E-mail reception control system, e-mail reception control method, mobile terminal and storage medium

• US 8,615,558 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2009
• Issued: 12/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Fukuzato, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chriss, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): FAYED, RASHA K
• Application Number:
  US13/120,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20110219092A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,499 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/208, 709/223, 709/226, 370/331, 455/404.2, 455/406, 455/432.1, 455/436
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

An e-mail reception control system is provided for improving a convenience during international roaming and reducing unnecessary communication charges. The e-mail reception control system includes an e-mail reception control system including a mobile terminal which transmits filter information which is set in an own terminal and is referred to for determining whether to permit or reject a reception of an e-mail to a server in response to detecting international roaming and a server which controls a distribution of the e-mail to the mobile terminal based on the filter information.

Claims

1. An e-mail reception control system, comprising:

a mobile terminal capable of transmitting filter information, to a server, which is set in an own terminal and is referred to for determining whether to permit or reject a reception of an e-mail to the server in response to detecting international roaming; and

the server which controls a distribution of the e-mail to the mobile terminal based on the filter information,

wherein, in response to receiving an email reception notification from the server, the mobile terminal determines whether or not it is under the international roaming, and sends an email reception request to the server when it is not under the international roaming or request to apply the filter information to the server when it is under the international roaming,

wherein the mobile terminal, in case a destination address of an e-mail is included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, deletes the destination address from the filter information and transmits the updated filter information to the server, and

wherein the mobile terminal, in case a destination address of an e-mail is not included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, add the destination address to the filter information and transmits the updated filter information to the server.

2. The e-mail reception control system according to claim 1, wherein

the mobile terminal transmits the filter information to the server in response to detecting the server receives an e-mail to the own terminal.

3. The e-mail reception control system according to claim 1, wherein

the mobile terminal transmits the filter information to the server when the filter information is updated.

4. The e-mail reception control system according to claim 1, wherein

in case the filter information is previously transmitted to the server, the mobile terminal transmits difference information between the updated filter information and the previously transmitted filter information as the filter information.

5. The e-mail reception control system according to claim 1, wherein

the filter information includes a reception rejection address list from which receptions of all e-mails are rejected.

6. The e-mail reception control system according to claim 1, wherein

the mobile terminal, in response to detecting a connection with a domestic network after international roaming, cancels a setting of the filter information of the server by transmitting a cancel request of the filter information with a reception request of an e-mail to the server.

7. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless transmission and reception unit that detects that it is under international roaming; and

a control unit capable of transmitting filter information, to a server, which is set in an own terminal and is referred to for determining whether to permit or reject a reception of an e-mail to the server in response to be detected under international roaming by the wireless transmission and reception unit,

wherein, in response to receiving an email reception notification from the server, the mobile terminal determines whether or not it is under the international roaming, and sends an email reception request to the server when it is not under the international roaming or request to apply the filter information to the server when it is under the international roaming,

wherein the control unit, in case a destination address of an e-mail is included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, deletes the destination address from the filter information and transmits the updated filter information to the server, and

wherein the control unit, in case a destination address of an e-mail is not included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, add the destination address to the filter information and transmits the updated filter information to the server.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit transmits the filter information to the server in response to detecting the server receives an e-mail to the mobile terminal.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit transmits the filter information to the server when the filter information is updated.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit, in case the filter information is previously transmitted to the server, transmits difference information between the updated filter information and the previously transmitted filter information as the filter information.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein

the filter information includes a reception rejection address list from which receptions of all e-mails are rejected.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit, in response to detecting a connection with a domestic network after international roaming, cancels a setting of the filter information of the server by transmitting a cancel request of the filter information with a reception request of an e-mail to the server.

13. An e-mail reception control method, comprising:

setting, to a mobile terminal, filter information which is referred to for determining whether to permit or reject a reception of an e-mail, and detecting international roaming by the mobile terminal;

controlling a distribution of the e-mail to the mobile terminal based on the filter information in response to detecting international roaming;

in case a destination address of an e-mail is included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, deleting the destination address from the filter information and transmitting the updated filter information to the server; and

in case a destination address of an e-mail is not included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, adding the destination address to the filter information and transmitting the updated filter information to the server,

wherein, in response to receiving an email reception notification from a server, the mobile terminal determines whether or not it is under the international roaming, and sends an email reception request to the server when it is not under the international roaming or request to apply the filter information to the server when it is under the international roaming.

