Information processing apparatus

• US 8,180,836 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2006
• Issued: 05/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Connected Technologies Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Shinya
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing
• Assistant Examiner(s): MIAH, RAZU A
• Application Number:
  US11/606,871
• Publication Number:
  US 20080065731A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,993 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-207, 455/412, 455/466, 713/150
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

An information processing apparatus for communicating a communication apparatus, includes: a transmitting unit configured to transmit a plurality of transmission mails to the communication apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of reception mails from the communication apparatus; an extracting unit configured to extract at least one of the plurality of transmission mails and the plurality of reception mails with respect to a specified other user from the plurality of the transmission mails and the plurality of the reception mails; a creating unit configured to create a list screen, in which at least one of the plurality of transmission mails and the plurality of reception mails are arranged, by using at least one of the plurality of transmission mails and the plurality of reception mails with respect to the specified other user extracted by the extracting unit; and a display unit configured to display the list screen created by the creating unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) configured to perform control of the information processing apparatus;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit a plurality of transmission mails;

a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of reception mails;

an extracting unit configured to extract transmission mails and reception mails exchanged with a specified other user from one or more mail boxes storing mails that were exchanged with other users, the transmission mails being stored as separate files in at least one of the one or more mail boxes, the reception mails being stored as separate files in at least one of the one or more mail boxes, the extraction being performed by selecting the mails having identification information that matches the specified other user selected by a user of the information processing apparatus;

a creating unit configured to create a list screen, in which the transmission mails and the reception mails extracted by the extracting unit with respect to the specified other user are arranged in time series; and

a display unit configured to display the list screen created by the creating unit,

wherein, while the list screen is displayed by the display unit, when a new transmission or a new reception is executed with respect to the specified other user, the creating unit creates an updated list screen, and the display unit displays the updated list screen, and

wherein the updated list screen created by the creating unit and displayed by the display unit is stored in a storage unit for subsequent use, thereby allowing the updated list screen to be retrieved from the storage unit and displayed by the display unit a second time in response to a user instruction subsequent to the storing of the updated list screen.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the list screen lists each mail within a predetermined line, and

wherein, in a case in which only a part of text data of a mail is displayed on the list screen, after a predetermined time has passed, the list screen is scrolled so that the other part of the text data of the mail can be displayed.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the list screen lists each mail within a predetermined line, and

wherein, in a case in which only a part of text data of a mail is listed on the list screen within the predetermined line, when a user positions a cursor on the predetermined line, the list screen is scrolled so that the other part of the text data of the mail can be displayed.

4. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) configured to perform control of the information processing apparatus;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit a plurality of transmission mails;

a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of reception mails;

an extracting unit configured to extract transmission mails and reception mails exchanged with a specified other user from one or more mail boxes storing mails that were exchanged with other users, the transmission mails being stored as separate files in at least one of the one or more mail boxes, the reception mails being stored as separate files in at least one of the one or more mail boxes, the extraction being performed by selecting the mails having identification information that matches the specified other user selected by a user of the information processing apparatus;

a creating unit configured to create a list screen, in which the transmission mails and the reception mails extracted by the extracting unit with respect to the specified other user are arranged in time series;

a display unit configured to display the list screen created by the creating unit; and

a selection accepting unit configured to accept a selection of the specified other user among a plurality of other users,

wherein the extracting unit extracts the transmission mails and the reception mails with respect to the specified other user from the plurality of transmission mails transmitted by the transmitting unit and the plurality of reception mails received by the receiving unit based on identification information of the specified other user selected by the selection accepting unit, and

wherein, while the list screen is displayed by the display unit, when a new transmission or a new reception is executed with respect to the specified other user, the creating unit creates an updated list screen, and the display unit displays the updated list screen, and

wherein the updated list screen created by the creating unit and displayed by the display unit is stored in a storage unit for subsequent use, thereby allowing the updated list screen to be retrieved from the storage unit and displayed by the display unit a second time in response to a user instruction subsequent to the storing of the updated list screen.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a new reception mail is highlighted in the updated list screen.

6. A method for an information processing apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises a transmitting unit configured to transmit a plurality of transmission mails, and a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of reception mails, the method comprising:

extracting transmission mails and reception mails exchanged with a specified other user from one or more mail boxes storing mails that were exchanged with other users, the transmission mails being stored as separate files in at least one of the one or more mail boxes, the reception mails being stored as separate files in at least one of the one or more mail boxes, the extraction being performed by selecting the mails having identification information that matches the specified other user selected by a user of the information processing apparatus;

creating a list screen, in which the transmission mails and the reception mails extracted with respect to the specified other user are arranged in time series;

displaying the created list screen;

while the list screen is displayed, when new transmission or a new reception is executed with respect to the specified other user, creating an updated list screen and displaying the updated list screen; and

storing the updated list screen in a storage unit for subsequent use, thereby allowing the updated list screen to be retrieved from the storage unit and displayed a second time in response to a user instruction subsequent to the storing of the updated list screen.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the list screen lists each mail within a predetermined line, and the method further comprises:

in a case in which only a part of text data of a mail is displayed on the list screen, after a predetermined time has passed, scrolling the list screen so that the other part of the text data of the mail can be displayed.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the list screen lists each mail within a predetermined line, and the method further comprises:

in a case in which only a part of text data of a mail is listed on the list screen within the predetermined line, when a user positions a cursor on the predetermined line, scrolling the list screen so that the other part of the text data of the mail can be displayed.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein a new reception mail is highlighted in the updated list screen.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising storing the displayed list screen.