System for sending and receiving e-mail to which a plurality of positional data are attachable

• US 20010005854A1
• Filed: 12/19/2000
• Published: 06/28/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Murata, Satoshi, Imai, Takeshi, Watanabe, Yuichiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,370,079 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application

Abstract

An e-mail sending and receiving system is disclosed, by which positional data about a plurality of places can be included in an e-mail message to be sent, and further detailed data can be obtained based on the included positional data, thereby improving the convenience and effectiveness of the positional data. The system comprises a mail generating section for generating an e-mail message to be sent to an addressee; a positional data storage section for storing a plurality of positional data; and a positional data attaching section for attaching one or more of the positional data stored in the positional data storage section to the e-mail message generated by the mail generating section. The system may further comprise a section for generating detailed data relating to each positional data attached to the e-mail message, and attaching a URL for accessing the detailed data to the e-mail message.

Claims

1. An e-mail sending and receiving system for sending and receiving e-mail between communication terminals, where each e-mail message is written on a Web page provided by a communication center, and each communication terminal is provided in a mobile or fixed station, the system comprising:

a mail generating section for generating an e-mail message to be sent to an addressee;

a positional data storage section for storing a plurality of positional data; and

a positional data attaching section for attaching one or more of the positional data stored in the positional data storage section to the e-mail message generated by the mail generating section.

2. An e-mail sending and receiving system as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein the positional data storage section includes a plurality of positional data registered by an addresser.

3. An e-mail sending and receiving system as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein the positional data storage section includes a plurality of positional data registered by the communication center.

4. An e-mail sending and receiving system as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein the mail generating section generates each e-mail message by using a format suitable for the communication terminal of the addressee, so that the communication terminal can read the e-mail message.

5. An e-mail sending and receiving system as claimed in

claim 1

, further comprising:

a detailed data generating section for generating detailed data relating to each positional data attached to the e-mail message, and attaching a URL for accessing the detailed data to the e-mail message.

6. An e-mail sending and receiving system as claimed in

claim 5

, further comprising:

a positional data register section for storing the detailed data in the positional data storage section according to a request from the communication terminal of the addressee.