JP2000353131A - Information terminal device, mail server device, and recording medium recording processing program for them - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify operation for restrictively transmitting a specific part of mail texts consisting of electronic mail sentences to a specific destination. SOLUTION: An information terminal equipment is provided with an additional message input part 6354 for specifying a specific part in mail texts to be transmitted and specifying a destination for transmitting the specific part and an additional message transmission processing part 636 for adding the message of the specific part only to the specific destination. At the time of preparing mail sentences to be transmitted to plural destinations, a part of mail texts can be restrictively transmitted only to a specific destination during the input of the mail texts and mail texts to respective destinations can be checked on a mail sentence preparing picture as a table, so that the transmitting operation of electronic mails can be simplified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information terminal device and a mail server device having an electronic mail transmission / reception function, and a recording medium on which a processing program for them is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Sending and receiving e-mail via the Internet
e-mail and e-mail from Lotus company
In a typical mail system such as Notes mail, T
O (main address), CC (sub address you want to see mail), BCC
(Sub-address that other people do not want to know sent to this address) is used to distinguish the destination of the mail text.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, the mail text (message) in the mail text of the electronic mail has the contents common to all the destinations designated by TO, CC, and BCC. Therefore, when sending an e-mail text created in one message creation window to a plurality of destinations and wants to add an additional message only to a specific destination, the sender must add the additional message to the specific destination again. I had to create and send a message email.

[0004] Further, in creating a mail text to be transmitted to a plurality of destinations, a common common mail text and an individual mail text for each destination are created, and the individual mail text is inserted into the common mail text for each destination. An electronic mail system for completing a mail sent to each destination is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-76542. However, in this electronic mail system, it is necessary to create a common mail text and a mail text for insertion in advance, and it is not possible to specify the destination of a part of the text while inputting the text of the mail. .

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-291779 discloses that after a basic mail text is created, a transmission destination of the portion is selected from the basic mail text in units of lines or blocks in accordance with the destination. An e-mail system that performs an operation to perform broadcast transmission is disclosed. However, in this e-mail system, an operation to complete the mail text to be transmitted by selecting and inputting with a mouse operation is required for each transmission destination, which is troublesome, and the mail text for each destination is listed and confirmed. There is inconvenience that cannot be done.

[0006] Further, such a conventional electronic system includes:
Since the mail text data is transmitted to each destination, most of the data is duplicated, and the amount of data flowing on the network increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to make it possible to restrict a part of a mail text to be sent only to a specific destination while inputting a mail text when creating a mail text to be transmitted to a plurality of destinations. An object of the present invention is to simplify the operation of sending an e-mail by enabling a user to list and confirm a mail text to a destination on a mail text creation screen.

Another object of the present invention is to allow a part of the mail text of a mail sent to a plurality of destinations to be limitedly added only to a specific destination, and to transmit data to be transmitted over a network. The purpose is to suppress an increase in the amount.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an information terminal device having a mail application for executing an e-mail function by connecting to a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected. Means for setting range designation information for designating a part of the range of the mail body as the specified body part in the mail body, and a specific destination for restrictively transmitting the mail body including the specified body part. A destination setting unit that deletes the specified body part and sets other destinations for sending the mail body, and sends the mail body including the specified body part to a specific destination in a limited manner, and sends the specified body part to other destinations A transmission means for transmitting a mail body in which a message is deleted is provided. Character attribute setting means for adding character attribute information such as color, character modification information, paragraph information, etc., means for associating a mail body with character attribute information with its destination, and character attribute information associated with each destination A transmission means for transmitting the added mail text with limited addition is provided, and the third solving means is an additional mail for adding an additional mail text other than a common mail text to be transmitted to each destination. A body input area, destination setting means for setting a specific destination to which the additional mail body of the additional mail body input area is to be transmitted in a limited manner, and the additional mail body input in the additional mail body input area to the specific mail. A transmission means for adding a common mail body only to the destination and transmitting the mail body is provided. The fourth solving means is a means for designating a partial range of the mail body, Destination input means for designating a destination to which a specified portion is to be transmitted in a limited manner; means for adding association information in which a specified range is associated with the destination to a sent mail text; A receiving means for displaying the range-designated portion only when the destination matches the own mail address with reference to the information is provided. Character attribute setting means for adding character attribute information such as character color, character modification information, paragraph information, etc .; destination setting means for associating a mail body with character attribute information with its destination; Means for referring to the correspondence information from the received mail text and displaying the portion designated in the range only when the destination matches the own mail address. Communication means, and the sixth solution means is:
Additional mail body input area for adding an additional mail body other than the common mail body to be sent to each destination, destination setting means for setting the destination of the additional mail body in this additional mail body input area, additional mail body and its destination Means for adding the correspondence information in which the correspondence is associated with the sent mail text, and displaying the additional mail text only when the destination of the additional mail text matches its own mail address by referring to the above-mentioned correspondence information of the received mail text. Means are provided.

