WO2014016957A1

WO2014016957A1 - Information-processing device, opening method, and opening program

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Publication number: WO2014016957A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/069189
Authority: WO
Inventors: 光聖高須
Original assignee: 有限会社カイト
Priority date: 2012-07-27
Filing date: 2012-07-27
Publication date: 2014-01-30
Also published as: JPWO2014016957A1; JP6010125B2

Abstract

An information-processing device having: a reception unit that receives emails in which an opening condition, that is, a condition wherein the email is openable, has been set; a calculation unit that calculates a fulfillment condition, that is, a condition which actually is required before the opening condition set in the email received by the reception unit is satisfied; an output unit that outputs the fulfillment condition that has been calculated by the calculation unit; a determination unit that determines whether the opening condition set in the email has been satisfied; and an email display unit that displays the content of the email when the determination unit determines that the opening condition has been satisfied.

Description

Information processing apparatus, opening method, and opening program

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an information processing apparatus, an opening method, and an opening program.

Conventionally, sending and receiving e-mails has been performed using an information processing device such as a personal computer or a portable terminal device. In recent years, a technique has been proposed in which an opening date and time is set in an electronic mail by a sender. With this technique, the recipient can open the email at the opening date and time set in the email. Accordingly, it is considered that the sender can allow the receiver to view the electronic mail at a desired date and time.

JP 2003-36235 A JP 2007-249372 A

However, in the above-described conventional technology, it is difficult for the sender to specify the opening date and time of the e-mail, and to add further added value to the e-mail. For example, in the above-described conventional technology, it is difficult to give added value that gives the recipient a sense of expectation that the user wants to open the e-mail only by sending and receiving an e-mail with the opening date and time set. It was.

The technology disclosed in the present application has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing apparatus, an unsealing method, and an unsealing program that can give added value to an e-mail.

The information processing apparatus according to the embodiment includes a receiving unit that receives an e-mail in which an unsealing condition that is an openable condition is set, and an opening condition that is set in the e-mail received by the receiving unit A calculation unit that calculates an achievement condition that is a necessary condition; an output unit that outputs the changed achievement condition each time the achievement condition calculated by the calculation unit fluctuates by a predetermined first threshold value or more; A determination unit that determines whether or not an opening condition set in an email is satisfied; and a mail display unit that displays the content of the email when the determination unit determines that the opening condition is satisfied It is characterized by providing.

The information processing apparatus, the unsealing method, and the unsealing program according to the embodiment have an effect that an added value can be given to an e-mail.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a mail system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the opening process performed by the terminal device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an outgoing mail storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a received mail storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an opening process procedure by the terminal device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of e-mail transmission / reception processing by the mail system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an e-mail transmission / reception process by the mail system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a terminal device according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an opening process procedure by the terminal device according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of e-mail transmission / reception processing by the mail system according to the third embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of e-mail transmission / reception processing by the mail system according to the third embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a terminal device according to the third embodiment. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a received mail storage unit according to the third embodiment. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an opening process procedure by the terminal device according to the third embodiment. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a transfer processing procedure by the terminal device according to the third embodiment. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of e-mail transmission / reception processing by the mail system according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of e-mail transmission / reception processing by the mail system according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a terminal device according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an opening process procedure by the terminal device according to the fourth embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing apparatus, an opening method, and an opening program according to the present application will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the information processing apparatus, the unsealing method, and the unsealing program according to the present application are not limited by this embodiment. In the following embodiments, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

(First embodiment)
[Configuration of Mail System According to First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a mail system according to the first embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the mail system 1 according to the first embodiment includes a mail server 10 and terminal devices 100 ₁ to 100 _n . The mail server 10 and the terminal devices 100 ₁ to 100 _n are connected to be communicable via the network 20.

The mail server 10 transmits and receives electronic mail to and from the terminal devices 100 ₁ to 100 _n and other mail servers. For example, the mail server 10 corresponds to MTA (Mail Transfer Agent), MDA (Mail Delivery Agent), or the like. The mail server 10 performs e-mail transmission / reception processing according to a protocol such as POP (Post Office Protocol), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), or IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol). In the example of FIG. 1, one mail server 10 is shown, but the mail system 1 may include a plurality of mail servers.

The terminal devices 100 ₁ to 100 _n are information processing devices that can perform transmission / reception processing of e-mail, and are, for example, personal computers, mobile phones, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and the like.

Hereinafter, the email will be described an example which is transmitted from the terminal apparatus 100 ₁ to the terminal device 100 _2. Terminal apparatus 100 ₁ in accordance with operation by a user, and transmits it to the terminal apparatus 100 ₂ email opening condition is set a condition that the e-mail becomes openable via the mail server 10.

The terminal device 100 _2, when receiving an e-mail opening condition is set, calculates the achievement condition is currently necessary condition to such opening condition is satisfied. Then, the terminal apparatus 100 _2, each time the achievement condition varies more than a predetermined first threshold value, and outputs the achievement condition after change on the display unit such as a liquid crystal display. In addition, the terminal device 100 _2, if it meets the opening conditions, to display the contents of such e-mail on the display unit.

In the first embodiment, the terminal device 100 _1, the opening condition, the e-mail describes an example of setting the openable date is date to be openable. In the first embodiment, the terminal device 100 _2, e-mail and calculating the time remaining until the openable as benchmarks, examples of outputting the remaining calculated time by countdown will be described.

[Example of opening process according to the first embodiment]
Figure 2 is a diagram showing an example of the opening process by the terminal apparatus 100 ₂ according to the first embodiment. In Figure 2, an example terminal device 100 ₂ is a cellular phone or the like. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 100 ₂ is, at the time of the "July 1, 10 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds 2012", openable date and time "August 1 day 10 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds 2012" is and one received set email M11 from the terminal device 100 ₁ (step S11). A broken-line rectangle shown in the vicinity of the e-mail M11 indicates an opening condition set in the e-mail M11.

At the time of the terminal device 100 ₂ has received an e-mail M11, not the current date and time reaches the possible opening date and time. Therefore, the terminal apparatus 100 _2, even when the operation for opening the e-mail M11 is performed, does not display the contents of the e-mail M11. In the example of FIG. 2, the terminal device 100 _2, although the display name of the sender of an e-mail M11 the "sender 1", does not display for text. Note that the present invention is not limited to this example, the terminal device 100 ₂ may not display both the sender's name and text.

Subsequently, the terminal apparatus 100 _2, as benchmarks, to calculate the remaining time from the current date to openably date. When the terminal apparatus 100 _2, takes the remaining time is varied over a predetermined variable time threshold (corresponding to the first threshold value, above), and the remaining time after variation is equal to or less than the predetermined time threshold, time remaining Is started (step S12).

Here, it is assumed that the variation time threshold is “1 second” and the time threshold is “5 seconds”. That is, the terminal device 100 _2, as shown in FIG. 2, at the time of reduced to "5 seconds" remaining time from the "6 seconds""August 1, 2012 9:00 59 minutes 55 seconds", the remaining time Fluctuates more than the fluctuation time threshold “1 second”, and the remaining time “5 seconds” after the fluctuation falls below the time threshold “5 seconds”, so that information such as “5!” Is output as the remaining time after fluctuation. . Thereafter, the terminal apparatus 100 _2, each time the remaining time decreases "1 second", "4!", "3!", ..., as such "0!", And outputs the countdown time remaining. Then, the terminal device 100 _2, the current date and time when it becomes possible date and time "August 1 day 10 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds 2012" opened, automatically display the body of the e-mail M11 (step S13).

Thus, the terminal apparatus 100 ₂ outputs the remaining time until the e-mail becomes openable by countdown. As a result, the mail system 1 according to the first embodiment can give the recipient a sense of expectation to view an email.

For example, the user U1 of the terminal apparatus 100 _1, the user U2 of the terminal apparatus 100 _2, shall send an email to bless birthday. At this time, the user U1 sets the birthday of the user U2 (for example, August 1, 2012, 0: 0: 0) as the openable date and time, so that the user U2 sends an e-mail to the user U2 at the moment of the birthday. Can be viewed. Further, the terminal device 100 _2, the time remaining until the openable so to display the countdown, it is possible to have expectation to the user U2.

In the above example, an example in which the electronic mail is transmitted from the terminal apparatus 100 ₁ to the terminal device 100 _2. However, the terminal devices 100 ₁ to 100 _n can perform both the above-described electronic mail transmission processing and unsealing processing. In the following, when there is no need to distinguish the terminal devices 100 ₁ to 100 _n , these may be collectively referred to as “terminal device 100”.

[Configuration of Terminal Device According to First Embodiment]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the terminal device 100 includes an IF (interface) unit 110, an operation unit 120, a display unit 130, a transmitted mail storage unit 141, a received mail storage unit 142, and a mail control unit 150. Have

The IF unit 110 transmits and receives various data such as e-mails to and from the mail server 10 via the network 20. For example, the IF unit 110 is realized by a NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like.

The operation unit 120 is an input device that accepts various operations from the user. For example, the operation unit 120 is realized by a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. When the terminal device 100 is a mobile phone or a PDA, the operation unit 120 is realized by a cursor key, a numeric keypad, or the like.

The display unit 130 is a display device for displaying various information. For example, the display unit 130 is realized by a liquid crystal display or the like. When a touch panel is adopted for the terminal device 100, the operation unit 120 and the display unit 130 are integrated.

The transmission mail storage unit 141 stores an electronic mail transmitted by the terminal device 100. The received mail storage unit 142 stores electronic mail received by the terminal device 100. The outgoing mail storage unit 141 and the incoming mail storage unit 142 are realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory element such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, a hard disk, an optical disk, or the like.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the outgoing mail storage unit 141 according to the first embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the transmission mail storage unit 141 includes items such as “transmission mail ID”, “destination”, “subject”, “text”, “attached file”, and “opening condition”.

“Transmission mail ID” indicates information for identifying an electronic mail transmitted by the terminal device 100. “Destination” indicates an e-mail destination (for example, a mail address). “Subject” indicates a subject of the e-mail. “Body” indicates the mail text of the e-mail. “Attached file” indicates a file attached to an electronic mail. “Opening condition” indicates an openable date and time set in the e-mail. The “opening condition” stores the date and time represented by the year, month, day, hour, minute and second.

