Portable electronic mail apparatus and storage medium storing electronic mail program

• US 6,519,471 B1
• Filed: 08/17/1999
• Issued: 02/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Yoshito
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay
• Assistant Examiner(s): GELIN, JEAN ALLAND
• Application Number:
  US09/367,289
• Time in Patent Office: 1,274 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412, 455/403, 455/413, 455/414, 455/458, 455/459, 455/514, 455/575, 455/466, 455/39, 455/500, 455/517, 379/88.25, 379/88.26, 379/100.08, 379/93.24, 709/206, 709/207, 709/225, 709/244, 709/229, 709/202, 709/219, 709/231, 709/200, 709/201, 709/203, 709/217, 709/218, 340/7.51, 340/7.52, 340/7.55, 340/7.24
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding

Abstract

In a portable electronic mail apparatus which receives and transmits electronic mails, it is determined, if a mail is received, whether the RAM which is to store a received mail has an empty capacity to store the received mail, a volume of the received mail is equal to or smaller than a predetermined volume, a mail address of a transmitter is a predetermined address, or a predetermined word is included in the mail and according to a result of the determination, the received mail is stored in the RAM, or a part of the mail is stored in the RAM and the received mail is transmitted to a predetermined destination.

Claims

1. A portable electronic mail apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;

a storage device capable of storing an electronic mail received by the receiving means;

specific mail determining means for determining whether or not an electronic mail received by the receiving means is a specific mail by determining whether or not a data volume of the received mail is equal to or larger than a predetermined data volume;

a transmitter capable of transmitting an electronic mail received by the receiving means; and

control means for controlling the storage device to store an electronic mail which has been determined as a non-specific mail by the specific mail determining means, and for controlling the transmitter to transmit an electronic mail which has been determined as the specific mail by the specific mail determining means to a predetermined destination without storing the specific electronic mail.

2. A portable electronic mail apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;

a storage device capable of storing an electronic mail received by the receiving means;

specific mail determining means for determining whether or not an electronic mail received by the receiving means is a specific mail which meets a specific condition;

a transmitter capable of transmitting an electronic mail received by the receiving means; and

control means for controlling the storage device to store part of an electronic mail which has been determined as the specific mail by the specific mail determining means, for controlling the transmitter to transmit the specific electronic mail to a predetermined destination, and for controlling the storage device to store an electronic mail which has been determined as a non-specific mail by the specific mail determining means.

3. The portable electronic mail apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specific mail determining means determines whether or not an electronic mail received by the receiving means is the specific mail by determining whether or not a transmitter of the electronic mail coincides with another predetermined destination.

4. The portable electronic mail apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specific mail determining means determines whether or not an electronic mail received by the receiving means is the specific mail by determining whether or not a predetermined word is included in the electronic mail.

5. The portable electronic mail apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specific mail determining means determines an electronic mail received by the receiving means as the specific mail if a data volume of the electronic mail is equal to or larger than a predetermined data volume.

6. The portable electronic mail apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specific mail determining means determines whether or not an electronic mail received by the receiving means is the specific mail based on an empty capacity of the storage device when the electronic mail is received by the receiving means.

7. The portable electronic mail apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control means controls the storage device to store data other than a text of an electronic mail detected by the specific mail determining means as the specific mail.

8. A computer-readable program comprising:

reception processing program code for receiving an electronic mail;

storage processing program code for enabling a received electronic mail to be stored in a memory;

determination processing program code for determining whether or not a received electronic mail is a specific mail by determining whether or not a data volume of the received mail is equal to or larger than a predetermined data volume;

transmission processing program code for enabling transmission of a received electronic mail; and

control processing program code for controlling an electronic mail which has been determined as a non-specific mail to be stored in the memory, and for controlling an electronic mail which has been determined as the specific mail to be transmitted to a predetermined destination without being stored.

9. A computer-readable program comprising:

reception processing program code for receiving an electronic mail;

storage processing program code for enabling a received electronic mail to be stored in a memory;

determination processing program code for determining whether or not a received electronic mail is a specific mail which meets a specific condition;

transmission processing program code for enabling transmission of a received electronic mail; and

control processing program code for controlling part of an electronic mail which has been determined as the specific mail to be stored in the memory, for controlling the specific electronic mail to be transmitted to a predetermined destination, and for controlling an electronic mail which has been determined as a non-specific mail to be stored in the memory.