E-mail processing apparatus, e-mail processing method and recording medium

• US 8,504,927 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2007
• Issued: 08/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Kubo, Hiroaki, Matsuhara, Kenji, Nakata, Hironobu, Otake, Toshihiko, Tokimoto, Yoshiki
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): DiStefano, Gregory A
• Application Number:
  US11/802,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20080052633A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,266 Days
• Field of Search: 715/752, 715/853
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An e-mail processing apparatus, comprising: a communication part that receives e-mails; an accumulator that accumulates the e-mails received via the communication part; a display; and a controller that makes the display display in tree structure, cross relationships between the accumulated e-mails, based on past data of the accumulated e-mails.

Claims

1. An e-mail processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication part that receives e-mails;

an accumulator that accumulates said e-mails received via said communication part;

a display; and

a controller that makes said display display in a tree structure, cross relationships between said accumulated e-mails, based on past data of said accumulated e-mails,

wherein said controller distinguishes between original attachment files and other attachment files, and makes said display display only emails having the original attachment files in the tree structure.

2. The e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said controller checks properties of the past attachment files, and removes from said accumulator the files that are duplicates of an original attachment file.

3. The e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the e-mails includes text, and wherein each of the original attachment files and the other attachment files includes data separate from the text of the email to which the original attachment file or the other attachment file is attached.

4. The e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 1, acquiring past data of said e-mails from header information of the e-mails.

5. The e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said e-mails displayed in the tree structure are those exchanged among a group.

6. An e-mail processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication part that receives e-mails;

an accumulator that accumulates said e-mails received via said communication part;

a display; and

a controller that makes said display display in a tree structure, cross relationships between said accumulated e-mails, based on past data of said accumulated e-mails,

wherein said controller distinguishes between original attachment files and other attachment files, and makes said display display emails having the original attachment files in the tree structure in a form different from emails having duplicate attachment files.

7. The e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein said controller makes the emails having duplicated attachment files displayed by serieses in a different form.

8. The e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein each of the e-mails includes text, and wherein each of the original attachment files and the duplicate attachment files includes data separate from the text of the email to which the original attachment file or the duplicate attachment file is attached.

9. An e-mail processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication part that receives e-mails;

an accumulator that accumulates said e-mails received via said communication part;

a display;

an acquirer that acquires from a server, e-mails that are related to an optional e-mail selected by a user among said e-mails accumulated in said accumulator; and

a controller that makes said display display in a tree structure, cross relationships between said acquired e-mails,

wherein said controller distinguishes between original attachment files and other attachment files, and makes said display display only emails having the original attachment files in the tree structure.

10. The e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein said acquirer acquires said related e-mails by header information of the related e-mails.

11. The e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein each of said acquired e-mails includes the user who specified an e-mail at least as one from a sender and a recipient of the acquired e-mail.

12. The e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein each of the e-mails includes text, and wherein each of the original attachment files and the other attachment files includes data separate from the text of the email to which the original attachment file or the other attachment file is attached.

13. An e-mail processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication part that receives e-mails;

an accumulator that accumulates said e-mails received via said communication part;

a display;

an acquirer that acquires from a server, e-mails that are related to an optional e-mail selected by a user among said e-mails accumulated in said accumulator; and

a controller that makes said display display in a tree structure, cross relationships between said acquired e-mails,

wherein said controller distinguishes between original attachment files and other attachment files, and makes said display display emails having the original attachment files in the tree structure and emails having attachment files that are duplicates of an original attachment file in different forms.

14. The e-mail processing apparatus as recited in claim 13, wherein each of the e-mails includes text, and wherein each of the original attachment files and the duplicate attachment files includes data separate from the text of the email to which the original attachment file or the duplicate attachment file is attached.

15. An e-mail processing method, comprising:

receiving e-mails;

accumulating said received e-mails;

making a display display in a tree structure, cross relationships between said accumulated e-mails, based on past data of said accumulated e-mails; and

distinguishing between original attachment files and other attachment files, and making a display display only emails having the original attachment files in the tree structure.

16. The e-mail processing method of claim 15, wherein each of the e-mails includes text, and wherein each of the original attachment files and the other attachment files includes data separate from the text of the email to which the original attachment file or the other attachment file is attached.

17. An e-mail processing method, comprising:

receiving e-mails;

accumulating said received e-mails;

acquiring from a server, e-mails that are related to an optional e-mail selected by a user among said accumulated e-mails; and

making a display display in a tree structure, cross relationships between said acquired e-mails; and

distinguishing between original attachment files and other attachment files, and making a display display only emails having the original attachment files in the tree structure.

18. The e-mail processing method of claim 17, wherein each of the e-mails includes text, and wherein each of the original attachment files and the other attachment files includes data separate from the text of the email to which the original attachment file or the other attachment file is attached.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a program for causing a computer to execute an e-mail processing method, comprising:

receiving e-mails;

accumulating said received e-mails;

making a display display in a tree structure, cross relationships between said accumulated e-mails, based on past data of said accumulated e-mails; and

distinguishing between original attachment files and other attachment files, and making a display display only emails having the original attachment files in the tree structure.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein each of the e-mails includes text, and wherein each of the original attachment files and the other attachment files includes data separate from the text of the email to which the original attachment file or the other attachment file is attached.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a program for causing a computer to execute an e-mail processing method, comprising:

receiving e-mails;

accumulating said received e-mails;

acquiring from a server, e-mails that are related to an optional e-mail selected by a user among said accumulated e-mails;

making a display display in a tree structure, cross relationships between said acquired e-mails; and

distinguishing between original attachment files and other attachment files, and making a display display only emails having the original attachment files in the tree structure.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein each of the e-mails includes text, and wherein each of the original attachment files and the other attachment files includes data separate from the text of the email to which the original attachment file or the other attachment file is attached.