JP2000322341A - Method for displaying electronic mail content - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display only the content of a part of an e-mail text desired by a specific user for the user even in the case of performing simultaneous distribution to a plurality of users by adding a content display system program and providing a set key being a specific symbol in a sentence. SOLUTION: A content display system program is added to the existing e-mail system. When an e-mail is simultaneously distributed to a plurality of users, a set key being a specific symbol is provided in a sentence, and the user name of a transmission destination is registered in a transmission mailing list. The content display system program erects a flag in a sentence placed between the set keys. When the e-mail is received, the content display system program changes the font of characters to the background color of sentences except a sentence between a set key and the next set key in the case the flag exists, and the whole text including the part where colors are changed is shown on the display.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to display of contents in simultaneous distribution to a plurality of users of electronic mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art One example of conventional e-mail broadcasting is as follows.
It is described in JP-A-6-291779. The electronic mail system described in this publication includes a document data management unit that manages basic document data input by an input unit, a display unit that displays the document data managed by the document data management unit, The data management unit includes a document data change unit that changes the content of the document data, and a transmission unit that transmits data to a transmission destination.

[0003] Document data is created using an input unit, edited in the document data change unit from the document data in units of lines or blocks according to the destination, and the edited document data is broadcast to the destination. I do. When simultaneous delivery of this type of e-mail to a plurality of users is performed, the same content is displayed for each user.

The electronic mail system can easily distribute different information to groups at the same time of simultaneous distribution by selecting or newly adding a part of an original sentence and transmitting it. In other words, the original sentence is not distributed simultaneously and shared by all users of the transmission destination. This e-mail system has a security element.

[0005]

In the conventional e-mail simultaneous delivery method, notification of a part of the text is not considered only for a specific user. When simultaneous distribution is performed to a plurality of users by e-mail, not all the contents are necessary for all users. In that case, you need to read through the unnecessary text until you find the one you need.

[0006] Further, in the conventional simultaneous delivery method of electronic mail, a method of notifying only a specific user is not considered. If you want to notify only part of the contents of the mail to be delivered simultaneously to a specific user, the sending user should notify after finishing the simultaneous delivery or after removing only that user from the simultaneous delivery list. You need to delete anything other than what you want and send a new email.

[0007] The electronic mail system has been required to distribute a necessary text to each of the destination users by providing a specific symbol in the text taking advantage of the simultaneous simultaneous distribution.

[0008] An object of the present invention is to provide a content of an e-mail capable of displaying only a part of the e-mail text desired by a specific user for a specific user even when simultaneous distribution is performed by a plurality of users. It is to provide a display method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying an e-mail content which can read an e-mail in a shorter time by notifying only desired contents, and which can improve e-mail processing efficiency. To provide.

[0010] Still another object of the present invention is to display only a necessary portion without deleting the contents of the text (a part to be emphasized can be clarified). An object of the present invention is to provide a method of displaying the contents of an e-mail which can be viewed and can prevent lack of information.

[0011]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying the contents of an e-mail, wherein a contents display system program is added to an existing e-mail system and specified in a sentence when the e-mail is simultaneously delivered to a plurality of users. By providing a setting key, which is a symbol, a required sentence can be displayed for each user.

The contents display system program of the present invention comprises:
It is checked whether the mail software of the transmission source has the setting key in the text, and a flag is set for a specific user in the setting key so as to correspond to the content display system.

The specific user confirms whether the received mail has a flag of the content display system, displays only the text between the setting keys, and sets the other text according to the background color. In this way, it is made impossible for a specific user to read, and only the contents to be notified are displayed as a result.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the present invention, when an electronic mail is simultaneously delivered to a plurality of users, by providing a setting key which is a specific symbol in the text, an electronic text necessary for each user can be displayed. This is the method of displaying the contents of the mail. The content display method of the electronic mail is realized by adding the content display system program of the present invention to an existing electronic mail system.

A user registers a user name of a transmission destination in a transmission mailing list when transmitting an electronic mail. When transmitting, the content display system program detects a setting key described in the text portion of the e-mail.
It is determined whether the user name set in the setting key is on the outgoing mailing list. If not, the database is searched to determine whether there is a user name in the database. When there is a user name in the database and the outgoing mailing list, the content display system program flags the text between the setting keys. In this state, the e-mail is sent to the destination.

