Network communication device, communication device, data reception processing method and data transmission processing method, data transmission processing program and data reception processing program, and computer-readable storage medium
First Claim
1. A network communication device having a function of receiving an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
- disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the e-mail message; and
disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications addressed to an identical recipient address into a single e-mail message for transmission.
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Abstract
A network communication device is provided with e-mail message composing means and e-mail message transmitting/receiving means. The e-mail message composing means has functions of incorporating an MDN request and return transmission conditions into an e-mail message and of consolidating MDN responses for multiple received e-mail messages into a collective MDN response to compose a single e-mail message. The e-mail message transmitting/receiving means has a function of recognizing the MDN request and the return transmission conditions. The network communication device is further provided with: reception result monitoring means which monitors the reception of an e-mail message to see whether it is a success or failure and which composes an MDN response; and disposition notification controlling means which monitors return transmission conditions incorporated in a received e-mail message and which, if the return transmission conditions are met, instructs the e-mail message composing means to compose a collective MDN response and the e-mail message transmitting/receiving means to transmit the composed collective MDN response. Thus, the invention enables collective confirmation of MDN responses to multiple e-mail messages.
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36 Claims
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1. A network communication device having a function of receiving an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
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disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the e-mail message; and
disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications addressed to an identical recipient address into a single e-mail message for transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A network communication device having a function of transmitting an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
disposition specification controlling means for requesting that responses to multiple disposition notification requests be consolidated into a single e-mail message. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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5. A network communication device having a function of transmitting/receiving an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
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disposition specification controlling means for requesting that responses to multiple disposition notification requests be consolidated into a single e-mail message;
disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the e-mail message; and
disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications addressed to an identical recipient address into a single e-mail message for transmission.
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18. A network communication device having a function of receiving data containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
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disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received data containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the received data; and
disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications addressed to an identical recipient address into a single set of transmission data for transmission.
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19. A network communication device having a function of transmitting data containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
disposition specification controlling means for requesting that responses to multiple disposition notification requests be consolidated into a single set of data.
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20. A network communication device having a function of transmitting/receiving data containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
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disposition specification controlling means for requesting that responses to multiple disposition notification requests be consolidated into a single set of data;
disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received data containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the data; and
disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications addressed to an identical recipient address into a single set of transmission data for transmission.
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21. A communication device having a function of responding to a data disposition notification request contained in received data, the device comprising:
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receiving means for receiving data;
notification data composing means for, when received data received by the receiving means contains notification request information indicating a disposition notification request, composing notification data for disposition notification;
transmitting means for transmitting the notification data;
notification condition recognizing means for, when the received data contains notification condition information indicating conditions for determining a disposition notification timing, recognizing the conditions indicated in the notification condition information; and
transmission controlling means for determining a timing of the transmitting means transmitting the notification data, on the basis of recognition by the notification condition recognizing means. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A data reception processing method of responding to a data disposition notification request contained in received data, the method comprising:
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the receiving step in which receiving means receives data;
the notification data composing step in which when the received data received in the receiving step contains notification request information indicating a disposition notification request, notification data composing means composes notification data for a disposition notification;
the notification condition recognizing step in which when the received data contains notification condition information indicating conditions for defining a timing of a disposition notification, notification condition recognizing means recognizes the conditions indicated in the notification condition information;
the transmission timing designating step in which transmission controlling means determines a timing of transmitting the notification data on the basis of recognition in the notification condition recognizing step; and
the transmitting step in which transmitting means transmits the notification data at the timing determined in the transmission timing designating step. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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