KR20000036881A - Methodology of managing multimedia e-mail service using XML - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for managing an electronic mail service using an XML(extensible markup language) is provided to supply a user with a high-quality service about information through a web browser, and search, spread, and share the contents of required information. CONSTITUTION: A supplier for an electronic mail service writes a document including multimedia information(10), DTD(11), explanation on the multimedia information(12) by using an XML editor(13). The corresponding electronic document is stored in a database(14) for managing and automatically transmitted to an electronic mail by a mail scheduler(15). An electronic mail receiver converts the received mail by an interpreter(19), simultaneously confirms the multimedia information and a message with a web browser, searches the contents defined by the XML, writes a message with confirming the multimedia information in the same frame on the web browser, and transmits the edited message with the multimedia information to a third party.

Description

Method of managing multimedia e-mail service using XML {Methodology of managing multimedia e-mail service using XML}

The present invention relates to a method for processing a multimedia e-mail service using XML (eXtensible Markup Language), and more particularly, to a search and propagation of Internet mail service and multimedia information of XML e-mail through a web browser.

Recently, with the popularization of multimedia communication services, the virtual society, which is composed of the computer and the communication media, the Internet, is rapidly entering our society. Through such internet, numerous communication networks of the world are connected to each other, and the information possessed by each network can be provided if the user connected to the network anywhere in the world. The user sends and receives information via e-mail or e-mail. The terminal portion for current communication may be provided with a service using a web browser and an email client.

At this time, when the service for specific information, in particular, multimedia information, each element is separated and serviced, there is a difficulty in the storage and retrieval of the integrated document. In addition, when the multimedia information is provided in an e-mail in the form of a web mail, it is difficult to check it on a web browser and immediately search or deliver it to a third party without changing the frame of the web browser.

The present invention has been invented to solve the problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to create a document for the multimedia information in XML form, provide in an e-mail and receive an environment in which the e-mail receiver is integrated in a web browser The present invention provides a method of processing an e-mail service that enables easy retrieval of data and transmission of third parties.

1 is a block diagram of a method for implementing a multimedia XML e-mail service according to the present invention.

2 is a webmail confirmation screen on a web browser

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a process of representing multimedia information of a service provider as an electronic document through an XML editor, a process of storing the electronic document in a database, and transmitting the information to an electronic mail. When receiving, it converts it through an interpreter, checks the contents with a web browser, retrieves the contents defined by XML, edits the e-mail, and sends them to a third party.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a method for implementing multimedia XML e-mail. The service provider uses the XML editor 13 to create a document containing the multimedia information 10, the DTD 11, and the description 12 of the multimedia information. The definition of DTD for creating multimedia e-mail is as follows.

〈? Xml version = "1.0"? 〉

〈!-

This is the DTD for internet mail

->

〈! ELEMENT mail (from, to, cc ?, bcc ?, date ?, messageID ?,

replyto ?, subject, body, attachment?)

〈! ATTLIST mail type CDATA #REQUIRED〉

〈! ELEMENT from (address)〉

〈! ELEMENT to (address)〉

<! ELEMENT cc (address *)>

〈! ELEMENT bcc (address *)〉

〈! ELEMENT replyto (address)〉

〈! ELEMENT address (#PCDATA)〉

〈! ELEMENT date (#PCDATA)〉

〈! ELEMENT messageID (#PCDATA)〉

〈! ELEMENT subject (#PCDATA)〉

〈! ELEMENT body (#PCDATA)〉

〈! ATTLIST body type CDATA #REQUIRED〉

〈! ELEMENT attachment (attachitem +)〉

〈!-

the data of an attachment is always not coded

->

〈! ELEMENT attachitem (#PCDATA)〉

〈! ATTLIST attachitem name CDATA #REQUIRED〉

〈! ATTLIST attachitem type CDATA #REQUIRED〉

〈! ATTLIST attachitem encoding CDATA #IMPLIED〉

These documents are stored and managed in the database 14. The mail scheduler 15 automatically transmits the document stored in the database. Receive mail sent from the internal mail server and a number of external mail servers, and the SMTP (16) service that can send mail to the user's mail server 17 so that the transmission and reception of mail can be done through a web browser. It provides POP3 (18) service to make it possible. The mail receiver can check the received contents in the web browser 20 using the mail interpreter 19.

2 is a webmail confirmation screen displayed on a user's web browser. The received mail includes a searcher 25 so that it is possible to search for the data stored in the database 14, and the multimedia information 22 and the corresponding information can be sent to the third party through the function of confirming the received mail and simultaneously propagating the received mail. The description 21 can be sent 24 with the edited 24 message. In addition, it provides an integrated screen function to check the multimedia information and the attached e-mail message content (23) at the same time.

According to the present invention, a user can receive a high-quality service for information through an integrated environment called a web browser, and can search, propagate and share the contents of desired information.

Claims (2)

The first process of defining the DTD for creating a multimedia e-mail by the e-mail service provider, and the second process of expressing the multimedia information and related information as an integrated electronic document through an XML editor, and storing the electronic document in a database. 3rd process, 4th process automatically sent by e-mail by mail scheduler, 5th process by which e-mail recipient converts it through interpreter and checks multimedia information and message at the same time by web browser and XML A sixth process of retrieving the contents, a seventh process of composing a message while checking the multimedia information in the same frame on a web browser, and an eighth process of transmitting the edited message to the third party with the multimedia information. How to Implement Multimedia XML Email Service. Multimedia XML Email A method for creating an email that allows recipients to simultaneously view multimedia information and messages received on a web browser, compose, edit and send new messages to third parties in the same frame.