JP2002073478A - Virtual e-mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a virtual E-mail system capable of enjoying an exchange of E-mail with a virtual person. SOLUTION: The system comprises a personal computer 1 owned by a user U, a mail server owned by a sponsor S and a computer-equipment 4 for reply creation to write a reply to E-mail transmitted from the computer 1. The computer-equipment 4 is equipped with an AI program 5 to analyze contents of E-mal sent from the user U and to write a reply automatically. Moreover, the computer-equipment 4 can create freely the reply corresponding to two or more characters that have different characters, and the reply to the user U is created as contents of a letter corresponding to the character chosen by the user U beforehand.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a virtual e-mail system in which an e-mail can be exchanged between a mail server on the organizer side and a user, as if by a human.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, electronic mail systems have been widely used. An e-mail system is a system that allows users to exchange e-mail between users on a network via a mail server. You can exchange.

[0003] Further, with the spread of such an electronic mail system, a friendship called a so-called mel friend, which exchanges electronic mail with a person at a remote place like a correspondence, has appeared. I have. For this reason, various websites and monthly magazines have a “Mer Friends Recruitment” section, which is gaining in popularity.

[0004] However, depending on the characteristics of the user, there are those who cannot actively obtain the above-mentioned mail friend. Also, for example, a combination of e-mail software (mailer) and a training game (for example, Postpet It, a mailer manufactured by Sony Corporation) has appeared,
It has gained popularity among young people and women. In view of this situation, the present applicant has proposed an electronic mail system that allows a user to exchange electronic mail with a virtual person having a desired personality, even if there is no friend. I thought that I could enjoy the mail and also enjoy additional fun like the above training game. Such an e-mail system has not been known so far and can provide a new way of enjoying the e-mail system. The virtual electronic mail system according to the present invention has been created in view of such circumstances.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a virtual electronic mail system comprising: a communication terminal device of a user; a mail server of an organizer; Reply creation means for writing a reply to the received e-mail. The reply creating means analyzes the contents of the e-mail sent from the user and automatically writes a reply.

In the virtual e-mail system according to the first aspect of the present invention, the user can use a computer, a communication-dedicated terminal, or a communication terminal such as a mobile phone.
Send an e-mail to the mail server. When the e-mail arrives at the mail server, a reply creating means attached to the mail server analyzes the text of the e-mail and automatically writes a reply to the user. Then, the mail server returns this reply to the user. For this reason,
Even if there is no partner, you can enjoy e-mail.

[0007] The reply creating means may be constructed as follows.
As described in, the noun, adjective, adjective verb and verb are extracted from the text of the e-mail from the user, the frequency of the vocabulary appearing in the text is calculated, and the keywords in the text are selected. A system having an AI program for creating a reply based on a keyword can be adopted.

Further, the reply creating means can freely create a reply corresponding to a plurality of characters having different personalities, and the reply to the user is made by the user in advance. It can be created as a text corresponding to the selected character. When such a configuration is adopted, the user himself can exchange e-mail with a virtual person having his / her favorite personality, so that new enjoyment of e-mail can be obtained.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

The virtual e-mail system according to this embodiment includes a computer U (personal computer) 1 or a mobile phone 2 as a communication terminal device of the user U, a mail server 3 owned by the organizer S, A reply creating computer device 4 for writing a reply to the e-mail transmitted from the mobile phone 2. The reply creating computer device 4 is a reply creating means described in the claims.

The reply creating computer 4 analyzes the contents of the e-mail sent from the user U and automatically writes a reply. In the present embodiment, the reply compiling computer 4 writes the e-mail from the user U. Nouns, adjectives,
An AI program 5 is provided to extract adjective verbs and verbs, calculate the frequency of vocabulary appearing in the text, select keywords in the text, and create a reply based on these keywords.

Further, the reply creating computer 4 includes:
A reply corresponding to a plurality of characters having different personalities can be freely created, and a reply to the user U can be created as a text corresponding to a character selected by the user U in advance. That is, in the case of this embodiment,
"Grandpa", "Grandma", "Mom",
Set up 9 families of "Dad", "Eldest daughter", "Eldest son", "Second son", "Second daughter" and "Baby", and set up to be able to virtually exchange mail with any one of these family members are doing.

