Communication Terminal Apparatus

• US 20080320091A1
• Filed: 06/20/2008
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: MACHIYAMA, Kenichi
• Application Number:
  US12/142,838
• Publication Number:
  US 20080320091A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A communication terminal apparatus is provided that prevents registration of a wrong mail address and prevents transmission of useless mails. The communication terminal apparatus has a recipient information memory unit for memorizing recipient information specifying a recipient of a mail, a recipient information input unit for inputting the recipient information, a recipient information verification request transmission unit for transmitting a request for verifying an existence of the recipient information inputted with the recipient information input unit, a reply reception unit for receiving a reply in response to the request transmitted by the recipient information verification request transmission unit, and a recipient information registration unit for registering, based on the reply received by the reply reception unit, the recipient information to the recipient information memory unit.

Claims

1. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:

a recipient information memory unit for memorizing recipient information specifying a recipient of a mail;

a recipient information input unit for inputting the recipient information;

a recipient information verification request transmission unit for transmitting a request for verifying an existence of the recipient information inputted with the recipient information input unit;

a reply reception unit for receiving a reply in response to the request transmitted by the recipient information verification request transmission unit; and

a recipient information registration unit for registering, based on the reply received by the reply reception unit, the recipient information to the recipient information memory unit.

2. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

a response judgment unit for making a judgment as to whether or not the reply received by the reply reception unit shows that the recipient information exists,

wherein where the response judgment unit judges that the reply received by the reply reception unit shows that the recipient information exists, the recipient information registration unit registers the recipient information to the recipient information memory unit.

3. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

a verification notification mail generation unit for generating a verification notification mail notifying that the request for verifying the existence of the recipient information is transmitted; and

a verification notification mail transmission unit for transmitting the verification notification mail generated by the verification notification mail generation unit where the recipient information verification request transmission unit transmits the request for verifying the existence of the recipient information.

4. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the request transmitted by the recipient information verification request transmission unit includes a VRFY command according to SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).

5. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:

a recipient information memory unit for memorizing recipient information specifying a first recipient of a first mail;

a recipient information input unit for inputting the recipient information;

a recipient information registration unit for registering to the recipient information memory unit the recipient information inputted with the recipient information input unit; and

a confirmation request transmission unit for transmitting to the first recipient specified in the recipient information memorized in the recipient information memory unit a confirmation request for confirming whether the recipient information in the recipient information memory unit should be deleted.

6. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 5 further comprising:

a recipient information deletion unit for deleting the recipient information from the recipient information memory unit where a reply in response to the confirmation request transmitted by the confirmation request transmission unit requests to delete the recipient information.

7. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 5 further comprising:

a registration requester information memory unit for memorizing registration requester information specifying a second recipient of a second mail;

a registration requester information input unit for inputting the registration requester information;

a registration requester information registration unit for registering to the registration requester information memory unit the registration requester information inputted with the registration requester information input unit;

a deletion notification mail generation unit for generating a deletion notification mail notifying that the recipient information is deleted; and

a deletion notification mail transmission unit for transmitting to the second recipient specified in the registration requester information the deletion notification mail generated by the deletion notification mail generation unit where the recipient information deletion unit deletes the recipient information from the recipient information memory unit.

8. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 5 further comprising:

a reconfirmation request notification mail generation unit for generating a reconfirmation request mail; and

a reconfirmation request notification mail transmission unit for transmitting to the second recipient specified in the registration requester information the reconfirmation request notification mail generated by the reconfirmation request notification mail generation unit where the reply in response to the confirmation request transmitted by the confirmation request transmission unit is neither requesting to delete the recipient information nor requesting to register the recipient information.