DESTINATION INPUT DEVICE, DESTINATION INPUT PROGRAM, DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION PROGRAM

• US 20130326393A1
• Filed: 05/28/2013
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: NAMIOKA, Jun
• Application Number:
  US13/903,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20130326393A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/37 E-mail addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

A destination input device includes a destination group storage unit that stores at least one destination group each of which includes at least one destination identifier, a destination input unit that receives a user'"'"'s input of a destination identifier of transmit data, a destination group searching unit that searches the at least one destination group stored in the destination group storage unit to find the destination group corresponding to the destination identifier received by the destination input unit, and a destination input assisting unit that presents information regarding the destination group found by the destination group searching unit to the user so as to assist the user in inputting another destination identifier.

Claims

1. A destination input device comprising:

a destination group storage unit that stores at least one destination group each of which includes at least one destination identifier;

a destination input unit that receives a user'"'"'s input of a destination identifier of transmit data;

a destination group searching unit that searches the at least one destination group stored in the destination group storage unit to find the destination group corresponding to the destination identifier received by the destination input unit, and

a destination input assisting unit that presents information regarding the destination group found by the destination group searching unit to the user so as to assist the user in inputting another destination identifier.

2. The destination input device according to claim 1, wherein the destination input assisting unit presents information regarding the destination group found by the destination group searching unit to the user, allows the user to select at least one destination group, and adds a destination identifier belonging to the selected destination group to a destination of the transmit data.

3. The destination input device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one destination group stored in the destination group storage unit includes a destination group registered by the user.

4. The destination input device according to claim 1, further comprising a destination history group creating unit that creates a destination group including the destination identifier of the transmit data received by the destination input unit, and stores the created destination group in the destination group storage unit.

5. The destination input device according to claim 4, wherein the destination history group creating unit creates a plurality of the destination groups,

wherein the destination input device further comprises a history managing unit that manages time stamps assigned to the destination groups created by the destination history group creating unit, and

wherein, among the destination groups created by the destination history group creating unit, the destination group searching unit searches the destination groups whose time stamps meet a predetermined condition.

6. The destination input device according to claim 5, wherein, among the destination groups created by the destination history group creating unit, the destination group searching unit searches the destination groups as many as a predetermined number based on newness of the time stamps.

7. The destination input device according to claim 2, wherein the destination input assisting unit presents a destination identifier included in the selected destination group to the user.

8. The destination input device according to claim 7, wherein the destination input assisting unit presents a plurality of destination identifiers included in the selected destination group to the user, allows the user to select a destination identifier among the presented destination identifiers, and adds the selected destination identifier to a destination of the transmit data.

10. A data transmission device for transmitting data, the data transmission device comprising:

the destination input device according to claim 1.

9. A nonvolatile memory that stores a destination input program that causes a computer to execute functions as:

a destination group storage unit that stores at least one destination group each of which includes at least one destination identifier;

a destination input unit that receives a user'"'"'s input of a destination identifier of transmit data;

a destination group searching unit that searches the at least one destination group stored in the destination group storage unit to find the destination group corresponding to the destination identifier received by the destination input unit, and

a destination input assisting unit that presents information regarding the destination group found by the destination group searching unit to the user so as to assist the user in inputting another destination identifier.

11. A nonvolatile memory that stores a data transmission program for transmitting data, data transmission program causing the computer to execute the functions according to claim 9.