For example, FIG. 4 shows an example in which an e-mail identified by the transmission mail ID “S001” is set with an openable date and time “July 1, 2012 10:00:00”. As shown in the transmission mail ID “S003” in FIG. 4, the openable date and time may not be set in the electronic mail transmitted by the terminal device 100.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the received mail storage unit 142 according to the first embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the received mail storage unit 142 includes items such as “received mail ID”, “sender”, “subject”, “text”, “attached file”, and “opening condition”.

“Received mail ID” indicates information for identifying an electronic mail received by the terminal device 100. “Sender” indicates the sender who sent the e-mail. “Subject”, “text”, “attached file”, and “opening condition” are the same as the information shown in FIG. Similarly to the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the date and time that can be opened may not be set in the email received by the terminal device 100.

Although not shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the outgoing mail storage unit 141 and the incoming mail storage unit 142 also store information other than the items shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. For example, the outgoing mail storage unit 141 stores the transmission date and time of the electronic mail, the mail header, and the like. In addition, the received mail storage unit 142 stores the reception date and time of the electronic mail, the mail header, and the like.

Returning to the explanation of FIG. 3, the mail control unit 150 controls various processes related to the e-mail. For example, in the mail control unit 150, a program (corresponding to an example of an opening program) stored in a storage device (not shown) is executed by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like using the RAM as a work area. It is realized by doing. The program referred to here corresponds to, for example, software called “mailer” that performs e-mail creation and transmission / reception processing.

Such a mail control unit 150 includes a transmission unit 151, a reception unit 152, a calculation unit 153, an output unit 154, a determination unit 155, and a mail display unit 156, as illustrated in FIG.

The transmission unit 151 performs a creation process and a transmission process of a telegram mail. Specifically, the transmission unit 151 displays an email creation screen for creating an email on the display unit 130 when the user performs an operation to create an email using the operation unit 120. . At this time, in addition to the input fields for inputting the “destination”, “subject”, “text”, “attached file”, and the like of the e-mail, the transmission unit 151 inputs the “openable date and time”. Display the column. Then, the transmission unit 151 stores various information input on the e-mail creation screen in the transmission mail storage unit 141. In addition, the transmission unit 151 creates an e-mail with an openable date and time set based on various information input on the e-mail creation screen, and transmits the created e-mail to the mail server 10 via the IF unit 110. .

Here, the transmission unit 151 may set the openable date and time in any field of the e-mail. For example, the transmission unit 151 may provide a new mail header item (for example, “X-Open-Condition” or the like) for setting an opening condition, and set an openable date and time in the mail header. Further, for example, the transmission unit 151 may set an openable date and time in the subject or text of an e-mail.

The receiving unit 152 performs an e-mail reception process. Specifically, the receiving unit 152 receives an e-mail transmitted from the mail server 10 via the IF unit 110 and stores various information of the received e-mail in the received mail storage unit 142. At this time, the receiving unit 152 issues a new received mail ID for the received electronic mail. Then, the receiving unit 152 stores the e-mail sender, subject, text, attached file, openable date and time (opening condition), and the like in the received mail storage unit 142 in association with the received mail ID.

The calculating unit 153 calculates the remaining time until the e-mail can be opened as an achievement condition for the e-mail received by the receiving unit 152. Specifically, the calculation unit 153 acquires a future openable date and time from the received mail storage unit 142, and calculates the remaining time by subtracting the current date and time from the acquired openable date and time. The calculation unit 153 performs such calculation processing periodically (for example, every second).

Note that the calculation unit 153 may not perform the calculation process periodically. For example, when receiving an e-mail in which an openable date and time is set, the receiving unit 152 stores the past date and time by “time threshold + variable time threshold + α (for example, several seconds)” from the openable date and time. Keep it. Then, the receiving unit 152 instructs the calculating unit 153 to calculate the remaining time corresponding to the received e-mail when the stored date / time is reached. In this case, after receiving the instruction from the receiving unit 152, the calculation unit 153 periodically calculates the remaining time corresponding to the instructed e-mail (for example, every second).

The output unit 154 outputs the remaining time calculated by the calculation unit 153 to the display unit 130. Specifically, the output unit 154 determines whether or not the fluctuation amount of the remaining time calculated by the calculation unit 153 is greater than or equal to the fluctuation time threshold value. For example, the output unit 154 holds the remaining time calculated first by the calculation unit 153 as the reference remaining time. Then, the output unit 154 determines whether or not the variation amount between the reference remaining time and the remaining time newly calculated by the calculation unit 153 is equal to or greater than the variation time threshold. At this time, when the fluctuation amount of the remaining time is equal to or larger than the fluctuation time threshold, the output unit 154 holds the remaining time after the fluctuation as a new reference remaining time. In this way, the output unit 154 determines whether or not the fluctuation amount of the remaining time is equal to or larger than the fluctuation time threshold while updating the reference remaining time.

Then, when the fluctuation amount of the remaining time is equal to or greater than the fluctuation time threshold, the output unit 154 determines whether or not the remaining time after fluctuation is equal to or less than the time threshold. Then, the output unit 154 outputs the remaining time after the change to the display unit 130 when the remaining time after the change is equal to or less than the time threshold. As described above, when the remaining time is equal to or less than the time threshold value, the output unit 154 outputs the remaining time after the change to the display unit 130 every time the remaining time changes more than the change time threshold value.

The output unit 154 may output the remaining time only when the mailer is activated. At this time, even if another e-mail different from the e-mail that satisfies the above conditions is opened, the output unit 154 may output the remaining time by superimposing it on the opened e-mail. The remaining time may be output by superimposing it on an e-mail that satisfies the above conditions. Alternatively, 154 may automatically output the remaining time even when the mailer is not activated. At this time, after the mailer is activated, the output unit 154 may output the remaining time by superimposing it on an e-mail that satisfies the above conditions.

Note that the calculation unit 153 according to the first embodiment may not perform the process of calculating the remaining time after the remaining time becomes equal to or less than the time threshold. In this case, the output unit 154 outputs the remaining time to the display unit 130 and activates a timer built in the terminal device 100 when the remaining time calculated by the calculation unit 153 is equal to or less than the time threshold. . Thereafter, the output unit 154 outputs the remaining time in a countdown format each time such a timer elapses for a variation time threshold (for example, 1 second).

The determining unit 155 determines whether or not an opening condition (that is, an openable date and time) set in the e-mail received by the receiving unit 152 is satisfied. Specifically, the determination unit 155 determines that the opening condition is satisfied when the remaining time calculated by the calculation unit 153 is “0”, and opens when the remaining time is not “0”. It is determined that the condition is not satisfied.

Note that the determination unit 155 may determine whether the opening condition is satisfied by referring to the received mail storage unit 142 periodically (for example, every second). In this case, the determination unit 155 determines that the opening condition is satisfied when the openable date / time stored in the received mail storage unit 142 is past the current date / time, and the openable date / time is higher than the current date / time. If it is in the future, it is determined that the opening condition is not satisfied.

The e-mail display unit 156 controls the display unit 130 to display the content of the e-mail that is determined by the determination unit 155 to satisfy the opening condition. Specifically, the mail display unit 156 displays “sender”, “subject”, “text” stored in the received mail storage unit 142 when the determination unit 155 determines that the opening condition is satisfied. The display unit 130 automatically controls display of e-mails including the above. Note that the mail display unit 156 displays the contents of the e-mail if the e-mail to be opened satisfies the opening conditions even when the e-mail is opened.

[Opening procedure according to the first embodiment]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an opening process procedure by the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the e-mail has been received by the receiving unit 152 of the terminal device 100. Further, the processing procedure shown in FIG. 6 is performed for each electronic mail stored in the received mail storage unit 142.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the calculation unit 153 of the terminal device 100 refers to the received mail storage unit 142 to determine whether an e-mail received by the receiving unit 152 has an openable date / time set. (Step S101). If the openable date and time is set (Yes at Step S101), the calculation unit 153 calculates the remaining time until the email can be opened using the openable date and time (Step S102). . The calculation unit 153 periodically performs the process in step S102 (for example, every second).

Subsequently, the output unit 154 determines whether or not the fluctuation amount of the remaining time calculated by the calculation unit 153 is greater than or equal to the fluctuation time threshold (step S103). Then, when the fluctuation amount of the remaining time is not equal to or greater than the fluctuation time threshold (No at Step S103), the output unit 154 waits until the fluctuation amount of the remaining time becomes equal to or larger than the fluctuation time threshold.

On the other hand, when the fluctuation amount of the remaining time is equal to or greater than the fluctuation time threshold (Yes at Step S103), the output unit 154 determines whether or not the remaining time after fluctuation is equal to or less than the time threshold (Step S104). If the remaining time is not less than or equal to the time threshold (No at Step S104), the output unit 154 returns to the process at Step S103. On the other hand, when the remaining time is equal to or less than the time threshold (Yes at Step S104), the output unit 154 outputs the remaining time after the change to the display unit 130 (Step S105).

Subsequently, the determination unit 155 determines whether or not the current date / time has reached the openable date / time set in the e-mail (step S106). If the determination unit 155 determines that the current date / time has not reached the openable date / time (No at step S106), the terminal device 100 returns to the process of step S103. That is, the output unit 154 outputs the remaining time after the change every time the remaining time fluctuates more than the fluctuation time threshold until the current date and time reaches the openable date and time (Yes in step S103) (step S105).

On the other hand, when the determination unit 155 determines that the current date / time has reached the openable date / time (Yes in step S106), the mail display unit 156 controls display of the content of the e-mail on the display unit 130 (step S107).

