CN1260931C - E-mail processing method and system in instant communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and system for processing E-mail in instant communication system relating to telecommunication technology, the method is: the users between the clients in the instant communication system realize the communication of the electronic mail information between the users through the mail processing system, and realize the instant notification to the mail receiver by utilizing the instant communication system and the mail processing system; the users between the clients in the instant communication system also realize the selective e-mail information exchange between the users through the mail processing system according to the relevance between the users set in the instant communication system; the association degree between users at least comprises an interoperable level; the users with the relevance degree belonging to the intercommunicating level can realize mutual electronic mail information exchange through the mail processing system; the mail processing system correspondingly gives the operation authority to the mail data according to the operation level of the user in the instant messaging system; the invention combines the network E-mail system with the instant communication service, and completes the functions of E-mail receiving and sending and instant notification in the instant communication service.

Description

E-mail processing method and system in instant messaging system

technical field

The invention relates to electric communication technology, in particular to an email processing method and system in an instant messaging system.

Background technique

Internet instant messaging service IM, namely Instant Messenging, is a communication service based on the Internet. Instant messaging service IM has been widely used and recognized on the Internet.

E-mail service, or Email for short, is a communication service widely used in the Internet. It is one of the longest-used services in the Internet service, and it is still developing continuously.

The existing e-mail systems are all based on the general web mail service mode, and provide users with a single e-mail sending and receiving service, which is not simple enough to use, and requires the help of various client software or web browsers. These two methods have their own shortcomings. Most of the client software methods cannot perform remote email management, and cannot simply and effectively avoid the harassment of spam and virus emails. The browser method is relatively slow, and at the same time cannot save emails locally, and cannot provide The offline browsing method of email, no matter what method is adopted, does not provide instant notification when the email arrives, so the user must actively check whether the email has arrived, which partially weakens the convenience of email. In addition, in the prior art , Internet instant messaging service cannot be combined with e-mail service.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of e-mail processing method and system in the instant communication system, to solve the function of no instant notification for the mail in the prior art, combine the network e-mail system with the instant messaging service, complete the instant messaging service Use e-mail to send and receive.

Implementation method of the present invention comprises the steps:

1) The sending client sends the mail content to the mail sending processing module;

2) The mail sending processing module sends the new mail information to the mail information module, saves the information, and generates the mail index;

3) The mail information module notifies the receiver of the arrival of the mail, and the receiver obtains the mail data according to the mail index.

Before said step 1), there is also a step: the user of the sending client performs correlation detection on the mail recipient list through the user correlation detection module.

Described step 2) also comprises the following steps:

21) The mail sending processing module stores the mail data in the mail data storage module;

22) The mail data storage module returns the mail number to the mail sending processing module;

23) The mail sending processing module adds index information for the mail recipient to the mail index storage module in turn according to the mail number;

24) The mail index storage module returns the mail index corresponding to the mail data to the mail sending processing module.

The specific method for the mail information module to notify the recipient of the arrival of the mail is:

31) If the mail receiver is online, the mail information module sends the relevant information to the mail arrival notification module, and sends the mail arrival message to the online mail receiver in the receiving client;

32) If the mail recipient is not online, the mail information module sends relevant information to the new mail notification module, and the new mail notification module notifies the mail recipient of the mail receipt information when the mail recipient enters the instant messaging system.

The method of receiving e-mail in the e-mail information exchange is as follows:

41) If the mail receiver is online, the client of the mail receiver obtains the mail index from the mail index storage module through the mail receiving processing module according to the mail arrival message, and then obtains the corresponding mail data from the mail data storage module according to the mail index;

42) If the mail recipient is not online, when the client of the mail recipient enters the instant messaging system, the new mail prompt module notifies the receipt of relevant mail collection information, and the receiving client obtains from the mail index storage module through the mail receiving processing module according to the above information mail index, and then obtain corresponding mail data from the mail data storage module.

