JP2001325190A - Mail device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily quote the contents of a received mail to its reply mail by storing the character data, i.e., a part of the received mail text as the regular sentences together with the additional information. SOLUTION: A mail device 1 transmits and receives a mail including its destination and text to and from its transmission destination. The mail transmitted from a communication control part 8 or the character strings included in the text of the received mail are stored in a RAM 5 together with the mail transmission destination information. The characters having the mail information coincident with the mail transmission destination information are read out of the RAM 5 and shown in a list at a display part 4 when the mail is produced. Then the desired character strings are selected among those shown in a list by means of an action control key 32 and inputted to the text of the relevant mail.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a mail device and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional mail apparatus, a plurality of pre-registered fixed phrases (for example, greetings, acknowledgments, etc.) are displayed in a list, and a desired fixed phrase is selected from the displayed fixed phrases. There was a way to enter it in the body of the email. further,
There was also an e-mail device that could register frequently used sentences as fixed phrases. Further, in the conventional mail device, by giving a reply instruction to the mail received from the partner, the contents of the mail received from the partner can be directly quoted in the reply mail. However, if the entire received content is quoted as it is in the reply mail, not only does the data volume of the reply mail increase, but also it becomes difficult for the recipient to read the reply mail. Therefore, when citing a part of the received mail in the reply mail, it is necessary to delete unnecessary portions of the received mail after giving a reply instruction. Alternatively, there is a method of copying the quoted portion and pasting it when creating a reply mail, but the operation is complicated.

[0003] Further, in the conventional mail apparatus, although a greeting sentence or a concluded expression of a mail received from or transmitted from the other party can be registered as a fixed phrase, a registered fixed phrase (eg, a greeting, When displaying a list of phrases, etc., fixed phrases are displayed in a fixed order regardless of the input position. For example, if you want to select the final phrase, the fixed phrase is displayed in minutes from the greeting corresponding to the beginning of the sentence When selecting a fixed phrase to be quoted, the operation is complicated.

[0004]

In the conventional mail apparatus, as described above, it was not possible to easily quote a part of the contents of the mail received or transmitted from the other party in the created mail.

An object of the present invention is to easily quote the contents of a received mail in a reply mail by storing character string data which is a received mail text or a part of a transmitted mail text as a fixed text together with additional information. It is to be. Specifically, a first object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily quote a created mail when quoting a character string in another sent / received mail and creating a reply mail. It is to be.

A second object of the present invention is to easily quote a character string corresponding to an input position of a created mail when a character string in a sent / received mail is quoted and used as a normally used character string. To be able to enter.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned first problem, the present invention relates to a mail apparatus (for example, a mail apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1) which transmits and receives a mail including a text and a transmission destination. Specifying means (for example, action control key 32 shown in FIG. 1; step S5 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 3; step S26 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 4) for designating a character string in the body of the received mail or the received mail; An obtaining unit that obtains mail destination information for the mail whose character string is specified by the specifying unit (for example, CPU2 shown in FIG. 1; step S47 of a flowchart shown in FIG. 6); and a character string specified by the specifying unit Character string storage means (for example, RA shown in FIG. 1) 5; the string pointer table 53) shown in FIG. 2, mail creation means for creating a mail containing the destination and the character string (for example, CPU 2 shown in FIG. 1),
A character string reading means for reading a character string associated with the mail destination information of the created mail from the character string storage means (for example, step S5 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 6).
8), selecting means for selecting a desired character string from the character strings read by the character string reading means (for example, action control key 32 shown in FIG. 1; step S60 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 6); Character string input means (for example, step S61 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 5) for inputting the character string selected by the means into the body of the mail to be created.

In order to solve the above-mentioned second problem, the present invention provides a mail apparatus (for example, the mail apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1) for transmitting and receiving a mail including a text to and from a transmission destination. Designating means for designating a character string in the body of the mail (for example, action control key 32 shown in FIG. 1; step S5 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 3; step S26 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 4)
Acquiring means for acquiring position information in the mail text for the character string designated by the designating means (for example, CPU 2 shown in FIG. 1; steps S42 and S44 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 6); Character string storage means (for example, RAM 5 shown in FIG. 1; character string pointer table 53 shown in FIG. 2) for storing the designated character string in association with the position information in the mail text acquired by the acquisition means; Mail creating means for creating a mail including a destination and a character string (for example, the CPU shown in FIG. 1)
2) and character string reading means (for example, steps S53, S54, and S54 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 6) for reading a character string associated with the position information in the mail body of the created mail from the character string storage means. S55)
Selecting means (for example, action control key 32 shown in FIG. 1; step S60 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 6) for selecting a desired character string from the character strings read by the character string reading means; And a character string input unit (for example, step S61 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 5) for inputting the selected character string into the body of the mail to be created.

