KR20020006259A - Method and system for receiving an e-mail - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a technique relating to a method and a system for receiving an e-mail.

The method for receiving an e-mail according to the present invention comprises the steps of: when the terminal of the receiver is switched on, the terminal of the receiver connects to the mail server and transmits and registers a change in the field contents of the receiver to the mail server, and the terminal of the receiver is used. When the new mail arrives at the receiver at the mail server, the mail server connects to the receiver's terminal and transmits the new email. The method and system for receiving an e-mail according to the present invention not only do not have to allow a recipient terminal to attempt to connect to an unnecessary mail server, but can also notify the incoming mail automatically, and only upon arrival of the e-mail. By transmitting the electronic mail from the mail server to the terminal of the receiver, the resources of the mail server and the terminal of the user can be efficiently used.

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING AN E-MAIL}

The present invention relates to a method and a system for receiving e-mail, in particular, when the recipient's terminal is in use or in use, new e-mail is sent from the mail server to the recipient's terminal only when there is a new e-mail. A method and system for transmitting.

Currently, functions such as e-mail and messenger are widely used on the Internet. E-mail plays an important role in sending and receiving documents between remote computer users.

In addition, the messenger is widely used as a means for interactive communication in cyberspace such as real-time message exchange, 1: 1 conversation, chat, etc. to overcome the disadvantages of the existing e-mail and web services.

In using e-mail, protocols such as POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) and IMP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol 4) are used. Here, the main function of POP3 is a protocol in which mail clients (UA, MUA) get a user's mail from a mailbox (recipient mailbox) of a mail transfer agent (MTA). POP3 basically retrieves all mail delivered to the user's mailbox (user folder of the mail server 10 of the present invention) after an e-mail client connects to the mail server periodically or through user action and automatic setup. It is only in charge of functions.

In addition, the basic function of IMAP4 is the same as that of POP3 mentioned above. IMAP4 is a method for accessing mail or bulletin board messages delivered and stored in private and public mailboxes on a mail server (MTA). In other words, messages on a remote server can be as different as mail on their computer. For example, a user can manage the same mail without having to copy his mail on the IMAP4 server from the server to the client from his laptop at home or in the office or while traveling. IMAP4 basically manages the mail on the mail server, so you can manage the same mail anytime and anywhere. In addition, IMAP4 provides optimal performance for users on slow networks.

The messenger has a function of a pager, which is a real time meeting box, by allocating a predetermined space of the client on the cyber. Internet messaging programs, commonly called pagers or messengers, can send and receive real-time messages and files, giving users the ability to communicate as if they were talking on the phone without having to enter a chat room or check emails.

A conventional method of receiving an e-mail, which receives and receives an e-mail reaching a user by using a POP3 or IMAP4 as described above, is illustrated in FIG. 5.

As a technology using the conventional method for receiving an electronic mail shown in FIG. 5, there is a patent application entitled "E-mail" of LG Electronics Co., Ltd., filed March 5, 1999. The e-mail shown in Fig. 5 uses the method of receiving e-mail that reaches the recipient in the mail server by using POP3 or IMAP4 as described above, and when there is an e-mail arrived, there is a new e-mail. The multimedia function (wireless pager, TV receiver display, voice alarm) to inform the function.

In Fig. 5, the terminal 20 of the receiver attempts to connect to the mail server 10 when the first terminal is turned on to the mail server 10 (arrow ①). It connects to the mail server 10, checks the mail arrived, and when a new mail arrives, the mail is brought to the recipient's computer (arrow ②), and the recipient is automatically notified via multimedia.

In the related art, a technique related to an automatic e-mail receiving and alarming device and a method for automatically receiving and informing a received e-mail by repeating the above steps 1 & 2 at regular time intervals (for example, every 5 minutes) is disclosed. have.

In using this conventional technique, the mail server 10 is overloaded to delay the transmission / reception time of the electronic mail. That is, for example, if the mail server 10 has 1 million subscribers, and each of the subscribers 20 is set to connect to the mail server at 5 minute intervals and check whether the mail has arrived, at 5 minute intervals. When a million subscribers attempt to connect temporarily, the mail server 10 must have a server capacity having more processing capacity, otherwise the mail server 10 cannot fully exhibit the function of the mail server 10. In other words, the arrival of electronic mail from another mail server is inevitably delayed. Therefore, in view of the mail server 10, it is necessary to exclude unnecessary connections.

