System and method for displaying an electronic mail containing a keyword detected in a chat session message
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1. An electronic mail display method, comprising the steps of:
- determining a first keyword for instructing display of electronic mails, respectively stored in a plurality of mail boxes provided to correspond to users, on terminal units corresponding to the mail boxes;
searching a message transmitted from a first terminal unit for the first keyword;
searching the message for a user information for specifying a terminal unit;
specifying and reading a corresponding electronic mail from among electronic mails stored in mail boxes corresponding to the first terminal unit and a second terminal unit specified in accordance with the user information when the first keyword is detected; and
displaying the read electronic mail on the second terminal unit.
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Abstract
A system and method for displaying an electronic mail message related to a statement submitted in an online chat session. Statements submitted by participants in the online chat session are searched for a specified keyword. When the keyword is detected in a statement submitted by a first participant in the chat session, mail boxes of the first participant and a specified second participant are searched for electronic mail messages related to the specified keyword. The related electronic mail messages are read from the respective mail boxes and displayed on a terminal unit of the second participant.
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40 Claims
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1. An electronic mail display method, comprising the steps of:
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determining a first keyword for instructing display of electronic mails, respectively stored in a plurality of mail boxes provided to correspond to users, on terminal units corresponding to the mail boxes; searching a message transmitted from a first terminal unit for the first keyword; searching the message for a user information for specifying a terminal unit; specifying and reading a corresponding electronic mail from among electronic mails stored in mail boxes corresponding to the first terminal unit and a second terminal unit specified in accordance with the user information when the first keyword is detected; and displaying the read electronic mail on the second terminal unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic mail display method, comprising the steps of:
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determining a first keyword for instructing display of electronic mails, respectively stored in a plurality of mail boxes provided to correspond to users, on terminal units corresponding to the mail boxes; searching a message transmitted from a first terminal unit for the first keyword; specifying and reading a corresponding electronic mail from among electronic mails stored in a mail box corresponding to the first terminal unit when the first keyword is detected; and displaying the read electronic mail on the first terminal unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An information communication system, comprising:
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means for receiving an electronic mail from a sending terminal unit; means for storing the received electronic mail in an indicated mail box included in a plurality of mail boxes provided for electronic mail addresses; means for setting a keyword for instructing display of an electronic mail corresponding thereto and stored in at least one of the mail boxes; means for receiving a message from a first terminal unit; means for identifying in the message a first user information corresponding to the first terminal unit; means for searching the message for the keyword; means for searching the message for a second user information corresponding to a second terminal unit; means for transmitting the message to the second terminal unit together with the first user information; means for, when the keyword is detected, specifying electronic mails having the same contents and commonly stored in mail boxes corresponding to the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit; means for reading the specified electronic mail from the mail box corresponding to the second terminal unit; and means for causing the second terminal unit to display the read electronic mail.
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17. An information communication system, comprising:
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means for receiving an electronic mail from a sending terminal unit; means for storing the received electronic mail in an indicated mail box included in a plurality of mail boxes provided for electronic mail addresses; means for setting a keyword for instructing display of an electronic mail corresponding thereto and stored in at least one of the mail boxes; means for receiving a message from a first terminal unit; means for identifying in the message a user information corresponding to the first terminal unit; means for transmitting the message to a second terminal unit together with the user information; means for searching the message for the keyword; means for, when the keyword is detected, specifying electronic mails having the same contents and commonly stored in mail boxes corresponding to the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit which has received the message; means for reading the specified electronic mail from the mail box corresponding to the first terminal unit; and means for causing the first terminal unit to display the read electronic mail.