The e-mail system in the instant messaging system that realizes the above-mentioned processing method includes a client, an instant messaging system and a mail processing system, and the described mail processing system includes a mail receiving and sending processing module, a mail information module and a mail data module. The mail receiving and sending processing module completes the sending, receiving and related processing of mail information; the mail data module stores relevant mail information; the mail information module immediately notifies the client to send mail information, and it is characterized in that: The mail data module comprises a mail index storage module and a mail data storage module, the index information of the mail data is preserved in the described mail index storage module; the mail data corresponding to the index information is preserved in the described mail data storage module;

The mail information module includes a mail arrival notification module and a new mail prompt module, and the described mail arrival notification module sends a mail arrival message to the online mail receiver through the system message sending module in the instant messaging system; The mail notification module saves the mail collection information of the mail recipient, when the mail recipient enters the instant messaging system through the client, the new mail notification module notifies the mail recipient of the mail collection information;

The mail receiving and sending processing module includes a mail sending processing module and a mail receiving processing module, and the mail sending processing module completes sending and storing of mail data, format conversion, and sending and other related processing; the mail receiving processing The module completes related processing such as obtaining mail data, restoring format, and receiving.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are: in the present invention, the users between the clients in the instant messaging system realize the exchange of email information among the users through the mail processing system, and utilize the instant messaging system and the mail processing system to realize Instant notification combines these two most widely used services on the Internet today, provides users with a convenient and simple integrated communication service platform, and provides users with more comprehensive and complete Internet communication services. In the present invention, when users are online , as long as a new email arrives, it will immediately receive an email arrival notification from the system message sending module, telling the user the basic information of the email in detail, and if the user is not online, he can also get a new email notification when he logs in next time. As a result, the quickness of e-mail is best reflected, and users have changed from having to actively inquire about the arrival of e-mails to easily waiting for e-mail notifications, making e-mail receiving as convenient and quick as instant messaging on the Internet.

This kind of client is an embedded mail operation terminal, which can provide remote mailbox management. Users can choose to directly delete unnecessary or unsafe emails, thus avoiding the weakness of ordinary mail clients that cannot perform remote mailbox management; instant messaging system According to the relationship between users set in the instant messaging system, the users between the clients can use the mail processing system to realize the optional email information exchange between users. This setting makes the users spam The possibility of email and virus email harassment is minimized. Users can control whether the other party can send letters to themselves by setting the degree of association with other users, so that users have changed from passive reception in the ordinary email system to an active choice. , which greatly improves the flexibility of users and provides users with a safer operating platform.

The mail processing system grants the operation authority to mail data according to the user's control level in the instant messaging system. The control level is divided into full-limit operation level and non-full-limit operation level. When users exchange information through the mail processing system, the relevant mail data is stored in the mail data storage space corresponding to the user at the full operation level, thus breaking the limitation that the sender of the previous e-mail system must have its own mailbox , in actual operation, the effect of a shared mailbox is produced. The sender with the full operation level can even have the right to withdraw the letter before the recipient with the non-full operation level does not receive the letter. The email does not Like all emails in the past, once sent, it cannot be canceled, which also gives users more flexibility.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the system of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the application of the degree of association and the control level in the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the mail processing system in the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the principle of the mail processing system in the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the application control structure of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Below according to accompanying drawing and embodiment the present invention will be described in further detail:

As shown in Fig. 1, the present invention includes client 1, instant messaging system 2 and mail processing system 3, and described mail processing system 3 completes the e-mail sending, receiving and related processing between the users of client 1, and described The instant messaging system 2 and the mail processing system 3 provide instant notification to the mail receiver.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the instant messaging system 2 includes a user association degree detection module 21 , a user manipulation level detection module 22 and a system message sending module 23 . Wherein the user association degree detection module 21 preserves the association data table, table item or field reflecting the association degree between users, and the mail processing system 3 makes the user association degree reflected in the user association degree detection module 21 according to user association degree detection module 21. E-mail information exchanges between users at the intercommunication level; the user manipulation level detection module 22 stores manipulation level data tables, table items or fields reflecting the user manipulation level, and the mail processing system 3 according to the information reflected in the user manipulation level detection module 22 The user control level of the user gives it the corresponding operation authority to the mail data.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the mail processing system 3 includes a mail receiving and sending processing module 31 , a mail information module 32 and a mail data module 33 .