As described above, when the receiver's terminal sets the time period for connecting to the mail server at 5-minute intervals, a time delay of about 5 minutes occurs. In addition, the user's terminal is connected to the mail server 12 times per hour to check the arrival of the e-mail, and when using 8 hours per day, 96 times to connect to the mail server has a problem Occurs.

In another aspect, since the electronic mail uses the international standard protocol as described above, compatibility does not need to be considered. On the other hand, in the two-way communication, there is an advantage of facilitating the exchange of real-time mail between subscribers using the same messenger, but has various disadvantages in the completion of the messenger.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic mail service that transmits a new e-mail to a receiver's terminal in real time when a new e-mail arrives without an unnecessary connection from the mail server. To provide a receiving method and system.

Another object of the present invention is to save the resources of the user's terminal and the mail server to the maximum, since the terminal of the receiver does not have to connect to the mail server to confirm the arrival of the mail at regular time intervals.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a mail receiving method and system capable of knowing the arrival of an electronic mail in real time while ensuring compatibility with other mail servers.

1 (a) is a diagram showing a network system showing a process in which a mail server transmits an e-mail to a receiver terminal when the receiver terminal is switched on;

1 (b) is a diagram illustrating a network system conceptually illustrating a process of transmitting an e-mail to a terminal of a receiver in a state in which a receiver terminal is switched on and in an operation and maintenance state;

2 is a view showing a list of recipients transmitted from a receiver's terminal to a mail server and stored in the mail server when the receiver's terminal is switched on;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a new e-mail from a mail server to a receiver terminal when the terminal of the receiver is switched on according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a new e-mail from a mail server to a receiver's terminal while the receiver's terminal is in an online state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a process in which a conventional user's terminal accesses a mail server to obtain a new electronic mail.

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10: mail server 20: terminal of recipient

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the receiver terminal is switched on, the receiver terminal accesses the mail server, and registers a change in the field contents of the corresponding receiver to the mail server, and registers the terminal. When is in use, only when a new e-mail arrives at the recipient to the mail server, the mail server is characterized in that it comprises the step of transmitting the new e-mail by connecting to the receiver's terminal.

Preferably, the method for receiving an e-mail includes registering a state of use of the terminal of the receiver in the mail server, when the terminal of the receiver is switched on, accessing the mail server, and when the connection is established, Sending a field content change to the mail server, searching for a new e-mail reached by the recipient on the mail server; and if a new mail exists, sending new mail to the recipient's terminal. It is characterized by.

In another preferred embodiment, the method for receiving an e-mail includes: transmitting an e-mail to which a new e-mail has been received while the terminal is in use; retrieving a list of recipients stored in the mail server; Searching whether the terminal receiving the received mail is online, and if the terminal of the receiver is in a usable state or in operation, transmitting the received e-mail by accessing the terminal of the receiver.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving an e-mail includes a step of connecting a receiver's terminal to a mail server when the receiver's terminal is switched on, and when a connection is made, changing a field content of the receiver to the mail server. Retrieving whether there are new e-mails reaching the recipient on the mail server,

If there is a new mail, sending the new mail to the receiver's terminal, and when the recipient's terminal is in use, the mail server connects to the receiver's terminal only when a new e-mail arrives at the mail server. Characterized in that the step of transmitting the e-mail.

Preferably, the step of transmitting the e-mail to which the new e-mail has arrived while the terminal is in use, retrieving a list of recipients stored in the mail server, the terminal receiving the e-mail arrived by the mail server And checking whether the terminal is in an online state or when the receiver's terminal is in an available state or in operation, and transmitting an e-mail that has arrived.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving an e-mail includes connecting to a mail server when a terminal of a receiver is switched on, transmitting a change of field contents of a corresponding receiver to a mail server when a connection is made, Retrieving whether there is a new e-mail that has arrived at the recipient on the server, if there is a new mail, sending a new mail to the recipient's terminal, and when the recipient's terminal is in use, a new e-mail to the recipient at the mail server. Retrieving a list of recipients stored in the mail server, if the mail server arrives, retrieving whether the terminal receiving the arrived mail is online, and accessing the recipient's terminal to send the arrived e-mail; Characterized in that consists of.

The electronic mail receiving system according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal of the receiver is switched on, the terminal of the receiver for transmitting a change in the field contents of the terminal of the receiver to the mail server, and the field of the terminal from the receiver terminal It is characterized in that it comprises a mail server for receiving and registering the contents change state, and when the new e-mail arrives in the mail server, the new e-mail is connected to the terminal of the receiver and transmitted to the terminal of the receiver.

