Information presenting apparatus, information presenting method and information presenting program recording medium
First Claim
1. An information presenting apparatus comprising:
- format recognizing means for recognizing a type of a format of an attached file attached to an email destined for a user cataloged in advance;
format conversion processing means which is used for converting said format of said attached file into a particular standard format pertaining to a second format group set in advance if said format of said attached file is recognized by said format recognizing means to be a format pertaining to a first format group set in advance; and
file replacement processing means for replacing said attached file attached to said email with another attached file having said particular standard format produced by said format conversion processing means as a result of format conversion.
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Abstract
A mail server employed in a client service provider receives an email destined for a user cataloged in advance in the client service provider. If the email has a file attached thereto, the format of the attached file is examined. If the format of the attached file is found to be a format categorized as a format of a first file format group set in advance, the format is converted into another format belonging to a category other than the first file format group, that is, a second file format group set in advance. Then, the attached file is replaced by a file having the other format.
As a result, by using a mail viewing terminal, the user is capable of viewing the attached file without installing various kinds of software specially used for displaying and viewing files which are attached to emails and have a variety of formats.
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10 Claims
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1. An information presenting apparatus comprising:
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format recognizing means for recognizing a type of a format of an attached file attached to an email destined for a user cataloged in advance;
format conversion processing means which is used for converting said format of said attached file into a particular standard format pertaining to a second format group set in advance if said format of said attached file is recognized by said format recognizing means to be a format pertaining to a first format group set in advance; and
file replacement processing means for replacing said attached file attached to said email with another attached file having said particular standard format produced by said format conversion processing means as a result of format conversion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An information presenting method comprising:
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a format recognizing step of recognizing a type of a format of an attached file attached to an email destined for a user cataloged in advance;
a format conversion processing step which is executed for converting said format of said attached file into a particular standard format pertaining to a second format group set in advance if said format of said attached file is recognized at said format recognizing step to be a format pertaining to a first format group set in advance; and
a file replacement processing step of replacing said attached file attached to said email with another attached file having said particular standard format produced at said format conversion processing step as a result of format conversion.
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10. A information presentation processing program storage medium for storing a program executable by a computer to present information, said program comprising:
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a format recognizing step of recognizing a type of a format of an attached file attached to an email destined for a user cataloged in advance;
a format conversion processing step which is executed for converting said format of said attached file into a particular standard format pertaining to a second format group set in advance if said format of said attached file is recognized at said format recognizing step to be a format pertaining to a first format group set in advance; and
a file replacement processing step of replacing said attached file attached to said email with another attached file having said particular standard format produced at said format conversion processing step as a result of format conversion.
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