[Effect of the first embodiment]
As described above, the terminal device 100 (corresponding to an example of an information processing device) according to the first embodiment includes the receiving unit 152, the calculating unit 153, the output unit 154, the determining unit 155, and the mail display unit. 156. The receiving unit 152 receives an e-mail in which an openable date and time (corresponding to an example of an open condition) that is an openable condition is set. The calculation unit 153 calculates a remaining time (corresponding to an example of an achievement condition) that is a necessary condition until the openable date and time set in the e-mail received by the reception unit 152 is satisfied. The output unit 154 outputs the remaining time after the change every time the remaining time calculated by the calculation unit 153 fluctuates more than the fluctuation time threshold (corresponding to an example of the first threshold). The determination unit 155 determines whether or not the opening condition set in the e-mail is satisfied. The mail display unit 156 displays the content of the e-mail when the determination unit 155 determines that the opening condition is satisfied.

Thus, since the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment outputs the remaining time until the e-mail can be opened, it is possible to give the recipient a sense of expectation to view the e-mail, As a result, an added value can be added to the electronic mail.

The output unit 154 outputs the remaining time when the remaining time calculated by the calculation unit 153 is equal to or less than the time threshold (corresponding to an example of the second threshold). Thereby, the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment can output the remaining time when the time when the e-mail can be opened is approaching.

[Modification (1)]
Note that the processing by the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment is not limited to the above example. For example, in the first embodiment, an example in which the terminal device 100 sets one openable date and time in an e-mail has been described. However, the terminal device 100 sets a plurality of openable dates and times in one e-mail. May be. In such a case, the terminal device 100 causes the user to input the contents of the e-mail (subject name, text, attached file, etc.) for each possible opening date. When the terminal device 100 receives an e-mail with a plurality of openable dates and times, the terminal device 100 automatically updates the content of the e-mail corresponding to the openable date and time each time the current date and time reaches the openable date and time. Display.

For example, in the terminal device 100, the text “You are fired” is set in association with the openable date and time “August 1, 2012 10:00:00”, and the openable date and time “August 2012” is set. Assume that an e-mail in which the text “It is crisp” is set in association with “10:10:01” is received. In such a case, the terminal device 100 automatically displays an e-mail such as “You are fired” at the time of “August 1, 2012 10:00:00” after performing the above-described countdown output. To do. Then, the terminal device 100 automatically outputs an e-mail such as “I am ridiculous” at the time of “August 1, 2012 10: 1: 0” after performing the output by countdown again.

Also, the terminal device 100 may set the same e-mail content for a plurality of openable dates and times. In such a case, the terminal device 100 automatically displays the content of the same e-mail every time the current date and time reaches the openable date and time.

In addition, the terminal device 100 may set a sender, a subject, a body text, an attached file, and the like, which are e-mail items, for each openable date and time. And the terminal device 100 may display the item of the email corresponding to this openable date and time when the current date and time reaches the openable date and time.

For example, in the terminal device 100, the sender “prayer site” is set in association with the openable date and time “August 1, 2012 10:00:00”, and the openable date and time “August 1, 2012 10:00” The subject “Good News” is set in association with “1 minute 0 second”, and the text “Winned” is set in association with the openable date and time “August 1, 2012 10: 2: 0” Assume that an e-mail has been received. In such a case, the terminal device 100 automatically displays the sender “stakes prize site” at “10:00 on August 1, 2012” and “10:01 on August 1, 2012”. The title “Good News” is displayed at the time of “0 seconds”, and the text “Winned” is displayed at the time of opening possible date “August 1, 2012 10: 2: 0”. In addition, the terminal device 100 performs output by countdown until reaching each openable date and time.

In this way, the terminal device 100 can send and receive an e-mail incorporating a sense of play by setting a plurality of openable dates and times, and can further improve the expectation of the user who has received the e-mail. it can.

[Modification (2)]
In addition, the terminal device 100 may set a date / time range as an openable date / time. In this case, the terminal device 100 displays the e-mail only in the date and time range set as the date and time when opening is possible. For example, the terminal device 100 has received an e-mail in which “1 August 2012, 10:00:00” to “August 10, 2012, 10: 00: 0” is set as the openable date and time. Shall. In such a case, as described above, the terminal device 100 automatically displays the contents of the e-mail at the time of “August 1, 2012 10:00:00”. After that, when the opening operation of the e-mail is performed, the terminal device 100 determines that the current date and time is “August 1, 2012 10:00:00” to “August 10, 2012 10:00:00”. If it is “0 seconds”, the contents of the e-mail are displayed.

[Modification (3)]
Further, when the fluctuation amount of the remaining time is equal to or greater than the fluctuation time threshold, the terminal device 100 does not display the remaining time after the fluctuation but displays the time obtained by subtracting the fluctuation time threshold from the remaining time after the fluctuation. May be. For example, the terminal apparatus 100 ₂ illustrated in FIG. 2 outputs the remaining time "5!" At the "9 o'clock 59 minutes 55 seconds". In the case of this example, the terminal device 100 _2, and outputs "0!" At the time of the "10 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds", will display the contents of the e-mail immediately after that. Here, the terminal apparatus 100 _2, at the time of the "9 o'clock 59 minutes 55 seconds", instead of outputting the remaining time "5!", Obtained by subtracting "1" time-varying threshold from the remaining time, "5", " 4! "May be output. Thereby, the terminal device 100 can display the contents of the e-mail at the time “10:00:00” after outputting “0!” At the time “9:59:59”.

[Modification (4)]
Further, in the first embodiment, an example in which the terminal device 100 determines whether or not the variation amount of the remaining time is equal to or larger than the variation time threshold and whether the remaining time after variation is equal to or smaller than the time threshold. did. However, the terminal device 100 may output the remaining time when the remaining time becomes equal to or less than the time threshold without determining whether or not the remaining time variation is equal to or greater than the variation time threshold. Thereafter, the terminal device 100 may output the remaining time after the change every time the remaining time fluctuates more than the fluctuating time threshold without determining whether the remaining time is equal to or less than the time threshold.

[Modification (5)]
Moreover, the terminal device 100 does not need to perform the process which determines whether remaining time is below a time threshold value. Specifically, regardless of whether or not the remaining time is equal to or less than the time threshold, the terminal device 100 may output the remaining time after the change every time the remaining time fluctuates more than the change time threshold.

(Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment, an example in which the target number of receptions is set in an e-mail as an opening condition will be described. The terminal device according to the second embodiment can display the e-mail when the number of e-mails received reaches the target number of e-mails.

[Example of Transmission / Reception Processing According to Second Embodiment]
7 and 8 are diagrams illustrating an example of e-mail transmission / reception processing by the mail system according to the second embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the mail system 2 according to the second embodiment includes terminal devices 200 ₁ to 200 _n . Although not shown in FIG. 7, the mail system 2 includes a mail server 10 and a network 20 through which electronic mail is distributed. Hereinafter, a mail system in which terminal devices are directly connected by arrows or the like may be illustrated, but such a mail system includes the mail server 10 and the network 20.

In the example shown in FIG. 7, by cooperating users of the terminal devices ₂₀₀ 1 ~ 200 _m, each individually email terminals ₂₀₀ 1 ~ ₂₀₀ _m (hereinafter, may be referred to as "individual mail" ) To the terminal device 200 _n . Then, the terminal device 200 _n combines the individual mails received from the terminal devices 200 ₁ to 200 _m to display an electronic mail in which the text is written by a large number of users, such as a postscript.

Specifically, first, the terminal apparatus 200 ₁ sends an e-mail (hereinafter, may be referred to as “guidance mail”) M21 for guiding that an individual mail is transmitted to the terminal apparatus 200 _n to the terminal apparatus 200. Send to ₂ to 200 _m . At this time, the terminal apparatus 200 ₁ sets the e-mail address of the terminal device 200 _n as the individual mail address, the dedicated mail and target reception number invitation M21. Here, “10” is set as the target reception number.

Here, the “individual mail destination” set in the guide mail M21 is not the destination of the guide mail M21 but the terminal apparatus (the terminal apparatuses 200 ₂ to 200 _{m in} the example of FIG. 7) that receives the guide mail M21. On the other hand, it corresponds to information for notifying the destination of individual mail. Further, the “target reception number” corresponds to an unsealing condition that allows the terminal device (in the example of FIG. 7, the terminal device 200 _n ) set to “individual mail destination” to open the individual mail. That is, the “target number of receptions” is valid for the terminal device set to “individual mail destination”.

Terminal 200 ₂ of the user who received the invitation M21 creates a separate mail M22 in the form of reply to invitation M21, transmits dedicated mail M22 created in the terminal apparatus 200 _n. Similarly, the user of the terminal device 200 _m transmits dedicated mail M23 created in the form of reply to invitation M21 to the terminal apparatus 200 _n. As will be described later, in the individual mails M22 and M23 created in a format for replying to the guide mail M21, the destination of the individual mail set in the guide mail M21 and the target reception number “10” are set.

In this way, the terminal device 200 _n receives individual mails from several terminal devices 200 ₂ to 200 _m . Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the terminal device 200 _n counts the number of individual mails received at this time each time an individual mail is received (steps S21 to S23). Each time the terminal device 200 _n receives an individual mail, it calculates the difference between the number of individual mails received and the target number of receptions as an achievement condition (steps S21 to S23). In other words, the terminal device 200 _n calculates “the number of insufficient receptions”, which is the number of remaining individual mails required for opening the individual mails, as an achievement condition.

In the terminal device 200 _n , the number of insufficient receptions fluctuates by a predetermined fluctuation number threshold (here, “1”), and the number of insufficient receptions after the fluctuation is a predetermined shortage threshold (here “5”). In the case of the following, the number of received shortages after fluctuation is output. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the terminal device 200 _n outputs information such as “5 more!” When the number of insufficient receptions has decreased from “6” to “5”. Thereafter, the terminal device 200 _n outputs information such as “4 more mails!”, “3 more mails!”,. Then, when the number of individual mails received reaches the target reception number “10”, the terminal device 200 _n displays the electronic mail M24 that combines the received individual mail texts (step S24).

In this way, the terminal device 200 _n outputs the insufficient reception number until the individual mail reception number reaches the target reception number. Thereby, the mail system 2 according to the second embodiment can give the recipient a sense of expectation to view individual mail. In addition, the terminal device 200 _n displays an electronic mail in which a plurality of individual mails are combined. As a result, the mail system 2 according to the second embodiment can give the added value of displaying an electronic mail in which the body text is written like a message.

