JP3588102B2 - Communication terminal device, receiving method, mail server device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a means for automatically distributing an e-mail to a home PC connected to a network managed by an IP address through a public network.

  In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, homes have been connected to the Internet to surf the Internet and send and receive e-mails. When connecting to the Internet from home, it is possible to make a contract with an Internet provider and connect to a dial-up server existing in the Internet provider by using a protocol called PPP. In addition, electronic mail can be fetched from a mail server existing in an Internet provider using a POP protocol and displayed on a home PC.

  This conventional mechanism will be described with reference to FIG. 46 is a dial-up server, 47 is a mail server, 48 is a public network, and 49 is a home PC at home. The dial-up connection unit 491 of the home PC 49 makes a dial-up connection using the PPP with the dial-up server 46 in order to connect a PC at home with the Internet. After that, the user information transmitting unit 492 transmits the user name and the password to the mail server 47 in order to inform the user from which mail spool the mail is to be taken. The mail server 47 performs user authentication based on the user name and password received by the user authentication unit 471, and determines which user's mail spool to take. When the mail fetching unit 473 instructs mail fetching, the mail transmitting unit 472 transmits the corresponding mail to the home PC 49. When the receiving of the mail is completed, the mail is displayed on the mail display unit 494.

  With this configuration, e-mail exists only on the Internet side, so it is necessary to connect to the Internet just to check for the presence or absence of e-mail. This connection to the Internet is usually made using a public network, so a telephone charge is required. If there is no e-mail, the telephone charge is useless. If this waste continues, only occasional connection to the Internet may occur, and when there is an actual e-mail, the e-mail may not be read.

  Further, when sending and receiving a large amount of e-mails, there is another problem that a device without a large-capacity storage device cannot receive a large amount of e-mails.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a mail server device capable of automatically sending e-mail up to a certain amount while leaving an e-mail exceeding a certain amount on a server, and such a mail server device It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal device and a receiving method capable of receiving an electronic mail from a user.

  In order to solve this problem, a communication terminal device of the present invention includes: a mail receiving unit that receives an e-mail from a mail server device; and a display unit that displays the received e-mail. When an e-mail with a part of the e-mail exceeding a predetermined amount deleted is received, both the body of the e-mail with the part deleted and the fact that the part of the e-mail has been deleted are displayed. Things. As a result, e-mails exceeding a certain amount can be left on the server, and e-mails up to a certain amount can be automatically received.

  The receiving method according to the present invention is the receiving method for receiving an e-mail from a mail server device, wherein the first receiving the e-mail including a message indicating that a part of the e-mail exceeding a predetermined amount has been deleted from the mail server device. And a second receiving step of receiving, from the mail server device, all of the e-mails received in the first receiving step, wherein the e-mail received in the first receiving step is In this case, the user is made to understand that a large-sized e-mail has arrived, and the whole of the e-mail is acquired in the second receiving step. As a result, e-mails exceeding a certain amount can be left on the server, and e-mails up to a certain amount can be automatically received.

  Further, the mail server device of the present invention includes a mail receiving unit that receives an electronic mail via the Internet, a mail analyzing unit that checks whether the size of the received electronic mail is a certain size or more, and a mail analyzing unit that receives the received electronic mail. A mail creating unit that keeps the mail, keeps it as it is, deletes a portion exceeding a certain amount, and changes it to an electronic mail stating that, and sends the electronic mail created by the mail creating unit to the user terminal And a mail transmitting means for performing the operation. As a result, e-mails exceeding a certain amount can be left on the server, and e-mails up to a certain amount can be automatically transmitted.

  As described above, according to the present invention, e-mails exceeding a certain amount can be left on the server, and up to a certain amount of e-mail can be automatically transmitted or received.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 15.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the electronic mail system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a proxy server device for making an IP connection between the Internet and a home PC from the Internet side, 2 denotes a mail server that automatically sends an e-mail to the home PC, and 3 denotes a public that physically connects the Internet and the home PC. The network 4 is a home PC that receives dial-up calls from the proxy server device and automatically receives electronic mail.

  One proxy server device will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 11, 12, and 13. FIG.

  FIG. 11 shows the configuration of the proxy server device. In FIG. 11, reference numeral 37 denotes a server connected to a network via a public network 36, reference numeral 34 denotes a client terminal for requesting communication with the server, and reference numeral 35 denotes a proxy server main body.

