Easy response system

Details Easy response system Easy response system

2000-08-02

2002-10-08

Ramakrishnaiah, Melur (Department: 2643)

Telephonic communications

Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical...

Having transmission of a digital message signal over a...

C379S088140, C379S088170, C379S093010, C370S352000, C455S412100

Reexamination Certificate

active

06463134

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an easy response system in a network configuration in which the Internet and a portable telephone network are interconnected and in particular to an easy response system which enables a portable telephone to easily make a voice response or perform reply operation through key input to electronic mail sent from a personal computer on an internetwork to the portable telephone.
In recent years, with support of a data communication function in a portable telephone network, the portable telephone itself has been advanced and portable telephones capable of transmitting and receiving electronic mail have appeared.
However, hitherto, such portable telephones, unlike personal computers, have involved limited input ways and thus have been mainly used for receiving electronic mail.
The portable telephones are mainly used only for reception and a reply function important as communication means, the essential purpose of electronic mail, is scarcely used.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide an easy response system for enabling a reply of yes or no to be made with the touch of a key or a voice reply to be made to electronic mail received at a portable telephone.
According to the first aspect of the invention, there is provided an easy message response system comprising a gateway unit having a connection interface to the Internet and an interface to a portable telephone network for sending electronic mail from the Internet to a portable telephone in the portable telephone network and returning a reply from the portable telephone to a party transmitting the electronic mail, wherein the gateway unit comprises Internet communication means for transmitting and receiving electronic mail to and from a personal computer in the Internet, portable telephone filter means for converting the electronic mail addressed to the portable telephone, received from the Internet communication means into a format for enabling the electronic mail to be displayed on the portable telephone and reply operation to the electronic mail to be performed on the portable telephone, reply mail preparation means for preparing reply mail to the personal computer in the Internet in response to a reply made through key input on the portable telephone, and portable telephone data communication means for transmitting the output result of the portable telephone filter means to the portable telephone and receiving an operation instruction given through key input on the portable telephone, and wherein the portable telephone comprises gateway communication means for receiving the output data from the portable telephone filter means in the gateway unit and informing the gateway unit of the operation corresponding to the key input on the portable telephone, portable telephone mail display means for displaying the output data received from the portable telephone filter means on a screen of the portable telephone, key input means for accepting the key input on the portable telephone, and operation description means for converting the key input through the key input means into the operation corresponding to information displayed by the portable telephone mail display means.
In the invention, the Internet communication means transmits and receives electronic mail to and from a personal computer on the Internet, the portable telephone filter means converts the electronic mail addressed to the portable telephone into a format for enabling the electronic mail to be displayed on the portable telephone, such as Internet standard HTML format or WML format defined in WAP for the portable telephone having a browsing function, and reply operation to the electronic mail to be performed on the portable telephone, the reply mail preparation means prepares a simple reply document indicating yes, no, etc., to the personal computer in the Internet in response to pressing a keypad on the portable telephone, the portable telephone data communication means transmits data converted into the format in which display and reply operation can be performed on the portable telephone and receives an operation instruction for preparing a document containing yes or no in response to pressing the keypad on the portable telephone as a reply to the received mail, the gateway communication means receives the data converted into the format in which display and reply operation can be performed on the portable telephone from the gateway unit and transmits an operation instruction for preparing a document containing yes or no in response to pressing the keypad on the portable telephone as a reply to the received mail, the portable telephone mail display means displays the received data converted into the format in which display and reply operation can be performed on the portable telephone on the screen thereof, the key input means accepts pressing the keypad on the portable telephone, and the operation description means converts the information provided by pressing the keypad into the corresponding operation, for example, converts the information into preparation of a reply document indicating yes to the received mail.
According to the second aspect of the invention, there is provided an easy message response system comprising a gateway unit having a connection interface to the Internet and an interface to a portable telephone network for sending electronic mail from the Internet to a portable telephone in the portable telephone network and returning a reply from the portable telephone to a party transmitting the electronic mail, wherein the gateway unit comprises Internet communication means for transmitting and receiving electronic mail to and from a personal computer in the Internet, portable telephone filter means for adding a reply menu for enabling an easy reply of yes or no to be made on the portable telephone to the electronic mail addressed to the portable telephone, received from the Internet communication means, reply mail preparation means for preparing reply mail to the personal computer in the Internet in response to a reply menu selection result from the portable telephone, and portable telephone data communication means for transmitting the electronic mail to which the reply menu is added to the portable telephone and receiving reply menu selection result from the portable telephone, and wherein the portable telephone comprises gateway communication means for receiving the output data containing the reply menu from the portable telephone filter means in the gateway unit and informing the gateway unit of the operation corresponding to the reply selection menu, portable telephone mail display means for displaying the output data received from the portable telephone filter means on a screen of the portable telephone, key input means for accepting the key input on the portable telephone, and operation description means for converting the key input through the key input means into operation description corresponding to information displayed by the portable telephone mail display means.
In the invention, the Internet communication means transmits and receives electronic mail to and from a personal computer on the Internet, the portable telephone filter means converts the electronic mail addressed to the portable telephone into a format for enabling the electronic mail to be displayed on the portable telephone, such as Internet standard HTML format or WML format defined in WAP for the portable telephone having a browsing function and adds a reply menu for enabling an easy reply of yes or no to be made on the portable telephone to the electronic mail received at the portable telephone, the reply mail preparation means prepares a simple reply document indicating yes, no, etc., to the personal computer in the Internet in response to reply menu selection made on the portable telephone, the portable telephone data communication means transmits data converted into the format in which display and reply operation can be performed on the portable telephone to which a reply menu is

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