KR20120013131A - Method and system for transmission of e-mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An e-mail transmission method and system thereof are provided to rapidly transmit an e-mail in a narrow bandwidth network by compressing images. CONSTITUTION: An e-mail server includes an e-mail reception unit(210), an e-mail storage unit(220), and a data conversion unit(230). The e-mail reception unit receives an e-mail transmitted through the Internet. The e-mail storage unit confirms the receiver e-mail address of the received e-mail. When full text of the e-mail is requested by a client, the data conversion unit calls the full text of the e-mail. The data conversion unit changes the called full text into an image file.

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMISSION OF E-MAIL}

The disclosed technology relates to an email transmission method and system, and more particularly, to a method and system for email transmission to a low specification portable phone.

Recently, cellular phones (e.g., cellular phones or mobile phones) have, in addition to basic calling functions, short message services (SMS), e-mail (e-mail), the Internet, games, Bluetooth communications, infrared communications, video and It can provide various functions such as taking a picture and sending a video letter. In particular, as the Internet is widely used, information exchange using e-mail is being actively performed, and e-mail can be checked in real time through a portable phone.

On the other hand, when a user wants to check an e-mail on a mobile phone having a relatively low performance compared to a personal computer (PC), it is difficult to transmit the same information as that checked through a personal computer. Is transmitted to a mobile phone, and a method of confirming by the user has been applied.

Among the embodiments, the email sending system includes an email server and a client connected to the Internet via a wireless communication network. The e-mail server stores the e-mail transmitted through the Internet in the recipient's mailbox, and when the full text of the e-mail is requested based on the login information of the recipient, the e-mail message is converted into an image file and then compressed and transmitted. . The email may include a Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) document transmitted over the Internet. The e-mail message sent from the e-mail server is restored and displayed on the screen. The client may comprise a portable telephone. In one embodiment, the email server includes an email receiving unit for receiving an email sent through the Internet; An email storage unit for checking a recipient email address of the email received by the email receiving unit, and storing the received email in a mailbox of the corresponding recipient; A data conversion unit for converting an email message from the email storage unit into an image file when the email is requested through the client; An image compressor for compressing an image file of an email message converted by the data converter; And an e-mail transmitter for transmitting the image file of the e-mail message compressed by the image compression unit to the client.

Among the embodiments, the email transmission method is performed in an email transmission system comprising an email server and a client connected to the Internet via a wireless communication network. When the e-mail server receives an e-mail request from the client, the e-mail server checks by calling the full e-mail. The client may include a portable telephone and the email may include a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document transmitted over the Internet. The full text message is converted into an image file. The email server compresses the converted image file and sends it to the client. In one embodiment, the e-mail server may check the screen size information of the client. The screen size information of the client may be included in login information or member information of the recipient. The e-mail server may render the corresponding e-mail message corresponding to the screen size information and convert the e-mail message into an image file.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an email transmission system according to an embodiment of the disclosed technology.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an email server of FIG. 1.
3 is a block diagram illustrating an email transmission system according to another embodiment of the disclosed technology.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of sending an email according to an embodiment of the disclosed technology.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a specific example of the email transmission method of FIG. 4.

The description of the disclosed technique is merely an example for structural or functional explanation and the scope of the disclosed technology should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, the embodiments may be variously modified and may have various forms, and thus the scope of the disclosed technology should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea.

On the other hand, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

Terms such as "first" and "second" are intended to distinguish one component from another component, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component.

The term “and / or” should be understood to include all combinations that can be presented from one or more related items. For example, the meaning of "first item, second item and / or third item" may be presented from two or more of the first, second or third items as well as the first, second or third item It means a combination of all the items that can be.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element, although other elements may be present in between. On the other hand, it should be understood that no component exists. On the other hand, other expressions describing the relationship between the components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "neighboring to" and "directly neighboring to", should be interpreted as well.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and terms such as "comprise" or "have" refer to features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or parts thereof described. It is to be understood that the combination is intended to be present and does not preclude the existence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof.