  The proxy server connection device 35 includes a request reception unit 351 that receives a communication request from the client terminal 34 to the server device 37, a connection status management unit 352 that manages connection and disconnection with the server device 37, and dynamically changes an IP address. Allocation, a public network connection unit 353 for performing PPP connection with the server device 37 via the public network 36, a data communication unit 354 for performing data communication with the connected server device 37, and a response to a communication request from the client terminal 34. It has a request response unit 355 and a connection status management table 3500 that manages server device names, telephone numbers of public networks corresponding to the server device names, and dynamically allocated IP addresses.

  The processing procedure performed by the proxy server device 2 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 12 shows (12-1) that the proxy server device 35 is waiting for a communication request from the client terminal 34 connected to the network. When there is a communication request from the client terminal to the server device YAMADA, the communication request is received in (12-2). When the communication request is received, the connection status management table 3500 is checked in (12-3) to check whether the server device is connected to the network. FIG. 13 shows an example of the connection state management table 3500. The connection state management table 3500 has three fields: the name of a server connected to the network via the public network, the telephone number of the public network, and the IP address dynamically assigned to the server. If there is a value in the IP address column for the corresponding server device name, the server device is connected to the network, and if there is no value, it is not connected. In the case of the present embodiment, the server device NANMA and the server device KAGA are connected to a network, and are assigned IP addresses of 133.185.001.001 and 133.185.001.002, respectively. The server YAMADA is not connected. If the server device is connected, go to (12-9) and perform data communication with the server device. In the present embodiment, since the server YAMADA is not connected, a call is made to the telephone number 03-7890-1234 of the public network of the server YAMADA in (12-4). When the telephone connection is established, the login name and the password are transmitted from the server device YAMADA, and they are received in (12-5). The user is authenticated based on the login name and the password, and the IP address of the server YAMADA is allocated in (12-6). The method of allocating the IP address is to check whether the IP address to be allocated is currently in use, and if not, to allocate the value. In the present embodiment, for example, if ten IP addresses from 133.185.001.001 to 133.185.001.010 are allocated, 133.185.001.003 is allocated because it is available. After allocating the IP address, a PPP connection is established with the server YAMADA in (12-7). When the PPP connection is completed, the IP address 133.185.001.003 allocated in (12-8) is registered in the column of the IP address of the server YAMADA in the connection state management table. After the registration, it becomes possible to communicate with the server device YAMADA, perform data communication in (12-9), and return the result to the client terminal in (12-10). The mail server 2 constantly monitors the mail spool, and when the mail is delivered, the spool monitoring unit 21 accesses the proxy server device by the user name of the mail spool, and the mail for transmitting the delivered mail to the home PC. It has a transmitting unit 22, a mail receiving unit 23 for receiving an e-mail, and mail spools 201 to 203 which are mail spools of each user. The home PC 4 includes a dial-up receiving unit 41 that receives a dial-up call from the proxy server device 1, a mail receiving unit 42 that receives an e-mail from the mail server, a mail display unit 43 that displays the received e-mail, and a received e-mail. Is provided. In the mail server 2, when the mail receiving unit 23 receives the mail, the mail is distributed to the mail spools 201 to 203 of the corresponding user. The spool monitoring unit 21 checks whether the mail has been delivered to the mail spool 201, and when the mail has been delivered, calls the home PC 4 of the user via the proxy server 1. The proxy server device 1 calls the home PC 4. In the home PC 4, the dial-up receiving unit 41 makes a dial-up connection to the call from the proxy server device 1. As a result, the home PC 4 is connected to the Internet by IP. After the connection with the home PC 4, the proxy server device 1 notifies the spool monitoring unit 21 of the completion of the connection. The spool monitoring unit 21 requests the mail transmitting unit 22 to transmit a mail to the home PC 4. The mail transmitting unit 22 relays the electronic mail to the mail receiving unit 42 via the proxy server device 1. The mail receiving unit 42 delivers the received electronic mail to the mail spool 401. The mail display unit 43 analyzes the mail in the mail spool 401 and displays the contents. The same applies to the mail spools 202 and 203. In the present embodiment, one home PC is used. However, the same applies to a case where there are a plurality of home PCs and a plurality of users.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, an e-mail delivered to the Internet can be automatically sent to a home PC that is not always connected to the Internet when necessary. You don't need to be connected to the Internet just to make sure you don't waste your phone bill. This makes it possible to send an e-mail even to a user who is not easily able to use because of the complicated connection to the Internet.