For example, it is assumed that each user of the terminal devices 200 ₁ to 200 _n is a company colleague. In addition, it is assumed that the user of the terminal device 200 _n leaves the company. In the case of the mail system 2 described above, in such a case, an e-mail such as a written message can be transmitted to the terminal device 200 _n .

The terminal devices 200 ₁ to 200 _n can perform all of the above-described guide mail transmission processing, individual mail transmission, and individual mail opening processing. Hereinafter, when there is no need to distinguish the terminal devices 200 ₁ to 200 _n , they may be collectively referred to as “terminal device 200”.

[Configuration of Terminal Device According to Second Embodiment]
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device 200 according to the second embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 9, the terminal device 200 includes a transmitted mail storage unit 241, a received mail storage unit 242, and a mail control unit 250. The transmission mail storage unit 241 and the reception mail storage unit 242 store the individual mail destination and the target reception number as the opening condition.

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the mail control unit 250 includes a transmission unit 251, a reception unit 252, a calculation unit 253, an output unit 254, a determination unit 255, and a mail display unit 256.

The transmission unit 251 performs a creation process and a transmission process of a guide mail and an individual mail. Specifically, the transmission unit 251 displays a guide mail creation screen for creating a guide mail on the display unit 130 when an operation to create a guide mail is performed. At this time, the transmission unit 251 inputs the individual mail address and the target reception number in addition to the input fields for inputting the “address”, “subject”, “text”, and “attached file” of the guide mail. An input field for displaying is displayed. Then, the transmission unit 251 transmits a guide mail in which an individual mail destination and a target reception number are set based on various information input on the guide mail creation screen.

Here, the transmission unit 251 sets the destination of the individual mail input on the guide mail creation screen in the mail header “Reply-To”. Thereby, the transmission unit 251 can set the destination set in “Reply-To” of the guide mail as the destination “To” of the individual mail created in a format for replying to the guide mail. In addition, the transmission unit 251 sets an individual mail destination in a new mail header item (for example, “X-Individual-To” or the like). In addition, the transmission unit 251 sets the target reception number in a new mail header item (for example, “X-Open-Condition”). Note that the transmission unit 251 may set the destination of individual mail and the target number of receptions in the subject or text of the guidance mail.

In addition, the transmission unit 251 displays an individual email creation screen for creating an individual email on the display unit 130 when an operation for creating an individual email is performed in a format for replying to the guide email. At this time, the transmission unit 251 displays an input column for inputting “destination”, “subject”, “text”, “attached file”, and the like of the individual mail. Then, the transmission unit 251 transmits the individual mail created based on various information input on the individual mail creation screen to the mail server 10.

Here, the transmission unit 251 sets the individual mail destination and the target number of receptions set in the guide mail to the individual mail. For example, the transmission unit 251 sets the individual mail destination set in the mail header “X-Individual-To” of the guide mail in the mail header “X-Individual-To” of the individual mail. Further, for example, the transmission unit 251 sets the target reception number set in the mail header “X-Open-Condition” of the guide mail in the mail header “X-Open-Condition” of the individual mail. The transmission unit 251 may set the individual mail destination and the target number of receptions in the subject or body of the individual mail, as in the case of the guidance mail.

The receiving unit 252 receives an e-mail transmitted from the mail server 10 and stores various information of the received e-mail in the received mail storage unit 242.

The calculation unit 253 calculates the number of insufficient receptions necessary for opening an individual mail as an achievement condition for the individual mail received by the reception unit 252. At this time, the calculation unit 253 calculates the number of insufficient receptions for each group to which each individual mail belongs.

Specifically, the calculation unit 253 acquires an individual mail for which the target reception number is set from the received mail storage unit 242. Here, although the target reception number is set for the guidance mail, the calculation unit 253 acquires only the individual mail from the received mail storage unit 242 based on the setting value of the mail header or the like. For example, when the mail address set in the email header “X-Individual-To” of the email is different from the email address set in the destination “To”, the calculation unit 253 determines that the email is It is determined that it is a guide mail and the guide mail is not acquired. On the other hand, when both mail addresses match, the calculation unit 253 determines that the electronic mail is an individual mail and acquires the individual mail.

The calculation unit 253 classifies each email into a group by referring to the email header “References” of the individual email acquired in this way. For example, the calculation unit 253 classifies electronic mail groups in which the same “Message-ID” is included in the mail header “References” into the same group.

Referring to the example shown in FIG. 7, the individual mails M22 and M23 are created in a format that is sent back to the guide mail M21. Accordingly, the “Message-ID” of the guidance mail M21 is set in the mail header “References” of the individual mails M22 and M23. Thereby, the calculation unit 253 can classify the individual mails M22 and M23 in which the “Message-ID” of the guidance mail M21 is set in the mail header “References” into the same group. Thus, the “Message-ID” of the guidance mail set in the mail header “References” of the individual mail plays a role as a group ID for identifying the group to which each individual mail belongs.

Then, for each group, the calculation unit 253 calculates the difference between the number of individual mails belonging to the group and the target reception number set for the individual mails as the number of insufficient receptions. Since individual emails belonging to the same group are created in a format for replying to the same guidance email, the same target reception number (target reception number set in the guidance email) is set for each individual email. . For this reason, the calculation unit 253 can calculate the shortage reception number using the target reception number set for one individual mail among a plurality of individual mails belonging to the same group. The calculation unit 253 may perform the calculation process of the number of insufficient receptions every time an individual mail is received, or may be performed periodically (for example, every minute).

The output unit 254 outputs the insufficient reception number calculated by the calculation unit 253 to the display unit 130. Specifically, the output unit 254 determines whether or not the fluctuation amount of the insufficient reception number calculated by the calculation unit 253 is greater than or equal to the fluctuation number threshold value. Then, when the fluctuation amount of the insufficient reception number is equal to or larger than the fluctuation number threshold, the output unit 254 determines whether or not the insufficient reception number after the fluctuation is equal to or less than the shortage number threshold. Then, the output unit 254 outputs the insufficient received number after the change to the display unit 130 when the insufficient received number is equal to or less than the insufficient number threshold. As described above, when the insufficient reception number is equal to or less than the threshold value threshold, the output unit 254 outputs the changed insufficient reception number to the display unit 130 every time the insufficient reception number fluctuates more than the variation number threshold value. The output unit 254 performs such output processing for each group of individual emails.

The determination unit 255 determines, for each group, whether the unsealing condition (that is, the target reception number) is satisfied based on the insufficient reception number calculated by the calculation unit 253. Specifically, when the number of insufficient receptions calculated by the calculation unit 253 is “0”, it is determined that the opening condition is satisfied, and when the number of insufficient receptions is not “0”, the opening condition is satisfied. Judge that it is not. Note that the determination unit 255 may determine whether or not the opening condition is satisfied by referring to the target number of receptions stored in the received mail storage unit 242 periodically (for example, every minute). .

The e-mail display unit 256 controls the display unit 130 to display the contents of e-mails belonging to the group determined by the determination unit 255 to satisfy the opening condition. Specifically, when the mail display unit 256 determines that the opening condition is satisfied by the determination unit 255, the “sender”, “subject”, “Text” and the like are acquired from the received mail storage unit 242. Then, the mail display unit 256 automatically controls the display unit 130 to display an electronic mail obtained by combining the “sender”, “subject”, and “text” acquired from the received mail storage unit 242. At this time, the mail display unit 256 may form a text so that the correspondence between “sender” and “text” of the individual mail can be grasped as in the email M24 shown in FIG.

[Opening procedure according to second embodiment]
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an opening process procedure by the terminal device 200 according to the second embodiment. The processing procedure illustrated in FIG. 10 is performed every time an e-mail is received by the terminal device 200.

As shown in FIG. 10, when the receiving unit 252 of the terminal device 200 receives an e-mail (Yes at step S201), the receiving unit 252 stores various information of the e-mail in the received mail storage unit 242 (step S202).

Subsequently, the calculation unit 253 determines whether or not a target reception number is set in the email received by the reception unit 252 (step S203). At this time, when the target reception number is set (Yes at Step S203), the calculation unit 253 determines that the received electronic mail is an individual mail. The calculation unit 253 uses the target reception number set for the received individual mail and the number of received individual mails belonging to the same group as the individual mail, and the shortage required for opening the individual mail. The number of reception is calculated (step S204).

Subsequently, the output unit 254 determines whether or not the fluctuation amount of the insufficient reception number calculated by the calculation unit 253 is greater than or equal to the fluctuation number threshold value (step S205). Then, when the fluctuation amount of the insufficient reception number is not equal to or larger than the fluctuation number threshold (No at Step S205), the output unit 254 returns to the process of Step S201.

On the other hand, when the fluctuation amount of the insufficient reception number is equal to or larger than the fluctuation number threshold value (Yes at Step S205), the output unit 254 determines whether or not the insufficient reception number after fluctuation is equal to or less than the shortage number threshold value (Step S205). S206). If the insufficient reception number is not equal to or less than the insufficient number threshold (No at Step S206), the output unit 254 returns to the process at Step S201. On the other hand, when the insufficient reception number is equal to or less than the insufficient number threshold value (Yes at Step S206), the output unit 254 outputs the changed insufficient reception number to the display unit 130 (Step S207).

In addition, when the variation number threshold is “1”, the output unit 254 may proceed to the process of step S206 without performing the determination process in step S205. This is because the number of insufficient receptions decreases by “1”, so that the condition in step S205 is always satisfied when the variation number threshold is “1”.

Subsequently, the determination unit 255 determines whether or not the number of individual emails received has reached the target number of receptions set in the email received in step S201 (step S208). When the determination unit 255 determines that the reception number has not reached the target reception number (No at Step S208), the terminal device 200 returns to the process at Step S201. That is, the output unit 254 outputs the insufficient reception number every time an individual mail is received (Yes in Step S201) until the number of individual mails received reaches the target reception number (Yes in Step S201).