According to the present invention, in a mail apparatus for transmitting / receiving a mail including a text to / from a transmission destination, a mail transmitted by the specifying means or a character string in the text of the received mail is specified, and the designation is obtained by the obtaining means. Means for obtaining mail destination information for the mail whose character string is specified by the means, and storing the character string specified by the specifying means by the character string storage means in association with the mail destination information obtained by the obtaining means. A mail including a transmission destination and a character string is prepared by the mail preparation means, a character string associated with the mail transmission destination information of the prepared mail is read from the character string storage means by the character string reading means, and the character string is read by the selection means. A desired character string is selected from the character strings read by the character string reading means, and selected by the selecting means by the character string input means. To enter in the body of the email to create a character string.

Therefore, if a character string in the text of the mail to be quoted is specified, the character string is stored together with the mail destination information, and when the mail is created, it is associated with the mail destination information of the created mail. Since the read character string is read, by selecting a desired character string from the read character string, it is possible to easily quote a part of the text of the mail to be quoted that has been transmitted or received in the past.

Further, according to the present invention, in a mail apparatus for transmitting / receiving a mail including a text with a transmission destination, a mail transmitted by the specifying means or a character string in the text of the received mail is specified, and the character string in the obtaining means is specified by the obtaining means. Acquiring the position information in the mail body corresponding to the obtained character string, storing the character string designated by the designation unit by the character string storage unit in association with the position information in the mail body acquired by the acquisition unit, A mail including a transmission destination and a character string is created by the mail creating means, a character string associated with the positional information in the mail body of the created mail is read from the character string storage means by the character string reading means, and selected by the selecting means. A desired character string is selected from the character strings read by the character string reading means, and selected by the selecting means by the character string input means. To enter in the body of the e-mail to create a string.

Therefore, if a character string in the body of the mail to be quoted is specified, the character string is stored together with the position information in the mail body, and when the mail is created, the position of the created mail in the body of the mail is determined. Since the character string associated with the information is read, the character string corresponding to the input position of the created mail can be easily quoted and input.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, the main configuration of a mail apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a mail device 1 to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a RAM 5 shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, a mail device 1 has a CPU
2, an input unit 3, a display unit 4, a RAM 5, a storage device 6, a storage medium 7, and a communication control unit 8. Here, the components except the storage medium 7 are connected by a bus 9.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2
Are various application programs 71 corresponding to the mail device 1 stored in the storage medium 7 in the storage device 6 and data 72 described later (for example, the telephone directory 51 or the like).
Is read out and stored in the RAM 5.

The CPU 2 stores various instructions and input data input from the input unit 3 in the RAM 5, and executes various processes according to the stored application programs 71.

Then, the CPU 2 outputs the processing result to RA
It is stored in a work area (not shown) in M5 and displayed on the display unit 4. Further, the CPU 2 has a RAM
The processing result stored in the work area in the storage unit 5 is stored in the storage medium 7 in the storage device 6 instructed to be input from the input unit 3.

The input unit 3 includes a touch panel 31 and action control keys 32.

The touch panel 31 is arranged on the upper surface of the display unit 4 and touches cursor keys, numeric input keys, and various function keys displayed on the display unit 4 to input characters and to display mails displayed on the display unit. Touch the text string in the text to specify the range of the text. By operating the touch panel 31, an instruction to create a new mail and an input in a mail body field are performed.

The action control key 32 has an up / down operation function of rotating or sliding up and down to designate a desired destination or character string data from a plurality of destinations or character string data displayed on the display unit 4. The action control key 32 has a pressing operation function of selecting a destination or character string data designated by the up / down operation function. The action control key 32 is also used for registering a character string whose range is specified by pressing (pushing) the character string while the range of the character string is specified from the touch panel. The input unit 3 transmits an operation signal of the input key 31 by the user and an operation signal corresponding to an up / down operation or a pressing operation of the action control key 32 and the signal to the CPU.
Output to 2.