A seventh solution of the present invention is to mediate a connection between a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected and an information terminal device provided with a mail application program for executing an electronic mail function. In a mail server device, when a specific information terminal device accesses the mail server device, the specific information is sent to a mail text in which a specific portion is set to be transmitted to a specific destination in the mail body. It is characterized by comprising means for adding the specified part to the mail text to the terminal device.

According to the present invention, in a recording medium in which a mail application program for executing an e-mail function is recorded which is mounted on an information terminal device, the eighth solution means is that a part of the mail body is included in the mail body. A process of setting range specification information that specifies a range as a specified body part;
A destination setting process that sets a specific destination to send the mail body including the specified body part in a limited manner and another destination to delete the specified body part and send the mail body to, and the specified destination includes the specified body part A ninth solving means is characterized in that a processing program for executing a transmission process of transmitting a mail text with a specified text portion deleted is added to other destinations, and a ninth solution means is provided. Character attribute setting processing to add character attribute information such as character color, character modification information, paragraph information, etc. in the mail text of the user, processing to associate the mail text with the character attribute information information with its destination, and corresponding to each destination A processing program for executing a transmission process of transmitting the mail body to which the attached text attribute information is added with a limited limitation is added,
Solution 0 is processing for setting an additional mail body input area for adding an additional mail body other than the common mail body to be transmitted to each destination, and specifying to send the additional mail body in the additional mail body input area in a limited manner. A processing program for executing a destination setting process for setting the destination of the additional mail and a transmission process of adding the additional mail text input in the additional mail text input area to the common mail text only to the specific destination and transmitting the same. The eleventh solving means includes a process of designating a partial range of the mail text, a destination input process of designating a destination to which the range-designated portion is transmitted in a limited manner, And a process of adding the association information in which the destination is associated with the sent mail text, and referring to the association information from the received mail text and setting the destination to its own mail address. A twelfth solving means is characterized in that a processing program for executing a receiving process for displaying the range-designated portion only when a match is found is provided in the mail text of the sent mail text, the character color, the character modification information, Character attribute setting processing for adding character attribute information such as paragraph information, destination setting processing for associating the mail body with the character information with the destination, processing for adding the association information to the sent mail text, A thirteenth solution is characterized in that a processing program for executing a reception process for displaying the range-designated portion only when the destination matches its own mail address by referring to the correspondence information from the mail text is added, Means for setting an additional mail body input area for adding an additional mail body other than the common mail body to be sent to each destination; A destination setting process for setting a destination of the additional mail body in the sentence input area, a process of adding association information in which the additional mail body and the destination are associated with each other, and a process of adding the association information of the received mail text. A processing program for executing a process of displaying the text of the additional mail only when the destination of the text of the additional mail corresponds to the own mail address is added.

According to a fourteenth solution of the present invention, in a recording medium recording a program which is mounted on a mail server interposed between an Internet environment and an information terminal device and executes an electronic mail function, For the mail text in which a specific part is set to be transmitted to the destination of the mail, the specific information terminal device is specified in the mail text to the specific information terminal device when the specific information terminal device accesses the mail server device. A processing program for executing processing for adding a part is added.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment> This first embodiment is a mail application program (hereinafter referred to as a mail application program) which executes an e-mail function by connecting to a local area network or an Internet environment where a plurality of networks are interconnected. , A mailer), means for setting range designation information for designating a partial range of the mail body as a designated body part in the mail body, and restricting the mail body including the designated body part Destination setting means for setting a specific destination to be transmitted to the e-mail and a destination to delete the specified text part and to transmit the e-mail text,
Transmission means for transmitting a mail text including a designated text portion to a specific destination in a limited manner, and transmitting a mail text with the specified text portion deleted to other destinations is provided.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the information terminal device according to the first embodiment.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a central processing unit (CPU), which interprets program instructions of the software unit 6 and executes peripheral devices 2 to 5.
This is a device corresponding to the brain of the information terminal device that performs control and the like.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a display device. In this information terminal device, a display device mainly using a liquid crystal panel, a plow tube or the like is used.

Reference numeral 3 denotes an input device using a keyboard, a mouse, a pen, a tablet, or the like.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a storage device. In this information terminal device, a device for storing data mainly using a RAM, a hard disk, a flash memory, or the like. A storage device for storing programs and data created by the application programs.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a communication device, which is a device for exchanging information with another information terminal device on a network mainly using a network card or a modem. The e-mail text (e-mail data) of the e-mail is also exchanged with an e-mail server or the like on the network via the communication device 5.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a software unit, which is a collection of programs for controlling the CPU 1 and each of the devices 2 to 5, and programs such as an operating system and a mail application (mailer).

Here, the software section 6 will be described in detail.

Reference numeral 61 denotes an OS (operating system)
The application software and driver software of the information terminal device execute the processing using various services on the OS.

