CN1335705A - A Mail Sending and Receiving System Using Telephone Numbers to Send and Receive Emails Directly - Google Patents

Abstract

A mail receiving and sending system using telephone number to directly receive and send e-mail is to embed the e-mail receiving and sending function in traditional mail server into general data transmitter or communication device to make the data transmitter or communication device have the function of receiving and sending e-mail at the same time to become an e-mail box, so, the user can directly receive or send mail information through the data transmitter or communication device only by using telephone number as the address of the e-mail box, and the receiving end of e-mail can read the received e-mail from the data transmitter or communication device of the receiving end only through telephone line without paying, and it can effectively improve the safety and convenience of e-mail transmission.

Description

A kind of email distribution and reception system that utilizes telephone number directly to send and receive e-mail

The present invention relates to a kind of email distribution and reception system that utilizes telephone number directly to send and receive e-mail, especially refer to a kind of transmission-receiving function with Email in the conventional mail server, directly be embedded in a data set or the communication equipment, make this data set or communication equipment become an e-mail box simultaneously, allow the user only need, can directly receive or dispatch e-mail messages by this data set or communication equipment with the address of telephone number as e-mail box.

In recent years, owing to the rise of world-wide web, not only enlarged the channel of message transmission, improved the speed of information flow, more under the adding fuel to the flames of high-performance low price computer, effectively reduce the cost that information transmits, significantly promoted convenience and popularization that information transmits.On world-wide web, use the E-mail conveyance data,, nowadays become enterprises or the enterprise instrument of daily information communication each other,, utilize email delivery information, the trend that replaces conventional mail is gradually also arranged general individual with exchange message.

The current email mailbox mainly is to be built under master-slave mode (Client/Server) system architecture, consult shown in Figure 1, in this system architecture, its mail server (Mail Server) the 10th is made up of simple mail transfer protocol server (SMTP Server) and P0P3 server (P0P3Server), this mail server 10 is equipped with two mail temporary storage districts (MailboxStorage) 11 in addition, the mail that the first is desired to dispatch in order to storage, promptly be equivalent to the mailbox in the general life, another is the mail that has received in order to storage, promptly is equivalent to the mailbox in the general life.

In the system architecture of this conditional electronic mail mailbox, hold the mailer of computer (Sender) 12 by posting a letter as the user, with the E-mail conveyance desiring to dispatch to the mailbox of the mail server (Mail Server) 10 of appointment, simple mail transfer protocol server in this mail server 10 (SMTP Server) will be responsible for taking out the mail of desiring to dispatch to mailbox, and, mail is sent in the mail server 10 of the end of collecting mail according to the destination address of mail.In addition, when the mailer of user's desire by user computer (Receiver) 13, when to the mailbox of the mail server 10 of appointment, taking out mail, P0P3 server in this mail server 10 will be responsible for hunting out the mail that belongs to this user to mailbox, and this mail is sent to this user side.

The operation principles of this conditional electronic mail mailbox, in actual life, very similar by postal affair systems that key element constituted such as post office, mailbox, mailbox and mails, what the two was apparent in view does not exist together, be that real-life mailbox mostly is arranged in the own home, the mailbox of Email then is to be positioned at this mail server, is not the computer that is arranged in user house, this difference makes the operation system of conditional electronic mail mailbox have following listed many shortcomings:

(1) when the mailer of user by user computer, the E-mail conveyance desiring to dispatch during to the mailbox of the mail server 10 of appointment, need be dialled up on the telephone earlier, could so, expenses of surfing Internet take place promptly with E-mail conveyance to this mail server 10; In like manner, when the user desires to take out mail to the mailbox of the mail server 10 of appointment, also that amount is outer expenses of surfing Internet.In addition; because in the mailbox of mail server 10; receive the mail that many not clear personages mail through regular meeting; as: spam, advertisement matter etc.; mail even dye virus is arranged partly wherein, the user not only wastes many meaningless expensess of surfing Internet and time when taking out these mails; if therefore cause the infection of computer virus, lose more than gain especially.

(2) because, mail server 10 needs to be responsible for handling people's up to ten thousand Email, causing mail server is often to be in the engaged line state, causes mail to be dispatched in the process, and the situation of part often takes place to be moved back.Especially, general website provides free the E-mail service of use, and its mail is higher by the mortality of successfully dispatching and receiving.

