EMAIL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND EMAIL PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20130332546A1
• Filed: 05/30/2013
• Published: 12/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: MIYAZAWA, Raigo
• Application Number:
  US13/905,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20130332546A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

To process data in a plurality of devices without waste, on the basis of a multi-address transmitted email in a cloud computing system for processing emails, an email processing system, provided with: a communication unit for receiving an email sent to a pre-established first address; a determination unit for determining whether or not the received email is a specific email where the transmission destination includes a second address other than the first address and where a response by email can be sent to the first address from the second address; and a processing unit for executing a predetermined data process based on an email determined not to be the specific email but not executing the predetermined data process based on an email determined to be the specific email.

Claims

1. An email processing system, comprising:

a communication unit for receiving an email sent to a pre-established first address;

a determination unit for determining whether or not the received email is a specific email where the transmission destination includes a second address other than the first address and where a response by email can be sent to the first address from the second address; and

a processing unit for executing a predetermined data process based on an email determined not to be the specific email but not executing the predetermined data process based on an email determined to be the specific email.

2. The email processing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the determination unit determines not to be the specific email an email where both the “

TO” and

the “

CC”

of a mail header do not include the first address.

3. The email processing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the determination unit determines not to be the specific email an email including only the first address as the transmission destination.

4. The email processing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the predetermined data process is a process for generating print data on the basis of an email determined not to be the specific email and sending the print data to a printer associated with the first address.

5. An email processing method, comprising:

receiving an email sent to a pre-established first address;

determining whether or not the received email is a specific email where the transmission destination includes a second address other than the first address and where a response by email can be sent to the first address from the second address; and

executing a predetermined data process based on an email determined not to be the specific email but not executing the predetermined data process based on an email determined to be the specific email.