The personality of each member of the family is as follows. First, "Grandpa" is estimated to be 80 years old and has an active personality who likes rock and roll (a field of music). Next, "Grandma" is an estimated 75 years old and has a mild personality who likes to chat with her tea-only friends. Next, "Mom" is estimated to be 38 years old and thinks she is sexy and cannot beat her daughter. Next, "Dad" is estimated to be 40 years old, loves preaching, is fragile, and has a serious personality. Next, "the eldest daughter" is an estimated 18-year-old, a so-called kogal of today's ridiculous character. Next, the "eldest son"
Has a cool and refreshing character in dialogue. Next, the "second son" is an estimated 10-year-old and a talented adult. Next, the "second daughter" is a cute girl who is estimated to be eight years old. Finally, "babies" cannot speak, but express their emotions without speaking. Each of the nine family members has the above-mentioned character (character), and exchanges virtual e-mail with the character person according to the preference of the user U.

In the virtual e-mail system according to the embodiment, the user U operates the personal computer 1 or the like.
An e-mail is sent to the mail server 3. When the e-mail arrives at the mail server 3, the mail server 3
The reply creating computer device 4 attached to the computer analyzes the text of the e-mail and automatically writes a reply to the user U. Then, the mail server 3 returns this reply to the user U. Therefore, even if the user U has no partner to exchange mail, the user U can enjoy e-mail.

In particular, in the case of this embodiment, the reply creating computer device 4 extracts nouns, adjectives, adjective verbs and verbs from the text of the e-mail from the user U,
An AI program 5 is provided which calculates the frequency of vocabulary appearing in the text, selects keywords in the text, and creates a reply based on these keywords. Further, as described above, it is possible to freely create a reply corresponding to a plurality of characters having different personalities (such as the “grandpa”), and to reply to the user U, the character selected by the user U in advance is selected. Create the corresponding text. For this reason, the user U itself can exchange e-mail with a virtual person having a desired personality, and it is possible to obtain new enjoyment of e-mail.

The text of the returned mail changes depending on the character of the selected character. Another character may reply in place of the selected character.
In addition, the virtual living space (company,
School, housework, etc.), so we can send you a reply e-mail about your life. Therefore, the time zone and content of the reply also change.

Next, a method of using the virtual electronic mail system according to the embodiment will be described. First, a person who wants to use this system accesses the homepage HP of the organizer S from the mobile phone 2 or the personal computer 1 and sees an arrow 1 in FIG.
Perform user registration as shown by. This user registration is performed by registering necessary items such as the e-mail address of the user U who wants to reply and personal information. When the user is properly registered, a greeting e-mail is transmitted from the organizer S as shown by an arrow 2 in FIG. At this time, the user U is notified of the mail address on the mail server 3 side. After this,
The user U can freely send desired contents to the notified mail address by mail at any time.

The reply mail to the e-mail sent by the user U is automatically created by the reply creating computer device 4 and returned as shown by the arrow 4 in FIG. When the mail server 3 receives a mail from another address that is not registered as a user (see arrow 3 in FIG. 1), a CM mail introducing the present system is transmitted as shown by arrow 5 in FIG. . When the user registration is to be deleted, the homepage HP of the organizer S may be accessed from the mobile phone 2 or the personal computer 1 and a deletion procedure may be performed as shown by an arrow 6 in FIG. If it is successfully deleted from the registration, an e-mail notifying of the deletion is sent, and the service ends. In addition,
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 denotes a database for storing user information. In the greeting mail and the CM mail, the text except for the user name and the like is stored in advance, and the text is transmitted.

Note that the organizer S obtains an operating cost, a labor cost, and the like by adopting a system such as a pay-per-use system or a fixed-rate system that collects a fee when the user U uses the system. . Further, an advertisement for new product information matching each user U may be posted in the content of the reply mail, so that an advertisement fee from the sponsor may be obtained.

[0020]

The electronic mail system according to the present invention has the following features.
Because of the configuration and operation described above, it is possible to enjoy exchange of e-mail with a virtual person and provide a new way of enjoying the e-mail system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a virtual electronic mail system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 U User S Organizer 1 Personal computer 2 Mobile phone 3 Mail server 4 Computer for reply creation 5 AI program 6 Database

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal device of a user, a mail server of an organizer, and a reply creating means for writing a reply to an e-mail transmitted from the communication terminal device, wherein the reply creating means includes: A virtual e-mail system which analyzes the contents of an e-mail sent from a user and automatically writes a reply. 2. The reply creating means extracts a noun, an adjective, an adjective verb, and a verb from the text of the e-mail from the user, calculates the frequency of vocabulary appearing in the text, and calculates the vocabulary frequency in the text. 2. The virtual electronic mail system according to claim 1, further comprising an AI program for selecting keywords and creating a reply based on the keywords. 3. The reply creating means is capable of creating a reply corresponding to a plurality of characters having different personalities,
3. The virtual electronic mail system according to claim 1, wherein the reply to the user is created as a text corresponding to a character selected by the user in advance.