The display unit 4 is constituted by a liquid crystal display unit or the like, and displays data and the like input from the input unit 3 via the CPU 2.

The RAM 5, as shown in FIG.
1. Sentence character string pointer table 52, character string pointer table 53, character string buffer 54, and address book 5
5 is stored. Further, the RAM 5 includes various application programs 71 corresponding to the mail device 1 and a work area (not shown) for developing a processing result.

In the telephone directory 51, an identification number 511, a telephone directory registration name 512 and an address book pointer 513 are registered in association with the identification number.

The address book pointer 513 is a pointer indicating an address number 551 registered in the address book 55 described later. Therefore, in the operation described later, when the user selects the telephone directory registered name 512, the address 552 corresponding to the selected telephone directory registered name 512 is set in the destination field of the created mail.

In the destination column of the created mail, the telephone directory registration name 512 is displayed instead of the address 552. Therefore, when the telephone directory registered name 512 is changed to, for example, a nickname or the like, the registered name displayed in the destination column of the created mail is also changed to the nickname.

The operation will be described in detail later.
When the user selects character string data registered in the character string buffer 54 and inputs the selected character string data into the mail text, the first character string pointer table 52 or the character string pointer table 53 is used.

The initial character string pointer table 52 is a table in which a telephone directory pointer 521 and an initial character string pointer 522 are registered in association with the telephone directory pointer.

The telephone directory pointer 521 is a pointer for indicating the identification number 511 of the telephone directory 51. The beginning character string pointer 522 is a pointer that points to specific character string data among a plurality of character string data stored in the character string buffer 54. Here, the specific character string data is character string data in which a sentence head flag (see FIG. 10 (5)) is set.

The character string pointer table 53 is a table in which a character string pointer 531, a position flag 532, and a telephone directory pointer 533 are registered in association with each other. This is a pointer indicating specific character string data among character string data. The position flag 532 indicates the position of the character string data in the mail determined by the CPU 2 when registering the character string data in the character string buffer 54. When the character string data to be registered is at the beginning of the mail, , The position flag 532 is set to “head of sentence”, the position flag 532 is set to “in the sentence” in the case of the sentence, and the position flag 532 is set to “end of the sentence” in the case of the end of the sentence. The telephone directory pointer 533 is a pointer that indicates the identification number 511 of the telephone directory 51. Here, the character string data (fixed text) registered in the character string buffer 54 from the beginning is:
The telephone directory flag 533 is blank.

In the character string buffer 54, a plurality of fixed string data such as quotes and symbols registered in the "character string data registration process" described later by the user in a frequently used fixed form sentence registered from the beginning. Is stored.

The address book 55 has an address number 551
And an address (destination) 5 corresponding to this address number.
52 are stored. The address number 551 is linked to the address pointer 513 of the telephone directory 51. The address 552 is registered in the address book 55 in ascending order of the date and time input in the destination field of the mail. That is,
The recently used address 552 is registered at the top of the address book 55.

The address book 55 has a head flag 55
3 are provided. Address 552 in the mail address field
Is input, the head flag 553 of the input address 552 is set, and the data is rearranged so that the address 552 in which the head flag 553 is set becomes the head.
Thereafter, the head flag 553 is reset.

When a mail is created in a “new creation process” (see FIG. 3) described later, a predetermined number (for example, five) of addresses from the top of a plurality of addresses 552 registered in the address book 55 552 is displayed as a “recent list”.

Here, the recent list will be described. Conventionally, a telephone directory or an address book is selected on a display screen as shown in FIG. 12 (1), and a plurality of destinations registered in the telephone directory or the address book are displayed as shown in FIG. 12 (2). And select a desired destination from the displayed destinations,
There has been a method of inputting the destination in the destination field of the created mail (see FIG. 12 (3)).

However, exchange of e-mail by the e-mail apparatus is often performed with relatively limited parties. If the number of destinations registered in the phone book or the address book increases, the number of destinations displayed due to the limitation of the display screen size of the mail device is small. In the method of selecting a destination, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to search for a desired destination. In the present embodiment, the address input at the head of the mail destination is automatically registered in the recent list, and the recently input address can be easily called and input from the recent list.

