Mobile Communication Terminal

• US 20100281126A1
• Filed: 12/24/2008
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Masuda, Noriyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,930,467 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal has an e-mail automatic reply function. The mobile communication terminal is set as to an allowable time difference, ringing and an e-mail automatic reply by an e-mail automatic reply function, and performs a domain analysis, etc. on the header information of the received e-mail message if the setting is made valid. Then, in the domain analysis, it is determined whether or not the time difference between an area (region) set by the roaming function and a region from which an e-mail message is sent is equal to or less than an allowable time difference, and if it is equal to or less than the allowable time difference, the mobile communication terminal notifies the receipt of the e-mail message by ringing. On the other hand, if the time difference is larger than the allowable time difference, the mobile communication terminal automatically sends a reply mail without notifying the receipt of the e-mail message.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a receiver which receives an e-mail message;

a receiving region specifier which specifies a receiving region where said receiver receives an e-mail message;

an analyzer which analyzes the e-mail message received by said receiver;

a sending region specifier which specifies a sending region from which said received e-mail message is sent from a analysis result by said analyzer;

a time difference acquirer which acquires a time difference between said receiving region and said sending region, and

a determiner which determines whether or not a receipt notifying operation of said e-mail message is to be performed on the basis of the time difference acquired by said time difference acquirer.

2. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a time difference storage which stores a set time difference, wherein

said determiner determines that the receipt notifying operation of said e-mail message is to be executed when the time difference acquired by said time difference acquirer is equal to or less than the time difference stored in said time difference storage.

3. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said sending region specifier specifies said sending region from domain information included in said e-mail message.

4. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said sending region specifier specifies said sending region from a character code included in said e-mail message.

5. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said sending region specifier specifies said sending region from time difference information with respect to a universal time included in said e-mail message.

6. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a sender information list storage which stores a sender information list including information of a specific sender, wherein

said analyzer includes a sender specifier which specifies a sender of said received e-mail message, and

said determiner which determines that the receipt notifying operation of said e-mail message is to be executed when the sender specified by said sender specifier is included in said sender information list.

8. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a replier which automatically sends a reply mail in response to said received e-mail message when said determiner determines that the receipt notifying operation of said e-mail message is not to be executed.

9. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, further comprising a reply partner information storage which stores information of a reply partner, and

said replier automatically sends said reply mail when the information of the sender of said received e-mail message does not match the information of said reply partner stored in said reply party information storage.

7. A mobile communication terminal further comprising a set time storage which sets a set time, and

said analyzer performs an analysis of said e-mail message if a receiving time of said received e-mail message is within said set time.

10. A storage medium readably storing a mail controlling program by a computer of a mobile communication terminal having a receiver which receives an e-mail message,

said mail controlling program causes said computer to execute

a receiving region specifying step for specifying a receiving region where said receiver receives an e-mail message;

an analyzing step for analyzing the e-mail message received by said receiver;

a sending region specifying step for specifying a sending region from which said received e-mail message is sent from a analysis result by said analyzing step;

a time difference acquiring step for acquiring a time difference between said receiving region and said sending region, and

a determining step for determining whether or not a receipt notifying operation of said e-mail message is to be executed on the basis of the time difference acquired by said time difference acquiring step.

11. A mail controlling method of a mobile communication terminal having a receiver which receives an e-mail message, including steps of:

a receiving region specifying step for specifying a receiving region where said receiver receives an e-mail message;

an analyzing step for analyzing the e-mail message received by said receiver;

a sending region specifying step for specifying a sending region from which said received e-mail message is sent from a analysis result by said analyzing step;

a time difference acquiring step for acquiring a time difference between said receiving region and said sending region, and

a determining step for determining whether or not a receipt notifying operation of said e-mail message is to be executed on the basis of the time difference acquired by said time difference acquiring step.