JP2005190269A - E-mail transmission program, e-mail transmission method, e-mail transmission apparatus, e-mail reception program, e-mail reception method, and e-mail reception apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a load, a traffic amount, a communication time and a communication charge of a mail server and a cost burden on a mail carrier. <P>SOLUTION: A method for transmitting an e-mail comprises a step of creating an e-mail 200 including a template 31<SB>1</SB>selected from template information 30; a step of replacing the template 31<SB>1</SB>(image, etc.) composed of a part of the e-mail 200 with a template ID 202 (=0001) to replace it with the template 81<SB>1</SB>by an e-mail receiving device 60; and a step of transmitting an e-mail 210 including the template ID 202 to the receiving device 60. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an e-mail transmission program, an e-mail transmission method, an e-mail transmission apparatus, an e-mail reception program, an e-mail reception method, and an e-mail reception apparatus suitable for use in transmission and reception of e-mails. E-mail transmission program, e-mail transmission method, e-mail transmission device, e-mail reception program, e-mail transmission program, e-mail transmission method, e-mail transmission method that can reduce the load of mail server, traffic volume, communication time, communication fee and mail carrier The present invention relates to a mail receiving method and an electronic mail receiving apparatus.

  Recently, with the spread of the Internet, e-mail has been very frequently used as a communication tool regardless of work or private. Here, electronic mail is roughly classified into text mail and HTML (HyperText Markup Language) mail.

  Text mail is an electronic mail whose mail body is composed only of text. HTML mail, on the other hand, is an e-mail written in HTML whose mail body is used for the layout of a Web page, etc., which is impossible with text mail, such as image embedding, character coloring, font size change, table use, etc. A variety of expressions are possible. Here, HTML mail has a much larger data amount than text mail.

JP 2003-242086 A

  By the way, as described above, HTML mail can be used as a Christmas card or a greeting card because it can be expressed in various ways by embedding images, etc., compared to text mail. Many.

  Here, since HTML mail has a larger amount of data than text mail, it has the disadvantages that the processing capacity of the mail server is reduced, the traffic volume of the network, the communication time, and the communication charge increase. It tends to be easily done.

  However, although certain events such as Christmas have such disadvantages, a large amount of data (such as HTML mail) is sent and received during the demand period of HTML mail, so the load on the mail server is high. This causes a problem that traffic volume, communication time, and communication charge increase.

  In addition, in such a demand period, mail-related devices such as mail servers, air conditioning equipment, and lines must be temporarily added, which causes a problem that the cost burden for mail communication companies becomes very large.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an e-mail transmission program, e-mail, which can reduce the load on the mail server, the traffic volume, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier It is an object of the present invention to provide a transmission method, an electronic mail transmission device, an electronic mail reception program, an electronic mail reception method, and an electronic mail reception device.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a computer with a creation step for creating an email and a partial component constituting a part of the email in an email receiver. An e-mail transmission program for executing a replacing step of replacing with an identifier for replacing the partial component and a transmitting step of transmitting an e-mail including the identifier to the e-mail receiving device.

  According to the present invention, a partial component constituting a part of the created electronic mail is replaced with an identifier for replacing the partial component with the electronic mail receiving device, and the electronic mail including the identifier is replaced with the electronic mail. Since it is decided to send to the receiving device, the amount of email data is reduced compared to sending the created email as it is, so the load on the mail server, traffic volume, communication time, communication fee, email The cost burden on the telecommunications carrier can be reduced.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, in the creating step, the e-mail is created using a template selected from a template collection as the partial component.

  According to the present invention, an e-mail is created by using a template selected from the template collection as a partial component. For example, in HTML mail using a template, the mail server load, traffic volume, communication It is possible to reduce the time, communication charge, and cost burden on the mail communication operator.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the template collection is stored in an external device, and in the creation step, the external device is accessed and the template collection is referred to.

  According to the present invention, since an external device in which a template collection is stored is accessed and the template collection is referred to, even if the portable terminal has a strict limit on storage capacity, the electronic mail is created and transmitted. be able to.

  In the present invention, the partial constituent element is an image.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images, it is not necessary to send an image having a very large amount of data, so that the amount of email data is drastically reduced, the load on the mail server, and the traffic volume. Further, it is possible to further reduce the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  In addition, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the partial constituent elements are an image and a text.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images and text, it is not necessary to send an image or text with a very large amount of data. Load, traffic volume, communication time, communication charge, and cost burden on mail communication providers can be further reduced.

