JPH11289346A - Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify that an electronic mail has been received, only when the electronic mail from a notified object person is received. SOLUTION: This device has a reception means 1 for receiving an electronic mail, an electronic mail analysis means 2 for analyzing a mail received by the electronic reception means 1, a notification object person storage means 3 for storing the notification object person, a notification object person decision means 5 for deciding whether or not the result analyzed by the electronic mail analysis means 2 is stored by the notification object person storage means 3, a notified party storage means 6 for storing a notified party of a user's portable telephone and the like, and a calling means 8 which calls to the notified party stored by the notified party storage means 6, when the mail received by the electronic mail reception means 1 is determined to be the one from the notified object person by the notification object person decision means 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal device capable of receiving an electronic mail or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, many personal computers and personal digital assistants that are popular in the market are provided with communication functions such as telephones and faxes. Conversely, terminal devices such as telephones can use not only the function of a telephone but also those that can use the communication function to browse information on the Internet using a World Wide Web browser and exchange e-mail. Existing.

[0003] In such a terminal device, when an e-mail is received, there is a terminal device having a function of calling a notification destination set in advance by a user and notifying that the e-mail has been received. Notification was sent even when an e-mail was received from an unnecessary party.

[0004]

In such a terminal device, there is a need for a means for notifying the user only when an e-mail from a partner who wants to be notified is received.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A terminal device of the present invention includes an e-mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail, an e-mail analyzing means for analyzing the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving means, and a user wanting to be notified. In order to be notified only when an e-mail from a person (notified person) is received, a notified person storing means for storing the notified person and a notified person reading for reading the notified person from the notified person storing means Means, a notifying person determining means for determining whether the result analyzed by the e-mail analyzing means is stored in the notifying person storing means, and a notifying destination storing means for storing a notifying destination such as a mobile phone of the user. The notification destination reading means for reading the notification destination stored in the notification destination storage means and the mail received by the e-mail receiving means are transmitted by the notification target determining means. Calling means for calling a notification destination stored in the notification destination storage means when it is determined that the mail is from the target person, and a notification for storing a voice to notify the user when the call is made It has a voice storage means and a notification voice reading means for reading voice stored in the notification voice storage means.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention described in the claims of the present invention
E-mail receiving means for receiving e-mail, e-mail analyzing means for analyzing e-mail received by the e-mail receiving means, and only when e-mail is received from a person who wants to be notified by the user (notification target person) In order to be notified, a notification subject storage means for storing a notification subject, a notification subject reading means for reading the notification subject from the notification subject storage means, and a result analyzed by the e-mail analyzing means. Notifying person determining means for determining whether the information is stored in the notifying person storage means, a notifying destination storing means for storing a notifying destination such as a user's mobile phone, and a notification stored in the notifying destination storing means The notification destination reading means for reading the destination, and the mail received by the electronic mail receiving means, the mail from the notification target person by the notification target person determination means, When it is determined that there is, a calling means for calling a notification destination stored in the notification destination storage means, a notification voice storage means for storing a voice to notify the user when a call is made, With the notification voice reading means for reading the voice stored in the notification voice storage means, the notification voice reading means is provided to the user only when an e-mail from the person (notification target person) who wants to be notified is received. This has the effect that it is possible to notify that a call has been made and that an e-mail has been received.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing functions of a terminal device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

1 is an e-mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail, 2 is an e-mail analyzing means for analyzing the mail received by the e-mail receiving means 1, and 3 is a person (notification target person) who wants a user to notify. In order to be notified only when the e-mail is received, the notification target storage means 4 for storing the notification notification target and the notification target storage means 3
Notifying person reading means for reading the notifying person further, notifying person determining means 5 for determining whether or not the result analyzed by the e-mail analyzing means 2 is stored in the notifying person storage means 3; Notification destination storage means for storing a notification destination of a user's mobile phone or the like;
Notification destination reading means for reading a notification destination stored in
Reference numeral 8 denotes a notification stored in the notification destination storage means 6 when the email received by the email receiving means 1 is determined by the notification target determination means 5 to be a mail from the notification target. First calling means, 9
Is a notification voice storage means for storing voice to be notified to the user when a call is made, and 10 is a notification voice reading means for reading out the voice stored in the notification voice storage means 9.

FIG. 2 is a device block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The communication device 11 enables communication such as electronic mail. The calling device 12 enables outgoing calls by telephone. The read-only memory 13 stores a program to be executed by the central processing unit 14. The random access memory 15 stores data read from an input device, data created by executing a program, and the like.

Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3 which is a flowchart showing a control procedure leading to a call.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a procedure until a terminal device makes a call according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In step S1, it is determined whether or not an electronic mail has been received by the electronic mail receiving means 1. If it has been received, the process proceeds to step S2, but if it has not been received, it waits until it is received. In step S2, the e-mail received in step S1 is analyzed using the e-mail analysis means 2. In step S3, the notification target person is read from the notification target storage means 3 using the notification target reading means 4. In step S4, the notification target person determination means 5 determines whether the e-mail received in step S1 is the e-mail from the notification target person read in step S3. If the email is from the person to be notified, the process proceeds to step S5. If not, the process returns to step S1 and waits for the reception of the email. In step S5, the notification destination is read from the notification destination storage means 6 using the notification destination reading means 7. Step S6
Then, a call is made to the notification destination read in step S5. In step S7, the notification voice storage unit 9
The notification voice reading means 10 reads out a notification message such as "e-mail received" stored in the storage device. In step S8, the notification message read in step S7 is output.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation example of the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention. Only when the terminal device receives the e-mail and determines that the e-mail is an e-mail from a person (notification target person) who wants to be notified, the terminal device performs a call operation to the line and transmits an e-mail to the user. Notify that an email has been received.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing functions of a terminal device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

1 is an e-mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail, 2 is an e-mail analyzing means for analyzing the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving means 1, and 3 is a person (notification target person) who wants the user to be notified. In order to be notified only when the e-mail is received, the notification target storage means 4 for storing the notification notification target and the notification target storage means 3
Notifying person reading means for reading the notifying person further, notifying person determining means 5 for determining whether or not the result analyzed by the e-mail analyzing means 2 is stored in the notifying person storage means 3; Notification destination storage means for storing a notification destination of a user's mobile phone or the like;
Notification destination reading means for reading a notification destination stored in
Reference numeral 8 denotes a notification stored in the notification destination storage means 6 when the email received by the email receiving means 1 is determined by the notification target determination means 5 to be a mail from the notification target. Calling means for calling first, 1
Reference numeral 6 denotes a voice synthesizing unit that converts the electronic mail information analyzed by the electronic mail analyzing unit 2 into a voice, and reads out the destination, title, and contents of the electronic mail.

The hardware configuration of the terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention is the same as that of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 6, which is a flowchart showing a control procedure leading to a call.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure until a terminal device originates a call according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In step S10, it is determined whether or not the electronic mail has been received by the electronic mail receiving means 1. If it has been received, the process proceeds to step S11; otherwise, it waits until it is received. In step S11, the electronic mail received in step S10 is analyzed using the electronic mail analysis means 2. In step S12,
The notifying person reading means 4 is used to read out the notifying person from the notifying person storage means 3. In step S13, the notification target person determination means 5 determines whether the e-mail received in step S10 is the e-mail from the notification target person read in step S12. If the email is from the person to be notified, step S14
If not, the process returns to step S10 to wait for the reception of the e-mail. In step S14, the notification destination is read from the notification destination storage unit 6 using the notification destination reading unit 7. In step S15, a call is made to the notification destination read in step S14. Step S
In step S16, the electronic mail information analyzed by the electronic mail analyzing unit 2 is converted into a voice by the voice synthesizing unit.
At 17, the synthesized voice of the e-mail is output.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, a terminal device can notify a user only when an e-mail is received from a partner (notification target person) who wants to be notified. , Which is an advantageous effect.

Further, it is possible to confirm only the contents of an e-mail from a user who wants to be notified by voice synthesis at a destination.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing functions of a terminal device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a device block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure until a terminal device makes a call according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation example of the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing functions of a terminal device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure until a terminal device originates a call according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 e-mail receiving means 2 e-mail analyzing means 3 notification target storage means 4 notification target reading means 5 notification target determination means 6 notification destination storage means 7 notification destination reading means 8 calling means 9 notification voice storage means 10 notification voice Reading means 11 Communication device 12 Calling device 13 Read only memory 14 Central processing unit 15 Random access memory 16 Voice synthesis means

Claims (2)

[Claims] An e-mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail; an e-mail analyzing means for analyzing the mail received by the e-mail receiving means; a notifying person storing means for storing a notifying person; Notification person reading means for reading the notification person from the person storage means; notification person determination means for determining whether a result analyzed by the e-mail analysis means is stored in the notification person storage means; Notification destination storage means for storing a destination, a notification destination reading means for reading a notification destination stored in the notification destination storage means, and a mail received by the e-mail receiving means, which is notified by the notification subject determination means. Calling means for calling the notification destination stored in the notification destination storage means when it is determined that the mail is from the target person; Terminal device a notification voice storage means for storing audio, characterized in that it has a notifying voice reading means for reading the speech stored in said notification voice storage means for notification to THE. 2. An e-mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail, an e-mail analyzing means for analyzing the mail received by the e-mail receiving means, a notifying person storing means for storing a notifying person, Notification person reading means for reading the notification person from the person storage means; notification person determination means for determining whether a result analyzed by the e-mail analysis means is stored in the notification person storage means; Notification destination storage means for storing a destination, a notification destination reading means for reading a notification destination stored in the notification destination storage means, and a mail received by the e-mail receiving means, which is notified by the notification subject determination means. Calling means for calling the notification destination stored in the notification destination storage means when it is determined that the mail is from the target person; Terminal device; and a speech synthesis means for outputting the speech synthesis the information of the electronic mail to the e-mail received by the receiving means with respect to THE.