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Electronic mail processing system and mail server

Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 2002-02-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2022-02-23
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Abstract

Abstract An electronic mail (email) processing system set up on the Internet includes terminals (1) that send and receive email messages, cellular telephones (2) that send and receive email messages by radiocommunication through base stations, a mail server (3) that performs the overall management of an email service, a client database (31), provided within the mail server (3), for storing user information about registered users who are clients of the email service, and a map database center (6) and a map information provider site (7), both of which perform a map information providing function. In a specific embodiment, the mail server (3) receives an email message sent from a terminal (1), adds, to the received email message, telephone number data and position information-associated map link information, which are items of the user information, and forwards the resultant email message to one or more recipient cellular telephones (2). As a result, a highly convenient email service can be provided, which allows the recipient users to make a telephone call by clicking on the telephone number indicated in the received message, and acquire map information from a site indicated by the map link information. <IMAGE>

Inventors

  • 👤 Takashi c/o Increment P Corporation Nozaki
  • 👤 Akiko c/o Increment P Corporation Nagano

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 00:52
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/107; H; H04; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/58; H04L67/00; H04L67/50; H04L67/56; H04L67/561; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/02; H04W4/20

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim 135 words
An electronic mail processing system that processes email messages sent via a network, said system characterized by : a plurality of terminals each (1, 2) provided with a function to send and receive the email messages through said network; a user information storage device (31) for storing user information corresponding to registered users; an email adding device (3, 4) for referencing said user information storage device upon receipt of each of the email messages sent from said terminals, acquiring at least one predetermined item of said user information corresponding to users using said terminals, and adding said item of said user information to the email message; and an email forwarding device (3, 4) for forwarding the email message to which said predetermined item of said user information is added, to said terminals specified as recipients.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 32 words
An electronic mail processing system according to claim 1, wherein said user information includes telephone number data, and wherein said email adding device adds the telephone number data to the email message.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 44 words
An electronic mail processing system according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of terminals (1, 2) include terminals (2) having a telephone function by which a call operation is initiated to a link indicated by the telephone number data based on a predetermined operation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
An electronic mail processing system according to claim 1, wherein said user information includes position information, and wherein said email adding device adds the position information to the email message.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 42 words
An electronic mail processing system according to claim 1, wherein said user information includes position information and map link information corresponding to the position information, and wherein said email adding device (3, 4) adds the map link information to the email message.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 86 words
An electronic mail processing system according to claim 5, wherein said plurality of terminals include terminals having an Internet access function and a display device (27), and wherein when said email forwarding device (3, 4) forwards the email message to which the map link information is added, the Internet access function allows map information to be acquired from an Internet site indicated by the map link information based on a predetermined operation, to display an image corresponding to the map information on said display device (27).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 38 words
An electronic mail processing system according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein said plurality of terminals include portable terminals each provided with a function to send and receive the email messages by radiocommunication via base stations.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 21 words
An electronic mail processing system according to claim 7, wherein said portable terminals include portable terminals provided with said telephone function.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 127 words
A mail server (3, 4) for processing email messages sent via a network to which a plurality of terminals (1, 2) are connected, said mail server (3, 4) characterized by : a user information storage device (31) for storing user information corresponding to registered users; an email adding device (3, 4) for referencing said user information storage device upon receipt of each of the email messages sent from said terminals, acquiring at least one predetermined item of said user information corresponding to users using said terminals, and adding said item of said user information to the email message; and an email forwarding device (3, 4) for forwarding the email message to which said predetermined item of said user information is added, to said terminals specified as recipients.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 34 words
A mail server (3, 4) according to claim 9, wherein said user information includes telephone number data, and wherein said email adding device (3, 4) adds the telephone number data to the email message.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 32 words
A mail server (3, 4) according to claim 9, wherein said user information includes position information, and wherein said email adding device (3, 4) adds the position information to the email message.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 42 words
A mail server (3, 4) according to claim 11, wherein said user information includes position information and map link information corresponding to the position information, and wherein said email adding device (3, 4) adds the map link information to the email message.

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