JPH03230642A - Electronic mail information display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the arrival of an urgent mail clear and to eliminate the need for the confirmation by a phone call or the like by monitoring the state of arrival of an electronic mail and displaying the state automatically. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with an indication text analysis section 1, a basic information management section 2, a basic information edit output section 3, a mail monitor section 4, a main information display section 5, a result information edit output section 6 and an end notice section 7. Then the state of arrival of an electronic mail is always monitored and the arrival of the mail is automatically noticed to the user. Thus, the arrival of the electronic mail is made clear and it is not required to inform an urgent mail to the opposite party through the use of a phone call or the like when the urgent mail is sent.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an e-mail information display device that monitors the arrival status of e-mail and displays the arrival of e-mail.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in order to check the arrival status of e-mail, the user himself operated a terminal or the like to confirm the arrival of e-mail.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

With the conventional method of checking the arrival status of e-mails described above, even if the e-mail has been delivered to the user, the arrival of the e-mail cannot be confirmed until the user himself/herself uses a terminal etc. to confirm the arrival of the e-mail. If you sent an emergency email, you had to use a telephone or other means to notify the other party that you had sent an emergency email. Another disadvantage is that if the other party neglects to confirm or is absent, the email cannot be received by the deadline.

[Means to solve the problem]

The e-mail information display device of the present invention has means for monitoring the arrival status of e-mails according to instructions, means for displaying the e-mail arrival status, and means for displaying various information (email sending/receiving records, basic information). A special embodiment characterized in that the arrival status of e-mails is constantly monitored and the user is automatically notified of the arrival of e-mails.Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in this figure, the e-mail information display device includes an instruction text analysis unit 1 that analyzes the contents of a given instruction text, and information given by the instruction text (updated information on the person to be displayed on the water device, output device name, etc.). Basic information storage unit 2 that stores various information on the storage device based on the information. Basic information editing/output unit 3 that outputs information stored on the storage device in various formats. 4. E-mail monitoring unit that monitors the sending and receiving status of e-mails and manages which users have received e-mails or which users have received e-mails. 5. Mail information display section that displays the status of the e-mail. Performance information editing/output unit that edits and outputs various forms based on the day's operating results 6. It consists of a termination notification section 7 that instructs the termination of processing.

Name of person in charge to be displayed, name of output device 9 Display contents (whether to display the number of messages or not, type of email to be displayed (urgent, etc.)

When the basic information storage instruction screen shown in FIG. 2 is determined (or when the management information is updated), etc. (normally after the deadline date of 9), a storage/update instruction is issued to this device using the basic information storage instruction screen shown in FIG. When such an instruction sentence is given, the instruction sentence analysis section 1 analyzes the contents of the instruction sentence, and the basic information storage section 2 stores the instructed contents on the storage device.

The stored information is managed in the format shown in Figure 3,
Thereafter, if necessary, the basic editing output section 3 can edit and output various related charts and tables on a display device.

FIG. 4 is an example of the output chart.

In addition, if the user wants to display the arrival status of e-mail on various output devices, the instruction text shown in Figure 5, for example, r/
Use EXECJ to issue execution instructions. Normally, this process only needs to be executed once on the same day, and the arrival status of e-mails is automatically displayed based on the information stored on the storage device.

The content of this instruction is analyzed by the instruction text analysis section 1, and if it is a display instruction, the e-mail monitoring section 4 is instructed to start processing. The e-mail monitoring section 4 monitors the status of e-mail transmission and reception, and if there is a request to send an e-mail or a notice of receipt of an e-mail, the e-mail monitoring section 4 stores the information in the storage device and issues an instruction to the e-mail information display section 5 to update display information.

The mail transmission/reception status is sent from another mail transmitting/receiving device in the format shown in FIG. 5 using the communication function between the devices.

The e-mail monitoring unit 4 counts up the number of e-mails of the destination user on the storage device if it is a request to send e-mail, and counts down the number of e-mails of the recipient if it is a request to receive e-mail (it also separates the e-mails by type of e-mail). ). Furthermore, if the e-mail has an expiration date, that fact is stored on the storage device. The storage format on the storage device is the same as in FIG. 3.

The mail information display section 5 outputs updated information to all display devices based on the information stored on the storage device in the case of initial processing, and outputs updated information to the display devices in the case of an instruction to update display information. Although FIG. 6 is an example of a display, the user can select the format in which to display it, and it is also possible to display it in conjunction with a destination bulletin board or the like. Furthermore, by searching the contents of the storage device, it is also possible to display the number of e-mails whose expiration date will expire the next day.

Normally, the above process continues to be executed until the user issues an instruction to end it. The e-mail monitoring unit 4 can also search the contents of the mail transmitting and receiving device at regular time intervals to reduce the load on the mail transmitting and receiving device.

When terminating this apparatus, the user uses a console or the like to instruct the termination notification section 7 to terminate the apparatus by using a command such as "r/5TOP." The termination notification section 7 instructs the mail monitoring section 4 and the mail information display section 5 to terminate. Each part has its own termination process (deleting display contents, etc.)
and instructs the performance information editing/output unit 6 to edit and output the results.

The track record information editing/output unit 6 edits and outputs various forms based on the track record information stored on the storage device. The storage format on the storage device is the same as the mail transmission/reception notification format (FIG. 5), and FIG. 7 is an example of such an edited and outputted form.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has the following effects by monitoring the arrival status of e-mail and automatically displaying it.

(1) E-mail arrival status is now clear and there are no confirmation errors (
Become.

(2) It becomes clear when an emergency email has arrived, and there is no need to confirm by phone, etc.

(3) It is possible to respond to emergency emails even if the person in charge is absent.

(4) Email expiration dates are respected.

(5) Administrator email management is possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram partially showing an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen instructing the device to store basic information, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of basic information stored on the storage device, and FIG. 4 is an email output by the basic editing output unit 3. Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of an information list, Figure 5 is a diagram showing the format of a mail transmission/reception notification sent from another mail transmission/reception device using the inter-device communication function, and Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of display of mail arrival status. , FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of how performance information is output. 1... Instruction sentence analysis section, 2... Basic information management section, 3.
...Basic information editing output section, 4...Email monitoring section, 5.
...Mail information display section, 6.Accomplishment information editing section,
7... Termination notification section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] It has a means to monitor the arrival status of e-mail according to instructions, a means to display the e-mail arrival status, and a means to display various information (email sending/reception history, basic information), and constantly monitors the e-mail arrival status. An e-mail information display device that automatically notifies a user of the arrival of an e-mail.