The storage device 6 has a storage medium 7 stored therein. The storage medium 7 has various application programs 71 and data 72 corresponding to the mail device 1.
Etc. are stored. Here, the data 72 is the telephone directory 51, the initial character string pointer table 52, and the like shown in FIG. Further, the storage medium 7 is configured by a magnetic or optical storage medium or a semiconductor memory. The storage medium 7 is fixedly provided in the storage device 6 or is detachably mounted.

The communication control unit 8 transmits the created mail data to an external wireless base station (not shown) based on a command from the CPU 2, and receives the mail data from the external wireless base station.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the “transmitted / received mail confirmation processing” executed by the CPU 2.

In the flowchart of FIG.
Receives a new mail from the external wireless base station by the communication control unit 8 (step S1). And CPU2
Displays a list of received mails and previously transmitted mails on the display unit 4 (step S2).

Next, the CPU 2 prompts the user to specify a mail whose contents are to be displayed (step S3), and displays the contents of the specified mail (step S4).

Then, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the character string data in the displayed mail has been designated by the user on the touch panel (step S5). If the character string data has not been designated (step S5). S5; N
o), that is, when the character string data in the mail is registered and not quoted, the process returns to step S3.

When the range of the character string data is specified (step S5; Yes), the CPU subsequently determines whether or not the action control key is pressed by the user (step S6), and the action is performed within a predetermined time. When the control key is not pressed (step S6;
No), the process returns to step S3.

If the action control key is pressed within a predetermined time (step S6; Yes), the CPU 2
Executes character string data registration processing (see FIG. 5) described later to register character string data (step S7), and confirms with the user whether or not to end the processing (step S7).
8).

If an end instruction is not input in step S7 (step S7; No), the CPU 2 returns to step S3, and prompts the user to specify a mail to confirm again. When an end instruction is input (step S
7; Yes), the CPU 2 ends this processing.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the “new creation process” of CPU 2 in mail device 1 of the present embodiment.

In the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, first, the CPU 2 of the mail device 1
(See FIGS. 7 (1) and 7 (4)), when the creation of a new mail is instructed, a destination (address 552) input or selected in the past, that is, a predetermined number of recently used addresses 552 can be selected. Are displayed on the display unit 4 (step S11). Here, the destination input or selected in the past is only the destination input at the top of the destination field of the mail.

Next, the CPU 2 determines whether or not a destination has been selected from the displayed "recent list" (step S12). Here, when a destination is selected (step S
12; Yes), the CPU 2 sets the selected destination in the destination field of the created mail (step S13), sets the top flag 553 of the selected destination (address 552), and sets the latest (top) ) (Step S14).

When the mail is created next time by the process of step S14, the selected destination is displayed at the top of the "recent list". That is, the frequently used address 552 is registered near the top of the address book 55 and is displayed in the “recent list”.

Then, the initial character string pointer 522 corresponding to the selected destination (the telephone directory pointer 521) is stored in the RA.
If it is registered in the initial character string pointer table 52 of M5, the CPU 2 reads out the specific character string data corresponding to the registered initial character string pointer 522 from the character string buffer 54 of the RAM 5, and displays it on the display unit 4. Is displayed as a list and the user is made to select (step S15). Furthermore, CP
U2 sets the selected character string data at the beginning of the mail body column (step S16).

On the other hand, if no destination is selected from the "recent list" in step S12 (step S1
2; No), the CPU 2 displays the address book 55 on the display unit 4, allows the user to select and add a destination, and directly inputs a new destination when there is no destination in the address book 55 (step S17).

Then, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the user has selected a destination from the address book 55 (step S18), and when the destination has been selected (step S1).
8; Yes), the selected destination is set in the destination field of the created mail (step S21), and the process proceeds to step S22.

When the destination is not selected, that is, when the destination is directly inputted (step S18; N
o), the CPU 2 sets the input destination in the destination field of the created mail (step S19), and registers the input destination in the address book 55 (step S20).

Then, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the destination (address 552) is set at the head of the mail destination column in step S19 or S21 (step S22). If the destination is not set (step S22; No), and it transfers to step S25.

If it is set to the head (step S22; Yes), the CPU 2 sets the head flag 553 of the destination (address 552) registered in the address book 55 in the RAM 5 (step S23). And C
The PU2 stores the input or selected destination in the address book 55.
Is set to the latest (head) (step S24), the head flag 53 is reset, and the routine goes to step S25.