When the e-mail is received, the contents display system program searches the text document of the e-mail,
It is determined whether there is a flag. When there is a flag as a result of the determination, the font of the character is changed to the background color of the text other than between the setting key and the next setting key, and the entire text including the portion where the color is changed is displayed on the display. Thereby, necessary sentences can be transmitted to the specified user.

Here, the setting will be described in detail.
The sender and the recipient add the content display system program of the present invention to each electronic mail system. The sender registers the user name in the sending mailing list.
The sender and the receiver register the setting key in the display content system program (for example, “”).

Here, a specific example of a sentence will be described.

[0019]

[Example Sentence 1] E-mail text (setting key is “”) 123. "Tanaka" 456. "Suzuki" 789. “” 012. Create and send an e-mail. At the transmission destination, “123.456.012.” Is displayed for Mr. Tanaka. “123.789.012.” Is displayed for Mr. Suzuki. The full text is displayed except for Tanaka and Suzuki.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the operation on the transmitting side according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operation on the receiving side of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the user creates an e-mail, the contents display system program first checks the contents of the text by the mail software on the transmitting side (step A).
1). Next, it is confirmed whether the setting key exists in the text (step A2). The specific user name in the setting key is determined (step A3). It is checked whether the name matches the mail list to be transmitted (step A4). If it matches the mail list, a flag is set so that the content display system corresponds to a specific user (step A5). If it does not match the mail list, access is made to the corresponding user list (database) in the mail list to check whether it matches the specific user name, and if so, a flag is set (step A6). If there is no match in steps A2, A3, and A5, a normal mail process is performed without setting a flag, and the mail becomes a normal electronic mail (step A7). When all processes are completed in step A6, the electronic mail waits for transmission.

When receiving the e-mail, the receiving-side content display system program checks whether the received mail has a content display system flag (step B1).
If there is a flag, only the text between the setting keys is displayed, and the other text is adjusted to the background color (step B2). If there is no flag, the mail is received as a normal mail, displayed, and the process is terminated (step B3).

Further, a specific example will be described in detail using an example sentence 2. Example sentence 2 is an example sentence used to represent a specific example of the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[0024]

[Example sentence 2] TO: To each of the directors (bucho-all@abc.c)
o. jp) Dear Director (kacho-all@abc.co.j
p) FM: RE: Mizuno RE: Exhibition Information I have been to the exhibition. Overall, the number of people is very low compared to last year, and we cannot help feeling the effects of the recession. [Central Company] Display the latest equipment "Tanaka B, Takahashi K" Central Company will visit here next week for sales. "Sugita B" Please comment if it is possible to do business with Central. "Sugita B" [Finance Company] Exhibition of works targeting the latest young people "Director Kuwahara" Finance Company is very amazing. You need to hold an emergency meeting. "" Or more The transmitting user creates the above-mentioned sentence and sets it in the display content system program.

The display content system program searches the text to see if there is a setting key "" (step A2), and confirms the existence of the setting key. Check existence (Step A
3) Acquire. It is determined whether or not the transmission mailing list stored under TO has the user name acquired in step A3 (step A4). Here, “Tanaka B, Takahashi K”, “Sugita B”, and “Kuwahara Director” are acquired. By the judgment of step A4, "Tanaka B, Takahashi K", "Sugita B"
Because it is described in the sending mailing list,
A flag is set in the text to display between "" and "". Director Kuwahara, who is not described in the sending mailing list, is confirmed by searching the database (step A6), Flags text sentences. This e-mail enters a transmission standby state and is transmitted thereafter.

How the received e-mail is displayed will be described with reference to example sentences 3 to 5.

Example sentence 3 is Tanaka B and Takahashi K in example sentence 2.
It is a sentence received.

[0028]

[Example sentence 3] TO: To the general manager (bucho-all@abc.c)
o. jp) Dear Director (kacho-all@abc.co.j
p) FM: RE: Mizuno RE: Exhibition Information I have been to the exhibition. Overall, the number of people is very low compared to last year, and we cannot help feeling the effects of the recession. [Central Company] Display the latest equipment "Tanaka B, Takahashi K" Central Company will visit here next week for sales. Display of works targeting young people at [Finance] As described above, characters other than those related to "Tanaka B, Takahashi K" are displayed in the same color as the background color, as if they were not displayed. .

Next, example sentence 4 is a sentence received by Sugita B in example sentence 2.

