Network communication device for transmitting/receiving an email message containing a disposition notification request
First Claim
1. A network communication device having a function of receiving a plurality of e-mail messages, each e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
- disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the e-mail message, the recipient address being associated with a sender of the e-mail message; and
disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications, corresponding to separate e-mail messages and addressed to an identical recipient address, into a single e-mail message for transmission, such that the single e-mail message is addressed to the recipient address associated with the sender,wherein the e-mail messages containing the multiple disposition notification requests received from the sender also specify response conditions and the network communication device determines when to send the single e-mail message based on the response conditions.
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Abstract
A network communication device is provided with e-mail message composing means and e-mail message transmitting/receiving means. The e-mail message composing means has functions of incorporating an MDN request and return transmission conditions into an e-mail message and of consolidating MDN responses for multiple received e-mail messages into a collective MDN response to compose a single e-mail message. The e-mail message transmitting/receiving means has a function of recognizing the MDN request and the return transmission conditions. The network communication device is further provided with: reception result monitoring means which monitors the reception of an e-mail message to see whether it is a success or failure and which composes an MDN response; and disposition notification controlling means which monitors return transmission conditions incorporated in a received e-mail message and which, if the return transmission conditions are met, instructs the e-mail message composing means to compose a collective MDN response and the e-mail message transmitting/receiving means to transmit the composed collective MDN response. Thus, the invention enables collective confirmation of MDN responses to multiple e-mail messages.
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32 Claims
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1. A network communication device having a function of receiving a plurality of e-mail messages, each e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
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disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the e-mail message, the recipient address being associated with a sender of the e-mail message; and disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications, corresponding to separate e-mail messages and addressed to an identical recipient address, into a single e-mail message for transmission, such that the single e-mail message is addressed to the recipient address associated with the sender, wherein the e-mail messages containing the multiple disposition notification requests received from the sender also specify response conditions and the network communication device determines when to send the single e-mail message based on the response conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 8)
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4. A network communication device having a function of transmitting/receiving a plurality of e-mail messages, each e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
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disposition specification controlling means for requesting that responses to multiple disposition notification requests be consolidated into a single e-mail message; disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the e-mail message, the recipient address being associated with a sender of the e-mail message; and disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications, corresponding to separate e-mail messages and addressed to an identical recipient address, into a single e-mail message for transmission, such that the single e-mail message is addressed to the recipient address associated with the sender, wherein the e-mail messages containing the multiple disposition notification requests received from the sender also specify response conditions and the network communication device determines when to send the single e-mail message based on the response conditions.
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5. A network communication device having a function of transmitting a plurality of e-mail messages, each e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
disposition specification controlling means for requesting using an e-mail that responses to multiple disposition notification requests be consolidated into a single e-mail message addressed to a recipient address associated with a sender of the e-mail messages, the e-mail also specifying a standby message count used by a receiving end to determine when to send the single e-mail message. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A network communication device having a function of receiving a plurality of data each containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
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disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received data containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the received data, the recipient address being associated with a sender of the data; and disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications, corresponding to separate data and addressed to an identical recipient address, into a single set of transmission data for transmission, such that the single set of transmission data is addressed to the recipient address associated with the sender, wherein the data containing the multiple disposition notification requests received from the sender also specify response conditions and the network communication device determines when to send the single set of transmission data based on the response conditions.
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18. A network communication device having a function of transmitting a plurality of data each containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
disposition specification controlling means for requesting using an e-mail that responses to multiple disposition notification requests be consolidated into a single set of data addressed to a recipient address associated with a sender of the data, the e-mail also specifying a standby message count used by a receiving end to determine when to send the single set of data.
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19. A network communication device having a function of transmitting/receiving a plurality of data each containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising:
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disposition specification controlling means for requesting that responses to multiple disposition notification requests be consolidated into a single set of data; disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received data containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the data, the recipient address being associated with a sender of the data; and disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications, corresponding to separate data and addressed to an identical recipient address, into a single set of transmission data for transmission, such that the single set of transmission data is addressed to the recipient address associated with the sender, wherein the data containing the multiple disposition notification requests received from the sender also specify response conditions and the network communication device determines when to send the single set of transmission data based on the response conditions.
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20. A communication device having a function of responding to a data disposition notification request contained in received data, the device comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a plurality of data; notification data composing means for, when received data received by the receiving means contains notification request information indicating a disposition notification request, composing notification data for disposition notification to a recipient address associated with a sender of the data; transmitting means for transmitting the notification data; notification condition recognizing means for, when the received data contains notification condition information indicating conditions for determining a disposition notification timing, recognizing the conditions indicated in the notification condition information; and transmission controlling means for determining a timing of the transmitting means transmitting the notification data, on the basis of recognition by the notification condition recognizing means, the notification data composing means composing a single set of notification data by consolidating disposition notifications for multiple sets of received data whose notification data is determined, by the transmission controlling means, to be transmitted at the same timing, on the basis of the recognition by the notification condition recognizing means. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A data reception processing method of responding to a data disposition notification request contained in received data, the method comprising:
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a receiving step in which receiving means receives a plurality of data; a notification data composing step in which when the received data received in the receiving step contains notification request information indicating a disposition notification request, notification data composing means composes notification data for a disposition notification to a recipient address associated with a sender of the data; a notification condition recognizing step in which when the received data contains notification condition information indicating conditions for defining a timing of a disposition notification, notification condition recognizing means recognizes the conditions indicated in the notification condition information; a transmission timing designating step in which transmission controlling means determines a timing of transmitting the notification data on the basis of recognition in the notification condition recognizing step; and a transmitting step in which transmitting means transmits the notification data at the timing determined in the transmission timing designating step, the notification data composing step composing a single set of notification data by consolidating disposition notifications for multiple sets of received data whose notification data is determined to be transmitted at the same timing, on the basis of the recognition in the notification condition recognizing step. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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