Reference numeral 62 denotes a control unit, which is a set of programs (generally called drivers) for controlling various peripheral devices such as the display device 2, the input device 3, the storage device 4, and the communication device 5.

Here, the control section 62 will be described in detail. Note that a general information terminal device includes a control unit for performing timer processing, power supply control, work memory control, and setting various modes of the CPU, in addition to the control unit, but the illustration is omitted here.

Reference numeral 621 denotes a display control unit.
22, a storage control unit 623, a communication control unit 624, and displays characters and graphics on the display device 2 based on display requests from various applications.

Reference numeral 622 denotes an input control unit which notifies each control unit and each application of key information, position information, and the like input from the input device 3.

Reference numeral 623 denotes a storage control unit, which performs data read / write control on the storage device 4 based on operation modes and user data read / write requests from various control units and various applications.

Reference numeral 624 denotes a communication control unit which controls the communication device 5 based on data transmission / reception requests from various applications.
Data communication control.

Reference numerals 63, 64, 65, and 66 denote application software in the information terminal device. Reference numeral 63 denotes a mailer which is a feature of the present embodiment. Reference numeral 64 denotes an address for managing the address of an individual (destination) and a telephone number. Book, 6
Reference numeral 5 denotes an Internet browser that enables browsing of the Internet, and 66 denotes a word processor that performs document creation and the like. In addition, various information applications are installed in a general information terminal device in addition to these, but the illustration is omitted here.

Next, the mailer 63 according to the present invention will be described in detail.

Reference numeral 631 denotes a transmission unit, which instructs the communication control unit 624 to transmit data when transmitting a mail text created by the message creation unit 635 and managed by the database unit 6332 while waiting for transmission. . Also,
The transmission unit 631 also performs control for transmitting a mail text according to a transmission procedure determined for each mail system.

Reference numeral 632 denotes a receiving unit which instructs the communication control unit 624 to receive data when receiving a new mail text based on a user's instruction. Here, control is also performed to receive mail text according to a reception procedure determined for each mail system. Also, the receiving unit 63
2 also performs a process of passing the received mail text to the database unit 634.

Reference numeral 633 denotes a message display unit which receives received mail texts managed by the database unit 634;
A process is performed to display the sent mail text and the waiting mail text by distinguishing the transmission destination, the reception destination, the subject, the mail text, and the like.

Reference numeral 634 denotes a database unit for performing processing such as saving, updating, and deleting mail texts in the storage device 4 via the storage control unit 623. More specifically, the mail text created by the message creation unit 635 is managed to be waiting for transmission, and the sending unit 6 is sent in response to a mail delivery instruction from the user.
The receiving unit 632 performs a process of making the transmission completed, a process of managing the newly received email text as a received email text, a process of managing the received email text for each classification, and the like. In addition, it performs deletion processing of the mail text instructed to be deleted.

Reference numeral 635 denotes a message creation unit that performs processing such as creation of a new sent mail sentence, creation and transfer of a reply mail sentence for a received mail sentence, and the like. In the creation of the mail text, one file is created for each mail, and the destination, the sender, the subject, the body, and the like can be determined in the file. Then, the message creating unit 635 transfers the created mail file to the database unit 634 in a state of waiting for transmission. In addition, in the case of performing the transmission processing of the mail text with the additional message according to the present invention, control is also performed to transfer the created mail file to the additional message transmission processing unit 636 as mail data without passing the mail file to the database unit 634.

Here, the message creating section 635 will be described in detail.

Reference numeral 6351 denotes a destination input unit, which performs processing for inputting and setting a transmission destination and a sender of a mail text. In this embodiment, the destination and the sender are:
I will set it as follows. TO destinations are <Send To> and <
Enclosed in <E>, CC destinations are enclosed in <Send CC> and <E>, BCC destinations are <
Send BCC> and <E>. When there are a plurality of destinations, they are separated by "," or ";". In addition, the sender should be surrounded by <Send From> and <E>.

Reference numeral 6352 denotes a subject input section, which performs processing for inputting and setting the subject of the mail text. In the case of a reply mail text, processing such as adding “Re:” to the subject is also performed. In this embodiment, the subject is <Subject> and <E>
Set by surrounding with.

Reference numeral 6353 denotes a text input section, which performs processing for inputting and setting the text of the mail. In the case of a reply mail text, processing such as adding “>” to the quoted portion is also performed.
In this embodiment, the body of the mail is <Body> and <E>
Set by surrounding with.

Reference numeral 6354 denotes an additional message input unit which is a feature of this embodiment. When an additional message function arranged on the mailer is specified, an arbitrary portion of the mail text (specified text portion = additional message) is set as a range. A process for designating and a process for designating a destination to which the range-designated portion is transmitted are performed. In this embodiment, the part for which the range is specified is surrounded by <Secret> and <E> in the mail text, and the destination of the part for which the range is specified is <Secret Send To>
And <E>.

