Apparatus for editing e-mail address and e-mail apparatus

• US 6,557,045 B1
• Filed: 09/14/1999
• Issued: 04/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Communications Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Toyoda, Kiyoshi, Tsukui, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Etienne, Ario
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wen, Shaojun
• Application Number:
  US09/395,181
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/202, 709/203, 709/218, 709/235, 709/200, 709/217, 709/219, 709/224, 709/227, 709/245, 707/505, 707/506, 707/507, 707/508, 707/3, 707/2, 707/100, 707/103, 707/500, 707/513, 379/100.08, 358/402
• US Class Current: 709/245
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

An e-mail apparatus comprises a memory to which a character string showing a domain name is stored; a display for dividing an e-mail address into a plurality of segments including a segment of the domain name so as to be displayed and for displaying the character string of the domain name stored in the memory at the segment of the domain name; a button for changing the domain name displayed on the display to other domain name stored in the memory; a dividing section, which configures to divide the character string of the e-mail as a sender included in the received e-mail into a plurality of segments; and a storing section, which configures to store the character string, corresponding to the segment of at least the domain name in the divided character, to the memory.

Claims

1. An e-mail apparatus comprising:

a memory that stores a plurality of top domain names and a plurality of sub-domain name in distinct fields, respectively;

an address input panel that is configured to input a destination e-mail address by selecting one of the top domain names and one of the sub-domain names, stored in said memory, the selected top domain name and sub-domain name becoming a part of the destination e-mail address, the address input panel being configured so that the destination e-mail address can be input without inputting individual characters of the domain name and the sub-domain name; and

a transmitter that transmits e-mail data to the destination e-mail address.

2. The e-mail apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a scanner that scans an original to obtain image data; and

a converter that converts the image data into the e-mail data.

3. The e-mail apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display that displays the destination e-mail address.

4. The e-mail apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said address input panel comprises a first input member configured to select a top domain name and a second input member configured to select a sub-domain name.

5. The e-mail apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said address input panel comprises input keys that input a user name, the destination e-mail address including a top domain name, a sub-domain name and a user name.

6. The e-mail apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said memory is provided with a user name field in which a plurality of user names are stored.

7. An e-mail address input method comprising:

storing a plurality of top domain names and a plurality of sub-domain name in distinct fields of a memory;

inputting a destination e-mail address by selecting one of the top domain names and one of the sub-domain names, stored in the memory, the selected top domain name and sub-domain name becoming a part of the destination e-mail address, the selecting enabling the destination e-mail address to be input without inputting individual characters of the domain name and the sub-domain name; and

transmitting e-mail data to the destination e-mail address.