Mobile communication terminal, detection condition distribution server and detected mail notification receiving server

• US 7,596,601 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2003
• Issued: 09/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Kojima, Hisakazu, Fujita, Masanori, Ishii, Kenji, Urakawa, Yasutaka, Takami, Tadao
• Primary Examiner(s): Flynn; Nathan J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Park; Jeong S
• Application Number:
  US10/647,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20040102185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,226 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 455/461
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1496 involving discounts
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

The detection conditions acquisition unit included in the mobile communication terminal acquires detection condition data including a letter string from the detection conditions distribution server and stores the data in the detection conditions storage unit The detection unit extracts, from among the mails received by the mail receiving unit, mails including a letter string included in the detection condition data stored in the detection conditions storage unit. Thus, the mobile communication terminal may acquire a letter string specified by the detection conditions distribution server to detect specific mail. Therefore, a letter string for detecting a particular mail is specified easily.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

mail receiving means for receiving mail from a mail server;

detection conditions acquisition means for acquiring detection conditions data including a letter string from a detection conditions distribution server and storing the detection condition data in a detection conditions storage means;

detection means for performing detection processing for extracting the mail received by the mail receiving means when a condition, in which the mail includes a letter string conforming to the letter string included in the detection condition data stored in the detection conditions storage means, is satisfied;

a mail storage unit configured to store information indicating whether the mail has been extracted by the detection means and detection result information indicating a category of content of the mail that has been extracted; and

detected mail notification processing means for sending information that the mail has been extracted by the detection means and the detection result information indicating the category of content of the mail that has been extracted to a detected mail notification receiving server,

wherein the detection conditions acquisition means sends category information input at a user interface of the mobile communication terminal to the detection conditions distribution server, and acquires detection condition data including a letter string relevant to the category indicated by the category information sent by the detection conditions distribution server.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the detection condition data includes a plurality of the letter strings, and

when a condition in which the mail received by the mail receiving means includes the plurality of letter strings conforming to each of the plurality of the letter strings included in the detection condition data is satisfied, the detection means extracts the mail in the detection processing.

3. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising list display means for displaying a list of information for identifying a plurality of mail received by the mail receiving means, respectively,

in the list displaying, the list display means displays information for identifying the mail extracted by the detection means in a mode different that of mail not extracted by the detection means.

4. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising detection conditions selection control means for storing selection information, which regards whether the letter string included in the detection condition data acquired by the detection conditions acquisition means is applied to the detection processing or not, corresponding to the letter string based on selection by a user,

wherein the detection means applies the letter string to the detection processing when the application of the letter string to the detection processing is selected, based on the selection information corresponding to the letter string included in the detection condition data.

5. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising detected mail deletion means for deleting the mail received by the mail receiving means when the mail is detected by the detection means.

6. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising detected mail selection deletion means for providing a display for prompting a user to select whether or not to delete the mail extracted by the detection means and for deleting the mail based on the selection by the user in response to the display.

7. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

detected mail deletion means for deleting the mail received by the mail receiving means when the mail is extracted by the detection means;

detected mail selection deletion means for providing a display for prompting a user to select whether or not to delete the mail extracted by the detection means and for deleting the mail based on the selection by the user in response to the display; and

first detected mail processing control means for storing information regarding distribution processing as to whether the mail extracted by the detection means is processed by the detected mail deletion means or the detected mail selection deletion means, based on an input by an administrator to the mobile communication terminal,

wherein;

the detection means distributes the processing of the mail to the detected mail deletion means or the detected mail selection deletion means when the mail is extracted by the detection processing, based on the information regarding the distribution processing stored by the first detected mail processing control means;

the detected mail deletion means deletes the mail when the mail is distributed by the detection means to the detected mail delete means; and

the detected mail selection deletion means provides a display for prompting a user to select whether or not to delete the mail and deletes the mail based on the selection by the user in response to the display when the mail is distributed by the detection means to the detected mail selection delete means.

8. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

detected mail deletion means for deleting the mail received by the mail receiving means when the mail is extracted by the detection means;

detected mail selection deletion means for providing a display for prompting a user to select whether or not to delete the mail extracted by the detection means and for deleting the mail based on the selection by the user in response to the display; and

detected mail processing information acquisition means for acquiring information regarding distribution processing as to whether the mail extracted by the detection means is processed by the detected mail deletion means or by the detected mail selection deletion means from the detection conditions distribution server,

wherein;

the detection means distributes the processing of the mail to the detected mail deletion means or the detected mail selection deletion means when the mail is extracted through the detection processing, based on the information regarding the distribution processing acquired by the detected mail processing information acquisition means;

the detected mail deletion means deletes the mail when the mail is distributed by the detection means to the detected mail deletion means; and

the detected mail selection deletion means provides a display for prompting a user to select whether or not to delete the mail and deletes the mail based on the selection by the user in response to the display when the mail is distributed by the detection means to the detected mail selection deletion means.

9. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising first detection conditions application control means for storing detection condition application information which regards whether application of the letter string included in the detection condition data acquired by the detection conditions acquisition means to the detection processing by the detection means is indispensable or the application can be selected by a user, based on the input to the mobile communication terminal by an administrator,

wherein the detection means applies the letter string to the detection processing when the letter string included in the detection condition data is indispensable for the detection processing or when the application of the letter string included in the detection condition data to the detection processing can be freely selected and the user selects to allow the letter string to be applied to the detection processing, based on the detection condition application information stored by the first detection conditions application control means.

10. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising detection condition application information acquisition means for acquiring detection condition application information which regards whether application of the letter string, included in the detection condition data acquired by the detection conditions acquisition means, to the detection processing by the detection means is indispensable or the application can be selected by a user,

wherein the detection means applies the letter string to the detection processing when the letter string is always applied to the detection processing or when the application of the letter string to the detection processing can be freely selected and the user selects to allow the letter string to be applied to the detection processing based on the detection condition application information acquired by the detection condition application information acquisition means.

11. A detection conditions distribution server for controlling detection condition data including a letter string for extracting specific mail received by a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

detected mail processing control unit configured to store information regarding distribution processing for specifying that each of a plurality of mobile communication terminals automatically deletes mail or that a user is allowed to select the deletion, when the mail received by each of the plurality of mobile communication terminals which acquires the detection condition data satisfy the condition in which the mail include letter strings conforming to the letter string included in the detection condition data, based on specification by an administrator of each of the plurality of mobile communication terminals such that each piece of the information is associated with the information for identifying each of the mobile communication terminals; and

an interface configured to receive information indicating whether a mail has been extracted by each of the plurality of mobile communication terminals and detection result information indicating a category of content of the mail that has been extracted and storing the information indicating whether a mail has been extracted and the detection result information at the detected mail processing control unity

wherein the interface is further configured to receive a request from at least one of the plurality of mobile communication terminals including category information input at a user interface of the at least one of the plurality of mobile communication terminals, and transmit detection condition data including a letter string relevant to the category indicated by the category information in the request to the at least one of the plurality of mobile communication terminals.

12. A detected mail notification receiving server, comprising:

an interface configured to receive a request including category information input at a user interface of a mobile communication terminal, and transmit detection condition data including a letter string relevant to the category indicated by the category information in the request to the mobile communication terminal;

detected mail receiving unit configured to receive information regarding mail including a first letter string conforming to a second letter string for detecting specific mail which is sent by the mobile communication terminal;

an interface configured to receive information indicating whether a mail has been extracted by the mobile communication terminal and detection result information indicating a category of content of the mail that has been extracted; and

communication charge return instruction unit configured to send instruction information for instructing billing control server to perform reduction processing of the communication charge for the mail to the billing control server, based on the information regarding the extracted mail received by the detected mail receiving unit.

13. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

an interface configured to receive mail from a mail server;

detection conditions acquisition unit configured to acquire detection conditions data including a letter string from a detection conditions distribution server;

a memory configured to store the detection condition data;

a processor configured to extract the mail received by the interface when a condition, in which the mail includes a letter string conforming to the letter string included in the detection condition data, is satisfied;

a memory configured to store information indicating whether the mail has been extracted and detection result information indicating a category of content of the mail that has been extracted; and

an interface configured to send information that the mail has been extracted and the detection result information indicating the category of content of the mail that has been extracted to a detected mail notification receiving servers,

wherein the detection conditions acquisition unit is configured to send category information input at a user interface of the mobile communication terminal to the detection conditions distribution server, and acquire detection condition data including a letter string relevant to the category indicated by the category information sent by the detection conditions distribution server.