In each step, an identification code (e.g., a, b, c, ...) is used for convenience of description, and the identification code does not describe the order of the steps, and each step is clearly in a specific order. Unless stated otherwise, it may occur out of the stated order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Commonly used predefined terms should be interpreted to be consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and can not be interpreted as having ideal or overly formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an email transmission system according to an embodiment of the disclosed technology.

Referring to FIG. 1, the email transmission system 100 includes an email server 110 and a client 120.

The email server 110 keeps the email sent through the Internet in the recipient's mailbox, and if the full text of the email is requested based on the login information of the recipient, converts the archived email full text into an image file and compresses it. send. For example, the email may include a Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) document that is sent over the Internet. In one embodiment, the email may include the recipient's email address. The recipient may enter an email address and login information (eg, an ID and a password) using the client 120, and when the login is completed, the recipient may check the email arriving at his or her mailbox. For example, the email server 110 may include an internet portal site server.

The client 120 restores the full text of the email sent from the email server 110 and displays it on the screen. For example, the client 120 may include a relatively low-cost portable phone (eg, cellular phone or mobile phone) 121 as compared to a personal computer (PC). In one embodiment, the recipient may access the email server 110 using the client 120, and then select any one of the email lists whose recipients are in his or her mailbox to check the contents of the email. In another embodiment, the client 120 may include a laptop 122 and / or a smartphone 123 of lower specification relative to a personal computer (PC).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an email server of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the email server 110 may include an email receiver 210, an email storage 220, a data converter 230, an image compressor 240, an email transmitter 250, and a login information receiver 260. ) And a member information storage unit 270.

The email receiver 210 may receive an email transmitted through the Internet and store the email in the email storage 220. In one embodiment, the email received by the email receiver 210 may include a recipient email address. The email receiving unit 210 may be connected to another client through a wired or wireless communication network.

The email storage unit 220 may check the recipient email address of the email received by the email receiving unit 210 and store the received email in the mailbox of the corresponding recipient. In one embodiment, the mailbox includes a virtual folder or directory that manages the recipient's email.

When the full text of the e-mail is requested through the client 120, the data converter 230 may call the corresponding full text of the e-mail from the e-mail storage unit 220 and convert the e-mail into an image file. In one embodiment, the data conversion unit 230 retrieves the member information stored in the member information storage unit 270, and if the member information includes the information of the client 120 used by the member, the corresponding client 120 You can convert the full text of an email into an image file to match the screen size of). For example, when the screen size is smaller than that of an email message, the data converter 230 may include an area (eg, a background area or a simple area) that does not include information (for example, a picture and / or text) in the email message. Repeat region) can be removed, and a reduced image file can be generated by reconstructing only the region including information.

The image compressor 240 may compress an image file of an email message converted by the data converter 230. In one embodiment, compression of the image file may include lossy compression. For example, the extension of a compressed image file may include JPG and / or TIF.

The email transmitter 250 may transmit the image file of the email message compressed by the image compressor 240 to the client 120. In one embodiment, the e-mail transmitter 250 may be connected to a wireless Internet communication network. For example, the wireless Internet communication network may include WiFi, Wibro, WiMAX and / or 3G cellular communication.

The login information receiver 260 may receive the login information of the recipient (member) from the client 120. In one embodiment, the login information may include the recipient's email address, ID and / or password. The login information receiver 260 may be connected to the client 120 through a wireless internet communication network.

The member information storage unit 270 may store information of a member (recipient). In one embodiment, the member information may include the recipient's email address and the screen size of the client used by the recipient.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an email transmission system according to another embodiment of the disclosed technology.

Referring to FIG. 3, the email transmission system 100 may further include a data conversion server 310 interoperating with the email server 110. In an embodiment, the email server 110 of FIG. 3 may include an email receiver 210, an email storage 220, a login information receiver 260, and a member information storage 270 of FIG. 2. The data conversion server 310 of FIG. 3 may include the data converter 230, the image compressor 240, and the email transmitter 250 of FIG. 2. For example, the data conversion server 310 may be connected to the email server 110 through a wired communication network, or may be included in the email server 110.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of sending an email according to an embodiment of the disclosed technology.

