JP2007018479A - Optimization of e-mail transmission and reception by position information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit and receive message mail, memorandum mail at each place, arrival report mail, or the like at optimal timing by performing transmission and reception on the basis of position information in using an e-mail. <P>SOLUTION: A place of use is decided according to a MAC address of a Default Gateway needed in connecting to a network. When the network is connected from a terminal (a PC, a PDA, a wireless LAN built-in portable telephone, an IP portable telephone, a game machine, or the like), a dedicated server is accessed, position information is added and sent together with recognition information to a server, and e-mail appropriate to the place of use can be exchanged. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to transmission / reception of electronic mail, and by adding a use place to information, it is possible to send / receive mail suitable for the use place.

  In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, e-mail (e-mail) has become a system that has become indispensable for work and private use.

  However, since the conventional e-mail system does not have a determination of the location of use, it takes a considerable amount of time and effort from the user to send and receive e-mails related to location information.

  In order to solve this problem, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a terminal (PC / PDA / wireless LAN) that is a dedicated application that determines the location of use based on the Default Gateway MAC address required when the user connects the terminal to the network. By installing it on a built-in mobile phone, IP mobile phone, game machine, etc. and running it in the background, when connected to the network automatically and manually, it accesses a dedicated server and provides location information along with authentication information to the server. In addition, it becomes possible to exchange e-mails suitable for the sending location.

  In addition, the invention of claim item 2 is to send an arrival report mail to a home or the like by a registered message to a destination registered in advance in the server by adding a use place of the terminal, or the user himself It is possible to receive memorandum emails and message emails from third parties for each location.

  By giving the application an automatic access function, depending on the setting, the user can send and receive e-mails without requiring any special operation of the application.

In the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

  By holding the terminal with the application installed, you can send an arrival mail to a third party.

This allows you to check your child's safety and see the message email at the best time you want the sender to read it.

  By sending an e-mail to yourself, you can receive a memorandum mail for each location, so you can easily receive a schedule notification by location that was difficult with the conventional schedule that is notified only by time.

  The excellent point of this invention is that the application and the ID and password issued by the provider are installed on the terminal and the connection environment (wired / wireless / access line / contract provider) and the terminal are changed. The present invention can be used.

The relationship between the MAC address and the usage location is manually set at the first login for each usage location after the application is installed in a private network such as a home or company.
At the time of setting, it is possible to select the place of use from the items, or to give the user an arbitrary name so that the user can easily customize it.

  At this time, it is possible to set up multiple bases, but it is also possible to set up roughly such as home, office, and whereabouts. (Because it seems that it is not necessary to set the base so finely)

  When connecting using the public wireless LAN service, manual registration is possible, but a database that associates the MAC address and location information of the access point installed by the provider is created, and the database can be used from the application. Enable registration.

The application has connection settings that match the access line, and automatically or manually connects to the Internet according to the user's prior settings and logs into the dedicated server.
In the case of automatic connection, the present invention can be utilized without any special user operation.

The mail sending side can register the user and install the same application, or connect to a dedicated server and operate from the Web to check the registered location of the user and send the mail.
At this time, the registration destination information is collated with the server based on the destination mail address.

  By providing the invention with a server, users and third parties do not have to manage accounts and e-mail addresses for each environment, saving labor.

  The invention can be used by notifying the third party of only necessary addresses using a service for creating an e-mail address for each place for a third party who has not registered or cannot register.

  By sending without selecting a location (Figure 3), you can receive without selecting a location, and have a transfer function to a normal mobile phone (Figs. 1 and 2). By selecting “Now” (FIG. 3), mail can be received even if the terminal is not in an electronic mail reception state.

  You can check all received emails by accessing the server from a terminal or a normal mobile phone.

  It is also possible to receive all emails at once by user application operations.

  The present invention is a service provided by an Internet service provider (ISP) that provides a public wireless LAN, and has industrial applicability.

It is a network block diagram for utilizing the invention. It is the flowchart figure which showed the utilization method of invention. It is a sample screen at the time of transmitting mail from an application using invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mail server, Web server, etc. enabling invention 2 Normal mobile phone 3 Wireless router / public wireless LAN access point 4 Router / modem 5 Wireless LAN built-in mobile phone / IP mobile phone 6 PC / PDA / game machine etc

Claims (2)

  By determining the location at the time of connection by the MAC address of the Default Gateway device and running the application downloaded to the user terminal in the background, logging in to the network, accessing the dedicated server and notifying the server of the connection location A system that can send and receive e-mail suitable for the location. As a result, an e-mail such as an arrival report to the designated destination is transmitted.
Calls memorandums for each user's location and receives message mails from third parties to users.

Images