As described above, the message creating unit 635
The e-mail text with the additional message created in (1) is transferred to the additional message transmission processing unit 636 before being stored in the database unit 634 in a transmission waiting state. In the additional message transmission processing unit 636, the designated body part surrounded by <Secret> and <E> is regarded as an additional message, and <Secret Send To> and <E
Separate the email text for the destination specified by> and the email text for other destinations so that the email text is recreated and sent.

More specifically, the mail text for the additional message transmission destination is recreated in the mail text in which the portion between <Secret Send To> and <E> has been deleted. Re-create the message enclosed by <Secret> and <E> and the part enclosed by <Secret Send To> and <E> into the deleted mail body and send it.
Next, the flow of the control process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows the flow of the process of creating a mail text with an additional message, and FIG. 3 shows the flow of the process up to the creation of a transmission format file.

First, upon receiving a transmission mail text creation request from the input device 3, a file creation request is made to the storage control unit 623, and the file is opened. Here, FIG.
When a destination input request is issued (step 1010), input processing of the destination of the mail text is performed for each of TO, CC, and BCC (step 1020). Further, the input destination and the preset sender are set in the destination input section 6351.
Set in the format described in. If a subject input request is issued (step 1030), the subject input processing of the mail text is performed, and the setting is performed in the format described in the subject input section 6352 (step 1040).

Next, when there is a mail text input request from the user (1050), a mail text input control process is performed, and the setting is made in the format described in the text input section 6353 (1060). Here, when the additional message setting function arranged on the mailer is selected (1070), a range designation process for designating a part in the mail text is performed, and a part of the range-designated mail text (designated text) part)
, The range specification information setting process enclosed by <Secret> and <E> described in the additional message input unit 6354 is performed (1).
080). Further, an additional message transmission destination is specified to specify a specific destination to which the specified text part is to be transmitted in a limited manner.
A specific destination setting process surrounding the destination is performed with ecret Send To> and <E> (1090). It should be noted that this specific destination setting function allows selection from the destination input in the destination input processing (1020).

Finally, it is checked whether a destination, a subject, a mail text, and the like have been entered, and if missing, it is made to be entered again (1100). Finally, the mail text file created is closed and the mail text creation is completed.

Next, when the message text creating process shown in FIG. 2 is completed, the message creating unit 635 transmits the additional message to perform the sending format file creating process shown in FIG. Processing unit 636
Pass the mail file to. Additional message transmission processing unit 6
Reference numeral 36 creates two mail texts with and without an additional message.

First, one mail file is opened (step 2010). All the contents of the mail file created by the mail message creation processing with additional message described with reference to FIG. 2 are copied to this mail file (step 2020).

Next, <Secret Send To> in the mail body
Cut the transmission destination enclosed by <E> and <Secret> in the header
Send To> and <E> are deleted (step 2030).

Next, the destination is changed. In the destination change process, first, the transmission of the additional message is performed in order to set the transmission destination of the additional message to a transmission destination other than the additional message when the transmission destination is already transmitted, and to set the transmission destination of the additional message when the transmission destination of the additional message is not transmitted. The destination is changed to only the destination (step 2040). Then, in the case of the additional message transmission destination, the processing of deleting the additional message part (step 2060) is skipped, and only the header part of the additional message is deleted (step 2070). For this reason, the process of deleting the additional message portion is performed in the next loop. Next, the file is closed, and registration of transmission waiting is performed in the database unit 634 ((Step 2080)).

Finally, it is checked whether or not transmission has been made to all transmission destinations (step 2090). Here, when the mail is transmitted to the additional message transmission destination, the mail transmission to the destination other than the additional message transmission destination still remains, and the processing from step 2010 is performed again.

With the above flow, the mail text with the additional message and the mail text without the additional message can be transmitted separately.

In this embodiment, in the case of transmitting an additional message, the additional message header and the destination information are ultimately deleted and transmitted. It is also possible for the message receiver to know that the message is an additional message and where the message is to be transmitted.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show examples of screens for designating a range of a mail text to be an additional message in the mailer according to the present embodiment, and for specifying a destination of the additional message. FIG. 4 shows an e-mail text input screen. In this input screen, when a character string in the e-mail text is specified by an input device such as a mouse and the [additional message button] is pressed, an additional message transmission as shown in FIG. Displays the destination window. It should be noted that ▽ on the right side of the destination designation field shown in FIG.
When the symbol is tapped, a list of destinations input as the mail text transmission destination is displayed as shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows an actual example of the mail text (data) created in the mail text creation process.

According to the first embodiment described above,
When creating an e-mail text to be sent to multiple destinations, a part of the e-mail text can be sent only to a specific destination while entering the e-mail text, and the e-mail text for each destination can be created The e-mail sending operation can be simplified because the list can be checked on the screen.

