JP4529243B2 - E-mail transmission / reception system and medium storing e-mail transmission / reception program - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an e-mail transmission / reception system for transmitting / receiving e-mail between communication terminals via a server connected to a communication network, and improvement of a medium on which a transmission / reception program is recorded.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as a configuration in which a character is displayed on the screen of a communication terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone and an instruction is sent to the character (or an agent such as a pet), e-mail is transmitted and received. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-65964-5 is known.
In the above configuration, the character or behavior of the character changes due to the act of the user giving an item such as food to the character.
This trained character can be sent along with an e-mail to the other party.
This is because the character parameters are sent to the other party as attachment data in the body of the email, and the character image data etc. recorded in advance on the receiver's communication terminal are used to display the character on the screen of the receiver's communication terminal. It is displayed and a predetermined operation is performed.
Although this type of character is displayed on the GUI screen for e-mail, it is also known that it can be used as a character that moves on the desktop.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above character, the parameters that control the character and behavior of the character change and the character can be changed by giving (nurturing) the item by the sender / receiver on the communication terminal. You can't change your character if you don't.
In addition, since characters are nurtured within a certain range, they do not change into completely different characters.
Also, the mailer had to be installed on both the sender and receiver.
Furthermore, there is a problem in that the amount of data to be transmitted / received increases because it is necessary to attach a parameter for determining the character and movement of the character to the mail body when sending.
The present invention was devised as a result of earnest research in view of the above circumstances, and its main problem is that the character information constituting the mail address is parameterized without attaching a special parameter as a parameter for changing the character. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic mail transmission / reception system that can be used to express characters and a medium on which a transmission / reception program is recorded.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an e-mail transmission / reception system that can be used at least if a mailer is installed in a recipient or a server, and a medium in which a transmission / reception program is recorded.
[0004]
[Means for solving problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides
In an e-mail transmission / reception system for transmitting / receiving e-mail between communication terminals via a server connected to a communication network,
When receiving an email, determine the parameters by determining the character information that composes the email address,
Ri Na form at least a portion of the representation data representing characters on a screen based on the determined parameters,
Wherein the determination of the mail address character information used, presence or absence of a particular character, the number of specific characters, number of characters in all address, a combination of characters, made to determine the regional information and provider information that can be recognized from the character, that Take technical measures.
Further, in the invention of claim 2, in addition to the above configuration,
When an e-mail is received, a technical measure is taken in which parameters are determined by determining when the mail is transmitted together with character information constituting the mail address.
In the invention of claim 3,
Technical measures are taken that the email address is the email address of the recipient.
In the invention of claim 4,
Technical measures are taken that the mail address is composed of the mail address of the recipient and the mail address of the sender.
[0005]
Next, in the invention of claim 5 ,
In a medium recording an e-mail transmission / reception program for transmitting / receiving e-mail between communication terminals via a server connected to a communication network,
A discriminating means for discriminating on the basis of character information constituting an email address when receiving an email;
Parameter determining means for determining a parameter corresponding to the determined information based on the information;
Based determined parameter, Ri Na and a character expression forming means using characters as at least a part of the expression data to be represented on the screen,
The character information discriminating means used for the e-mail address comprises the presence / absence of a specific character, the number of specific characters, the total number of characters in the address, a combination of characters, regional information and provider information that can be recognized from the characters. Is taking technical measures to feature.
Further, in the invention of claim 6 , in addition to the above configuration,
When receiving an electronic mail, a technical means is provided in which a determination means for determining based on the time of mail transmission is provided together with character information constituting the mail address.
In the invention of claim 7 ,
Technical measures are taken that the email address is the email address of the recipient.
In the invention of claim 8 ,
Technical measures are taken that the mail address is composed of the mail address of the recipient and the mail address of the sender.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
A preferred embodiment of the e-mail transmission / reception system of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
This e-mail transmission / reception system is used for a computer network service such as the Internet or an intranet, and when an e-mail is transmitted from a communication terminal as an e-mail service, it is temporarily stored in a mailbox of a mail server and then sent to a mobile phone Notify the communication terminal and automatically retransmit it, or use the mobile phone that received the notification to access the mail server's home page and read the mail, or send and receive e-mail on the host computer through the public line It can be applied to PC communication services provided.
[0007]
This e-mail transmission / reception system has a known configuration for transmitting / receiving e-mails and a known configuration for supporting a mail transmission / reception operation on the GUI screen. is there.
That is, this system is installed in a personal computer on the mail recipient side in computer network or personal computer communication.
The program may be installed in the personal computers of both the sender and the receiver. Further, it may be installed only on a dedicated server without being installed on both sides.
In particular, in the mobile phone, the program is installed on the dedicated server side.
[0008]
This system packages the following functions as mail transmission software, and will be described based on the conceptual diagram shown in FIG.
(1) It has a mailer and viewer function for sending and receiving e-mail (so-called POP mail) (indicated by solid lines in the figure).
(2) It has a mailer and viewer function for Web mail, that is, generally ISP (free mail provided free of charge by a provider or the like) (indicated by dotted lines in the figure).