(3) when sending and receiving e-mail by world-wide web, its Mail Contents all is temporarily to be stored in mail server 10, dispatched away or read to wait for by user side, at this moment, because these Mail Contents are to expose to the open air under the open environment of world-wide web, very easily get because of the intrusion of network hacker is stolen, the fail safe of its transmission causes anxiety.

(4) when receiving new mail in the mailbox of mail server 10, if user computer is not started shooting, or when being busy with one's work because of the user that in time mailbox is opened in online, can't know and receive new mail in its mailbox, and mail server 10 also can't initiatively be reminded the user, it is learnt receive new mail, and take out urgent or important new mail immediately.

The present invention reaches purpose and provides a kind of email distribution and reception system that utilizes telephone number directly to send and receive e-mail, this system can overcome the many disappearances that taken place on the system architecture of above-mentioned conditional electronic mail mailbox, it mainly is the function of sending and receiving e-mail in the conventional mail server, be embedded in a data set or the communication equipment, what make this data set or communication equipment itself has promptly possessed the function of sending and receiving e-mail, and become an e-mail box, and with the address of its telephone number as this e-mail box.

Of the present invention time a purpose provides a kind of email distribution and reception system that utilizes telephone number directly to send and receive e-mail, wherein this data set or communication equipment can be designed to a phone mail device (Phone Mail Box) that can be open at the standby accepting state in 24 hours, make the user who posts a letter to hold to pass through this device at any time, dial and connect the telephone number of the end of collecting mail, and after leading to collection of letters termination, directly mail is sent in the corresponding intrument of the end of collecting mail, so, the user who holds that collects mail need not apply for extra e-mail accounts (Mail Account) online, can directly utilize computer from the corresponding intrument of the end of collecting mail, to read the Email that is received, reach the purpose that the addressee need not pay.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of email distribution and reception system that utilizes telephone number directly to send and receive e-mail, this device also can pass through world-wide web, with E-mail conveyance to the local mail server of end of collecting mail, and by this mail server on behalf of dialing with E-mail conveyance to the corresponding intrument of this end of collecting mail.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of email distribution and reception system that utilizes telephone number directly to send and receive e-mail, when this device is received Email, can be to the memory of its buffering area with e-mail storage, and the information that new mail has been received in demonstration on this device, to remind the user to open computer or other equipment, utilize RS-232 or other transmission lines, from this device, open mailbox, in time the new mail in the buffering area is read in computer, read for the user, so, under the state that computer is not started shooting, the user still can know and know the information that receives new mail according to caution cresset or the tinkle of bells on this device, reads the opportunity of urgent or important email so can effectively avoid delay.

A further object of the present invention provides a kind of email distribution and reception system that utilizes telephone number directly to send and receive e-mail, this device can make the far-end of e-mail box by the conventional mail server, move back to family or the workplace, directly be connected with display device (as: computer etc.), make the transmission-receiving function of its mail mailbox, more approach in the actual life by the post office, mailbox, the postal affair operation system that mailbox and mail constituted, directly mail is sent in the corresponding intrument of the end of collecting mail by telephone wire, make under the unlikely open environment that is exposed to world-wide web of e-mail messages, with fail safe and the convenience that significantly promotes E-mail conveyance.

The object of the present invention is achieved like this: this system utilizes the circuit in order to send and receive e-mail in the phone mail device, telephone number with its line, as the address of e-mail box in this system, carry out and other phone mail device between Email dispatch and receive processing.

This phone mail device comprises: the circuit of a communication equipment is to be connected with a telephone exchange by a telephone wire, with the transmitting-receiving of monitoring Email Information; One signal check device, be to be connected with the circuit of this communication equipment, the information that transmits with the circuit that receives by this communication equipment, and check whether this information is that the mail collection of letters that another phone mail device of far-end transmits requires information, this signal check device is connected with a user computer by a data signal line in addition, receiving the information that transmits by this data signal line, and check whether this information is this user computer reads mail by this data signal line the information that requires; One phone Mail Receiver, be to be connected with this signal check device, with when this signal check device judges that the addresses of items of mail that is received meets the address format of a phone mail, start this phone Mail Receiver, receive this phone mail, and it is stored in the coupled phone mail holder, or from this phone mail holder, take out the phone mail that has received, and pass it back this user computer via this data signal line.