<Second Embodiment> This second embodiment is a modification of the first embodiment and connects to a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected. An information terminal device having a mailer that executes an e-mail function
Character attribute information setting means for adding character attribute information such as character color, character modification information, paragraph information, etc. in the mail text when creating the sent mail text, and destination setting means for associating the mail text with the character attribute information with its destination And transmission means for transmitting the mail text to which the character attribute information associated with each destination is added in a limited manner.

In this embodiment, the header codes such as <Secret> and <E> used in the range designation processing are set by the character attribute information. The information terminal device in this embodiment can be configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, but in this embodiment, the additional message input unit 6354 is provided with characters attached. A header code is set for each character attribute information in the same way as <Secret> and <E>, and for each character attribute header code, <Secret
It is configured to set the same transmission destination header code as Send To> and <E>.

In this manner, the mail text automatically edited for each destination according to the character attribute information can be transmitted.

<Third Embodiment> This third embodiment is a modification of the first embodiment, and connects to a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected. In the information terminal device equipped with a mail application program that executes an e-mail function, an additional mail body input area for adding an additional mail body in addition to the common mail body to be sent to each destination, and the addition of the additional mail body input area Destination setting means for setting a specific destination to which the mail text is transmitted in a limited manner, and adding the additional mail text input to the additional mail text input area to the common mail text only to the specific destination and transmitting A transmission means is provided.

In this embodiment, a character string input in an additional mail body input box provided with a header code such as <Secret> and <E> used in the range designation processing in the first embodiment is separately provided. Similarly, the <Secret Send To>
And transmission destination such as <E>. In addition, the header and the additional mail body enclosed by the header and the additional mail body transmission destination are added after the common mail body.

By doing so, the additional mail text input in the additional mail text input box can be automatically transmitted only to a specific destination.

<Fourth Embodiment> The fourth embodiment has a mail application program that executes an e-mail function by connecting to a local area network or an Internet environment where a plurality of networks are interconnected. In the information terminal device, a means for designating a part of the range of the mail text, a destination input means for designating a destination to which the range-designated part is transmitted in a limited manner, and the designated range and the destination are associated with each other. Means for adding the correspondence information to the sent mail text, and receiving means for displaying the part designated in the range only when the destination matches the own mail address by referring to the correspondence information from the received mail text It is characterized by having.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the information terminal device in this embodiment. The configuration of the information terminal device according to the present embodiment is a modification of the mailer 63 in the information terminal device shown in FIG. 1, and therefore, the other portions are denoted by a German code, and overlapping description will be omitted. I do.

The transmitting section 631 has a message creating section 635
When transmitting the mail text created in step (1) and managed in the transmission waiting state in the database unit 6332, the data transmission instruction is issued to the communication control unit. In addition, the transmitting unit 6
Reference numeral 31 also performs control for transmitting a mail text according to a transmission procedure determined for each mail system.

Receiving section 632 instructs the communication control section to receive data when receiving a new mail text based on an instruction from the user. Here, control is also performed to receive mail text according to a reception procedure determined for each mail system. The receiving unit 632 also performs a process of passing the received mail text to the additional message receiving unit 637.

The message display unit 633 displays the received mail text, the transmitted mail text, and the mail waiting to be transmitted managed by the database unit 634 by distinguishing the transmission destination, the reception destination, the subject, the mail text, and the like. Do.

The database unit 634 performs processing such as storing, updating, and deleting mail texts in the storage device 4 via the storage control unit 623. Specifically, the e-mail text created by the message creation unit 635 is managed to be waiting for transmission,
In response to a mail distribution instruction from the user, the processing is passed to the transmission unit 631 to make the transmission completed, the mail text processed by the additional message processing by the additional message reception processing unit 637 is managed as the received mail text, the received mail text is processed. And the like to manage the data for each classification. In addition, it performs deletion processing of the mail text instructed to be deleted.

The message creation unit 635 performs processing such as replying or forwarding a newly transmitted mail text or a received mail text. The mail text is created so that one file is created for each mail, and the destination, the sender, the subject, the text of the mail, and the like can be identified in the file. Then, the message creating unit 635 stores the created file in the database unit 634.
Pass it in the state of waiting for transmission.

Here, the message creation unit 635 will be described in detail.

The destination input unit 6351 performs a process of inputting and setting the transmission destination and the sender of the mail text. In this embodiment, the destination and the sender are set as follows. TO destinations are <Send To> and <E>, CC
The destination is enclosed by <Send CC> and <E>, and the BCC destination is enclosed by <Send BCC> and <E>. When there are a plurality of destinations, they are separated by "," or ";". Additionally, the sender is <Send Fr
om> and <E>.

The subject input unit 6352 performs a process of inputting and setting the subject of the mail text. In the case of a reply mail text, processing such as adding “Re:” to the subject is also performed. In this embodiment, the subject is set by surrounding the subject with <Subject> and <E>.

The text input section 6353 performs a process of inputting and setting a mail text. In the case of a reply mail text, processing such as adding “>” to the quoted portion is also performed. In addition,
In this embodiment, the setting is made by enclosing the mail body between <Body> and <E>.