(Embodiment 2)
In recent years, at home, an Internet TV has been used instead of a home PC. Unlike these home PCs, it is difficult for these devices to have a large-capacity storage device such as a disk device, and cannot receive a large amount of e-mail. In this embodiment, e-mails exceeding a certain amount are left on the server, and e-mails up to a certain amount are automatically sent. 2, 5 is a proxy server device, 6 is a mail server, 7 is a public network, and 8 is a home PC, as in the first embodiment. The mail server 6 includes, in addition to the first embodiment, a mail analyzing unit 63 that checks whether the size of a received e-mail is a certain size or more, a server that holds the e-mail, It has a mail creation unit 64 for changing to mail. The mail analyzing unit 63 analyzes the received electronic mail and checks whether the size of the electronic mail is equal to or more than a certain amount, for example, 1K or more. The mail creation unit 64 holds the e-mail in the mail spool 601 as it is, deletes the portion exceeding 1K, creates an e-mail describing this fact, and passes the created e-mail to the mail transmission unit 62. By displaying the e-mail, the user understands that a large e-mail has been sent. Since all contents of the e-mail are stored in a server on the Internet, the user can display the contents of all the e-mails by using a PC or the like and taking in the e-mail by a conventional method.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, up to a certain amount of e-mails are sent, so that e-mails can be sent automatically to devices that have difficulty having a large-capacity storage device.

(Embodiment 3)
In recent years, a protocol called MIME has been generally used for e-mail, and various types of data such as word processing data other than text and image data such as GIF can be simultaneously transmitted and received. As a result, the size of the e-mail has become much larger than that of the text alone. At home, an Internet TV has been used instead of a home PC. In the case of the Internet TV, unlike a home PC, it is difficult to have a large-capacity storage device such as a disk device, so that even if a large amount of electronic mail is automatically sent, it cannot be received. In the present embodiment, only text is automatically sent, and other data is left on the Internet side, and is taken out when accessed.

  In FIG. 3, as in the first embodiment, 9 is a proxy server device, 10 is a mail server, 11 is a public network, and 12 is a home PC. The mail server 10 includes, in addition to the first embodiment, a mail analysis unit 103 that checks whether there is data other than text in a received e-mail, and a mail creation that holds non-text data in the server and changes the e-mail. It has a unit 104 and an out-of-text mail transmitting unit 106 for transmitting data outside the text when the home PC accesses the data. Reference numerals 1004 to 1006 denote non-text mail spools for storing data other than text. The mail analysis unit 103 analyzes the received electronic mail and checks whether data other than the text is included in the mail. FIG. 4 is an example of an electronic mail in which data other than text exists. In this case, the second part is a GIF file, and it is determined that this part is retained. The mail creation unit 104 saves this part as a file in the non-text mail spool 1004, and changes the content of the e-mail so that the home PC can access this part. FIG. 5 is an example of an e-mail after conversion. The second part has been changed to text, and the image file has been changed so that it can be displayed when accessed as needed as a link format. When this e-mail is displayed on the home PC 12, the second part is displayed as a link format. By clicking this part, an actual image file can be accessed. When this access is made, the out-of-text mail transmission unit 106 transmits the image data.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, data other than text is left on the server on the Internet side, and can be accessed when necessary, such as when viewing e-mail. An electronic mail can be automatically sent to a device without a device.

(Embodiment 4)
There may be a case where the user wants to access and manage the e-mail only on the Internet server without importing the e-mail to the home PC. In this case, e-mail cannot be sent automatically. In this embodiment, only the subject of the e-mail is extracted, and only this subject is transmitted to the home PC. In FIG. 6, similar to the first embodiment, 13 is a proxy server device, 14 is a mail server, 15 is a public network, and 16 is a home PC. The mail server 14 has, in addition to the first embodiment, a mail creation unit 143 that holds the received e-mail in the server and creates the e-mail with the body part deleted. The e-mail creation unit 143 holds the received e-mail as it is, creates an e-mail with the body deleted, and passes it to the e-mail transmission unit 142. Thus, only the subject without the text, ie, the subject, is transmitted to the user.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, only the subject of the e-mail is automatically sent, so that the user can immediately understand that the e-mail has been sent, and the e-mail can be accessed on the Internet. , Can be managed.

(Embodiment 5)
Since dial-up incoming calls use a general public telephone network, home users may think that they are ordinary telephones and answer them. In this case, the user can hear the sound of the modem communication normally, which is troublesome for a user who does not know anything. In this embodiment, the voice guidance is given to the user in this case, and the user is instructed not to answer the telephone when redialing. 7, as in the first embodiment, reference numeral 17 denotes a proxy server device, reference numeral 18 denotes a mail server, reference numeral 19 denotes a public network, and reference numeral 20 denotes a data telephone responding in place of a home PC. The mail server 18 has, in addition to the first embodiment, a voice guidance transmitting unit 182 that transmits voice guidance when the response destination is not the home PC but a telephone.