  Further, the present invention provides a creation step for creating an e-mail, and a replacement for replacing a partial component constituting a part of the e-mail with an identifier for replacing the partial component with the e-mail receiving device. And a transmitting step of transmitting an e-mail including the identifier to the e-mail receiving device.

  According to the present invention, a partial component constituting a part of the created electronic mail is replaced with an identifier for replacing the partial component with the electronic mail receiving device, and the electronic mail including the identifier is replaced with the electronic mail. Since it is decided to send to the receiving device, the amount of email data is reduced compared to sending the created email as it is, so the load on the mail server, traffic volume, communication time, communication fee, email The cost burden on the telecommunications carrier can be reduced.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, in the creating step, the e-mail is created using a template selected from a template collection as the partial component.

  According to the present invention, an e-mail is created by using a template selected from the template collection as a partial component. For example, in HTML mail using a template, the mail server load, traffic volume, communication It is possible to reduce the time, communication charge, and cost burden on the mail communication operator.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the template collection is stored in an external device, and in the creation step, the external device is accessed and the template collection is referred to.

  According to the present invention, since an external device in which a template collection is stored is accessed and the template collection is referred to, even if the portable terminal has a strict limit on storage capacity, the electronic mail is created and transmitted. be able to.

  In the present invention, the partial constituent element is an image.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images, it is not necessary to send an image having a very large amount of data, so that the amount of email data is drastically reduced, the load on the mail server, and the traffic volume. Further, it is possible to further reduce the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  In addition, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the partial constituent elements are an image and a text.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images and text, it is not necessary to send an image or text with a very large amount of data. Load, traffic volume, communication time, communication charge, and cost burden on mail communication providers can be further reduced.

  Further, the present invention provides a creation means for creating an e-mail, and a replacement for replacing a partial component constituting a part of the e-mail with an identifier for replacing the partial component with the e-mail receiving device. Means, and transmission means for transmitting an electronic mail including the identifier to the electronic mail receiving apparatus.

  According to the present invention, a partial component constituting a part of the created electronic mail is replaced with an identifier for replacing the partial component with the electronic mail receiving device, and the electronic mail including the identifier is replaced with the electronic mail. Since it is decided to send to the receiving device, the amount of email data is reduced compared to sending the created email as it is, so the load on the mail server, traffic volume, communication time, communication fee, email The cost burden on the telecommunications carrier can be reduced.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the creating means creates the electronic mail by using a template selected from a template collection as the partial component.

  According to the present invention, an e-mail is created by using a template selected from the template collection as a partial component. For example, in HTML mail using a template, the mail server load, traffic volume, communication It is possible to reduce the time, communication charge, and cost burden on the mail communication operator.

  Also, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the template collection is stored in an external device, and the creation means accesses the external device and refers to the template collection.

  According to the present invention, since an external device in which a template collection is stored is accessed and the template collection is referred to, even if the portable terminal has a strict limit on storage capacity, the electronic mail is created and transmitted. be able to.

  In the present invention, the partial constituent element is an image.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images, it is not necessary to send an image having a very large amount of data, so that the amount of email data is drastically reduced, the load on the mail server, and the traffic volume. Further, it is possible to further reduce the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  In addition, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the partial constituent elements are an image and a text.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images and text, it is not necessary to send an image or text with a very large amount of data. Load, traffic volume, communication time, communication charge, and cost burden on mail communication providers can be further reduced.

  In addition, the present invention provides a computer that receives an e-mail transmitted from an e-mail transmission device, in which some constituent elements constituting a part thereof are replaced with an identifier, and the identifier A replacement step of replacing the partial component with the partial component.

  According to the present invention, an e-mail transmitted from an e-mail transmitting device is received, and an e-mail in which a part of the constituent elements is replaced with an identifier is received, and the identifier is replaced with a part of constituent elements Since the data amount of the e-mail is reduced compared to the case where the e-mail created by the e-mail transmission device is received as it is, the load of the mail server, the traffic amount, the communication time, the communication fee, The cost burden on the mail carrier can be reduced.

  Also, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the partial component is a template selected from a template collection by the electronic mail transmitting apparatus.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are templates selected from the template collection by the electronic mail transmitting device, for example, in HTML mail using the template, the mail server load, traffic volume, communication time, communication It is possible to reduce the charge and the cost burden on the mail carrier.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the template collection is stored in an external device, and in the replacement step, the external device is accessed and the template collection is referred to.

  According to the present invention, since an external device in which a template collection is stored is accessed and the template collection is referred to, even if the portable terminal has a strict limit on storage capacity, the electronic mail can be received. it can.

