Service email system for transmitting advertisement email to a group of terminals only if transfer constraint and transmission conditions are satisfied
First Claim
1. A service e-mail providing system comprising:
- n (n is an integer more than m, and m is an integer more than
1) terminals which are connected a communication network; and
an e-mail server which is connected with said communication network, and has an e-mail database in which a service e-mail and an advertisement e-mail are stored,wherein said advertisement e-mail contains advertisement data,said e-mail server transmits said advertisement e-mail to a first one of m terminal of said n terminals, such that said advertisement e-mail are transferred between said m terminals, users of said m terminals satisfying a transfer constraint condition, andwhen a transmission condition is satisfied during the transfer of said advertisement e-mail, said e-mail server transmits said service e-mail to said m terminals.
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Abstract
A service e-mail providing system includes n (n is an integer more than m, and m is an integer more than 1) terminals which are connected a communication network. An e-mail server is connected with the communication network, and has an e-mail database in which a service e-mail and an advertisement e-mail are stored, and the advertisement e-mail contains advertisement data. The e-mail server transmits the advertisement e-mail to a first one of m terminal of the n terminals, such that the advertisement e-mail are transferred between the m terminals, users of the m terminals satisfying the transfer constraint condition. When a transmission condition is satisfied during the transfer of the advertisement e-mail, the e-mail server transmits the service e-mail to the m terminals.
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38 Claims
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1. A service e-mail providing system comprising:
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n (n is an integer more than m, and m is an integer more than
1) terminals which are connected a communication network; andan e-mail server which is connected with said communication network, and has an e-mail database in which a service e-mail and an advertisement e-mail are stored, wherein said advertisement e-mail contains advertisement data, said e-mail server transmits said advertisement e-mail to a first one of m terminal of said n terminals, such that said advertisement e-mail are transferred between said m terminals, users of said m terminals satisfying a transfer constraint condition, and when a transmission condition is satisfied during the transfer of said advertisement e-mail, said e-mail server transmits said service e-mail to said m terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An e-mail transfer server connected with n terminals (n is an integer more than 2) via a communication network, comprises:
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an e-mail database which stores a service e-mail and an advertisement e-mail; an advertisement e-mail transmitting section which transmits an advertisement e-mail to a first terminal of said n terminals; an advertisement e-mail receiving section which receives said advertisement e-mail while said advertisement e-mail is sequentially transferred from a transfer source terminal of said n terminals to a transfer destination terminal of said n terminals, the received advertisement e-mail contains an e-mail addresses of said transfer source terminal and an e-mail address of said transfer destination terminal; an address extracting section which extracts said e-mail addresses of said transfer source terminal and said transfer destination terminal from the received advertisement e-mail; and a service e-mail transmitting section which transmits said service e-mail to said n terminals based on the extracted e-mail addresses when a transmission condition of said service e-mail is satisfied, and said n terminals satisfies a transfer constraint condition of said advertisement e-mail. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A recording medium storing a program for an e-mail transfer method in an e-mail server connected with n terminals (n is an integer more than 2) via a communication network, said method comprises:
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(a) transmitting an advertisement e-mail to a first terminal of said n terminals; (b) receiving said advertisement e-mail while said advertisement e-mail is sequentially transferred from a transfer source terminal of said n terminals to a transfer destination terminal of said n terminals, the received advertisement e-mail contains an e-mail addresses of said transfer source terminal and an e-mail address of said transfer destination terminal; (c) extracting said e-mail addresses of said transfer source terminal and said transfer destination terminal from the received advertisement e-mail; and (d) transmitting a service e-mail to said n terminals based on the extracted e-mail addresses when a transmission condition of said service e-mail is satisfied, and said n terminals satisfies a transfer constraint condition of said advertisement e-mail. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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