Electronic device with email function and method for setting email account of electronic device

• US 8,375,091 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2009
• Issued: 02/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Socle Technology Corp. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Chuan-Hong, Chou, Hsiao-Chung, Huang, Li-Zhang, Hsieh, Kuan-Hong, Li, Xiao-Guang
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F
• Assistant Examiner(s): KATSIKIS, KOSTAS J
• Application Number:
  US12/434,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20100125639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,381 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

A method for setting account of an electronic device is provided. The method includes steps of: receiving emails; reading a received email; detecting whether parameters of the read email are consistent with a predetermined rules; setting the origination email account, which sends the read email, as an available email account of the electronic device if the parameters of the read email are consistent with the predetermined rules. The electronic device with email function is also provided.

Claims

1. An electronic device with an email function, wherein the electronic device accesses and receives emails from a predetermined email account, the electronic device comprising:

a storage unit capable of storing emails; and

a processing unit executed by a processor comprising;

an email receiving module capable of receiving emails sent from an original email account via the predetermined email account;

a reading module capable of reading the received emails;

a detection module capable of detecting whether parameters of a read email are consistent with predetermined rules; and

an account setting module capable of changing the predetermined email account to the original email account when the parameters of the read email satisfy the predetermined rules;

wherein the parameters of the email comprise an email subject and an email content, the detection module is capable of detecting whether the email subject or email content of the read email comprises a verification code, a user name of the original email account of the read email, and a password of the original email account, to determine whether the parameters of the read email are consistent with the predetermined rules; and

the account setting module is further capable of setting the predetermined email account of the electronic device as an unavailable email account.

2. The electronic device as in claim 1, wherein the detection module is further capable of detecting whether the email subject or email content of the read email comprise a predetermined keyword, to determine whether the parameters of the read email are consistent with the predetermined rules.

3. The electronic device as in claim 1, wherein the verification code is a predetermined code or an identification code (ID) of the electronic device.

4. A method for setting an email account of an electronic device, wherein the electronic device accesses and receives emails from a predetermined email account, comprising:

receiving emails sent from an original email account;

reading a received email;

detecting whether parameters of the read email are consistent with predetermined rules; and

changing the predetermined email account to the original email account when the parameters of the read email are consistent with the predetermined rules;

wherein the parameters of the email comprise an email subject, and email content, the detecting step further comprising;

detecting whether the email subject or email content of the read email comprises a verification code, a user name of the original account of the read email, and a password of the original email account, to determine whether the parameters of the read email are consistent with the predetermined rules; and

setting the predetermined email account of the electronic device as an unavailable email account.

5. The method as described in claim 4, wherein the detection step further comprises:

detecting whether the email subject or email content of the read email comprises the predetermined keyword, to determine whether the parameters of the read email are consistent with the predetermined rules.

6. The method as described in claim 4, wherein the verification code is a predetermined code or an identification code (ID) of the electronic device.