When the additional message input section 6354 designates the additional message function arranged on the mailer, the additional message input section 6354 executes a process of specifying an arbitrary portion of the mail text and a process of specifying a destination to which the specified portion is transmitted. Do. In this embodiment, the part to be specified is enclosed by <Secret> and <E> in the body of the mail, and the destination of the specified part is enclosed by <Secret Send To> and <E>. To do it.

As described above, the message creating unit 635
The mail text with the additional message created in the above is stored by the database unit 634 in a transmission waiting state.

Next, the processing when the mail sent in this way is received will be described.

When receiving a mail is specified by an instruction from the user, the receiving unit 632 communicates with the mail server using the communication device 5 to acquire a new received mail text. The acquired mail text is stored as it is in the database unit 634 in the conventional device, but in this embodiment, the mail text is first passed to the additional message reception processing unit 637.

The additional message reception processing unit 637 checks whether the received mail text is a mail text from the conventional information terminal device or a mail text from the information terminal device to which the present invention is applied, and checks the information terminal to which the present invention is applied. In the case of the mail text with the additional message from the device and the destination of the additional message matches the own mail address, only the header of the additional message and the header and the destination of the additional message transmission destination are deleted from the mail text, and the additional message transmission destination is deleted. If the e-mail address does not match the e-mail address, the header of the additional message, the designated body part enclosed by the header, and the header and destination of the additional message transmission destination are all deleted from the mail text and passed to the database unit 634. To

Next, the flow of the control process will be described.

The flow of the mail text creation processing in this embodiment is the same as the flow of the mail text creation processing with additional message shown in FIG. In addition, the transmission of the mail text created in the processing flow illustrated in FIG. 2 is passed to the database unit 634 without any change as described in the message creation unit 635. Therefore, the mail text with the additional message is transmitted as the same mail text to all the destinations of the additional message and the other destinations. Then, in the information terminal device on each receiving side, the restoration control processing of the mail text with the additional message is performed according to the processing flow shown in FIG.

First, mail body information enclosed by <Body> and <E> is obtained (step 3010). Then, it is checked whether or not there is an additional message enclosed by <Secret> and <E> in the mail text (step 3020). If there is no additional message, the mail data is passed to the database unit 634 and the process is terminated (step 303).
0,3080). If there is an additional message (step 3030), the transmission destination information of the additional message enclosed by <SecretSend To> and <E> is cut from the mail body (step 3040), and the mail address of the own information terminal device is added to the information. It is checked whether it matches the message transmission destination (step 3050). If they do not match, only the additional message (specified body part) enclosed by <Secret> and <E> is deleted from the mail body (step 306).
0) Then, only the remaining header information of <Secret> and <E> is deleted (step 3070). If the destination of the additional message matches its own mail address, the process proceeds to step 3070 to delete only the header information of <Secret> and <E>.

Finally, the mail data thus processed is passed to the database section 634, and the mail receiving processing is completed (step 3080).

In this embodiment, in the case of transmitting an additional message, the additional message header and the destination information are finally deleted and stored in the database unit.
It is also possible to save such information while leaving it so that the recipient of the additional message can know that the message is an additional message and where other destinations are.

It is also possible to incorporate a mechanism for encrypting the additional message and its destination so that the additional message cannot be easily decrypted except at the destination of the additional message.

In this embodiment, since only one mail text is sent to the network, there is an effect that an increase in the amount of mail data flowing on the network can be suppressed.

<Fifth Embodiment> This fifth embodiment is a modification of the fourth embodiment, and connects to a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected. A character attribute setting means for adding character attribute information such as character color, character modification information, paragraph information, etc. to a mail body of an outgoing mail text in an information terminal device having a mail application program for executing an e-mail function; Destination setting means for associating the mail body with the information with the destination, means for adding the association information to the sent mail text, and a mail address of the destination by referring to the association information from the received mail text. Receiving means for displaying the range-designated portion only when the value matches the above.

The above-described fourth embodiment can be realized by applying header codes such as <Secret> and <E> used in the range designation processing to character attributes. This information terminal device can be realized by having the same configuration as the information terminal device shown in FIG. 7, but the additional message input unit 6354 outputs <Secret> for each character attribute added to the character.
A header code is provided as in <E>, and a transmission destination header code similar to <Secret Send To> and <E> is provided for each character attribute header code.

Then, additional message reception processing section 637
Performs a process of deleting a portion where character attribute information that is not a destination is added to its own mail address.

<Sixth Embodiment> This sixth embodiment is a modification of the fourth embodiment, and connects to a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected. In the information terminal device equipped with a mail application program that executes an e-mail function, an additional mail body input area for adding an additional mail body other than the common mail body to be sent to each destination, and the addition of the additional mail body input area Destination setting means for setting the destination of the mail text; means for adding the association information in which the additional mail text and the destination are associated to the sent mail text; and additional mail referring to the above-mentioned correspondence information of the received mail text. Added a means to display additional mail text only when the destination of the text matches the own mail address Is a Mino characterized.