  The operation of the proxy server device 17 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 14, reference numeral 41 denotes a telephone connected to the proxy server via a public network 40 and a voice network, reference numeral 38 denotes a client terminal for requesting communication with the telephone, and reference numeral 39 denotes a proxy server device body.

  The proxy server connection device 39 includes a request reception unit 391 that receives a communication request from the client terminal 38 to the telephone 41, a connection state management unit 392 that manages connection and disconnection with the telephone 41, and whether a connection has been made to the other party's modem. If the other party is a modem, an IP address is dynamically allocated and a public network connection unit 393 for PPP connection with the server device via the public network 40 is established. A voice network connection unit 394 to be formed, a request response unit 395 for responding to a communication request from the client terminal 38, a server device name, a telephone number of a public network corresponding to the server device name, and a dynamically allocated IP. It has a connection status management table 3900 for managing addresses. As in the first embodiment, the public network connection unit 393 of the proxy server connection device 39 calls the home for dial-up connection. On the receiving side, the user answers the call using the telephone 41 instead of the server device of the first embodiment. In this case, the public network connection unit 393 determines that the user has answered the call with the telephone 41 instead of the home PC because the response at the time of the normal modem connection does not come back even though the other party has received the call, The connection unit 394 is notified. The voice network connection unit 394 forms a voice path with the telephone set 41, and notifies the request response unit 395 of this. The request response unit 395 replies to the client terminal 38 that the other party has connected by telephone.

  As described above, the proxy server device 17 notifies the spool monitoring unit 171 that the other party has answered the telephone. Upon receiving this notification, the spool monitoring unit 171 instructs the voice guidance transmission unit 172 to transmit voice guidance. For example, the voice guidance transmitting unit 172 sends a message to the proxy server device 17 such as "This telephone is a modem connection for automatic e-mail transmission. One minute later, it will be retried, so please return to the modem setting." Send an audio file with a recorded message. The proxy server device 17 reproduces this file on the connected telephone set 20 and gives voice guidance.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a normal telephone and a telephone performing a dial-up call are shared, and it is determined that the dial-up call is a normal telephone. You can tell them not to be bothered.

(Embodiment 6)
Although the voice guidance is given in the fifth embodiment, a method of converting the content of the e-mail into a voice so that the other party can listen to the voice may be considered. In the present embodiment, when the connection destination is a telephone, the content of the e-mail is converted into voice and the user is notified of the voice by notifying the user of the voice. 8, as in the first embodiment, reference numeral 24 denotes a proxy server device, reference numeral 25 denotes a mail server, reference numeral 26 denotes a public network, and reference numeral 27 denotes a data telephone responding in place of a home PC. In addition to the first embodiment, the mail server 25 includes a text-to-speech conversion unit 252 that converts an electronic mail into a voice when the response destination is a telephone instead of a home PC, and a voice mail that transmits the voice to a connection partner. The transmission unit 253 is provided. The proxy server device 24 makes a call to the home for dial-up connection. However, since the response at the time of the normal modem connection does not return, it is determined that the user has called the telephone 27 instead of the home PC, and the spool monitor 251 To the effect. The spool monitoring unit 251 instructs the text-to-speech conversion unit 252 to convert the contents of the e-mail into voice. The text-to-speech conversion unit 252 converts the text of the e-mail into a voice file, and passes the file to the voice mail transmission unit 253. The voice mail transmitting section 253 plays this file on the telephone 27 connected to the proxy server device 24 to make the contents of the mail available.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a normal telephone and a telephone performing a dial-up call are shared, and it is determined that the dial-up call is a normal telephone. You can know the contents of the e-mail. Furthermore, even a normal telephone call can be made without any problem.

(Embodiment 7)
In the first embodiment, the home PC needs to be activated at all times. However, if the home PC has not been activated for some reason, the home PC does not receive a call, and thus cannot automatically send an e-mail. In the present embodiment, when the home PC does not answer, a notification to the effect that the home PC does not answer is sent to a mobile phone such as a mobile phone, and an instruction is given to take in an e-mail when the home PC is connected to the Internet. . In FIG. 9, as in the first embodiment, 28 is a proxy server device, 29 is a mail server, 31 is a public network, 32 is a home PC, 30 is an exchange required for calling a mobile phone, and 33 is a home PC 32 Is a mobile phone that is called when no response is received. The mail server 29 includes, in addition to the first embodiment, a telephone call unit 292 that finds a corresponding call destination from the call destination setting file 2904 and makes a call. The operation of the proxy server device 28 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 15, reference numeral 45 denotes the end of the public network which is called by the proxy server device 43 through the public network 44, reference numeral 42 denotes a client terminal for requesting communication with the telephone, and reference numeral 43 denotes a main body of the proxy server device.

