Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer conferencing – Demand based messaging
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-29
2002-12-17
Etienne, Ario (Department: 2153)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer conferencing
Demand based messaging
C709S207000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06496852
ABSTRACT:
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to an electronic mail system for transmission and reception of an electronic mail and a storage medium storing a program for electronic mail processing in transmission and reception of an electronic mail.
2. Background Art
An electronic mail system for transmission and reception of an electronic mail has widely been spread in the society together with the rapidly increasing utilization of an electronic mail through an Internet and a personal computer communication network. In conventional electronic mail systems, there has been available a service in which a transmitter is noticed of the absence of a receiver to whom an electronic mail is transmitted. Therefore, the transmitter can confirm whether or not a transmitted electronic mail has reached the receiver.
However, among electronic mails there is one which has to be urgently delivered to a receiver who leaves from a computer. In such a case, there is a problem that the electronic mail cannot be delivered to the receiver unless either whereabouts of the receiver or an emergency contact place thereof is known. On the other hand, if the emergency contact place is noticed to all who are concerned with the receiver, there is a problem that inconveniences frequently arise in the receiver's privacy and other aspects.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to facilitate a receiver to be delivered an electronic mail of emergency when the receiver is absent without any inconvenience occurred to the receiver in terms of privacy and other aspects.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail system comprising:
mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;
absence mode setting means for setting an absence mode indicating the state of absence of a receiver of the electronic mail;
mail transmitting means for transmitting a predetermined fixed form mail responding to a first electronic mail received by the mail receiving means in the absence mode; and
control means for making the mail transmitting means to transmit the predetermined fixed form mail when the control means determines that a second electronic mail from a receiver responding to the predetermined fixed form mail satisfies a specific condition.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail system comprising:
mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;
absence mode setting means for setting an absence mode indicating the state of absence of a receiver of the electronic mail;
mail transmitting means for transmitting a predetermined fixed form mail responding to a first electronic mail received by the mail receiving means in the absence mode; and
mail transfer means for making the mail transmitting means to transfer the first electronic mail to a predetermined address when the mail receiving means receives a second electronic mail responding to the predetermined fixed form mail from the receiver and when the mail transfer means determines that the second electronic mail satisfies a specific condition.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail system comprising:
mail storage means for storing a plurality of fixed form mails;
mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;
address designating means for designating an address of a specific receiver;
mail determining means for determining whether or not a transmitter address of the received electronic mail is an address designated by the address designating means when it detects that the electronic mail is received by the mail receiving means;
mail selecting means for selecting one of the fixed form mails from the mail storage means based on a determination result by the mail determining means; and
mail transmitting means for transmitting the fixed form mail selected by the mail selecting means to the same address as a transmitter address of the received electronic mail.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail system comprising:
mail storage means for storing a plurality of fixed form mails;
mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;
mail determining means for determining whether or not identification information is included in the electronic mail when it detects that the electronic mail is received by the mail receiving means;
mail selecting means for selecting one of fixed form mails stored in the mail storage means based on a determination result by the mail determining means; and
mail transmitting means for transmitting the fixed form mail selected by the mail selecting means to the same address as a transmitter address of the received electronic mail.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail system comprising:
mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;
address designating means for designating an address of a specific receiver;
mail determining means for determining whether or not a transmitter address of the received electronic mail is the address designated by the address designating means when it detects that the electronic mail is received by the mail receiving means;
mail transmitting means for transmitting a fixed form mail to the same address as the transmitter address of the received electronic mail when a determination result by the mail determining means is not the designated address; and
mail transfer means for transferring the received electronic mail to a predetermined address when a determination result by the mail determining means is the designated address.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail system comprising:
mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;
mail determining means for determining whether or not a password is included in the electronic mail when it detects that the electronic mail is received by the mail receiving means;
mail transmitting means for transmitting a fixed form mail to the same address as a transmitter address of the received electronic mail when the mail determining means determines that the password is not included; and
mail transfer means for transferring the received electronic mail to a predetermined address when the mail determining means determines that the password is included.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail system comprising:
mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;
date and time setting means for setting a specific period of time;
reception date and time determining means for determining whether or not the electronic mail is received during the specific period of time by the mail receiving means;
mail determining means for determining whether or not the electronic mail which is determined to be received during the specific period of time by the reception date and time determining means is a response date and time designated mail which designates the response date and time;
response date and time determining means for determining whether or not the response date and time is in the specific period of time when the electronic mail is determined to be the response date and time designated mail by the mail determining means; and
mail transmitting means for transmitting a response mail requesting for a change of the response date and time to a different response data and time except the specific period of time when the response date and time which is determined by the response date and time determining means is in the specific period of time.
According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail system comprising:
mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;
date and time setting means for setting a specific period of time;
reception date and time determining means for determining whether or not the electronic mail is received by the mail receiving means in the specific period of time;
mail determining means for determi
Casio Computer Co. Ltd.
Etienne Ario
Frishauf Holtz Goodman & Chick P.C.
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