  In the present invention, the partial constituent element is an image.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images, it is not necessary to receive an image with a very large amount of data, so that the amount of email data is drastically reduced, the load on the mail server, the amount of traffic Further, it is possible to further reduce the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  In addition, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the partial constituent elements are an image and a text.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images and text, it is not necessary to receive images or texts with a very large amount of data. Load, traffic volume, communication time, communication charge, and cost burden on mail communication providers can be further reduced.

  Further, the present invention provides an e-mail transmitted from an e-mail transmitting apparatus, wherein a receiving step for receiving an e-mail in which a part of components constituting the e-mail is replaced with an identifier; And a replacement step of replacing with a component part.

  According to the present invention, an e-mail transmitted from an e-mail transmitting device is received, and an e-mail in which a part of the constituent elements is replaced with an identifier is received, and the identifier is replaced with a part of constituent elements Since the data amount of the e-mail is reduced compared to the case where the e-mail created by the e-mail transmission device is received as it is, the load of the mail server, the traffic amount, the communication time, the communication fee, The cost burden on the mail carrier can be reduced.

  Also, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the partial component is a template selected from a template collection by the electronic mail transmitting apparatus.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are templates selected from the template collection by the electronic mail transmitting device, for example, in HTML mail using the template, the mail server load, traffic volume, communication time, communication It is possible to reduce the charge and the cost burden on the mail carrier.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the template collection is stored in an external device, and in the replacement step, the external device is accessed and the template collection is referred to.

  According to the present invention, since an external device in which a template collection is stored is accessed and the template collection is referred to, even if the portable terminal has a strict limit on storage capacity, the electronic mail can be received. it can.

  In the present invention, the partial constituent element is an image.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images, it is not necessary to receive an image with a very large amount of data, so that the amount of email data is drastically reduced, the load on the mail server, the amount of traffic Further, it is possible to further reduce the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  In addition, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the partial constituent elements are an image and a text.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images and text, it is not necessary to receive images or texts with a very large amount of data. Load, traffic volume, communication time, communication charge, and cost burden on mail communication providers can be further reduced.

  The present invention also relates to an e-mail transmitted from an e-mail transmitting apparatus, the receiving means for receiving an e-mail in which a part of the constituent elements of the e-mail is replaced with an identifier, and the identifier as described above. Replacement means for replacing with a component part.

  According to the present invention, an e-mail transmitted from an e-mail transmitting device is received, and an e-mail in which a part of the constituent elements is replaced with an identifier is received, and the identifier is replaced with a part of constituent elements Since the data amount of the e-mail is reduced compared to the case where the e-mail created by the e-mail transmission device is received as it is, the load of the mail server, the traffic amount, the communication time, the communication fee, The cost burden on the mail carrier can be reduced.

  Also, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the partial component is a template selected from a template collection by the electronic mail transmitting apparatus.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are templates selected from the template collection by the electronic mail transmitting device, for example, in HTML mail using the template, the mail server load, traffic volume, communication time, communication It is possible to reduce the charge and the cost burden on the mail carrier.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the template collection is stored in an external device, and the replacement means accesses the external device and refers to the template collection.

  According to the present invention, since an external device in which a template collection is stored is accessed and the template collection is referred to, even if the portable terminal has a strict limit on storage capacity, the electronic mail can be received. it can.

  In the present invention, the partial constituent element is an image.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images, it is not necessary to receive an image with a very large amount of data, so that the amount of email data is drastically reduced, the load on the mail server, the amount of traffic Further, it is possible to further reduce the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  In addition, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the partial constituent elements are an image and a text.

  According to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images and text, it is not necessary to receive images or texts with a very large amount of data. Load, traffic volume, communication time, communication charge, and cost burden on mail communication providers can be further reduced.

  According to the present invention, a partial component constituting a part of the created electronic mail is replaced with an identifier for replacing the partial component with the electronic mail receiving device, and the electronic mail including the identifier is replaced with the electronic mail. Since it is decided to send to the receiving device, the amount of email data is reduced compared to sending the created email as it is, so the load on the mail server, traffic volume, communication time, communication fee, email There is an effect that the cost burden on the communication carrier can be reduced.

  Further, according to the present invention, an e-mail is created by using a template selected from the template collection as a partial component. For example, in the HTML mail using the template, the load on the mail server, the traffic volume The communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication provider can be reduced.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the external device in which the template collection is stored is accessed and the template collection is referred to. There is an effect that it can be transmitted.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since some of the components are images, it is not necessary to send an image with a very large amount of data, so the amount of email data is dramatically reduced, the load on the mail server, There is an effect that it is possible to further reduce the traffic load, communication time, communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images and text, it is not necessary to send an image or text with a very large amount of data. There is an effect that it is possible to further reduce the load on the mail server, the traffic volume, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  In addition, according to the present invention, an e-mail transmitted from an e-mail transmission device, in which an e-mail in which a part of a component constituting the part is replaced with an identifier is received, and the identifier is a part of the constituent Since the amount of e-mail data is reduced compared to receiving an e-mail created by an e-mail transmission device as it is, the load on the mail server, traffic volume, communication time, communication fee In addition, there is an effect that the cost burden of the mail communication carrier can be reduced.