" addressee's addresses of items of mail " field is the form that can accept phone addresses of items of mail and e-mail address for one in the package of this phone mail.

This phone addresses of items of mail can be the telephone number of this phone mail device institute line, makes institute's installed software on this signal check device and this user computer, can judge the information that is received according to this, is phone mail or Email actually.

This communication equipment can be a data set.

This phone mail device comprises a caution unit in addition, makes this phone Mail Receiver receive new phone mail, and when it was stored to this phone mail holder, this caution unit can show the information that has received new mail, opens computer with the prompting user.

This caution unit can be a warning lamp, also can be a buzzer.

This phone mail device can be through a world-wide web, this phone mail is sent to the local mail server of this another phone mail device, again by this mail server, on behalf of the telephone number of dialing and connecting this another phone mail device, so that this phone mail directly is sent in this another phone mail device.

Introduce system architecture of the present invention, feature and effect in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is master-slave mode (Client/Server) the system architecture schematic diagram of existing email mailbox;

Fig. 2 is the system architecture schematic diagram of phone mail mailbox of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the circuit framework schematic diagram of phone mail device of the present invention.

The present invention mainly is the function of sending and receiving e-mail in the conventional mail server, be embedded in a data set or the communication equipment, what make this data set or communication equipment itself has promptly possessed the function of sending and receiving e-mail, and become an e-mail box, the sending and receiving system architecture of this e-mail box, consult shown in Figure 2, be with this data set or communication equipment 31, the telephone number of 41 lines, address as this e-mail box, this data set or communication equipment 31,41 can be designed to a phone mail device (Phone Mail Box) that can be open at the standby accepting state in 24 hours, make and post a letter to hold the user of computer 30 or collection of letters end computer 40 to install 31 by these at any time, 41, transmit Email in the following manner:

(1) posts a letter to hold 30 telephone numbers that can directly dial and connect the end 40 of collecting mail by this device 31 and telephone wire 70, and after telephone exchange 50 is handled, after finishing corresponding intrument 41 lines with this collection of letters end 40, directly mail is sent to this collections of letters and holds in 40 the corresponding intrument 41;

(2) post a letter to hold 30 can pass through this device 31, mail is sent to the ISP mail server 20 of end 40 localities of collecting mail through world-wide web, hold 40 telephone number by the ISP mail server 20 of locality on behalf of dialing and connecting this collection of letters again, mail is sent in the corresponding intrument 41 of this collection of letters end 40.

When this corresponding intrument 41 gets the mail, mail can be stored in the memory of its buffering area, and on the body of this corresponding intrument 41, show the information received new mail, to remind the user to open computer or other equipment, and utilize RS-232 or other transmission lines, from this corresponding intrument 41, open mailbox, in time the new mail in the buffering area is read in this collection of letters end computer 40, read for the user, so, under the state that computer is not started shooting, the user still can go up set warning lamp or buzzer according to this device, produce caution cresset or the tinkle of bells, know the information that receives new mail, effectively avoid delay and read the opportunity of urgent or important email with clear.

In the present invention, this phone mail device (Phone Mail Box) is because of being with the address of telephone number as Email, so form of its addresses of items of mail (Mail Address) and the form of conditional electronic addresses of items of mail and inequality, the present invention with this kind with the mail of telephone number as addresses of items of mail, be referred to as phone mail (Phone Mail, abbreviate P-Mail as), its addresses of items of mail then is called phone addresses of items of mail (being called for short P-Mail ddress).

