System for providing electronic mail and device as well as the method, program and storage medium for same

• US 7,136,464 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2001
• Issued: 11/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Inoue, Atsushi, Satomi, Hiroshi, Ito, Kosuke, Matsuura, Kenichiro, Igeta, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Escalante, Ovidio
• Application Number:
  US09/921,952
• Publication Number:
  US 20020051524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,929 Days
• Field of Search: 706/206, 379/67.1, 379/88.11, 379/88.12, 379/88.13, 379/88.14, 379/88.22, 379/93.01
• US Class Current: 379/88.17
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A system for outputting electronic mail information, which cannot be fully displayed in a portable terminal in another terminal is provided. A mail server receives electronic mail information and determines whether or not the electronic mail information can be outputted in a destination (portable terminal) of the electronic mail information. If it is determined that the electronic mail information cannot be outputted, a P service server issues code information for outputting the electronic mail information in another terminal (P service terminal) and notifies the destination of that effect.

Claims

1. An electronic mail providing system comprising a mail server, a WWW server and an output apparatus,

wherein said mail server comprises:

first receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;

determining means for determining whether or not the received electronic mail can be displayed on a destination device of the received electronic mail;

transferring means for transferring the received electronic mail to said WWW server, if said determining means determines that the destination device can not display the received electronic mail;

identification code receiving means for receiving, from said WWW server, an identification code for identifying the transferred electronic mail; and

notifying means notifying the received identification code to the destination device,

wherein said WWW server comprises;

storing means for storing an address of the destination device in correspondence with the identification code;

address receiving means for receiving, from said mail server, the address of the destination device, included in header information of the electronic mail; and

saving means for saving the identification code corresponding to the received address, in correspondence with the transferred electronic mail, and

wherein said output apparatus comprises;

identification code inputting means for inputting an identification code in response to user'"'"'s operation;

identification code transmitting means for transmitting the input identification code to said WWW server;

second electronic mail receiving means for receiving, from said WWW server, the electronic mail corresponding to the transmitted identification code; and

display means for displaying the electronic mail.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said output apparatus further comprises:

print instruction inputting means for inputting a print instruction of the electronic mail in response to the user'"'"'s operation;

print data receiving means for receiving, from said WWW server, print data of the electronic mail whose print is instructed; and

printing means for printing the received print data.

3. A control method of an electronic mail providing system comprising a mail server, a WWW server and an output apparatus, the control method comprising:

controlling said mail server including;

receiving an electronic mail;

determining whether or not the received electronic mail can be displayed on a destination device of the received electronic mail;

transferring the received electronic mail to said WWW server, if said determining means determines that the destination device can not display the received electronic mail;

receiving, from said WWW server, an identification code for identifying the transferred electronic mail; and

notifying the received identification code to the destination device;

controlling said WWW server including;

storing an address of the destination device in correspondence with the identification code;

receiving, from said mail server, the address of the destination device, included in header information of the electronic mail; and

saving the identification code corresponding to the received address, in correspondence with the transferred electronic mail; and

controlling said output apparatus including;

inputting an identification code in response to user'"'"'s operation;

transmitting the input identification code to said WWW server;

receiving, from said WWW server, the electronic mail corresponding to the transmitted identification code; and

displaying the electronic mail.