  Further, according to the present invention, since some of the components are templates selected from the template collection by the e-mail transmission device, for example, in HTML mail using a template, the load on the mail server, the traffic volume, the communication time The communication fee and the cost burden of the mail communication provider can be reduced.

  Further, according to the present invention, the external device storing the template collection is accessed and the template collection is referred to. Therefore, even if the portable terminal has a severe storage capacity limit, the electronic mail is received. There is an effect that can be.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since some of the components are images, it is not necessary to receive an image with a very large amount of data, so the amount of email data is drastically reduced, the load on the mail server, There is an effect that it is possible to further reduce the traffic load, communication time, communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since some of the constituent elements are images and text, it is not necessary to receive an image or text with a very large amount of data. There is an effect that it is possible to further reduce the load on the mail server, the traffic volume, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  Embodiments of an electronic mail transmission program, an electronic mail transmission method, an electronic mail transmission device, an electronic mail reception program, an electronic mail reception method, and an electronic mail reception device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an e-mail system for sending and receiving e-mails.

  The electronic mail transmitting apparatus 10 is connected to the network 40 and functions as a mail client that creates and transmits electronic mail by a mailer. Specifically, the e-mail transmission device 10 generates the e-mail 200 (HTML mail) shown in FIG. 2 and then transmits the e-mail 210 with a reduced data amount.

  In the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 10, the control unit 11 controls each unit. Details of the operation of the control unit 11 will be described later. The storage unit 12 is a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a RAM (Random Access Memory), and stores various data, firmware, and the like handled by the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 10.

  The display unit 13 is an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or the like, and displays various screens necessary for creating and sending an e-mail. The reading unit 15 has a function of reading data from a portable recording medium 20 such as an optical disk. The large-capacity storage unit 16 is an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or the like for storing large-capacity data, and stores an operating system and application programs (such as a mailer).

  Further, template information 30 is stored in the large-capacity storage unit 16. As shown in FIG. 3, the template information 30 is information relating to a template pasted on the e-mail 200 (see FIG. 2), and is composed of a “template ID” and a “template file”.

The “template ID” is an identifier for identifying each of the templates 31 _{1 to} 31 ₅ ,. Templates 31 _{1 to} 31 ₅ ,... Are images used as backgrounds for e-mails, decorative frames, and the like. The “template file” is a file corresponding to each of the templates 31 _{1 to} 31 ₅ ,... (For example, JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group) format).

  Returning to FIG. 1, the communication unit 17 is connected to the network 40 and controls communication according to a predetermined communication protocol.

  The mail server 50 is connected to the network 40 and is a server that manages transmission of electronic mail in the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 10. Specifically, the mail server 50 has a function of transferring an electronic mail transmitted by the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 10 to a mail server (in the figure, a mail server 90) corresponding to the electronic mail address (domain).

  The electronic mail receiving device 60 is connected to the network 40 and functions as a mail client that receives an electronic mail by a mailer. Specifically, the e-mail receiving device 60 receives the e-mail 210 (see FIG. 2) transmitted from the e-mail transmitting device 10 via the mail server 50 and the mail server 90.

  In the electronic mail receiving device 60, the control unit 61 controls each unit. Details of the operation of the controller 61 will be described later. The storage unit 62 is a ROM or a RAM, and stores various data, firmware, and the like handled by the electronic mail receiving device 60.

  The display unit 63 is an LCD, CRT, or the like, and displays various screens necessary for receiving electronic mail. The reading unit 65 has a function of reading data from a portable recording medium 70 such as an optical disk. The large-capacity storage unit 66 is an HDD or the like for storing large-capacity data, and stores an operating system and application programs (such as a mailer).

  The large-capacity storage unit 66 stores template information 80 similar to the template information 30 (see FIG. 3). As shown in FIG. 4, the template information 80 is information relating to a template pasted on the e-mail 220 (see FIG. 2), and is composed of a “template ID” and a “template file”.