(3) Web mail that can use this software-dedicated e-mail address, which uses a dedicated e-mail server and is equipped with a character display program on the server. In the figure, transmission and reception are indicated by a one-dot chain line).
[0009]
With this software, as with conventional e-mail characters, characters are displayed on the screen of the communication terminal when the software is started, but even if “Mail Software” is not activated, the character is displayed on the screen as a so-called desktop character. Can also be displayed.
In addition, as a function of the mail software, it is possible to have a function of reading out a mail text by voice.
[0010]
Here, in the configuration for changing a character, a parameter is determined based on character information of an e-mail address for data representing a basic character, and the character representation data is transformed by this parameter.
That is, the mail address is composed of a combination of characters according to a certain rule. However, as shown in FIG. 1, in this system, the character information used for the mail address is read and set in advance based on this. There is provided a discriminating means 2 for discriminating the presence / absence of a specific character, the number of specific characters, the number of characters in all addresses, a combination of characters, regional information and provider information that can be recognized from the characters.
[0011]
Then, parameter determining means 3 for determining a parameter corresponding to the determined information based on the determined information is provided, and the expression data is transformed from a general expression by the character expression forming means 4 by this parameter. Data is to be determined.
Further, the discriminating means 2 discriminates based on the character information used for the mail address. In addition, the discriminating means 2 determines the date, time and season based on the transmission date and time of the mail. You may make it combine the determination result from the said character information.
[0012]
This e-mail software takes the form of a program that runs on a known operation system such as Windows, Linux, Mac OS.
And it has the icon area 11 for communication, the mail preparation area 12, and the character display area 13 like the screen illustrated in FIG.
In the mail creation area 12, the user freely creates a mail text to be transmitted.
Further, a character display area 13 is formed near the mail creation area 12, and the character 1 is displayed.
[0013]
The character 1 can dodge a simple conversation with the user by displaying character data in the character area 14 with a balloon or the like.
That is, a part of text information is acquired from the received mail, and the character displays the acquired text content with a balloon or the like at an arbitrary timing, or utters the text content by voice. ing.
[0014]
The mobile phone shown in FIG. 4 is used as paid web mail service software and takes the form of a mail server service on a homepage connected by a mobile phone.
Then, as shown in the screen shown in FIG. 4, the user can freely create a mail text to be transmitted by clicking the “send mail” icon 15.
On the other hand, the character 1 who performs mail delivery is displayed on the screen.
Similar to the character shown in FIG. 3, the character 1 can display simple character data in the character area 16 by a balloon or the like and can exchange a simple conversation with the user.
In addition, when receiving mail (mail with a dedicated mail address) with a mobile phone, as an optional function, character data can be downloaded and used as a “standby screen”.
[0015]
The character 1 changes based on the information of the mail address of the other party who has sent and received the e-mail, such as the character 1's design changing and the character's speaking tone changing.
In this embodiment, the user owns the character 1 in advance (see FIG. 5).
The character 1 may be determined as a character that has been determined in advance by e-mail software or a character design obtained by the user.
Further, the basic design may be changed by forming a parameter based on character information constituting the mail address owned by the user.
[0016]
This character can determine its design, personality, movement, etc. according to the character information that composes the e-mail address.
For example, in the character 1 shown in FIG. 6, the mail address is as follows.
address:
a c aaa ct a @muh. aaaaaa . ne. jp
In this way, when exchanging mail with a partner whose mail address contains 10 or more of the alphabet “a”, parameters are determined from the extracted characters. Such a modification is made that the mark “A” is put in the box.
[0017]
Next, in the character 1 shown in FIG. 7, the mail address is as follows.
address:
m tecmo @ muh. tecmo. ne. jp
As described above, when the mail is exchanged with the recipient whose mail address starts with “m”, the design of the character 1 is transformed into a muscular one.
[0018]
Next, when the terminal of the mail sender is a mobile phone and the mail address is still a telephone number, it is possible to specify which local telephone company the caller has a contract with.
For example, in the character 1 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the mail address is as follows.
Example of docomo mail address:
090 16 xxYYYY @ docomo. ne. jp
Docomo Kansai number 090 10 xxYYYY @ docomo. ne. jp
DOCOMO Tohoku Number So, you can use the regional information to create a unique event for each region.
For example, when the telephone company is Kansai, as shown in FIG. 8, the character 1 speaks Kansai dialect (displays as text).
Similarly, in the case of Tohoku, the Tohoku dialect can be changed (displayed as text).
[0019]
It is also possible to incorporate time information and season information together with regional information.
For example, if the transmission time is the Gion Festival and you receive an email from a telephone company in the Kansai area, the character 1 may be painted and changed to a design with Maiko's costume as shown in FIG. it can.
[0020]
You can also change the character depending on the number of characters in the email address.
That is, when exchanging mail with a sender having a certain number of characters in the mail address, for example, 20 characters or less, the picture of the character 1 can be deformed so as to be thin (see FIG. 10).
[0021]
Further, provider information may be acquired from an e-mail address, and an event unique to the provider may occur.
Example email address:
○○○○○ @ ceres. dtl . ne. jp
As described above, when the provider is DT1, the character 1 is transformed into a train-like design as shown in FIG.