On the other hand, when the determination unit 255 determines that the reception number has reached the target reception number (Yes at Step S208), the mail display unit 256 displays the content of the individual mail belonging to the same group as the individual mail received at Step S201. The display is controlled on the display unit 130 by combining (step S209).

[Effects of Second Embodiment]
As described above, in the terminal device 200 (corresponding to an example of an information processing device) according to the second embodiment, the receiving unit 252 identifies a group to which a plurality of individual emails (corresponding to an example of electronic mail) belongs. Group IDs are set, and individual emails for which the target number of individual emails belonging to the same group (corresponding to an example of opening conditions) is set are received. Further, the calculation unit 253 is a shortage reception number (corresponding to an example of an achievement condition) that is a difference between the number of individual emails belonging to the same group received by the reception unit 252 and the target reception number set for the individual emails. ) Is calculated. In addition, the output unit 254 outputs the number of insufficient receptions after the fluctuation every time the number of insufficient receptions calculated by the calculation unit 253 fluctuates more than the fluctuation number threshold (corresponding to an example of the first threshold). At this time, the output unit 254 outputs the shortage reception number when the shortage reception number is equal to or less than a shortage number threshold (corresponding to an example of a second threshold).

As described above, the terminal device 200 according to the second embodiment outputs a shortage of received mails until receiving an individual mail that is equal to or greater than the target number of receptions, so that the recipient has a sense of expectation to view the individual mail. As a result, it is possible to add value to the e-mail.

In addition, when the plurality of individual mails received by the receiving unit 252 reaches the target reception number, the mail display unit 256 combines and displays the contents of the plurality of individual mails. As a result, the terminal device 200 can display an e-mail in which the text is written like a written message.

[Modification (1)]
Note that the processing by the terminal device 200 according to the second embodiment is not limited to the above example. For example, the terminal device 200 may set a reply time limit for the guide mail. In this case, the terminal device 200 does not create an individual mail unless it is within the reply time limit. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 7, the terminal device 200 _1, text and "by August 1, 2012 please send an e-mail", reply date "August 1, 2012 23:59:59" Is sent to the terminal devices 200 ₂ to 200 _m . The terminal devices 200 ₂ to 200 _m display a warning “Reply expired” when an operation to create an individual mail is performed after “August 2, 2012”. To do. Thus, the user of the terminal device 200 _1, it is possible to prompt to send individual email to the desired date and time, increasing the possibility of viewing the desired user in the e-mail M24 terminal apparatus 200 _n by the date and time be able to.

[Modification (2)]
Further, in the second embodiment, the example in which the terminal device 200 combines the texts of the individual mails as in the example illustrated in FIG. However, the terminal device 200 may combine the audio data and the moving image data when the audio data and the moving image data are attached to the individual mail. For example, when the terminal device 200 receives individual mails equal to or greater than the target reception number, the terminal device 200 combines one piece of sound data (or moving image data) by combining sound data (or moving image data) attached to each individual mail. And the generated audio data (or moving image data) is automatically reproduced. Note that the terminal device 200 may continuously reproduce each audio data (or each video data) without combining the audio data and the video data.

[Modification (3)]
In the second embodiment, the example in which the terminal device 200 groups the individual mails based on the mail header “References” of the individual mails is shown. However, the terminal device 200 may explicitly set a group ID for identifying a group to which the individual mail belongs to the individual mail. For example, the terminal device 200 may set “Message-ID” of the guide mail in a new mail header (for example, “X-Group-ID” or the like) of the individual mail. For example, the terminal device 200 may set the group ID input by the user in a new mail header (for example, “X-Group-ID” or the like) of the guidance mail. In this case, the terminal device 200 sets the group ID set in the “X-Group-ID” or the like of the guidance mail in the mail header (for example, “X-Group-ID” or the like) of the individual mail.

[Modification (4)]
Moreover, in the said 2nd Embodiment, the terminal device 200 showed the example which produces an individual mail in the format which replies to a guidance mail. However, the terminal device 200 may create an individual mail without using the guidance mail. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 7, it is assumed that the users of the terminal devices 200 ₁ to 200 _m recognize the common group ID. The terminal devices 200 ₁ to 200 _m display an input field for inputting a group ID when an operation for creating an individual mail is performed. Then, the terminal devices 200 ₁ to 200 _m transmit an individual mail in which the group ID input by the user is set. Thereby, the terminal device 200 can transmit an individual mail without transmitting / receiving a guidance mail.

[Modification (5)]
Further, the terminal device 200 may set a plurality of target reception numbers in the guide mail and the individual mail. At this time, the terminal device 200 transmits / receives a guide mail and individual mail in which a sender, a subject, a text, an attached file, and the like, which are items of an electronic mail, are set for each target reception number.

For example, it is assumed that the terminal device 200 receives an individual mail in which the subject “congratulation” is set in association with the target reception number “5” and the text is set in association with the target reception number “10”. In such a case, the terminal device 200 automatically displays the subject “congratulations” when five such individual emails are received. Thereafter, the terminal device 200 combines and displays the texts of the individual mails when 10 such individual mails are received.

[Modification (6)]
Similarly to the modification (4) in the first embodiment, the terminal device 200 does not determine whether or not the fluctuation amount of the insufficient reception number is greater than or equal to the fluctuation number threshold, and the insufficient reception number is the insufficient number. The number of insufficient receptions may be displayed when the threshold value is reached. Thereafter, the terminal device 200 may display the insufficient reception number after the change every time the insufficient reception number fluctuates more than the fluctuation number threshold without determining whether the insufficient reception number is equal to or less than the insufficient number threshold. Good.

[Modification (7)]
Further, similarly to the modification example (5) in the first embodiment, the terminal device 200 may not perform the process of determining whether the insufficient reception number is equal to or less than the insufficient number threshold.

[Modification (8)]
Further, the terminal device 200 according to the second embodiment may not include the calculation unit 253 and the output unit 254. Specifically, the terminal device 200 may not perform the process of outputting the insufficient reception number. That is, the terminal device 200 makes an e-mail combined with each individual mail ready to be opened at the time when the individual mail exceeding the target reception number is received without outputting information such as “N more!” Good. In this case, the user of the terminal device 200 does not recognize that the individual mails are sequentially received, but recognizes that one e-mail has been received when the individual mails exceeding the target reception number are received. Become.

(Third embodiment)
In the third embodiment, an example in which the target transfer count is set in an e-mail as an opening condition will be described. The terminal device according to the third embodiment can display such an e-mail when the e-mail transfer count reaches the target transfer count.

[Example of Transmission / Reception Processing According to Third Embodiment]
FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 are diagrams illustrating an example of e-mail transmission / reception processing by the mail system according to the third embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the mail system 3 according to the third embodiment includes terminal devices 300 ₁ to 300 _n .

In the example shown in FIG. 11, the terminal apparatus 300 ₁ transmits the e-mail M31 target number of transfers is set as the opening condition to the terminal device 300 _2. The e-mail M31 includes a first text B1 that can be opened regardless of whether the opening condition is satisfied, and a second text B2 that can be opened when the opening condition is satisfied. Here, it is assumed that the target transfer count “10 times” is set in the e-mail M31.

The terminal device 300 _2, when receiving the e-mail M31, such e-mail M31 to the other terminal devices ₃₀₀ 3 ~ 300 _n, by transferring the target transfer count "10 times" or more, e-mail M31 The second text B2 can be opened. This point will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 12, the terminal device 300 _2, in the time of receiving the e-mail M31, but displays the first body B1 email M31, not to display the second body B2 (step S31). The terminal device 300 _2, each time to transfer e-mail M31, counts the number of times of transfer of the electronic mail M31 (steps S32 and S33). The terminal device 300 _2, each time to transfer e-mail M31, as benchmarks, to calculate the difference between the number of transfers and the target transfer count (steps S32 and S33). That is, the terminal device 300 ₂ calculates the remaining number of transfers e-mail M31 required to open the body B2 email M31 to "insufficient number of transfers" as benchmarks.

Then, the terminal device _3002, such lack transfer number (here a "one") predetermined variation time count threshold varies or more and a lack transfer count predetermined shortage count threshold after change (here " If it is equal to or less than 5), the number of insufficient transfers after fluctuation is output. That is, the terminal device 300 _2, as shown in FIG. 12, when the insufficient number of transfers is reduced from the "six" to "5 times", and outputs the information such as "After 5 times!". Then, the terminal device 300 _2, each time the lack of transfer number of times by forwarding the e-mail M31 is reduced "once", "after 4 times!", "Three more times!", And outputs the information, such as ... . The terminal device _3002, when the number of transfers e-mail M31 has reached the number target transfer "10 times", and displays the second body B2 email M31 (step S34).

Thus, the terminal apparatus ₃₀₀₁ according to the third embodiment, by setting the target number of transfers to the electronic mail, it is possible to transfer such email to multiple users. For example, when the product introduction is described in the first text B1 and the information that becomes a coupon of the merchandise is described in the second text B2, as in the email M31 shown in FIG. 12, the email M31 is received. It is conceivable that the user who has transferred the e-mail M31 to a large number of users in order to obtain a coupon. Accordingly, the user terminal 300 _1, it is possible to deliver email M31 for introducing products to many users, the user of the terminal device 300 _2, it is possible to obtain a coupon. That is, the mail system 3 according to the third embodiment can increase the efficiency of distributing e-mails used for the purpose of advertising and the like.

The terminal devices 300 ₁ to 300 _n can perform the e-mail transmission process and the unsealing process described above. Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish the terminal devices 300 ₁ to 300 _n , they may be collectively referred to as “terminal device 300”.

[Configuration of Terminal Device According to Third Embodiment]
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a terminal device 300 according to the third embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the terminal device 300 includes a transmission mail storage unit 341, a reception mail storage unit 342, and a mail control unit 350.

The outgoing mail storage unit 341 and the incoming mail storage unit 342 store the target transfer count as the opening condition. Here, FIG. 14 shows an example of the received mail storage unit 342 according to the third embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 14, the received mail storage unit 342 includes items such as “first text”, “second text”, and “number of transfers”. The “first body” indicates an area that can be opened regardless of whether the opening condition (that is, the target transfer count) is satisfied in the body of the electronic mail. The “second body” indicates an area that can be opened when the opening condition (that is, the target transfer count) is satisfied in the body of the e-mail. “Number of transfers” indicates the number of times the e-mail has been transferred.