“Template ID” is an identifier for identifying each of the templates 81 _{1 to} 81 ₅ ,. Templates 81 _{1 to} 81 ₅ ,... Are images used as e-mail backgrounds, decorative frames, etc., and are the same images as templates 31 _{1 to} 31 ₅ ,... (See FIG. 3). .

  That is, the e-mail transmitting device 10 and the e-mail receiving device 60 have the same template.

The “template file” is a file (for example, JPEG format) corresponding to each of the templates 81 _{1 to} 81 ₅ ,.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the communication unit 67 is connected to the network 40 and controls communication according to a predetermined communication protocol.

  The mail server 90 is connected to the network 40 and is a server that manages reception of electronic mail in the electronic mail receiving device 60. Specifically, the mail server 90 has a function of storing an email transmitted by the email transmission device 10 and transferring the email to the email reception device 60 in response to a request from the email reception device 60. I have.

  The template server 100 is connected to the network 40 and stores template information 110 similar to the template information 30 (see FIG. 3). As shown in FIG. 5, the template information 110 is information on a template that is pasted on the e-mail 220 (see FIG. 2) when the desired template does not exist in the e-mail receiving device 60. It consists of “template ID” and “template file”.

“Template ID” is an identifier for identifying each of the templates 111 _{1 to} 111 ₅ ,. Templates 111 _{1 to} 111 ₅ ,... Are images used as e-mail backgrounds, decorative frames, etc., and are the same images as templates 31 _{1 to} 31 ₅ ,... (See FIG. 3). .

  That is, the e-mail transmission device 10, the e-mail reception device 60, and the template server 100 have the same template in principle.

  Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 6 to 13. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 10 shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the e-mail receiving apparatus 60 shown in FIG.

  In step SA1 shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 11 of the e-mail transmitting apparatus 10 determines whether or not a sender has pressed a creation button (not shown) for creating an e-mail. In this case, The judgment result is set to “No” and the same judgment is repeated. A creation button (not shown) is displayed on the display unit 13.

  On the other hand, in step SD1 shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 61 of the e-mail receiving apparatus 60 determines whether or not the receiving button (not shown) is pressed by the receiver. In this case, the determination result is “No”. The same determination is repeated. A reception button (not shown) is displayed on the display unit 63.

  When the sender presses a creation button (not shown), the control unit 11 of the e-mail transmission apparatus 10 sets “Yes” as a result of the determination made at step SA1 shown in FIG. In step SA2, the control unit 11 executes an e-mail creation process for creating an e-mail to be transmitted.

  Specifically, in step SB1 illustrated in FIG. 7, the control unit 11 causes the display unit 13 to display the template selection screen 300 illustrated in FIG. 10 based on the template information 30 (see FIG. 3).

This template selection screen 300 is a screen for allowing the sender to select a template to be pasted to the electronic mail (HTML mail). On the template selection screen 300, templates 31 _{1 to} 31 ₅ ,... (See FIG. 3) and selection buttons 301 _{1 to} 301 ₅ ,.

Returning to FIG. 7, in step SB2, the control unit 11 determines whether any one of the selection buttons 301 _{1 to} 301 ₅ ,... (See FIG. 10) has been pressed by the sender. In this case, the determination result is “No” and the determination is repeated.

Then, the sender template 31 _{1-31 5} in the template selection screen 300, from ... (template collection), for example, in order to select the template 31 _1, and presses the select button 301 _1.

Thereby, the control part 11 makes the judgment result of step SB2 "Yes." At step SB3, the control unit 11, after obtaining from the template information 30 a template file (tx-tmp0001.jpeg) corresponding to the template 31 ₁ selected in the e-mail transmitting unit 10 (large-capacity storage unit 16), FIG. The template 31 ₁ is pasted on the email 200 on the email creation screen 400 shown in FIG. The e-mail creation screen 400 is displayed on the display unit 13.

In step SB4, the control unit 11 causes the sender to input the text 201 (Merry Christmas party guidance ...) as shown in FIG. At step SB5, the control unit 11, e-mail 200 (including a template 31 ₁ and text 201) as an HTML file shown in FIG. 12, it is stored in the mass storage unit 16.

  Returning to FIG. 6, in step SA <b> 3, the control unit 11 uses the input unit 14 as a sender, and as shown in FIG. 13, the destination (taro@abc.com) of the email 200 and the subject (Christmas party) (Information). In step SA4, the control unit 11 determines whether or not a transmission button (not shown) for transmitting an e-mail has been pressed. In this case, the determination result is “No” and the determination is repeated.

  When the transmission button (not shown) is pressed by the sender, the control unit 11 sets “Yes” as a result of the determination made at step SA4. In step SA5, the control unit 11 executes a transmission process for transmitting an e-mail.