Next, the CPU 2 confirms with the user whether or not to proceed to the input of the text field (step S25), and if not proceeding, for example, to add a destination (step S25; N)
o), and return to step S17. When the process proceeds (step S25; Yes), the CPU 2 determines whether the character string data in the displayed mail is specified by the user on the touch panel (step S2).
6).

In this step S26, when the range of the character string data is designated (step S26; Ye
s), the CPU determines whether the action control key has been pressed by the user (step S27),
If the action control key has not been pressed within the predetermined time (step S27; No), the process returns to step S25. If the action control key is pressed within a predetermined time (step S6; Yes), the CPU 2 executes a “character string data registration process” (see FIG. 5) described later (step S28), and proceeds to step S32.

When the range of the character string data is not specified (step S26; No), the CPU 2 determines whether or not the action control key 32 is pressed (step S29).

Here, the action control key 32
Is pressed (Step S29; Ye
s), the CPU 2 executes “character string data selection processing” described later.
(See FIG. 6) (step S30) and step S30.
Move to 32. Action control key 3
2 is not pressed (step S29; N
o), the CPU 2 performs another text field input process using the input key 31 (step S31), and proceeds to step S31.

Next, the CPU 2 confirms with the user whether or not the creation of the mail has been completed (step S32). If the completion of the creation has not been instructed (step S32; No), the process returns to step S26. If creation completion is instructed (step S32; Yes), the CPU 2 transmits the selected destination address and the created mail from the communication control unit 8 to an external wireless base station (not shown) (step S3).
3), end this processing.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the “character string data registration processing” executed by the CPU 2. Referring to the figure, "character string data registration processing" executed in step S5 of FIG. 3 and step S27 of FIG.
Will be described.

In the flowchart of FIG.
Stores the character string data specified on the touch panel in RAM
5 is set in the character string buffer 54, and the character string pointer 531 of the character string pointer table 53 is set to the character string data (step S41).

Next, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the display position of the designated character string data is at the beginning of a sentence (step S2).
42) If it is the beginning of a sentence (step S42; Yes),
Set the position flag 532 of the registered character string data to “head of sentence”
(Step S43). If it is not the beginning of a sentence (step S42; No), the CPU 2 determines whether the display position of the character string data is at the end of the sentence (step S44). Here, the CPU 2 sets the position flag 532 to “end of sentence” if it is the end of the sentence (step S44; Yes), and sets the position flag 532 to “in the sentence” if it is not the end of the sentence (step S45; No). It is set (step S46).

Then, the CPU 2 adds and registers the sender of the mail as character data to the character string data, that is, registers the telephone directory pointer 533 in association with the set character string pointer 531 (step S47).

Next, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the capacity of the character string buffer 54 has exceeded a prescribed capacity (step S48). If the capacity has exceeded the capacity (step S48;
Yes), the CPU 2 deletes the last (oldest) character string data in the character string buffer 54 (step S4).
9) Return to step S48 and check the capacity again. If the capacity is not exceeded (step S48; N
o), the CPU 2 ends this processing.

Next, "character string data selection processing" of the CPU 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The "character string data selection process" executed in step S29 of FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG.

In the flowchart of FIG.
Detects the current input position (cursor position) (step S51) and determines the detected position (step S52).

Here, if the detected position is the beginning of a sentence, a character string pointer 531 whose position flag 532 is "head of sentence" is searched from the character string pointer table 53, and the character string data corresponding to the character string pointer 531 is retrieved. Column buffer 5
4 (step S53). Similarly, if the detected position is in a sentence, character string data whose position flag 532 is “in the sentence” is extracted from the character string buffer 54 (step S54), and if the detected position is at the end of the sentence, the position flag 532 is set to “ The character string data at the end of the sentence is extracted from the character string buffer 54 (step S55).

Next, the CPU 2 extracts a destination from the created mail (step S56). Here, the destinations to be extracted are only the destinations set at the head of the destination field of the created mail.

Then, the CPU 2 extracts a telephone directory pointer 533 (hereinafter referred to as “personal data”) added to each of the extracted character string data, and It is determined whether or not the person data is the same (step S57).

