (a) accessing the mail server using address information of the mail server stored or input in the mobile communication terminal; (b) performing user authentication on the mail server; (c) when the mail server receives mail for the authenticated user, receiving index information of the received mail; And and (d) outputting at least one of a vibration, a sound, and a notification message for notifying the reception of the mail using the index information. The method of claim 1, In step (d), Extracting sender information of the mail from the index information; And And outputting at least one of the vibration, sound, and notification message when the extracted sender information is included in a preset notification target sender list. The method of claim 1, The index information, Mail receiving notification method, characterized in that the header information of the mail containing the sender information. The method of claim 1, In step (b), Mail receiving notification method, characterized in that for performing the user authentication using the identification number or ID and password of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication terminal, Mail receiving notification method characterized in that the communication with the mail server via a POP3 method. The method of claim 1, Before step (a) above, The method further includes extracting cycle information set for checking mail. And periodically accessing the mail server based on the period information. The method of claim 1, After step (d), And transmitting a delete request for deleting the received mail to the mail server according to a user's input. In the mobile communication terminal, A connection unit accessing the mail server using address information of the mail server stored or input in the mobile communication terminal and performing user authentication with respect to the mail server; A mail information manager configured to receive index information of the mail and analyze the index information when a mail for the authenticated user is received at the mail server; And And an output unit configured to output one or more of vibration, sound, and notification messages for notifying the reception of the mail according to the analysis result of the index information. The method of claim 8, The mail information management unit, An extraction unit for extracting sender information of the mail from the index information; And It includes a determination unit for determining whether the extracted caller information is included in a preset notification target sender list, The output unit outputs one or more of the vibration, sound, and notification message only when the extracted sender information is included in the notification target sender list. . The method of claim 8, The index information, Mail receiving notification mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the header information of the mail including the sender information. The method of claim 8, The connecting portion, Mail receiving notification mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for performing the user authentication using the identification number or ID and password of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 8, The mobile communication terminal, Mail receiving notification mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for performing communication with the mail server via a POP3 method. The method of claim 8, The connecting portion, And extracting period information set for checking mail, and periodically connecting to the mail server based on the period information. The method of claim 8, The mail information management unit, And a deletion request for deleting the received mail from a user, transmitting the deletion request to the mail server. The program of the instructions that can be executed by the digital processing apparatus for performing the mail reception notification method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is tangibly embodied and can be read by the digital processing apparatus. The recorded recording medium.

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