For example, FIG. 14 shows that the e-mail with the received mail ID “R001” has been transferred “five times”. Although illustration is omitted here, the transmitted mail storage unit 341 includes items such as “first text” and “second text” as in the example illustrated in FIG.

As illustrated in FIG. 13, the mail control unit 350 includes a transmission unit 351, a reception unit 352, a calculation unit 353, an output unit 354, a determination unit 355, and a mail display unit 356.

The transmission unit 351 displays an email creation screen on the display unit 130 when an operation to create an email is performed. At this time, the transmission unit 351 displays an input field for inputting the target transfer count, the first text, and the second text. Note that the second text can be input only when the target transfer count is input. And the transmission part 351 transmits the email produced based on the various information input into the email creation screen.

In addition, when an e-mail with a target transfer count set is transferred among the received e-mails stored in the received mail storage unit 342, the transmission unit 351 performs “transfer” corresponding to the e-mail. Increment “number of times”.

The receiving unit 352 stores various types of information of the email received from the mail server 10 in the received mail storage unit 342.

The calculation unit 353, the output unit 354, the determination unit 355, and the mail display unit 356 will be described with reference to FIGS.

[Opening procedure according to the third embodiment]
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an opening process procedure by the terminal device 300 according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 15, the mail display unit 356 of the terminal device 300 determines whether or not the target transfer count is set for the e-mail to be opened when the e-mail is opened (Yes in step S301). Is determined (step S302). If the target transfer count is set (Yes at step S302), the mail display unit 356 refers to the received mail storage unit 342 and determines whether the transfer count of the e-mail has reached the target transfer count. Is determined (step S303).

Then, when the transfer count reaches the target transfer count (Yes at step S303), the mail display unit 356 displays the first text and the second text of the electronic mail on the display unit 130 (step S304). On the other hand, when the transfer count has not reached the target transfer count (No at Step S303), the mail display unit 356 displays only the first text on the display unit 130 without displaying the second text of the e-mail. (Step S305).

Further, when the target transfer count is not set for the e-mail to be opened (No at Step S302), the mail display unit 356 displays the content of the e-mail on the display unit 130 (Step S306). Note that in the case of an e-mail in which the target number of transfers is not set, only the first text is set, so the mail display unit 356 displays only the first text.

[Transfer Processing Procedure According to Third Embodiment]
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a transfer processing procedure by the terminal device 300 according to the third embodiment. The processing procedure illustrated in FIG. 16 is performed each time an electronic mail is transferred by the terminal device 300.

As shown in FIG. 16, when an e-mail transfer operation is performed (Yes at step S401), the transmission unit 351 of the terminal device 300 transfers the e-mail (step S402). Subsequently, the transmitting unit 351 determines whether or not a target transfer count is set for the email in the received mail storage unit 342 that has been transferred (step S403). If the target transfer count is set (Yes at Step S403), the transmission unit 351 adds “1” to the transfer count of the received mail storage unit 342 (Step S404).

Subsequently, the calculation unit 353 determines the difference between the target transfer count set for the e-mail transferred by the transmission unit 351 and the transfer count of the e-mail, and the shortage required to open the e-mail. The number of transfers is calculated (step S405).

Subsequently, the output unit 354 determines whether or not the fluctuation amount of the insufficient transfer count calculated by the calculation unit 353 is greater than or equal to the fluctuation count threshold value (step S406). When the fluctuation amount of the insufficient transfer count is equal to or larger than the fluctuation count threshold value (Yes at Step S406), the output unit 354 determines whether the insufficient transfer count after the fluctuation is equal to or less than the shortage count threshold value (Step S406). S407). Then, when the shortage transfer count is equal to or less than the shortage count threshold (Yes at Step S407), the output unit 354 outputs the shortage transfer count after the change to the display unit 130 (Step S408).

In addition, when the variation frequency threshold is “1”, the output unit 354 may proceed to the process of step S407 without performing the determination process in step S406. This is because the insufficient transfer count decreases by “1”, and therefore the condition in step S406 is always satisfied when the variation count threshold is “1”.

Subsequently, the determination unit 355 determines whether or not the transfer count of the e-mail transferred by the transmission unit 351 has reached the target transfer count (step S409). When the determination unit 355 determines that the transfer count has reached the target transfer count (Yes at step S409), the mail display unit 356 displays the first and second texts of the email transferred by the transmission unit 351. Both are controlled on the display unit 130 (step S410).

The terminal device 300 determines that the target transfer count is not set in the e-mail (No at Step S403), the fluctuation amount of the insufficient transfer count is not equal to or greater than the fluctuation count threshold (No at Step S406), and the insufficient transfer count is If it is not less than the shortage count threshold (No at Step S407), or if the transfer count has not reached the target transfer count (No at Step S409), the process ends.

[Effect of the third embodiment]
As described above, in the terminal device 300 according to the third embodiment (corresponding to an example of an information processing device), the receiving unit 352 receives a target transfer count (corresponding to an example of an unsealing condition) that is the number of times an email is transferred. ) Is received. The calculation unit 353 calculates an insufficient transfer count (corresponding to an example of an achievement condition) that is a difference between the number of times the e-mail is transferred and the target transfer count set in the e-mail. The output unit 354 outputs the post-change insufficient transfer count every time the short transfer count calculated by the calculation unit 353 fluctuates more than the fluctuation count threshold (corresponding to an example of the first threshold). At this time, the output unit 354 outputs the insufficient transfer count when the insufficient transfer count is equal to or less than the shortage count threshold (corresponding to an example of the second threshold).

Thereby, the terminal device 300 according to the third embodiment can transfer the e-mail to a large number of users. For example, the terminal device 300 can improve the distribution efficiency of an e-mail used for the purpose of advertising and the like, and as a result, can add value to the e-mail. In addition, although the terminal device 300 which concerns on 3rd Embodiment can also transmit / receive the email with a coupon like the example shown in FIG. 11, it can also transmit / receive the email regarding a fan site. For example, the terminal device 300 is an e-mail related to a predetermined entertainer (idol), and when the number of times the e-mail is transferred reaches a target transfer number, the e-mail that can open special information about the entertainer can be opened. You may send and receive.

In addition, the receiving unit 352 can open the first text (corresponding to an example of the first area) that can be opened regardless of whether or not the target transfer count is satisfied, and the second text that can be opened when the target transfer count is satisfied. (Corresponding to an example of the second area) is received. In addition, the mail display unit 356 displays the second text of the e-mail when the target transfer count is satisfied.

As described above, when the terminal device 300 according to the third embodiment is used, the sender easily displays an e-mail that makes the user want to view the second text by displaying the first text unconditionally. It becomes possible to create.

[Modification (1)]
Note that the processing by the terminal device 300 according to the third embodiment is not limited to the above example. For example, the terminal device 300 may count the number of e-mail transfer destinations as the number of transfers. Specifically, the terminal device 300 adds the transfer count only once even when the e-mail is transferred to the same destination a plurality of times. As a result, the terminal device 300 can cause a plurality of people to transfer the e-mail.

[Modification (2)]
Further, similarly to the modification example (5) in the second embodiment, the terminal device 300 may set a plurality of target transfer times in an e-mail. For example, the terminal device 300 transmits / receives an e-mail in which a sender, a subject, a text, an attached file, and the like, which are items of an e-mail, are set for each target transfer count.

[Modification (3)]
Similarly to the modification (4) in the first embodiment, the terminal device 300 determines that the shortage transfer count is the shortage count without determining whether the fluctuation amount of the shortage transfer count is greater than or equal to the fluctuation count threshold. The number of insufficient transfers may be displayed when the threshold value is reached. Thereafter, the terminal device 300 may display the insufficient transfer count after the change every time the insufficient transfer count fluctuates more than the fluctuation count threshold without determining whether or not the insufficient transfer count is equal to or less than the shortage count threshold. Good.

[Modification (4)]
Similarly to the modification (5) in the first embodiment, the terminal device 300 does not perform the process of determining whether or not the insufficient transfer count is equal to or less than the insufficient count threshold, and the insufficient transfer count is the variation count threshold. The number of times of insufficient transfer may be displayed each time it fluctuates.

[Modification (5)]
Further, similarly to the modification example (8) in the second embodiment, the terminal device 300 may not include the calculation unit 353 and the output unit 354. Specifically, the terminal device 300 may not perform the process of displaying the number of insufficient transfers.

(Fourth embodiment)
In the fourth embodiment, an example in which the opening position is set to an e-mail as an opening condition will be described. When the terminal device according to the fourth embodiment is located in the vicinity of the opening position set in the electronic mail, the electronic mail can be displayed.

[Example of Transmission / Reception Processing According to Fourth Embodiment]
17 and 18 are diagrams illustrating an example of an email transmission / reception process by the mail system according to the fourth embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 17, the mail system 4 according to the fourth embodiment includes a

terminal device

400 ₁ and 400 _2. The terminal device ₄₀₀₂ is assumed to be a mobile terminal such as a cellular phone.

Terminal 400 ₁ transmits the e-mail M41 which opening position is set as the opening condition to the terminal device 400 _2. Here, it is assumed that the location of the store 30 shown in FIG. 18 is set as the opening position. In the example shown in FIG. 18, the terminal device 400 _2, outside the area A1 of radius 300 around the store 30 [m (meter)], it is assumed that electronic mail has been received M41. In such a case, the terminal device 400 _2, the vicinity of the store 30 (e.g., within a radius of 10m from the store 30) does not located in, as in the example shown in FIG. 17 does not display the body of the e-mail M41.

Subsequently, the terminal device 400 _2, as benchmarks email M41, and location of the terminal device 400 _2, open position (i.e., the position of the store 30) periodically calculates the distance between. That is, the terminal device 400 ₂ calculates the remaining distance to the opening position required to open the e-mail M41 as benchmarks.