Preferably, the electronic mail receiving system of the present invention further comprises a folder in which the mail server registers and stores a recipient list.

Preferably, the e-mail receiving system of the present invention, when the mail server registers a change in the contents of the field of the receiver terminal, checks whether a new e-mail exists in the mail server, and when a new e-mail exists. And immediately transmit the new e-mail to the terminal of the recipient.

Preferably, the electronic mail receiving system of the present invention further comprises means for notifying the arrival of the new electronic mail when the terminal of the recipient receives the new electronic mail from the mail server.

Preferably, the e-mail receiving system of the present invention is characterized in that the means for notifying the arrival of the new e-mail to the terminal of the receiver is an alarm means for notifying with an alarm sound or an alarm means using a video character on a background screen. E-mail receiving system.

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Hereinafter, embodiments and methods of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

Figure 1 (a) is a diagram showing a network system showing the process of transmitting the received e-mail to the receiver terminal when the terminal of the receiver terminal is switched on, Figure 1 (b) is a terminal of the receiver FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a network system conceptually illustrating a process of transmitting an electronic mail received in an on state of operation and use maintained to a terminal of a receiver.

In Fig. 1, a network system for automatically notifying the reception of electronic mail includes a mail server 10 and a terminal 20 of a receiver.

Hereinafter, a process of transmitting an e-mail when the receiver switches on the terminal 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1A and 3.

3 shows an embodiment of the present invention when the receiver switches on the terminal 20, when a new e-mail arrives at the mail server 10, the mail server 10 at the receiver's terminal is a mail server. It is a flowchart showing the process of sending the mail which arrived at.

In Fig. 3, when the receiver's terminal 20 is switched on, the terminal 20 attempts to connect to the mail server 10 (step S10). In step S20, when a connection is made, in step S30, the mail server 20 is notified of the change in the field contents of the corresponding recipient in the recipient list shown in FIG. This field change includes the recipient's e-mail address, IP address, port and online offline state as shown in FIG. Here, the on-line and off-line states of the receiver terminal indicate that the terminal 20 is in an available state, that is, an online state, and is informed once in step S30 of FIG. 3.

In step S40, the mail server 10 examines the received recipient list and searches for a folder of the mail server 10 corresponding to the list of recipients. In step S50, it is checked whether the received e-mail exists in the folder in the mail server 10. If the received e-mail exists, the mail server 10 transmits the received e-mail to the terminal of the receiver (step S60).

The process of transmitting the e-mail of FIGS. 1A and 3 is performed once when the receiver's terminal 20_ is switched on.

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 1B and 4, when an e-mail corresponding to a receiver reaches the mail server 10 while the receiver's terminal 20 is switched on and operated or maintained, the mail server 10 ) Will be described a process of transmitting the received e-mail to the terminal 10 of the receiver.

When the receiver's terminal 20 is in operation through the process of FIG. 3, when a new e-mail arrives at the mail server 10, in step S110, the mail server 10 firstly receives the received mail. In order to check whether it is currently online or ready to receive e-mail, the recipient list folder of the mail server 10 that receives and stores the recipient list when the receiver terminal 20 of FIG. Search.

In step S120, it is determined whether the recipient of the newly received electronic mail is stored on the recipient list of the mail server 10. FIG. If the receiver exists, it is checked again whether the receiver's terminal 20 is online (step S130). Since the process of checking the online state does not inform the mail server 20 that the receiver is off-line when the receiver switches off the terminal 20 of the receiver, it is necessary to confirm the online state upon arrival of the electronic mail.

If the receiver's terminal is online, the mail server 10 connects to the receiver's terminal 20 (step S160). When the connection is established, the electronic mail is transmitted to the recipient (step S170). If the connection is not made in step S160, the online state of the corresponding receiver is changed to an offline state in the recipient list (step S180). Thereafter, the data is stored in the recipient's folder of the mail server 10 (step S190). The stored e-mail is sent to the receiver's terminal when the receiver's terminal performs the routine shown in FIG. 2, that is, when the receiver's terminal is brought online.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as in the conventional method, in step S180, when the terminal of the receiver is offline, the receiver's mobile phone or other device may be notified through an alarm sound or a short message.