Example email address:
○○○○○ @ msn . com
As described above, when the provider is msn, as shown in FIG. 12, the character 1 may be transformed into a predetermined portrait.
[0022]
As described above, the modification based on the character information of the e-mail address includes the presence / absence of a specific character, the number of specific characters, the total number of characters in the address, a combination of characters, regional information and provider information that can be recognized from the characters, and their transmission date and time. Based on the date, time, season and season combination, determine the parameters to deform the character, and display the deformed character on the screen of the communication terminal such as the caller's personal computer or mobile phone It is supposed to be.
The condition of the character to be determined by extracting from the character information is not limited to the above embodiment, and various methods and combinations are conceivable, and can be set as appropriate. Moreover, although the case where the words spoken by the character are exemplified as characters, they may be expressed by voice. The character is expressed as a moving image in this embodiment, but may be a still image.
[0023]
Further, as with a known e-mail character, by giving some item, the parameters of the character may be updated and trained.
Further, the mail address may be determined by combining the mail address of the sender and receiver of the mail.
Alternatively, a character determined using a random number may be added to or deleted from the e-mail address and used as a determination target for determining parameters.
As the character expression data, sound, image, video, text, and other known data may be used as appropriate.
In addition, it goes without saying that various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the character can be expressed by determining the parameter based on the character information constituting the mail address without attaching a special parameter as a parameter for changing the character.
Further, in addition to the character information, the parameter may be determined on the basis of mail transmission or transmission date and time.
The character can be changed to a completely different character according to the parameter.
Thereby, the change of the character can be changed to an unprecedented form, and the interest of the character in the e-mail can be further enhanced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of the same embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing a mail screen according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing a mail screen of a mobile phone.
FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a general expression form of a character.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a character is deformed by a specific character.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating different embodiments in which a character is deformed by a specific character.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a character is deformed based on regional information.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an embodiment in which a character is deformed based on transmission time information together with area information.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing different embodiments in which a character is deformed depending on the total number of characters.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a character is deformed by a provider.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating different embodiments in which a character is deformed by a provider.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Character displayed as pet on e-mail screen 2 Discriminating means 3 Parameter determining means 4 Character expression determining means 11 Icon area 12 Mail creation area 13 Character display area 14 Character area 15 Icon 16 Character area

Claims (8)

In an e-mail transmission / reception system for transmitting / receiving e-mail between communication terminals via a server connected to a communication network,
When receiving an email, determine the parameters by determining the character information that composes the email address,
Ri Na form at least a portion of the representation data representing characters on a screen based on the determined parameters,
Character information used for the e-mail address is determined by determining the presence or absence of specific characters, the number of specific characters, the number of characters in all addresses, combinations of characters, regional information and provider information that can be recognized from characters. E-mail transmission / reception system featuring In an e-mail transmission / reception system for transmitting / receiving e-mail between communication terminals via a server connected to a communication network,
When an email is received, the parameters are determined by determining when the email is sent together with the text information that composes the email address,
Ri Na form at least a portion of the representation data representing characters on a screen based on the determined parameters,
Character information used for the e-mail address is determined by determining the presence or absence of specific characters, the number of specific characters, the number of characters in all addresses, combinations of characters, regional information and provider information that can be recognized from characters. E-mail transmission / reception system featuring   The e-mail transmission / reception system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the e-mail address is the e-mail address of the recipient.   4. The e-mail transmission / reception system according to claim 3, wherein the e-mail address includes a recipient e-mail address and a sender e-mail address. In a medium recording an e-mail transmission / reception program for transmitting / receiving e-mail between communication terminals via a server connected to a communication network,
A discriminating means for discriminating on the basis of character information constituting an email address when receiving an email;
Parameter determining means for determining a parameter corresponding to the determined information based on the determined information;
Based determined parameter, Ri Na and a character expression forming means using characters as at least a part of the expression data to be represented on the screen,
The character information discriminating means used for the e-mail address comprises the presence / absence of a specific character, the number of specific characters, the total number of characters in the address, a combination of characters, regional information and provider information that can be recognized from the characters. A medium on which an e-mail transmission / reception program is recorded. In a medium recording an e-mail transmission / reception program for transmitting / receiving e-mail between communication terminals via a server connected to a communication network,
A discriminating means for discriminating on the basis of the character information constituting the email address and the time of sending the email when receiving the email
Parameter determining means for determining a parameter corresponding to the determined information based on the determined information;
Based determined parameter, Ri Na and a character expression forming means using characters as at least a part of the expression data to be represented on the screen,
The character information discriminating means used for the e-mail address comprises the presence / absence of a specific character, the number of specific characters, the total number of characters in the address, a combination of characters, regional information and provider information that can be recognized from the characters. A medium on which an e-mail transmission / reception program is recorded. 7. The medium recording the e-mail transmission / reception program according to claim 5 or 6 , wherein the e-mail address is the e-mail address of the recipient.   8. The medium storing the e-mail transmission / reception program according to claim 7, wherein the e-mail address is composed of a recipient's e-mail address and a sender's e-mail address.

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