[0030]

[Example sentence 4] TO: To all the directors (bucho-all @ abc.
co. jp) Dear Director (kacho-all@abc.co.j)
p) FM: RE: Mizuno RE: Exhibition Information I have been to the exhibition. Overall, the number of people is very low compared to last year, and we cannot help feeling the effects of the recession. [Central Company] Display the latest equipment "Sugita B" Please comment if it is possible to do business with Central Company. "Sugita B" [Finance Company] Exhibition of works targeting the latest youth.

Example sentence 5 is a sentence received by Director Kuwahara in example sentence 2.

[0032]

[Example sentence 5] TO: To the general manager (bucho-all @ abc.
co. jp) Dear Director (kacho-all@abc.co.j)
p) FM: RE: Mizuno RE: Exhibition Information I have been to the exhibition. Overall, the number of people is very low compared to last year, and we cannot help feeling the effects of the recession. [Central Corporation] Displaying the latest equipment [Finance] Displaying works that target the latest youth “Director Kuwahara” Finance is very amazing. You need to hold an emergency meeting. "" Or more.

The setting key and the user name of the transmission destination, "Tanaka B, Takahashi K", "Sugita B", "Director Kuwahara"
Can also be displayed when displaying the destination.

According to the present invention, the same sentence is sent to a plurality of transmission destinations, and the color of the character at a necessary portion is changed by a setting key. Each user at the transmission destination can quickly look at a necessary place. If necessary, the destination user can
By changing the text color or the background color, the entire text can be viewed.

[0035]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying the contents of an e-mail.
By selecting a specific key of the mail, it becomes possible to display only necessary contents for a specific user. In other words, even if the e-mail is distributed to multiple users at the same time, it is easy to display only a part of the content for a specific user. (Send part of the content and send)
And the efficiency of the sender can be improved.

In the electronic mail, the entire text is transmitted to all the users, but the characters other than the text necessary for each designated user have the same color as the background color. Conversely, this means that the full text can be viewed by changing the text color or background color.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the operation of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation on a transmission side according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the receiving side according to the present invention.

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission Date] November 5, 1999 (1999.11.
5)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claims

[Correction method] Change

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[Claims]

Claims (6)

[Claims] A content display system program is added to an existing e-mail system, and a setting key, which is a specific symbol, is provided in a sentence when e-mail is simultaneously delivered to a plurality of users. A method of displaying the contents of an e-mail, characterized in that a simple sentence can be displayed. 2. The content display system program according to claim 1, wherein said content display system program is provided for a specific user written in said setting key in a text sentence for simultaneous distribution to a plurality of users. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the text of the electronic mail is displayed, and characters of other texts are made the same color as the background color of the display screen on the receiving side. 3. The setting key is provided when the user inputs a character character,
3. The method for displaying the contents of an electronic mail according to claim 2, wherein the contents are arbitrarily set so as to be paired with numbers, symbols and alphabetic characters. 4. When simultaneously delivering a plurality of users by e-mail, a specific user written in a setting key in a text sentence is sent an e-mail text between the setting key and the next setting key. A flag is set, the e-mail body is displayed on the display screen by the flag on the receiving side, and a content display system program that makes the characters of other sentences the same color as the background color of the display screen is provided on the transmitting side and the receiving side. An electronic mail system, wherein different texts can be simultaneously delivered to a plurality of users by describing the setting key and a specific user name in the setting key in a text text of an email. How to display the content of the email. 5. A step in which the mail software on the transmitting side checks the content of the text, b) a step in which the setting key is present in the text, and c) a determination of a specific user name in the setting key D) checking whether the specific user name matches the mail list to be sent; and e) setting a flag so that the content display system corresponds to the specific user if the mail name matches the mail list. F) accessing the corresponding user list (database) in the mail list if it does not match the mail list and checking whether it matches the specific user name, and setting a flag if it matches, g) If the values do not match in steps b, c and e, a flag is not set and normal mail processing is performed to become a normal electronic mail; and h) step. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of: waiting for transmission of the e-mail when all processes are completed in f. 6. When receiving an e-mail, the receiving-side contents display system program checks whether the received mail has a contents display system flag. B) If there is a flag, a setting key A step of displaying only the text between the setting key and the other text according to the background color; c) if there is no flag, receive as a normal mail,
6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising a step of performing display processing and terminating the processing.