This phone mail device of the present invention (Phone Mail Box), consult shown in Figure 3, be in the circuit design of general traditional data set (or communication equipment) 311, set up a signal check device 312 (Signal Checker), one phone Mail Receiver 313 (P-Mail Receiver) and phone email storage device 314 three unit such as (P-Mail Storage), wherein this signal check device 312 mainly is in order to judge respectively by this data set (or communication equipment) 311 and a data signal line 60 (DataLine, as: the information content that the transmits RS-232 holding wire), make this signal check device 312 according to this information content, carry out following judgement and processing: (a) after this signal check device 312 receives the information that is transmitted by this data set (or communication equipment) 311, this signal check device 312 will be checked this information, whether be to belong to the phone mail collection of letters requirement that another phone mail device of far-end (phone Mail Box) transmits, and whether this addresses of items of mail meets the address format of phone mail, if, then start the phone mail that this phone Mail Receiver 313 transmits with the reception far-end, and it is stored in this phone mail holder 314; Otherwise, this information by this data signal line 60, is sent to a computer 30 that is connected with this data signal line 60, make this computer 30 handle this information.(b) when this signal check device 312 receives the information that is transmitted by this data signal line 60, this signal check device 312 will be checked this information, whether be the requirement that user computer 30 reads this phone mail by this data signal line 60, if, then start this phone Mail Receiver 313, from this phone mail holder 314, take out the phone mail that has received, and this phone mail that will obtain, pass user computer 30 back via this data signal line 60; Otherwise, this information is sent to this data set (or communication equipment) 311, handle.

Because, the address format of this phone mail among the present invention, also inequality with the address format of conditional electronic mail, this phone mail can't be dispatched or receive to the software of conditional electronic mail also, therefore, phone mail device of the present invention (Phone Mail Box) needs the support of new software to cooperate in addition, so that EUDORA is received the conditional electronic mail except that sending, also can send and receive phone mail of the present invention, this new software the present invention is referred to as electronics/phone mail inlet (E/P Mail Gateway) software, this software mainly is at the difference of posting a letter and collecting mail, and consults shown in Figure 2ly again, carries out following processing:

(1) processing of delivering letters: when the user after on the user computer 30 this inlet software being installed, if user side 30 is sent an envelope mail (Email or phone mail) with this inlet software, this software will judge that this mail is the phone mail actually, Email or the phone mail that need be transmitted by the simple mail transfer protocol server (SMTP Server) of mail server 20, if judge it is the phone mail, then by phone mail device 31 and telephone wire 70, dial-in direct, after telephone exchange 50 is handled, this mail is sent in the phone mail device 41 (Phone Mail Box) of destination; Otherwise, if the latter two then use traditional approach, this mail is sent to the simple mail transfer protocol server (SMTP Server) of destination on the world-wide web, make the correspondence inlet software of being installed on this protocol server, the mail that judgement is desired to dispatch is the form that belongs to Email or phone mail, if Email, then deliver in the P0P3 server of destination, if the latter then redials by telephone wire 70, this mail is sent in the phone mail device 41 of destination.

(2) collection of letters is handled: when the user is installing this inlet software on the user computer 30 after, when if user side 30 sends requiring of reception mail with this inlet software, this software will cut this requirement in the hurdle, and judge whether the addresses of items of mail that requires to collect mail is the address of Email or phone mail, if addresses of items of mail is the address that belongs to the phone mail, then by data signal line 60 (Data Line, as: the RS-232 holding wire), directly collect the phone mail to phone mail device 31; Otherwise, if addresses of items of mail is the address that belongs to the conditional electronic mail, then require by world-wide web, collect mail to the P0P3 server requirement of the mail server 20 of destination.

The present invention receives the phone mail except that sending for making this inlet software, also can send and receive general Email, can change the addresses of items of mail hurdle of mail package in this mail inlet software into can accept phone addresses of items of mail and e-mail address form, for example: the pattern that the address format in the phone mail package is designed to additional telephone number behind symbol " # ", then be somebody's turn to do in " addressee's addresses of items of mail " field and " mailer's addresses of items of mail " field in the inlet software, can insert phone addresses of items of mail " #Number " or e-mail address " username@mail_domain ".

In the present invention, addresses of items of mail in this mail package also can be designed to comprise the form of phone addresses of items of mail " #Number " or e-mail address " username@mail_domain ", make this inlet software of being installed on this signal check device 312 on this phone mail device 31 and this user computer 30, can judge the information that is received according to this, after being phone mail or Email actually, consult Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 3 again, carry out the transmission of mail again according to following manner:

(1) if " addressee's addresses of items of mail " field is " username@mail_domain " form in the mail package, represents that then this mail is to belong to Email.

