E-mail processing apparatus, e-mail processing method and recording medium

• US 20080052633A1
• Filed: 05/24/2007
• Published: 02/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Otake, Toshihiko, Tokimoto, Yoshiki, Matsuhara, Kenji, Kubo, Hiroaki, Nakata, Hironobu
• Granted Patent: US 8,504,927 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An e-mail processing apparatus, comprising: a communication part that receives e-mails; an accumulator that accumulates the e-mails received via the communication part; a display; and a controller that makes the display display in tree structure, cross relationships between the accumulated e-mails, based on past data of the accumulated e-mails.

Claims

1. An e-mail processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication part that receives e-mails;

an accumulator that accumulates said e-mails received via said communication part;

a display; and

a controller that makes said display display in tree structure, cross relationships between said accumulated e-mails, based on past data of said accumulated e-mails.

2. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 1, displaying attachment files in tree structure if said accumulated e-mails carry the attachment files.

3. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein said controller checks properties of the past attachment files, and not only removes from said accumulator the files that are duplicates of an original attachment file, but also continues making said duplicated attachment files displayed.

4. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 3, wherein said controller makes said duplicated files that are removed, displayed in a form differently from original attachment files.

5. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein said controller makes the duplicated files displayed by serieses in a different form.

6. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein said controller makes said display display in tree structure, e-mails carrying attachment files.

7. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein said controller makes said display display in tree structure, e-mails carrying original attachment files.

8. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 1, acquiring past data of said e-mails from header information of the e-mails.

9. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said e-mails displayed in tree structure are those exchanged among a group.

10. An e-mail processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication part that receives e-mails;

an accumulator that accumulates said e-mails received via said communication part;

a display;

an acquirer that acquires from a server, e-mails that are related to an optional e-mail selected by a user among said e-mails accumulated in said accumulator; and

a controller that makes said display display in tree structure, cross relationships between said acquired e-mails.

11. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein said acquirer acquires said related e-mails by header information of the related e-mails.

12. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein each of said acquired e-mails includes the user who specified an e-mail at least as one from a sender and a recipient of the acquired e-mail.

13. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 10, making attachment files displayed in tree structure, if said acquired e-mails carry the attachment files.

14. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 13, wherein said controller makes the attachment files that are duplicates of an original attachment file, displayed in a form differently from the original attachment files.

15. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 13, making said display display in tree structure, e-mails carrying attachment files.

16. An e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 13, making said display display in tree structure, e-mails carrying original attachment files.

17. An e-mail processing method, comprising:

receiving e-mails;

accumulating said received e-mails; and

making a display display in tree structure, cross relationships between said accumulated e-mails, based on past data of said accumulated e-mails.

18. An e-mail processing method, comprising:

receiving e-mails;

accumulating said received e-mails;

acquiring from a server, e-mails that are related to an optional e-mail selected by a user among said accumulated e-mails; and

making a display display in tree structure, cross relationships between said acquired e-mails.

19. An e-mail processing method, comprising:

receiving e-mails;

accumulating said received e-mails; and

making a display display in tree structure, cross relationships between said accumulated e-mails, based on past data of said accumulated e-mails.

20. An e-mail processing method, comprising:

receiving e-mails;

accumulating said received e-mails;

acquiring from a server, e-mails that are related to an optional e-mail selected by a user among said accumulated e-mails; and

making a display display in tree structure, cross relationships between said acquired e-mails.