Mail server, and mobile communication terminal

• US 20040152449A1
• Filed: 11/19/2003
• Published: 08/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Koshihara, Ichimi
• Granted Patent: US 7,149,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a mail server that is capable of obtaining the information in a specific electronic mail efficiently. The mail server records an address notified by a mobile communication terminal as a recorded address, attaches automatic opening identification information to electronic mail, from among the electronic mail addressed to the mobile communication terminal, which has a transmission source address that matches the recorded address, and delivers this electronic mail repeatedly. When the mobile communication terminal receives electronic mail to which automatic opening identification information is attached, the electronic mail is opened automatically.

Claims

1. A mail server for delivering to a mobile communication terminal electronic mail addressed to said mobile communication terminal, comprising:

first recording means for recording an address notified by said mobile communication terminal as a recorded address;

first comparing means for comparing a transmission source address comprised in an electronic mail addressed to said mobile communication terminal with said recorded address recorded by said first recording means; and

first delivery means which, when said recorded address and said transmission source address match according to the comparison performed by said first comparing means, deliver electronic mail comprising this transmission source address repeatedly to said mobile communication terminal.

2. The mail server according to claim 1, wherein said first recording means record addresses notified by said mobile communication terminal as recorded addresses each having different redelivery intervals in accordance with instructions from said mobile communication terminal, said first comparing means compare said transmission source address with said recorded addresses each having different redelivery intervals, and said first delivery means deliver electronic mail comprising a transmission source address which matches said recorded address repeatedly at the redelivery interval recorded for said recorded address which matches said transmission source address in the comparison performed by said first comparing means.

3. The mail server according to claim 1, wherein said first recording means record addresses notified by said mobile communication terminal as recorded addresses each having a different number of redelivery times in accordance with instructions from said mobile communication terminal, said first comparing means compare said transmission source address with said recorded addresses each having a different number of redelivery times, and said first delivery means deliver electronic mail comprising a transmission source address which matches said recorded address repeatedly up to the number of redelivery times recorded for said recorded address which matches said transmission source address in the comparison performed by said first comparing means.

4. A mail server for delivering to a mobile communication terminal electronic mail addressed to said mobile communication terminal, comprising:

second recording means for recording an address notified by said mobile communication terminal as a recorded address;

second comparing means for comparing a transmission source address comprised in an electronic mail addressed to said mobile communication terminal with said recorded address recorded by said second recording means;

identification information attachment means which, when said recorded address and said transmission source address match according to the comparison performed by said second comparing means, attach to an electronic mail comprising this transmission source address automatic opening identification information serving as a trigger for implementing processing to cause said mobile communication terminal to automatically open the electronic mail upon reception of the electronic mail; and

second delivery means for delivering to said mobile communication terminal electronic mail to which said automatic opening identification information is attached.

5. A mobile communication terminal for receiving electronic mail from a mail server which functions to deliver electronic mail after attaching automatic opening identification information to an electronic mail comprising a recorded address as a transmission source address, said automatic opening identification information serving as a trigger for implementing processing to cause said mobile communication terminal to automatically open the electronic mail upon reception of the electronic mail, comprising first automatic opening means which, when said electronic mail delivered from said mail server is received and automatic opening identification information is detected in said electronic mail, automatically open said electronic mail.

6. A mobile communication terminal for receiving electronic mail delivered from a mail server, comprising:

third recording means for recording an inputted address as a recorded address; and

second automatic opening means which, when a transmission source address comprised in an electronic mail received from said mail server matches the recorded address recorded by said third recording means, automatically open said electronic mail comprising this transmission source address.