(2) if " addressee's addresses of items of mail " field is " #Number " form in the mail package, represent that then this mail is to belong to the phone mail.At this moment, if do not specify simple mail transfer protocol server (SMTP Server) in this mail package, then expression can be directly with this mail by telephone wire 70, be sent to the corresponding phone mail device 41 that the telephone number " #Number " of this " addressee's addresses of items of mail " field is connected; If the simple mail transfer protocol server (SMTPServer) of appointment is arranged in this mail package, then earlier this mail is sent to collect mail by world-wide web and holds 40 specified simple mail transfer protocol server, again by correspondence set in this simple mail transfer protocol server inlet software, directly this mail is sent to the corresponding phone mail device 41 that the telephone number " #Number " of this " addressee's addresses of items of mail " field is connected by telephone wire 70.

Therefore, phone mail device of the present invention can make the far-end of e-mail box by the conventional mail server, move back to family or the workplace, directly be connected with computer or other display device, make the transmission-receiving function of mail mailbox, more approach in the actual life by post office, postal affair operation system that mailbox, mailbox and mail constituted, can directly mail be sent in the corresponding intrument of the end of collecting mail by telephone wire, make under the unlikely open environment that is exposed to world-wide web of e-mail messages, significantly promoted the fail safe and the convenience of E-mail conveyance.

Claims (9)

1. A mail sending and receiving system that utilizes a telephone number to directly send and receive e-mails. It is characterized in that: the system utilizes a circuit for sending and receiving e-mails in a telephone mail device, and uses the connected phone number as the circuit in the system. The address of the e-mail box is used for sending and receiving e-mails with other telephone mail devices. 2. A mail sending and receiving system that utilizes a telephone number to directly send and receive emails as claimed in claim 1, wherein the telephone mail device comprises: a circuit of a communication device, which is connected to a telephone exchange through a telephone line , to monitor the sending and receiving of e-mail information; a signal checker, which is connected with the circuit of the communication equipment, to receive the information transmitted by the circuit of the communication equipment, and check whether the information is another telephone mail device at the far end The incoming mail requires information. The signal checker is also connected to a client computer through a data signal line to receive the information transmitted by the data signal line and check whether the information is passed by the client computer. The data signal line is used to read the request information of the mail; a telephone mail receiver is connected with the signal checker, so that when the signal checker judges that the received mail address conforms to the address format of a telephone mail, start the The telephone mail receiver receives the telephone mail and stores it in a telephone mail memory connected to it, or fetches the received telephone mail from the telephone mail memory and transmits it via the data signal line back to the client computer. The phone-mail device also includes a warning unit, so that when the phone-mail receiver receives a new phone-mail and stores it in the phone-mail storage, the warning unit will display the information that the new mail has been received to remind the user to open computer. The warning unit can be a warning light or a buzzer. The phone-mail device can transmit the phone-mail to the local mail server of the other phone-mail device through an Internet, and then through the mail server, dial the phone number of the other phone-mail device on behalf of the phone, so that the phone The mail is directly sent to the other telephone mail device. 3. A mail sending and receiving system that utilizes a telephone number to directly send and receive emails as claimed in claim 2, wherein the field of "receiver's email address" in the packet of the telephone email is an acceptable telephone email address and The format of the email address. 4. A mail sending and receiving system that utilizes a telephone number to directly send and receive emails as claimed in claim 3, wherein the telephone mail address can be the telephone number connected to the telephone mail device, so that the signal checker and The software installed on the client computer can judge whether the received information is telephone mail or email. 5. A mail sending and receiving system for sending and receiving emails directly by using a telephone number as claimed in claim 2, wherein the communication device can be a digital transmission machine. 6. A mail sending and receiving system that utilizes a telephone number to directly send and receive emails as claimed in claim 2, wherein the telephone mail device additionally includes a warning unit, so that the telephone mail receiver receives a new telephone mail, and sends When it is stored in the phone mail storage, the warning unit will display the information that the new mail has been received, so as to remind the user to turn on the computer. 7. A mail sending and receiving system for directly sending and receiving emails by using a telephone number as claimed in claim 6, wherein the warning unit can be a warning light. 8. A mail sending and receiving system for directly sending and receiving emails by using a telephone number as claimed in claim 6, wherein the warning unit is a buzzer. 9. A mail sending and receiving system using a telephone number to directly send and receive emails as claimed in claim 6, wherein the telephone mail device can transmit the telephone mail to the other telephone mail device through an Internet The local mail server dials the telephone number of the other telephone mail device through the mail server, so that the telephone mail is directly sent to the other telephone mail device.

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