The terminal device 400 _2, the remaining distance to the opening position (in this case the "100m") predetermined variation distance threshold varies more, and the remaining distance after change the predetermined distance threshold ( "300m here In the case of the following, the remaining distance to the opening position is output. That is, the terminal device 400 _2, as shown in FIG. 18, when the distance from the store 30 has moved to the area A1 within 300 meters (step S41), and outputs the information such as "after 300 meters!". Subsequently, the terminal device 400 _2, (step S42) when it moves to the area A2 of the radius 200 [m] around the store 30, and outputs the information such as "after 200 meters!". The terminal device 400 _2, (step S43) when it moves to the area A3 of the radius 100 [m] around the store 30, and outputs the information such as "after 100 m!". The terminal device 400 _2, the vicinity of the store 30 (e.g., within radius 10m) when located in, displays the body of the e-mail M41.

In the example illustrated in FIG. 18, when the terminal device 4002 moves to the area A < _b > ₂ after step S < _b > 43, the terminal device 4002 outputs information such as “200 more!” Again. However, the terminal device 400 _2, when moving outside the area A1, since the remaining distance not a distance threshold "300m" below, does not output the remaining distance.

In the example illustrated in FIG. 18, the terminal device 400 _2, when approaching than a predetermined distance to a store 30 which is opened position may display information for guiding the location of the store 30. For example, the terminal device 400 _2, and displays information such as "after 200m!", May be displayed information such as indicating the direction of the map and store 30 which indicates the location of the store 30.

Thus, the terminal device 400 ₂ according to the fourth embodiment, by approaches to the store 30, for example, displays the contents of the e-mail to introduce the store 30. Thus, the terminal device 400 ₁ can introduce the information of the store 30 to the user effectively. Further, for example, the user of the terminal device 400 _2, in that it receives a plurality of e-mail opening position is set, when going out, automatically information such as a store in the vicinity of the road Obtainable. That is, the mail system 4 according to the fourth embodiment can effectively introduce information such as stores to the user.

The

terminal devices

400 ₁ and 400 ₂ can perform the e-mail transmission process and the opening process described above. In the following, when it is not necessary to distinguish the

terminal device

400 ₁ and 400 ₂ may be collectively referred to referred to as "terminal device 400".

[Configuration of Terminal Device According to Fourth Embodiment]
FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device 400 according to the fourth embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 19, the terminal device 400 includes a transmission mail storage unit 441, a reception mail storage unit 442, a mail control unit 450, and a position acquisition unit 460. The outgoing mail storage unit 441 and the incoming mail storage unit 442 store an opening position as an opening condition.

The position acquisition unit 460 is a GPS (Global Positioning System) reception unit, and acquires the current position of the terminal device 400. Specifically, the position acquisition unit 460 receives radio waves transmitted from GPS satellites, and acquires position information (for example, latitude and longitude) of the terminal device 400 based on the received radio waves.

As illustrated in FIG. 19, the mail control unit 450 includes a transmission unit 451, a reception unit 452, a calculation unit 453, an output unit 454, a determination unit 455, and a mail display unit 456.

The transmission unit 451 displays an email creation screen for creating an email on the display unit 130 when an operation to create an email is performed. At this time, the transmission unit 451 displays an input field for inputting the opening position. For example, the transmission unit 451 inputs an address at the opening position. Further, for example, the transmission unit 451 may input the opening position by selecting a predetermined position on the map by displaying a map or the like. And the transmission part 451 transmits the email with which the opening position was set based on the various information input into the email creation screen.

The receiving unit 452 stores various pieces of information of the email received from the mail server 10 in the received mail storage unit 442.

The calculation unit 453, the output unit 454, the determination unit 455, and the mail display unit 456 will be described with reference to FIG.

[Opening procedure according to the fourth embodiment]
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an opening process procedure by the terminal device 400 according to the fourth embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 20, it is assumed that an e-mail has been received by the receiving unit 452 of the terminal device 400. The processing procedure illustrated in FIG. 20 may be performed every time the terminal device 400 moves by a predetermined distance, or may be performed periodically.

As illustrated in FIG. 20, the calculation unit 453 of the terminal device 400 refers to the received mail storage unit 442 to determine whether or not the opening position is set in the email received by the reception unit 452 ( Step S501). When the opening position is set (Yes at Step S501), the calculating unit 453 calculates the remaining distance from the current position of the terminal device 400 to the opening position (Step S502).

Subsequently, the output unit 454 determines whether or not the fluctuation amount of the remaining distance calculated by the calculation unit 453 is greater than or equal to the fluctuation distance threshold (step S503). Then, the output unit 454 waits while the remaining distance does not change by the change distance threshold or more (No at Step S503).

On the other hand, when the fluctuation amount of the remaining distance is equal to or larger than the fluctuation distance threshold (Yes in Step S503), the output unit 454 determines whether or not the remaining distance after fluctuation is equal to or smaller than the distance threshold (Step S504). Then, when the remaining distance after the change is equal to or less than the distance threshold (Yes at Step S504), the output unit 454 outputs the remaining distance after the change to the display unit 130 (Step S505).

Subsequently, the determination unit 455 determines whether or not the current position is in the vicinity of the opening position (step S506). When the determination unit 455 determines that the current position is in the vicinity of the opening position (Yes at step S506), the mail display unit 456 controls display of the content of the e-mail on the display unit 130 (step S507).

[Effect of the fourth embodiment]
As described above, in the terminal device 400 (corresponding to an example of an information processing device) according to the fourth embodiment, the position acquisition unit 460 acquires the current position. The receiving unit 452 receives an e-mail in which an opening position (corresponding to an example of an opening condition) indicating a position where the e-mail can be opened is set. In addition, the calculation unit 453 calculates a remaining distance (corresponding to an example of an achievement condition) from the current position acquired by the position acquisition unit 460 to the opening position set in the e-mail. The output unit 454 outputs the remaining distance after the change every time the remaining distance calculated by the calculation unit 453 fluctuates more than the fluctuation distance threshold (corresponding to an example of the first threshold). At this time, the output unit 454 outputs the remaining distance when the remaining distance is equal to or less than the distance threshold (corresponding to an example of the second threshold).

As described above, the terminal device 400 according to the fourth embodiment can give a user who has approached the opening position the expectation that he / she wants to view the email, and as a result, adds value to the email. Can do.

[Modification (1)]
In addition, the process by the terminal device 400 which concerns on 4th Embodiment is not restricted to the said example. For example, the terminal device 400 may change the variable distance threshold according to the remaining distance from the current position to the opening position. For example, the terminal device 400 sets the variable distance threshold to “100 m” when the remaining distance is 100 [m] to 1 [km], and changes the variable distance when the remaining distance is within 100 [m]. The threshold value may be “10 m”. In this case, for example, the terminal device 400 displays information such as “100m!” After displaying information such as “200m!”, But thereafter, “90m!”, “80m!”, Display information such as.

[Modification (2)]
Further, in addition to the opening position, the terminal device 400 may set the openable date and time described in the first embodiment in the e-mail. When the terminal device 400 receives an e-mail in which both an opening position and an openable date / time are set, the terminal device 400 individually performs a determination process on the opening position and the openable date / time. Specifically, the terminal device 400 outputs the remaining distance when the fluctuation amount of the remaining distance is equal to or greater than the fluctuation distance threshold and the remaining distance after the fluctuation is equal to or smaller than the distance threshold. Further, the terminal device 400 outputs the remaining time after the fluctuation when the fluctuation amount of the remaining time is equal to or greater than the fluctuation time threshold and the remaining time after fluctuation is equal to or less than the time threshold.

An e-mail with an opening position and an opening date / time set as in the above example can be used when notifying the location of the memorial. For example, it is assumed that the user U1 proposes to the user U2 at Tokyo Tower on "August 1, 2011", and then the users U1 and U2 get married. After this, the husband U1 will open the opening location “Tokyo Tower”, openable date and time “August 1, 2012”, and the text “Propose here for one year in order to perform a surprise event. 'Is set to the user U2 who is his wife. In such a case, the terminal device 400 of the user U2 outputs information such as “one more month!” Or “10 days left!” Every time it approaches the openable date and time. Furthermore, the terminal device 400 of the user U2 periodically outputs information such as “30 km!” And “3 km!”. Accordingly, the user U2 is prompted to go to Tokyo Tower by “August 1, 2012”. Then, the user U2 can browse an e-mail in which the text such as “It is one year since the proposal was made” by going to Tokyo Tower on “August 1, 2012”. . Thereby, the user U1 who is a husband can make his wife browse an email related to the anniversary and the memorial place on the anniversary and the memorial place. As described above, the terminal device 400 can give a further added value to the e-mail by transmitting and receiving the e-mail in which the opening position and the openable date and time are set.

[Modification (3)]
Moreover, similarly to the modified example (5) in the first embodiment, the terminal device 400 may not perform the process of determining whether or not the remaining distance is equal to or less than the distance threshold.

[Modification (4)]
Further, similarly to the modification example (8) in the second embodiment, the terminal device 400 may not include the calculation unit 453 and the output unit 454. Specifically, the terminal device 400 may not perform the process of displaying the remaining distance.

(Fifth embodiment)
The terminal device according to each embodiment described above may be implemented in various different forms other than the above embodiment. Therefore, in the fifth embodiment, another embodiment of the above terminal device will be described.

[Opening conditions]
The opening conditions set in the e-mail are not limited to those described in the above embodiment. For example, the opening condition set in the e-mail may be various information provided by a server device that provides a website or the like. Specifically, a server device that provides a news site, a stock price site, a shopping site, or the like may be connected to the network 20. In the e-mail, information obtained from a news site, a stock price obtained from a stock price site, a product price obtained from a shopping site, or the like may be set as an opening condition. The terminal device that has received an e-mail in which such an opening condition is set displays the e-mail when various information obtained from the server device matches the opening condition.