In FIG. 4, when an email request is received from the client 120, the email server 110 calls and confirms the full text of the email (step S401). For example, the client 120 may include a portable telephone 121, and the email may include a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document transmitted over the Internet.

The e-mail server 110 may convert the called e-mail message into an image file (step S402), and may compress and transmit the converted image file to the client 120 (step S403).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a specific example of the email transmission method of FIG. 4.

In FIG. 5, when a member (recipient) logs in to the email server 110 using the client 120 (step S501), the email server 110 transmits the email list transmitted to the member to the client 120. .

If any one of the e-mail lists is selected under the control of the member, the client 120 may request the full text of the selected e-mail from the e-mail server 110 (step S502).

The e-mail server 110 may check the full text of the requested e-mail (step S503), and may determine whether to convert the identified e-mail full text (step S504). In one embodiment, if the client 120 is a personal computer (PC) it is determined not to convert the email message, and if the client 120 is a mobile phone 121 is determined to convert the email message. In another embodiment, whether to convert the corresponding email message may be selected by the client 120 under the control of the user.

When converting the email text, the email server 110 may check the screen size information of the client 120 (step S505). In one embodiment, the screen size information of the client 120 may be included in the login information or member information of the recipient.

The e-mail server 110 may render the e-mail message corresponding to the screen size information of the client 120 (step S506) and convert the e-mail message into an image file (step S507).

The e-mail server 110 may compress the converted image file (step S508), and may transmit the compressed e-mail message to the client 120 (step S509).

The client 120 may decompress the transmitted email message and restore and display the email message on the screen. In one embodiment, the reconstructed email telegram image size may correspond to the screen size, and may correspond to two or four times the screen size. If the email message's image size is more than five times the screen size, it can be difficult to accurately determine the information contained in the email message image.

The disclosed technique may have the following effects. It is to be understood, however, that the scope of the disclosed technology is not to be construed as limited thereby, as it is not meant to imply that a particular embodiment should include all of the following effects or only the following effects.

The method and system for transmitting an e-mail according to an embodiment may be provided with an e-mail including information of the same type as a PC even in a portable phone configured with low-spec hardware. This is because emails in HTML form can be converted into images and sent.

In addition, the email transmission method and system according to an embodiment can easily and quickly send an email even in a network having a narrow bandwidth. That's because HTML emails can be converted to images and then compressed and sent.

In addition, the email transmission method and system according to an embodiment can obtain the effect of improving the product competitiveness and service quality. This is because an e-mail can be sent easily and quickly by using a low-end mobile phone on a narrow band network. In particular, this advantage can provide sufficient competitiveness even for low cost portable telephones or regions where communication networks are not widely available.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the following claims It can be understood that

Claims (4)

An email server that stores emails sent over the Internet in a recipient's mailbox and converts the archived email messages into image files and compresses them when the full text of the email is requested based on the login information of the recipient. The email includes a Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) document sent over the Internet; And
And a client for restoring and displaying on the screen an email message sent from the email server, the client comprising a portable telephone. The method of claim 1, wherein the email server
An email receiver for receiving an email sent via the Internet, the email including a recipient email address;
An email storage unit for checking a recipient email address of the email received by the email receiving unit, and storing the received email in a mailbox of the corresponding recipient;
A data conversion unit for converting an email message from the email storage unit into an image file when the email is requested through the client;
An image compressor for compressing an image file of an email message converted by the data converter; And
And an e-mail transmitter for transmitting the e-mail message image file compressed by the image compression unit to the client. (a) upon receipt of an email request from a client, calling and verifying the full text of the email, the client including a portable telephone, the email including a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document sent over the Internet;
(b) converting the full text of the email into an image file; And
(c) compressing the converted image file and transmitting the compressed image file to the client. The method of claim 3, wherein step (b)
(b1) confirming screen size information of the client, wherein the screen size information of the client is included in the login information or the member information of the recipient; And
and (b2) rendering the e-mail message corresponding to the screen size information and converting the e-mail message into an image file.

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