Specifically, in step SC1 shown in FIG. 8, as shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 11 inquires the template information 30 (see FIG. 3) and creates the created email 200 (see FIG. 13). template 31 ₁ template ID 202 (in this case in), was replaced in 0001), it creates an electronic mail 210.

The e-mail 210 has a remarkably smaller data amount than the e-mail 200 because the template 31 ₁ such as an image is replaced with a text template ID 202.

  In step SC2, the control unit 11 transmits an e-mail 210 including the template ID 202 to the e-mail receiving device 60 (taro@abc.com). Returning to FIG. 6, in step SA <b> 1, the controller 11 sets the determination in step SA <b> 1 to “No” and repeats the determination.

  Then, the e-mail 210 (see FIG. 2) transmitted from the e-mail transmission apparatus 10 is transferred to the mail server 90 by the mail server 50. The mail server 90 stores the electronic mail 210.

  On the other hand, when a receiving button (not shown) is pressed by the recipient, the control unit 61 of the e-mail receiving apparatus 60 sets “Yes” as a result of the determination made at step SD1 shown in FIG. In step SD2, the control unit 61 accesses the mail server 90.

  In step SD3, the control unit 61 determines whether or not an e-mail addressed to the e-mail receiving device 60 (taro@abc.com) is stored in the mail server 90. In this case, the determination result is “Yes”. To do. When the determination result in step SD3 is “No”, in step SD1, the control unit 61 determines whether or not a reception button (not shown) is pressed. In this case, the determination result is “No”. Repeat the same judgment.

  In step SD4, the control unit 61 receives the electronic mail 210 (see FIG. 2) from the mail server 90. In step SD5, the control unit 61 checks the template ID 202 (= 0001) included in the e-mail 210.

  In step SD6, the control unit 61 refers to the template information 80 using the template ID 202 (= 0001) as a key, and whether the template corresponding to the template ID 202 (= 0001) is in the large-capacity storage unit 66 (template information 80). In this case, the determination result is “Yes”.

  In step SD7, the control unit 61 acquires a template file (rx-tmp0001.jpeg) corresponding to the template ID 202 (= 0001) from the large-capacity storage unit 66 (template information 80: see FIG. 4).

In step SD8, as shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 61 converts the template ID 202 (= 0001) of the e-mail 210 into the template 81 ₁ (see FIG. 4) corresponding to the template file (rx-tmp0001.jpeg). After the replacement, the electronic mail 220 is displayed on the display unit 63. This e-mail 220 has the same contents as the e-mail 200. In step SD1, the control unit 61 determines whether or not a reception button (not shown) is pressed. In this case, the determination result is “No” and the determination is repeated.

  On the other hand, if the determination result in step SD6 is “No”, that is, if the template does not exist in the e-mail receiving device 60 for some reason, in step SD9, the control unit 61 accesses the template server 100, A template file (sv-tmp0001.jpeg) corresponding to the template ID 202 (= 0001) is acquired from the template server 100 (template information 110: see FIG. 5).

In step SD8, as shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 61 sets the template ID 202 (= 0001) of the e-mail 210 to the template 111 ₁ (see FIG. 5) corresponding to the template file (sv-tmp0001.jpeg). After the replacement, the electronic mail 230 is displayed on the display unit 63. This e-mail 230 has the same contents as the e-mail 200. In step SD1, the control unit 61 determines whether or not a reception button (not shown) is pressed. In this case, the determination result is “No” and the same determination is repeated.

  In addition, in one Example, although the structural example which stores the template information 30 and the template information 80 in the email transmission apparatus 10 and the email reception apparatus 60 was demonstrated, without storing the template information 30 and the template information 80, A configuration example in which the template server 100 is accessed at the time of e-mail creation / transmission and reception to obtain a desired template file may be employed.

  In this case, when the e-mail transmitting device 10 and the e-mail receiving device 60 are severely limited in storage capacity such as a mobile terminal (mobile phone terminal, PHS (Personal Handyphone System) terminal, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) It is effective for.

  Moreover, in one Example, although the structural example which stores the template information 30 and the template information 80 in the email transmission apparatus 10 and the email reception apparatus 60 was demonstrated, without storing the template information 30 and the template information 80, A configuration example in which a desired template file is acquired from the portable recording medium 20 when an e-mail is created and transmitted, and a desired template file is acquired from the portable recording medium 70 at the time of reception is possible.

  Further, in one embodiment, the configuration example in which the template is an image (see FIGS. 3 to 5) has been described. However, the configuration example may be an image and text (fixed sentence or the like) as a template.