This embodiment is used for the range designation processing.
Apply the header code such as <Secret> and <E> to the character string entered in the additional message transmission input box provided separately, and apply the same to the additional message transmission destination entered in the transmission destination specification field. , <Secret SendTo> and <E>. The header and the additional message and the additional message transmission destination enclosed by the header are added to the end of the mail body.

<Seventh Embodiment> The seventh embodiment is a modification of the fourth to sixth embodiments, and is a modification of the fourth to sixth embodiments.
In the above-mentioned embodiment, the mail server device is provided with means for transmitting a specific portion to a specific destination for a mail text in which a specific portion of the mail text is set. Specifically, a mail server device that mediates the connection between a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected and an information terminal device equipped with a mail application program that executes an e-mail function is specified in the mail text. For the mail text in which a specific part is set to be transmitted to the destination of the mail, the specific information terminal device is specified in the mail text to the specific information terminal device when the specific information terminal device accesses the mail server device. It is characterized by having means for adding a part.

The means from the input of the additional message to the transmission is the same as in the fourth to sixth embodiments. The mail receiving process is the same as that of a normal mailer, and the mail data received by the receiving unit 632 is stored in the database unit 634 as it is. However, the processing on the mail server side is different,
More specifically, the mail server has the functional units described in the additional message reception processing unit 637 in FIG.

In general, a mail server device acquires a mail text when the destination of the delivered mail text matches the mail address of the information terminal device registered in the mail server device, and then obtains the mail text on the network. By repeating the process of handing over to an adjacent server, it reaches the desired e-mail address. here,
The additional message reception processing unit 637 is provided in the mail server device, and when the destination of the delivered mail text matches the mail address of the information terminal device registered in the mail server device, the mail text is acquired. The mail text is edited according to the flow described with reference to FIG. 8 and managed by the database unit of the mail server device.

In this embodiment, the mail text is separately received in the mail server. Therefore, each information terminal device acquires a specific additional portion that does not match its own mail address. This makes it difficult to keep e-mail confidential.

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According to the present invention, when a mail text to be transmitted to a plurality of destinations is created, a part of the text can be limitedly transmitted only to a specific destination while inputting the text of the mail. Since the body of the mail to the destination can be listed and confirmed on the mail text creation screen, the e-mail transmission operation can be simplified.

Also, one mail sentence in which a part of the mail text to be sent to a plurality of destinations is added to only a specific destination only on a network is transmitted, and received on the receiving side in a separated manner. Therefore, the information terminal device on each receiving side can receive a predetermined mail text, and can suppress an increase in the amount of data transmitted on the network. In addition, by configuring the separate receiving process in the mail server, it becomes difficult for each information terminal device to acquire a specific additional portion that does not match its own mail address, and the confidentiality of the e-mail is kept. It is effective for

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information terminal device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a mail text creation process with an additional message executed in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a transmission format file creation process executed in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a mail text input screen according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a destination designation window for an additional message according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows a mail text (mail data) created in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an information terminal device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of restoration control processing of a mail text with an additional message according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

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 Reference Signs List 1 central processing unit 2 display device 3 input device 4 storage device 5 communication device 6 software unit 61 OS (operating system) 62 control unit (driver) 621 display control unit 622 input control unit 623 storage control unit 624 communication control unit 63 mailer 631 Transmission section 632 Receiving section 633 Message display section 634 Database section 635 Message creation section 6351 Destination input section 6352 Subject input section 6353 Body input section 6354 Additional message input section 636 Additional message transmission processing section 637 Additional message reception processing section 64 Address book 65 Internet Browser 66 Word Processor