In addition, the alarm or notification means for notifying the reception of the above-mentioned e-mail can be notified multimedialy by a notification means using a character on the background of the pager or alarm sound or terminal mentioned in the prior art of the present application. Of course it is possible.

As described above, the method and system for receiving an e-mail according to the present invention may provide a method and system for automatically notifying the reception of an e-mail as well as a terminal of a receiver not having to attempt to access an unnecessary mail server. Can be.

Further, the method and system for receiving an e-mail according to the present invention can efficiently use the resources of the mail server and the user's terminal by transmitting the e-mail from the mail server to the receiver's terminal only when the e-mail arrives.

In addition, the method and system for receiving an e-mail according to the present invention can know the arrival of the e-mail in real time while ensuring compatibility with other mail servers.

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In the e-mail receiving method arrived at the mail server, When the terminal of the receiver is switched on, the terminal of the receiver accesses the mail server and transmits and registers a change in the contents of the field of the receiver to the mail server, and When the recipient's terminal is in use, the mail server accesses the recipient's terminal only when a new e-mail arrives at the mail server, and transmits the new e-mail. E-mail receiving method characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 1, wherein registering a usage state of the terminal of the receiver with the mail server comprises: When the terminal of the receiver is switched on, accessing the mail server; When the connection is established, transmitting a change of the field contents of the corresponding recipient to the mail server; Retrieving whether there are new e-mails reaching the recipients on the mail server, and If there is a new mail, sending the new mail to the terminal of the recipient. E-mail receiving method characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 1, Transmitting an e-mail to which a new e-mail is received while the terminal is in use; Retrieving a list of recipients stored in the mail server; Searching, by the mail server, whether the terminal receiving the arrived mail is online; and If the receiver's terminal is in an available state or operating state, accessing the receiver's terminal and transmitting the arrived e-mail; E-mail receiving method, characterized in that consisting of. In the e-mail receiving method arrived at the mail server, When the terminal of the receiver is switched on, connecting the terminal of the receiver to the mail server; When the connection is established, transmitting the change of the contents of the corresponding field of the receiver to the mail server; Retrieving whether there are new e-mails reaching the recipient on the mail server, If there is a new mail, sending the new mail to the terminal of the recipient, and When the receiver's terminal is in use, the mail server contacts the receiver's terminal and transmits the new email only when a new email arrives at the receiver. E-mail receiving method characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 4, further comprising: transmitting an e-mail to which a new e-mail arrives while the terminal is in use, to the user's terminal; Retrieving a list of recipients stored in the mail server; Searching, by the mail server, whether the terminal receiving the arrived mail is online; and If the receiver's terminal is in an available state or operating state, accessing the receiver's terminal and transmitting the arrived e-mail; E-mail receiving method, characterized in that consisting of. In the e-mail receiving method arrived at the mail server, When the terminal of the receiver is switched on, accessing the mail server; When the connection is established, transmitting the change of the contents of the corresponding field of the receiver to the mail server; Retrieving whether there are new e-mails reaching the recipient on the mail server, If there is a new mail, transmitting the new mail to the terminal of the receiver; Retrieving a list of recipients stored in the mail server when the recipient's terminal is in use, when a new email arrives at the recipient on the mail server, The mail server detects whether the terminal receiving the arrived mail is online. And transmitting the arrived e-mail by accessing the terminal of the receiver. In the email receiving system, When the receiver's terminal is switched on, the receiver's terminal for transmitting the field contents of the receiver's terminal to the mail server, and A mail server for receiving and registering the field contents change state of the terminal from the receiver terminal, and when a new e-mail arrives at the mail server, accessing the receiver's terminal to transmit the new e-mail to the receiver's terminal. E-mail receiving system comprising a. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the mail server further comprises a folder for registering and storing a list of recipients. 8. The mail server of claim 7, wherein when the mail server registers a change in the field contents of the receiver terminal, the mail server searches for whether there is a new e-mail, and if there is a new e-mail, An e-mail receiving system characterized by transmitting a new e-mail. 8. The system according to claim 7, further comprising means for notifying the arrival of the new e-mail when the terminal of the recipient receives the new e-mail from the mail server. The e-mail receiving system according to claim 10, wherein the means for notifying arrival of a new e-mail to the terminal of the receiver is a notification means using a character of a moving picture on a background screen. The e-mail receiving system according to claim 10, wherein the means for notifying the arrival of the new e-mail to the terminal of the receiver is a notification means for notifying with an alarm sound.