  In addition, in one embodiment, the above fixed sentence is prepared as a plurality of templates in different languages such as Japanese, English, etc., and a Japanese template is acquired when an e-mail is created, and an English template is acquired upon reception As a configuration example, a translation function (Japanese sentence → English sentence) may be provided.

As described above, according to one embodiment, the e-mail transmitting apparatus 10 converts the template 31 ₁ (partial component) constituting a part of the e-mail 200 shown in FIG. Thus, the template ID 202 for replacement with the template 81 ₁ (partially constituent elements) is replaced and the e-mail 210 including the template ID 202 is transmitted to the e-mail receiving device 60. Therefore, the generated e-mail 200 is used as it is. Since the amount of e-mail data is reduced as compared with the case of transmission, the load on the mail servers 50 and 90, the amount of traffic, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication operator can be reduced.

Another aspect according to the embodiment, by e-mail transmission device 10, a template selection screen 300 the template 31 ₁ selected from (template collection) shown in FIG. 10, as part components, electronic mail 200 (e-mail 210), for example, in HTML mail using a template, the load of the mail servers 50 and 90, the traffic volume, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden of the mail communication provider can be reduced. it can.

  According to one embodiment, the e-mail transmission apparatus 10 accesses the template server 100 storing the template information 110 (template collection) and refers to the template information 110 (template collection). Even a portable terminal with a strict limit on the capacity can create and send the e-mail.

  In addition, according to one embodiment, since the template (partial component) is an image, it is not necessary to send an image with a very large amount of data. It is possible to further reduce the load on the servers 50 and 90, the traffic volume, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  Also, according to one embodiment, since the templates (partial components) are images and texts, it is not necessary to send images or texts with a very large amount of data. Thus, the load on the mail servers 50 and 90, the traffic volume, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication provider can be further reduced.

Also, according to one embodiment, the e-mail receiving device 60 is an e-mail 210 (see FIG. 2) transmitted from the e-mail transmitting device 10 and a template (partial component) constituting a part thereof. Receives the e-mail 210 replaced with the template ID 202 and replaces the template ID 202 with the template 81 ₁ (partial component), and therefore receives the e-mail 200 created by the e-mail transmitting apparatus 10 as it is. Since the amount of e-mail data is reduced as compared with the case, the load on the mail servers 50 and 90, the traffic amount, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail carrier can be reduced.

Further, according to one embodiment, the template 31 ₁ (partial component) in the e-mail 200 is the template selected from the template selection screen 300 (template collection) by the e-mail transmission device 10. In the HTML mail or the like using, the load on the mail servers 50 and 90, the traffic volume, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication provider can be reduced.

  According to one embodiment, the e-mail receiving device 60 accesses the template server 100 storing the template information 110 (template collection) and refers to the template information 110 (template collection). Even a portable terminal with a severe capacity limit can receive the e-mail.

  In addition, according to one embodiment, since the template (partial component) is an image, it is not necessary to receive an image with a very large amount of data. It is possible to further reduce the load on the servers 50 and 90, the traffic volume, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication carrier.

  In addition, according to one embodiment, since the templates (partial components) are images and texts, it is not necessary to receive images or texts with a very large amount of data. Thus, the load on the mail servers 50 and 90, the traffic volume, the communication time, the communication fee, and the cost burden on the mail communication provider can be further reduced.

  Although one embodiment according to the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, a specific configuration example is not limited to this one embodiment, and design changes and the like within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention are possible. Even if it exists, it is included in this invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, a program for realizing the functions of the e-mail transmission device 10 and the e-mail reception device 60 is recorded on the computer-readable recording medium 600 shown in FIG. Each function may be realized by causing the computer 500 shown in FIG.

  A computer 500 shown in the figure includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 510 that executes the above-described program, an input device 520 such as a keyboard and a mouse, a ROM 530 that stores various data, a RAM 540 that stores calculation parameters, and the like. A reading device 550 that reads a program from the recording medium 600 and an output device 560 such as a display or a printer are included.

  The CPU 510 implements the above-described functions by reading a program recorded on the recording medium 600 via the reading device 550 and then executing the program. Examples of the recording medium 600 include an optical disk, a flexible disk, and a hard disk.