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[Claims] An information terminal device provided with a mail application for executing an e-mail function by connecting to an Internet environment in which a local area network or a plurality of networks are interconnected, wherein a part of the mail body is included in the mail body. Means for setting the range specification information that specifies the range of the specified body part as the specified body part, a specific destination to send the mail body including the specified body part in a limited manner, and another destination to delete the specified body part and send the mail body And transmission means for transmitting a mail body including a specified body part to a specific destination in a limited manner, and transmitting a mail body with the specified body part deleted to other destinations. An information terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. An information terminal device equipped with a mail application program for executing an e-mail function by connecting to a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected. Character attribute setting means for adding character attribute information such as color, character modification information, paragraph information, etc., means for associating a mail body with character attribute information with its destination, and character attribute information associated with each destination An information terminal device, comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the added mail text with limited addition. 3. An information terminal device having a mail application program for executing an e-mail function by connecting to a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected. An additional mail text input area for adding an additional mail text other than the above, an address setting means for setting a specific destination to which the additional mail text in the additional mail text input area is to be transmitted in a limited manner, and an input in the additional mail text input area An information terminal device, comprising: transmitting means for adding the added additional mail text to the common mail text only to the specific destination and transmitting the same. 4. An information terminal device having a mail application program for executing an e-mail function by connecting to a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected, and designates a partial range of a mail text. Means for specifying a destination to which a specified portion of the range is to be transmitted in a limited manner; means for adding, to the sent mail text, association information that associates the specified range with the destination; An information terminal device comprising: a receiving unit that displays the portion specified in the range only when a destination matches its own e-mail address by referring to the association information from an e-mail text. 5. An information terminal device having a mail application program for executing an e-mail function by connecting to a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected. Character attribute setting means for adding character attribute information such as color, character modification information, paragraph information, etc .; destination setting means for associating the mail text with the character attribute information with its destination; Means for adding, and receiving means for referring to the correspondence information from the received mail text and displaying the range-designated portion only when the destination matches its own mail address. Information terminal device. 6. An information terminal device equipped with a mail application program for executing an e-mail function by connecting to a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected, a common mail body to be transmitted to each destination Additional mail body input area for adding an additional mail body other than the above, destination setting means for setting the destination of the additional mail body in this additional mail body input area, and transmitting the association information in which the additional mail body is associated with the destination Means for adding to the mail text, and means for displaying the additional mail text only when the destination of the additional mail text matches its own mail address with reference to the association information of the received mail text. Information terminal device. 7. A mail server device which mediates connection between a local area network or an Internet environment in which a plurality of networks are interconnected and an information terminal device having a mail application program for executing an e-mail function. For the mail text in which a specific part is set to be transmitted to the destination of the mail, the specific information terminal device is specified in the mail text to the specific information terminal device when the specific information terminal device accesses the mail server device. A mail server device comprising means for adding a part. 8. A recording medium in which a mail application program for executing an electronic mail function mounted on an information terminal device is recorded, wherein range specification information for specifying a partial range of the mail text in a mail text as a specified text portion. To set a specific destination to send the mail body including the specified body part in a limited manner and another destination to delete the specified body part and send the mail body to. Is a mail application characterized by adding a processing program for transmitting a mail body including a specified body part in a limited manner and transmitting a mail body with the specified body part deleted to other destinations. A recording medium on which a program is recorded. 9. A recording medium on which a mail application program for executing an electronic mail function mounted on an information terminal device is recorded, wherein character attribute information such as character color, character modification information, and paragraph information is included in the mail body of the sent mail text. Character attribute setting processing, processing for associating a mail body with character attribute information information with its destination, and adding a mail body with character attribute information associated with each destination in a limited manner. A recording medium on which a mail application program is recorded, to which a transmission program for transmitting and a processing program for executing the transmission program are added. 10. An additional mail body input area for adding an additional mail body other than a common mail body to be transmitted to each destination on a recording medium in which a mail application program for executing an electronic mail function mounted on an information terminal device is recorded. Setting a specific destination for limited transmission of the additional mail text in the additional mail text input area; and setting the additional mail text input in the additional mail text input area to the specific mail. A recording medium recording a mail application program, characterized by adding a processing program for executing a transmission process of adding a common mail text only to a destination and transmitting the mail text. 11. A process for designating a part of a mail text on a recording medium in which a mail application program for executing an electronic mail function mounted on an information terminal device is recorded. A destination input process of designating a destination to be transmitted; a process of adding, to the sent mail text, mapping information in which a specified range is associated with the destination; and referring to the mapping information from the received mail text to determine the destination. A recording medium on which a mail application program is recorded, wherein a processing program for executing a receiving process for displaying the portion designated in the range only when the mail address matches the own mail address is added. 12. A recording medium in which a mail application program for executing an electronic mail function mounted on an information terminal device is recorded, wherein character attribute information such as character color, character modification information, and paragraph information is included in the mail body of the sent mail text. A character attribute setting process, a destination setting process for associating the mail text with the character information with the destination thereof, a process of adding the association information to the sent mail text, and the correspondence information from the received mail text. And a receiving program for displaying the range-designated portion only when the destination matches the mail address of the user with reference to a mail application program, and a mail application program recorded thereon. 13. An additional mail body input area for adding an additional mail body other than a common mail body to be transmitted to each destination on a recording medium in which a mail application program for executing an electronic mail function mounted on the information terminal device is recorded. , Setting the destination of the additional mail text in the additional mail text input area, adding the association information that associates the additional mail text with the destination to the sent mail text, A mail application program characterized by adding a processing program for executing processing for displaying an additional mail text only when the destination of the additional mail text matches the own mail address by referring to the correspondence information of the mail text. Recording medium on which is recorded. 14. A recording medium in which a program mounted on a mail server interposed between an Internet environment and an information terminal device and executing an e-mail function is recorded, and a specific portion of the mail text is transmitted to a specific destination. Processing program for executing a process of adding a specified portion to a text of a mail to the specific information terminal device when the specific information terminal device accesses the mail server device for the mail text in which is set. A recording medium on which a program is recorded, wherein a program is added.