The mail receiving and sending processing module 31 completes sending, receiving and related processing of mail information. As shown in FIG. 5 , the mail receiving and sending processing module 31 further includes a mail sending processing module 311 and a mail receiving processing module 312 . The mail sending processing module 311 completes related processing such as sending and saving mail data, format conversion, and sending, and the mail receiving processing module 312 completes related processing such as obtaining mail data, restoring format, and receiving.

Mail data module 33 preserves relevant mail information, as shown in Figure 4, mail data module 33 comprises mail index storage module 331 and mail data storage module 332, the index information of mail data is preserved in the mail index storage module 331, mail data storage Module 332 holds mail data corresponding to index information.

The mail information module 32 immediately notifies the client 1 of mail sending and arrival information, as shown in Figure 4, the mail information module 32 includes a mail arrival notification module 321 and a new mail prompt module 322, wherein, as shown in Figure 5, Mail arrival notification module 321 sends mail arrival message to the online mail receiver through the system message sending module 23 in the instant messaging system 2; 1. When entering the instant messaging system 2, the new mail prompt module 322 notifies the mail recipient of the mail receiving information.

In the present invention, the users among the clients 1 realize the exchange of e-mail information between users through the mail processing system 3, and use the instant messaging system and the mail processing system to realize instant notification to the mail recipients.

Users between clients 1 can also implement selective e-mail information exchange between users through the mail processing system 3 according to the degree of association between users set in the mail processing system 3, for example, in the existing In some instant messaging services, the degree of association embodied in "friends" settings belongs to the level of interoperability, so that users between "friends" settings can realize mutual e-mail information exchange through the mail processing system 3 .

The mail processing system 3 can also give the users in the instant messaging system 2 corresponding operation rights to the mail data according to the manipulation level, which is at least divided into a full-limit operation level and a non-full-limit operation level. Users whose control level is full-limit operation level are allocated corresponding mail data storage space in the mail processing system 3, and can perform read, write and edit operations on the said mail data storage space; the control level is non-full-limit operation level The user has no corresponding mail data storage space in the mail processing system 3, and can only perform read operations on the mail data storage space in the mail processing system 3. When a user at the full operation level and a user at the non-full operation level exchange information through the mail processing system 3 , the relevant email data is stored in the mail data storage space corresponding to the user at the full operation level. For general instant messaging services, this level of control can be reflected by the service levels of "members" and "non-members". Non-full operation level, after a "member" user sends an email to a "non-member" user, the email data can be saved in the email data storage space corresponding to the "member" user, thus producing the effect of a shared mailbox.

The mail sending and receiving control process in the application of the present invention will be further described below, as shown in Figure 5:

1) The sending process is as follows:

Step 1: The user of the sending client 1A performs relevance detection on the email recipient list through the user relevance detection module 21 .

Step 2: Send the email content to the email sending processing module 311 if it passes the correlation degree detection.

Step 3: The mail sending processing module 311 stores the mail data in the mail data storage module 332 .

Step 4: The mail data storage module 332 returns the mail number to the mail sending processing module 311 .

Step 5: The mail sending processing module 311 sequentially adds index information for mail recipients to the mail index storage module 331 according to the mail number.

Step 6: The mail index storage module 331 returns the mail index corresponding to the mail data to the mail sending processing module 311 .

Step 7: The mail sending processing module 311 sends the new mail information to the mail information module 32 for processing.

The eighth step: the mail information module 32 is respectively processed as follows according to the online status of the mail receiver:

8.1 If the mail recipient is online, send relevant information to the mail arrival notification module 321, and send the mail arrival message to the online mail recipient in the receiving client 1B through the system message sending module 23 in the instant messaging system 2.

8.2 If the mail recipient is not online, send relevant information to the new mail notification module 322, when the mail recipient enters the instant messaging system 2 through the client 1, the new mail notification module 322 will notify the mail recipient of the mail receiving information.

2) The receiving process is as follows:

For the above step 8.1, the recipient of the mail of the receiving client 1B obtains the mail index from the mail index storage module 331 through the mail receiving processing module 312 according to the mail arrival message, and then obtains the corresponding mail data from the mail data storage module 332 according to the mail index , the mail data is sent to the receiving client 1B.