  As described above, the e-mail transmission program, the e-mail transmission method, the e-mail transmission apparatus, the e-mail reception program, the e-mail reception method, and the e-mail reception apparatus according to the present invention have a large amount of data such as HTML mail. Useful for sending and receiving e-mail.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of one Example concerning this invention. It is a figure explaining the operation principle of the same Example. It is a figure which shows the template information 30 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the template information 80 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the template information 110 shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart explaining the email preparation process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the transmission process shown in FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the electronic mail receiving device 60 shown in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows the template selection screen 300 in the same Example. It is a figure which shows the email creation screen 400 in the same Example. It is a figure which shows the email creation screen 400 in the same Example. It is a figure which shows the email creation screen 400 in the same Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the modification of the same Example.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 E-mail transmission apparatus 11 Control part 16 Large capacity storage part 30 Template information 60 E-mail receiving apparatus 61 Control part 66 Large capacity storage part 80 Template information 100 Template server 110 Template information

Claims (30)

On the computer,
A creation process to create an email;
A replacement step of replacing a partial component constituting a part of the email with an identifier for replacing the partial component in the email receiving device;
A sending step of sending an email containing the identifier to the email receiving device;
E-mail transmission program to execute.   The e-mail transmission program according to claim 1, wherein, in the creating step, the e-mail is created by using a template selected from a template collection as the partial component.   The e-mail transmission program according to claim 2, wherein the template collection is stored in an external device, and in the creation step, the external device is accessed and the template collection is referred to.   The e-mail transmission program according to claim 1, wherein the partial component is an image.   The e-mail transmission program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the partial constituent elements are an image and a text. A creation process to create an email;
A replacement step of replacing a partial component constituting a part of the email with an identifier for replacing the partial component in the email receiving device;
A sending step of sending an email containing the identifier to the email receiving device;
An e-mail transmission method comprising:   7. The e-mail transmission method according to claim 6, wherein, in the creating step, the e-mail is created by using a template selected from a template collection as the partial component.   8. The e-mail transmission method according to claim 7, wherein the template collection is stored in an external device, and in the creation step, the external device is accessed and the template collection is referred to.   9. The e-mail transmission method according to claim 6, wherein the partial component is an image.   9. The e-mail transmission method according to claim 6, wherein the partial constituent elements are an image and a text. A creation means for creating an email;
Substitution means for substituting a partial component constituting a part of the e-mail with an identifier for substituting the partial component with the e-mail receiving device;
Transmitting means for transmitting an e-mail including the identifier to the e-mail receiving device;
An e-mail transmission device comprising:   12. The e-mail transmission apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the creating unit creates the e-mail using a template selected from a template collection as the partial component.   13. The e-mail transmission apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the template collection is stored in an external device, and the creation unit accesses the external device and refers to the template collection.   The electronic mail transmitting apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the partial component is an image.   The electronic mail transmitting apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the partial constituent elements are an image and a text. On the computer,
A receiving step of receiving an e-mail transmitted from an e-mail transmitting apparatus, wherein a component constituting a part thereof is replaced with an identifier; and
A replacement step of replacing the identifier with the partial component;
An e-mail receiving program for executing   The e-mail receiving program according to claim 16, wherein the partial component is a template selected from a template collection by the e-mail transmitting apparatus.   18. The e-mail receiving program according to claim 17, wherein the template collection is stored in an external device, and in the replacement step, the external device is accessed and the template collection is referred to.   The e-mail receiving program according to claim 16, wherein the partial component is an image.   The e-mail receiving program according to any one of claims 16 to 18, wherein the partial constituent elements are an image and a text. A receiving step of receiving an e-mail transmitted from an e-mail transmitting apparatus, wherein a component constituting a part thereof is replaced with an identifier; and
A replacing step of replacing the identifier with the partial component;
An e-mail receiving method comprising:   The email receiving method according to claim 21, wherein the partial component is a template selected from a template collection by the email sending device.   23. The e-mail receiving method according to claim 22, wherein the template collection is stored in an external device, and in the replacement step, the external device is accessed and the template collection is referred to.   24. The electronic mail receiving method according to claim 21, wherein the partial component is an image.   The e-mail receiving method according to any one of claims 21 to 23, wherein the partial constituent elements are an image and text. Receiving means for receiving an e-mail transmitted from an e-mail transmitting apparatus, wherein a partial component constituting a part thereof is replaced with an identifier;
Replacement means for replacing the identifier with the partial component;
An e-mail receiving apparatus comprising:   27. The electronic mail receiving apparatus according to claim 26, wherein the partial component is a template selected from a template collection by the electronic mail transmitting apparatus.   28. The electronic mail receiving apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the template collection is stored in an external device, and the replacement unit accesses the external device and refers to the template collection.   29. The electronic mail receiving apparatus according to claim 26, wherein the partial component is an image.   29. The electronic mail receiving apparatus according to claim 26, wherein the partial constituent elements are an image and text.

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