I will explain with some examples. For example, it is assumed that the server device provides the result of professional baseball. It is assumed that the opening condition such as “Team A victory” is set in the e-mail. The terminal device that has received such an e-mail periodically acquires the result of professional baseball from the server device, and displays the e-mail when the acquired win / loss result indicates “Victory of Team A”. The e-mail is not limited to this example, and the text “congratulations” is set in association with the opening condition “Victory of Team A”, and the text “Sorry,” in association with the opening condition “Victory of Team B”. It could be set. In this case, the terminal device displays the text “Congratulations” when the winning / losing result acquired from the server device indicates “Team A Victory”, and when the winning / losing result indicates “Team B Victory”, The text “I was disappointed” is displayed.

Also, for example, it is assumed that the server device provides a stock price. It is assumed that an unsealing condition such as “stock price of company X of 1000 yen or more” is set in the e-mail. The terminal device that has received the electronic mail periodically acquires the stock price of the company X from the server device, and displays the electronic mail when the acquired stock price is “1000 yen” or more.

Also, for example, it is assumed that the server device provides a weather forecast. Then, it is assumed that an unsealing condition such as “sunny weather” is set in the e-mail. The terminal device that has received such an e-mail periodically obtains a weather forecast from the server device, and displays the e-mail when the obtained weather forecast indicates “sunny”. Thereby, the sender can transmit in advance an e-mail displayed only on a sunny day.

Also, for example, it is assumed that the server device provides intelligence. Then, it is assumed that an unsealing condition such as “information of sender Y” is set in the e-mail. The terminal device that has received such an e-mail periodically acquires e-mail information from the server device, and displays the e-mail when the acquired e-mail information indicates “information of the sender Y”. Thus, the sender can send in advance an e-mail such as a will to be opened when he / she dies.

In this way, the terminal device sets information that can be acquired from various server devices connected to the network 20 as an opening condition, so that a desired e-mail can be sent to the recipient when there is a change in news, stock price, or the like. You can browse.

[Output of achievement conditions]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the display condition of the achievement condition such as the remaining time is controlled on the display unit 130 has been described. However, the terminal device (the terminal device 100 or the like) described above may output the achievement condition instead of displaying the achievement condition.

[Combination of each embodiment]
Moreover, each embodiment mentioned above can be combined suitably in the range which does not contradict a process content. For example, the first embodiment and the second embodiment can be combined. Specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 7, the opening date / time that is set in the guidance mail is set in the guidance mail, and the opening date / time set in the guidance mail is set in each individual mail. Then, the terminal device 200 _n receives individual mails equal to or greater than the target reception number, and displays the combined individual mails when the current date and time becomes an openable date and time.

Also, for example, the first embodiment and the third embodiment can be combined. In this case, the terminal device 300 displays the second text of the e-mail when the e-mail transfer count is equal to or greater than the target transfer count and the current date / time becomes the openable date / time. Further, the first embodiment and the fourth embodiment can be combined. In this case, the terminal device 400 displays an e-mail when it is located in the vicinity of the opening position and the current date and time becomes an openable date and time.

Also, for example, the first to fourth embodiments can be combined. In this case, the terminal device receives individual mails equal to or greater than the target number of receptions, the number of individual mail transfers is equal to or greater than the target number of times, is located in the vicinity of the opening position, and the current date / time is openable date / time. The second body of each individual mail is combined and displayed.

Also, in the above, in the third embodiment, an example in which the first text and the second text are included in the e-mail is shown. However, also in the first, second, and fourth embodiments, there are a first text that can be opened regardless of whether the opening condition is satisfied, and a second text that can be opened when the opening condition is satisfied. The set e-mail may be sent and received.

Also, not limited to this example, the e-mail contains items that can be opened (sender name, subject, body text, attached file, etc.) regardless of whether or not the opening conditions are met, and opening when the opening conditions are met. Possible items (sender name, subject, text, attached file, etc.) may be set. For example, it is assumed that “text” and “attached file” are set in the e-mail in association with the opening condition. The terminal device that has received such an e-mail displays “sender name” and “subject name” at the time of receiving such e-mail, but does not display “text” and “attached file”. When the opening condition is satisfied, the terminal device displays “text” and “attached file” in addition to “sender name” and “subject name”.

[Device configuration]
In the above-described embodiment, an example in which an electronic mail is transmitted and received between terminal devices has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, an information processing device that is a web server that provides a web mail function has the same configuration as each terminal device (terminal device 100, etc.) shown in FIGS. 3, 9, 13, 19 and the like. You may send and receive emails. In this case, the terminal device displays the achievement condition and the content of the e-mail on a browser or the like by accessing the web server. Moreover, when a web server provides SNS (Social Networking Service), the user who uses a terminal device can exchange the message in which the above-mentioned opening conditions are set by SNS. In this case, the web server outputs the changed achievement condition every time the necessary achievement condition fluctuates by a predetermined value or more until the opening condition set in the message is satisfied, similarly to the processing by the terminal device described above. . The web server displays the content of the message when the opening condition set in the message is satisfied.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the terminal device transmits an e-mail in which an unsealing condition is set and performs a process of opening the e-mail. However, the terminal device described above may perform only the process of opening and sending an e-mail with opening conditions set, or may perform only the process of opening an e-mail with opening conditions set.

In addition, the terminal device may be realized by an electronic medium that does not have a communication function when performing only the process of opening and transmitting an electronic mail. For example, the terminal device is a tablet terminal or the like having a liquid crystal display or the like, and outputs the achievement conditions described above and displays the contents of an e-mail. In this example, the sender does not send an e-mail via the mail server 10, but sends the tablet terminal itself by mail.

[System configuration]
In addition, among the processes described in the above embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, specific names, and information including various data and parameters shown in the document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. For example, the various types of information shown in FIGS. 2, 4, 5, 7, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, etc. are not limited to the illustrated information.

Also, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured. For example, the calculation unit 153 and the determination unit 155 illustrated in FIG. 3 may be integrated, or the output unit 154 and the mail display unit 156 may be integrated. The same applies to each processing unit shown in FIGS. 9, 13, and 19.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mail system 100 Terminal apparatus 141 Transmission mail memory | storage part 142 Reception mail memory | storage part 150 Mail control part 151 Transmission part 152 Reception part 153 Calculation part 154 Output part 155 Judgment part 156 Mail display part

Claims

A receiving unit that receives an e-mail in which an unsealing condition is set,
A calculation unit that calculates an achievement condition that is a condition that is actually necessary until the opening condition set in the e-mail received by the reception unit is satisfied;
An output unit that outputs the changed achievement condition each time the achievement condition calculated by the calculation unit fluctuates more than a predetermined first threshold;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the opening condition set in the e-mail is satisfied;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a mail display unit that displays contents of the e-mail when the determination unit determines that the opening condition is satisfied.
The receiver is
Receive an e-mail in which an openable date and time is set as the opening condition,
The calculation unit includes:
Calculate the remaining time from the current date and time to the openable date and time as the achievement condition,
The output unit is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the remaining time calculated by the calculation unit is output in a countdown format.
The receiver is
A group identifier for identifying a group to which a plurality of e-mails belong is set, and an e-mail in which a target reception number of e-mails belonging to the same group is set as the opening condition is received,
The calculation unit includes:
As the achievement condition, calculate the difference between the number of e-mails belonging to the same group received by the receiving unit and the target reception number set in the e-mail,
The output unit is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the difference calculated by the calculation unit is output.
The email display unit
When a plurality of e-mails belonging to the same group received by the receiving unit reach a target reception number set in the e-mail, the contents of the plurality of e-mails are combined and displayed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3.
The receiver is
Receiving an e-mail in which a target transfer count that is the number of times to transfer the e-mail is set as the opening condition;
The calculation unit includes:
As the achievement condition, calculate the difference between the number of times the e-mail is transferred and the target transfer number set in the e-mail,
The output unit is
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the difference calculated by the calculation unit is output.
A position acquisition unit for acquiring a current position where the information processing apparatus is located;
The receiver is
Receiving an email in which an opening position indicating the position where the email can be opened is set as the opening condition;
The calculation unit includes:
As the achievement condition, calculate the distance from the current position acquired by the position acquisition unit to the opening position set in the e-mail,
The output unit is
6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distance calculated by the calculation unit is output.
The output unit is
7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the achievement condition calculated by the calculation unit is equal to or less than a predetermined second threshold value, the achievement condition is output.
The receiver is
Receiving an email including a first area that can be opened regardless of whether the opening condition is satisfied and a second area that can be opened when the opening condition is satisfied;
The email display unit
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein when the opening condition set in the electronic mail is satisfied, the second area of the electronic mail is displayed.
An opening method performed by the information processing apparatus,
A receiving step for receiving an e-mail in which an unsealing condition that is an unsealing condition is set;
A calculation step of calculating an achievement condition that is a condition that is actually necessary until the opening condition set in the email received by the reception step is satisfied;
An output step of outputting the changed achievement condition each time the achievement condition calculated by the calculation step fluctuates by a predetermined first threshold value or more;
A determination step of determining whether or not an opening condition set in the e-mail is satisfied;
A mail display step of displaying the content of the e-mail when the determination step determines that the opening condition is satisfied.
A receiving procedure for receiving an e-mail with opening conditions that can be opened;
A calculation procedure for calculating an achievement condition that is a necessary condition until the opening condition set in the email received by the reception procedure is satisfied;
An output procedure for outputting the changed achievement condition each time the achievement condition calculated by the calculation procedure fluctuates by a predetermined first threshold value or more;
A determination procedure for determining whether the opening condition set in the e-mail is satisfied;
An opening program for causing a computer to execute a mail display procedure for displaying the contents of the e-mail when it is determined that the opening condition is satisfied by the determination procedure.
A receiving unit that receives an email in which a group identifier for identifying a group to which a plurality of emails belong is set and a target reception number of emails belonging to the same group is set as an opening condition;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the opening condition set in the e-mail is satisfied;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a mail display unit that displays contents of the e-mail when the determination unit determines that the opening condition is satisfied.
A receiving unit for receiving an e-mail in which a target transfer count that is the number of times to transfer an e-mail is set as an opening condition;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the opening condition set in the e-mail is satisfied;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a mail display unit that displays contents of the e-mail when the determination unit determines that the opening condition is satisfied.