For the above-mentioned step 8.2, when the mail recipient of the receiving client 1b enters the instant messaging system 2, the new mail prompt module 322 will notify the mail recipient of the receiving client 1b of the relevant mail receiving information, and the mail recipient of the receiving client 1b according to For mail receiving information, the mail receiving processing module 312 obtains the mail index from the mail index storage module 331, and then obtains the corresponding mail data from the mail data storage module 332 according to the mail index, and sends the mail data to the receiving client 1B.

In the above-mentioned mail sending and receiving control process, the operation of the mail data storage space in the mail data module 33 is also involved, which has been explained above and will not be repeated here.

Claims (8)

1. E-mail processing method in the instantaneous communication system, it is characterized in that: it comprises the steps:

1) sends client and send processing module transmission Mail Contents to mail;

2) mail sends processing module new mail messages is sent to the e-mail messages module, and preservation information produces the mail index;

3) the e-mail messages module is notified the recipient mail arrives, and the recipient obtains mail data according to the mail index.

2. E-mail processing method in the instantaneous communication system according to claim 1, it is characterized in that also comprising step before the described step 1): the user who sends client carries out the degree of association by user's degree of association detection module to the mail reception list and detects.

3. E-mail processing method in the instantaneous communication system according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that described step 2) further comprising the steps of:

21) mail sends processing module mail data is stored in the mail data memory module;

22) the mail data memory module sends processing module to mail and returns mail number;

23) mail transmission processing module is added index information for the mail reception people successively according to mail number in mail index stores module;

24) mail index stores module sends processing module to mail and returns relevant mail index corresponding to mail data.

4. E-mail processing method in the instantaneous communication system according to claim 3 is characterized in that described e-mail messages module notifies the concrete grammar of recipient's mail arrives to be:

31) if mail reception side is online, the e-mail messages module will be sent to the e-mail arrival notice module for information about, send mail arrives message to the just online mail reception side that receives client that is in:

32) if mail reception side is not online, the e-mail messages module will be sent to the new mail reminding module for information about, and the new mail reminding module is crossed when entering instantaneous communication system mail collection information circular mail recipient at the mail reception square tube.

5. E-mail processing method in the instantaneous communication system according to claim 4 is characterized in that the method for reseptance of Email in the described Email Information interchange is:

41) if mail reception side is online, the client of mail reception side obtains mail index by the mail reception processing module from mail index stores module according to mail arrives message, obtains corresponding mail data according to the mail index from the mail data memory module again;

42) if mail reception side is not online, when the client of mail reception side enters instantaneous communication system, new mail reminding module notice receives relevant mail collection information, receive client and obtain the mail index by the mail reception processing module from mail index stores module, obtain corresponding mail data from the mail data memory module then according to above-mentioned information.

6. e-mail system in the instantaneous communication system of realizing the described processing method of claim 1, comprise client (1), instantaneous communication system (2) and post-processing system (3), described post-processing system (3) comprises that mail reception sends processing module (31), e-mail messages module (32) and mail data module (33), and described mail reception sends transmission, reception and the relevant treatment that processing module (31) is finished e-mail messages; Described mail data module (33) is preserved relevant e-mail messages; Described e-mail messages module (32) sends information to the instant circular mail of client (1), and it is characterized in that: described mail data module (33) comprises mail index stores module (331) and mail data memory module (332),

Preserve the index information of mail data in the described mail index stores module (331); Described mail data memory module (332) is preserved the mail data corresponding to index information.

7. e-mail system in the instantaneous communication system according to claim 6, it is characterized in that: described e-mail messages module (32) comprises e-mail arrival notice module (321) and new mail reminding module (322), and described e-mail arrival notice module (321) sends mail arrives message by the system message sending module (23) in the instantaneous communication system (2) to just online mail reception side; Described new mail reminding module (322) is preserved the mail collection information of mail reception side, when the mail reception square tube was crossed client (1) and entered instantaneous communication system (2), new mail reminding module (322) was with described mail collection information circular mail recipient.

8. according to e-mail system in claim 6 or the 7 described instantaneous communication systems, it is characterized in that: described mail reception sends processing module (31) and comprises that mail sends processing module (311) and mail reception processing module (312), and described mail sends processing module (311) and finishes sending of mail data deposited, format conversion, reached relevant treatment such as transmission; Described mail reception processing module (312) is finished the obtaining of mail data, form reduction, and relevant treatment such as reception.

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