14. The e-mail reception control method according to claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting the filter information to the server when detecting that an e-mail to the mobile terminal is received.

15. The e-mail reception control method according to claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting the filter information to the server when the filter information is updated.

16. The e-mail reception control method according to claim 13, further comprising:

in case the filter information is previously transmitted to the server, transmitting difference information between the updated filter information and the previously transmitted filter information as the filter information.

17. The e-mail reception control method according to claim 13, wherein:

the filter information includes a reception rejection address list from which receptions of all e-mails are rejected.

18. The e-mail reception control method according to claim 13, further comprising:

in response to detecting a connection with a domestic network after international roaming, canceling a setting of the filter information of the server by transmitting a cancel request of the filter information with a reception request of an e-mail to the server.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to perform:

a process that detects that an own mobile terminal is under international roaming;

a process capable of transmitting filter information, to a server, which is set in the own terminal and is referred to for determining whether to permit or reject a reception of an e-mail to the server in response to detecting international roaming;

a process that, in case a destination address of at e-mail is included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, deletes the destination address from the filter information and transmits the updated filter information to the server; and

a process that,in case a destination address of an e-mail is not included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, add the destination address to the filter information and transmits the updated filter information to the server,

wherein, in response to receiving an email reception notification from the server, the mobile terminal determines whether or not it is under the international roaming, and sends an email reception request to the server when it is not under the international roaming or request to apply the filter information to the server when it is under the international roaming.

20. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein storing a program for causing a computer to perform:

a process that transmits the filter information to the server in response to detecting the server receives an e-mail to the own terminal.

21. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein storing a program for causing a computer to perform:

a process that transmits the filter information to the server when the filter information is updated.

22. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein storing a program for causing a computer to perform:

a process that, in case the filter information is previously transmitted to the server, transmits difference information between the updated filter information and the previously transmitted filter information as the filter information.

23. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein:

the filter information includes a reception rejection address list from which receptions of all e-mails are rejected.

24. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein storing a program for causing a computer to perform:

a process that, in response to detecting a connection with a domestic network after international roaming, cancels a setting of the filter information of the server by transmitting a cancel request of the filter information with a reception request of an e-mail to the server.

25. An e-mail reception control method, comprising:

detecting that an own mobile terminal is under international roaming;

transmitting filter information which is set to the own terminal and is referred to for determining whether to permit or reject a reception of an e-mail in response to detecting international roaming;

in case a destination address of an e-mail is included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, deleting the destination address from the filter information and transmitting the updated filter information to the server; and

in case a destination address of an e-mail is not included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, the destination address to the filter information and transmitting the updated filter information to the server,

wherein, in response to receiving an email reception notification from a server, the mobile terminal determines whether or not it is under the international roaming, and sends an email reception request to the server when it is not under the international roaming or request to apply the filter information to the server when it is under the international roaming.

26. A mobile terminal, comprising:

wireless transmission and reception means for detecting that it is under international roaming; and

control means capable of transmitting filter information, to a server, which is set in an own terminal and is referred to for determining whether to permit or reject a reception of an e-mail to the server in response to be detected under international roaming by the wireless transmission and reception means,

wherein, in response to receiving an email reception notification from the server, the mobile terminal determines whether or not it is under the international roaming, and sends an email reception request to the server when it is not under the international roaming or request to apply the filter information to the server when it is under the international roaming,

wherein the mobile terminal, in case a destination address of an e-mail is included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, deletes the destination address from the filter information and transmits the updated filter information to the server, and

wherein the mobile terminal, in case a destination address of an e-mail is not included in the filter information when transmitting the e-mail, add the destination address to the filter information and transmits the updated filter information to the server.