  The proxy server connection device 43 receives a request receiving unit 431 for receiving a communication request from the client terminal 42 to the public network terminal 45, a connection state management unit 432 for managing connection and disconnection with the public network terminal 45, and a response from the other party. It is determined whether or not the other party has responded with the modem. If the other party has not responded, a public network connection unit 433 that dynamically allocates an IP address and makes a PPP connection with the server device via the public network 44, and 42, and a connection status management table 4300 for managing the server device name, the telephone number of the public network corresponding to the server device name, and the dynamically allocated IP address. I have. In the proxy server connection device 43, the public network connection unit 433 calls the home for dial-up connection as in the first embodiment. In the case of the present embodiment, the receiving side does not respond to this call. In this case, the public network connection unit 433 does not respond even though it has made a certain number of calls, and determines that connection is not possible, and notifies the request response unit 434 of that fact. The request response unit 434 replies to the client terminal 42 that the other party is not connected.

  As described above, the proxy server device 28 makes a telephone call to the home PC 32, and notifies the spool monitoring unit 291 that there is no response to a certain number of calls. The spool monitoring unit 291 determines that the other party cannot respond to the call, and instructs the telephone calling unit 292 to contact the corresponding user. The telephone calling unit 292 finds a call destination of the corresponding user from the call setting file 2904, makes a call to the user, reproduces the set contents if the call destination is a telephone, and if the call destination is a pager, Transfer and display the set contents. FIG. 10 shows an example of the call destination setting file. For example, if the e-mail user is nanma, since the call destination is a pager, after calling the set telephone, the message content of the setting destination file set in the fourth field of the call destination setting file is deleted. Send to pager. In other cases, the content of the audio file of the setting destination file is reproduced after connection to the telephone. When the user receives this notification, the user can connect to the Internet in a conventional manner and display an e-mail.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a dial-up incoming call cannot be made, a notification to that effect can be sent to the mobile phone, and the mail can be captured at the next access.

Configuration diagram of an electronic mail system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention Configuration diagram of an e-mail system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention Configuration diagram of an e-mail system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an original e-mail according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail after conversion according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. Configuration diagram of an e-mail system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention Configuration diagram of an e-mail system according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention Configuration diagram of an e-mail system according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention Configuration diagram of an e-mail system according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention The figure which shows the example of the call destination setting file in Embodiment 7 of this invention. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a proxy server device of an electronic mail system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Processing flow diagram of the proxy server device The figure which shows the connection state management table in the process of a proxy server apparatus FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram of a proxy server device of an electronic mail system according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram of a proxy server device of an electronic mail system according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention. Configuration diagram of conventional example

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1 Proxy server device 2 Mail server 3 Public network 4 Home PC

Claims (4)

A server that transmits an e-mail composed of a portion exceeding a predetermined amount, deleting the portion exceeding the predetermined amount, and a portion up to the predetermined amount;
When receiving the e-mail from the server, a communication terminal device that displays both the portion up to the predetermined amount and the fact that the portion exceeding the predetermined amount has been deleted,
Email system consisting of. The server deletes a portion exceeding a predetermined amount, transmits an e-mail including a message indicating that the portion exceeding the predetermined amount has been deleted and a portion up to the predetermined amount,
When the communication terminal device receives the e-mail from the server, displays both the portion up to the predetermined amount and the fact that the portion exceeding the predetermined amount has been deleted,
An e-mail communication method, comprising: Mail analysis means for analyzing whether or not the size of the e-mail exceeds a predetermined amount ;
When the size of the e-mail exceeds a predetermined amount, the e-mail is retained as it is, a portion exceeding the predetermined amount is deleted, and a message indicating that a portion exceeding the predetermined amount has been deleted and a message indicating that the predetermined amount has been reached. Means for creating an e-mail composed of
Mail sending means for sending the electronic mail created by the mail creating means,
A mail server device comprising: If the size of the email exceeds a certain amount,
While keeping the e-mail as it is, delete the part exceeding the predetermined amount, create an e-mail composed of the fact that the part exceeding the predetermined amount is deleted and the part up to the predetermined amount,
A method for creating an e-mail, the method comprising:

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