Homepage information production system

• US 6,742,024 B1
• Filed: 11/09/2000
• Issued: 05/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ono, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Burgess, Glenton B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARQADLE, YASIN M
• Application Number:
  US09/708,558
• Time in Patent Office: 1,293 Days
• Field of Search: 709/205, 709/206, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/418, 455/419-20
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

The invention provides a homepage information production system which not only allows transmission/reception of an electronic mail and accessing to a homepage but also allows contents to be produced readily and registered into a homepage server using a portable information terminal such as a portable telephone set. The homepage information production system includes a radio data communication terminal and a homepage control server. The radio data communication terminal produces contents production information to be published in a homepage server, and transmits the contents production information as a mail to a mail server together with a command for execution of the contents production information. The homepage control server produces contents to be written into the homepage server based on the contents production information of the mail received through the mail server in accordance with the command designated in the mail, and registers the produced contents into the homepage server.

Claims

1. A homepage information production system, comprising:

a radio data communication terminal for producing contents production information to be published in a homepage server and transmitting the contents production information as an electronic mail to a mail server together with a plurality of commands for execution of the contents production information; and

a homepage control server for producing contents to be written into said homepage server based on the contents production information of the electronic mail received through said mail server in accordance with the plurality of commands designated in the electronic mail and registering the produced contents into said homepage server,

wherein, as the mail information to be transmitted to said homepage control server through said mail server, contents production information based on which contents to be registered into said homepage server are to be produced is stored in a text field of the electronic mail,

wherein the text field of the electronic mail has stored therein at least one contents production delimitation code that provides a data boundary in the text field between;

i) a first command, a first contents name associated with the first command, and first production information associated with the first command and the first contents name, and ii) a second command, a second contents name associated with the second command, and second production information associated with the second command and the second contents name, and

wherein information regarding performing either a data store operation or a data retrieval operation, or both, with respect to said homepage server, in accordance with said first command and said second command, are obtained based solely on information within the text field of the electronic mail.

2. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mail server receives the contents production information and performs discrimination as to whether or not a transmitter of the electronic mail is a registered person of a homepage, and then transfers the received mail to said homepage control server only when the transmitter of the electronic mail is a registered person.

3. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said radio data communication terminal has application software installed therein for describing a command to said homepage control server in a subject field of the electronic mail to produce contents.

4. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the command to said homepage control server is one or more of a new production command, an overwriting command and a deletion command for the contents production information, and a word replacement command, a sentence replacement command and a paragraph replacement command based on a keyword.

5. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the command to said homepage control server is a command for replacing a change object line range in the contents registered in said homepage server with the contents production information in the text field of the electronic mail and registering resulting contents production information.

13. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a subject field of the electronic mail does not contain any command information.

6. A homepage information production system comprising:

a radio data communication terminal for producing contents production information to be published in a homepage server and transmitting the contents production information as an electronic mail to a mail server together with a plurality of commands for execution of the contents production information; and

a homepage control server for producing contents to be written into said homepage server based on the contents production information of the electronic mail received through said mail server in accordance with the plurality of commands designated in the mail and registering the produced contents into said homepage server,

wherein, as the mail information to be transmitted to said homepage control server through said mail server, contents production information based on which contents to be registered into said homepage server are to be produced is stored in a first accompanying file and a second accompanying file to a text field of the electronic mail,

wherein the text field of the electronic mail has stored therein at least one contents production delimitation code that provides a data boundary in the text field between;

i) a first command, a first contents name associated with the first command, and ii) a second command, a second contents name associated with the second command, and

wherein information regarding performing either a data store operation or a data retrieval operation, or both, with respect to said homepage server, in accordance with said first command and said second command, using said contents production information stored in said first and second accompanying files, are obtained based solely on information within the text field and the first and second accompanying files of the electronic mail.

14. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first and second accompanying files are attached to said text field in a specific order that corresponds to an order in which said first command and said second command are stored in said text field, and wherein said first and second accompanying files are matched with said first and second commands accordingly.

15. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 6, wherein a subject field of the electronic mail does not contain any command information.

7. A homepage information production system, comprising:

a radio data communication terminal for producing contents production information to be published in a homepage server and transmitting the contents production information as an electronic mail to a mail server together with a plurality of commands for execution of the contents production information; and

a homepage control server for producing, modifying or deleting contents of said homepage server based on the plurality of commands, a contents name and the contents production information included in the electronic mail from said radio data communication terminal received through said mail server,

wherein, as the mail information to be transmitted to said homepage control server through said mail server, contents production information based on which contents to be registered into said homepage server are to be produced is stored in a text field of the electronic mail,

wherein the text field of the electronic mail has stored therein at least once contents production delimitation code that provides a data boundary in the text field between;

i) a first command, a first contents name associated with the first command, and first production information associated with the first command and the first contents name, and ii) a second command, a second contents name associated with the second command, and second production information associated with the second command and the second contents name, and

wherein information regarding performing either a data store operation or a data retrieval operation, or both, with respect to said homepage server, in accordance with said first command and said second command, are obtained based solely on information within the text field of the electronic mail.

8. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said mail server receives the contents production information and performs discrimination as to whether or not a transmitter of the electronic mail is a registered person of a homepage, and then transfers the received mail to said homepage control server only when the transmitter of the electronic mail is a registered person.

9. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said radio data communication terminal has application software installed therein for describing a command to said homepage control server in a subject field of the electronic mail to produce contents.

10. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the command to said homepage control server is one or more of a new production command, an overwriting command and a deletion command for the contents production information, and a word replacement command, a sentence replacement command and a paragraph replacement command based on a keyword.

11. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the command to said homepage control server is a command for replacing a change object line range in the contents registered in said homepage server with the contents production information in the text field of the electronic mail and registering resulting contents production information.

16. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 7, wherein a subject field of the electronic mail does not contain any command information.

12. A homepage information production system, comprising:

a radio data communication terminal for producing contents production information to be published in a homepage server and transmitting the contents production information as an electronic mail to a mail server together with a plurality of commands for execution of the contents production information; and

a homepage control server for producing, modifying or deleting contents of said homepage server based on the plurality of commands, a contents name and the contents production information included in the electronic mail from said radio data communication terminal received through said mail server,

wherein, as the mail information to be transmitted to said homepage control server through said mail server, contents production information based on which contents to be registered into said homepage server are to be produced is stored in a first accompanying file and a second accompanying file to a text field of the electronic mail,

wherein the text field of the electronic mail has stored therein at least one contents production delimitation code that provides a data boundary in the text field between;

i) a first command, a first contents name associated with the first command, and ii) a second command, a second contents name associated with the second command, and

wherein information regarding performing either a data store operation or a data retrieval operation, or both, with respect to said homepage server, in accordance with said first command and said second command, using said contents production information stored in said first and second accompanying files, are obtained based solely on information within the text field and the first and second accompanying files of the electronic mail.

17. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first and second accompanying files are attached to said text field in a specific order that corresponds to an order in which said first command and said second command are stored in said text field, and wherein said first and second accompanying files are matched with said first and second commands accordingly.

18. A homepage information production system as claimed in claim 12, wherein a subject field of the electronic mail does not contain any command information.