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18. An electronic mail display method, comprising the steps of:
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storing electronic mails transmitted and received by users in mail boxes in an electronic mail center, the mail boxes corresponding to respective users; issuing a demand by a chat server of a chat system for a first terminal unit to display thereon a corresponding electronic mail in the mail box of a first user who is operating the first terminal unit, a predetermined keyword having been submitted from the first terminal unit, when the predetermined keyword is submitted in a character chat performed in the chat system and to which a plurality of the users participate; and displaying the corresponding electronic mail on respective terminal units of one or more users who are participating in the chat and who have the corresponding electronic mail in their corresponding mail boxes in the electronic mail center. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An information communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of terminal units; an electronic mail center storing electronic mails received from the terminal units into corresponding mail boxes provided for electronic mail addresses, reading an electronic mail from a specific mail box in accordance with a reading instruction issued from a terminal unit corresponding to the specific mail box, and transmitting the read electronic mail to the corresponding terminal unit; a chat server transmitting a message received from a first terminal unit to a second terminal unit together with a first user information corresponding to the first terminal unit; means for setting a keyword for instructing display of a corresponding electronic mail stored in the specific mail box; means for searching the message transmitted from the first terminal unit for the keyword; means for searching the message for a second user information corresponding to the second terminal unit; means for specifying electronic mails commonly stored in the mail boxes respectively corresponding to the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit and having the same contents when the keyword is detected; means for reading the specified electronic mail from the mail box corresponding to the second terminal unit; and means for displaying the read electronic mail on the second terminal unit.
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28. A chat server, comprising:
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means for receiving a message from a first terminal unit; means for identifying a first user information corresponding to the first terminal unit; means for transmitting the message to the first terminal unit together with the first user information; means for determining a keyword for instructing display of an electronic mail on the terminal unit; means for searching the message received from the first terminal unit for the keyword; means for searching the message for a second user information corresponding to a second terminal unit; means for querying for electronic mails commonly stored in mail boxes corresponding to the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit and having the same contents when the keyword is detected; and means for instructing to display an electronic mail obtained by said querying means on the second terminal unit.
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29. A recording medium encoded with a computer program for performing a character chat by a chat system in which a plurality of users are participating who have transmitted and received electronic mails stored in mail boxes in an electronic mail center provided for respective users, said computer program comprising the functions of:
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instructing the electronic mail center to display a first electronic mail stored in the mail box of a user who operates a submitting terminal unit, from which a predetermined keyword has been submitted, on the submitting terminal unit when the predetermined keyword has been submitted; instructing the electronic mail center to display a second electronic mail on a second terminal unit operated by a second user participating in the chat and having the second electronic mail stored in the mail box thereof, the first and second electronic mails having the same contents; and prompting the users to set respective keywords. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A recording medium encoded with computer program for receiving/transmitting a message, said computer program comprising the functions of:
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receiving a message from a first terminal unit; identifying a first user information corresponding to the first terminal unit from the message; searching the message for a second user information corresponding to a second terminal unit; transmitting the message to the second terminal unit together with the first user information; determining a keyword for instructing display of an electronic mail on a terminal unit; searching the message received from the first terminal unit for the keyword; querying for electronic mails commonly stored in mail boxes corresponding to the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit and having the same contents when the keyword is detected; and instructing to display an electronic mail obtained by said querying function on the second terminal unit.
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39. A recording medium encoded with computer readable program code means for receiving/transmitting a message, said program code means comprising the functions of:
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causing a host computer to receive a message from a first terminal unit; causing the host computer to identify a first user information corresponding to the first terminal unit; causing the host computer to search the message for a second user information corresponding to a second terminal unit; causing the host computer to transmit the message to the second terminal unit together with the first user information; causing the host computer to determine a keyword for instructing display of an electronic mail on a terminal unit; causing the host computer to search the message received from the first terminal unit for the keyword; causing the host computer to query for electronic mails commonly stored in mail boxes corresponding to the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit and having the same contents when the keyword is detected; and causing the host computer to instruct display of an electronic mail obtained by said querying function on the second terminal unit.
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40. A recording medium encoded with a computer program for an electronic mail display method, the electronic mail display method comprising the functions of:
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storing electronic mails transmitted and received by users in mail boxes respectively provided for the users; and causing each of terminal units respectively operated by a plurality of the users to display an electronic mail in each of the respective mail boxes of the plurality of users in response to an instruction by a chat server for controlling a character chat in which the plural users are participating.
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