If the destination and the person data are the same in this step S57 (step S57; Yes), C
The display unit 4 displays the extracted character string data with the character string data being the same person data as the destination as the head.
(Step S58).

If the destination and the person data are not the same (step S57; No), the CPU 2 displays a list of the extracted character string data in the original order (step S59). Here, the original order is the character string buffer 5
4 is the order in which the character string data is registered.

Next, the CPU 2 allows the user to specify the character string data by operating the action control key 32 up and down from the character string data displayed in the list. Is selected (step S60).

Then, the CPU 2 inputs the selected character string data to the input position (cursor position) of the created mail (step S61).

Next, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the person data of the input character string data matches the destination of the mail (step S62). Here, if they match (step S62; Yes), the CPU 2 moves the character string data to the end in the character string buffer 54 (step S63), and ends this processing.

If they do not match (step S6
2; No), the CPU 2
Then, the telephone directory pointer 533 of the character string data is blank, thereby changing the personal data of the character string data from "individual" to "common" (step S64). Then, the CPU 2 moves the character string data to the head in the character string buffer 54 (step S65), and ends this processing.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, a description will be given of a mail destination input example using the above-mentioned "new creation processing" (see FIG. 4).

When "write" is selected by the user on the main menu screen of the mail apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 7A, a "recent list" 11 in which mail destinations a1 to a5 are arranged from the most recently used ones. Is displayed (Fig. 7
(2); see S11 in FIG. 4). At the same time, "new" selected when a new destination is input is also displayed.

When "new" is selected by the user, the screen shifts to a screen for directly inputting a destination (FIG. 7 (3);
(See S17 in FIG. 4). Here, when "address" is selected, all registered addresses (destinations) are displayed in a selectable list (not shown). Also, the keyboard kb in the figure
1 is a software keyboard used for various inputs.

Next, a "recent list" 11
When the destination a3 "Masumi Kuwano" is selected from FIG.
As shown in the figure, the selected destination a3 is the created mail m1
(See S13 in FIG. 4).

Similarly, when “new” is selected by the user on the mail transmission / reception screen shown in FIG.
The “recent list” 11 is displayed (see FIG. 7 (5)).
When the user selects the destination a3 "Masumi Kuwano", the selected destination a3 is set in the destination field of the created mail m1 (see FIG. 7 (6)).

As described above, the destination to which the mail is frequently transmitted is displayed as the recent list 11, and the desired destination is selected from the list and input to the destination column of the mail. Therefore, the input of the destination can be executed in a shorter time than in the conventional method in which all the destinations are displayed in a list, the destination is selected from the list, and the destination is input. As shown in FIG. 7 (8), a “recent list” 12 in which destinations are arranged for 10 persons (addresses a1 to a10)
May be displayed, and the number of destinations to be displayed can be changed according to the display area of the display unit 4 of the mail device 1.

Next, an example of registration of character string data using the above-described "character string data registration processing" (see FIG. 5) will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 8A, the character string data of the created mail m2, "Take care ..." is designated on the touch panel and the action control key 32 is depressed, and the character string data is stored in the character string buffer of the RAM 5. 54 (see FIG. 8 (2)).

Then, at the time of the next mail creation (FIG. 8 (3)
By operating the action control key 32 up and down, the character string data registered in the character string buffer 54 of the RAM 5 is read out and displayed in a list, and the action control key 32 is operated up and down to obtain a desired character string " Specify "..." (see FIG. 8 (4)). Further, by depressing the action control key (not shown), the character string data "Take care ..." selected in FIG. 8B is input to the mail m3 (see S60 and S61 in FIG. 6).

As described above, the character string data to be quoted at the time of the next mail creation is stored together with the fixed phrase in the character string buffer 54.
The character string data can be easily quoted in the created mail by selecting the character string data at the time of creating the next mail.

When the desired character string data is specified from the character string data listed on the display unit 4 by the up / down operation of the action control key 32, the new character string data is displayed by the up operation of the action control key. Is done. Then, if the operation is further performed while the latest character string data is displayed, the oldest character string data is displayed.

On the other hand, old character string data is displayed according to the operation of the action control key 32. Then, when the lower operation is performed while the oldest character string data is displayed, the latest character string data is displayed.

In FIG. 8, the character string data of the body of the created mail m2 is registered, but by registering the character string data of the body of the received mail, the body of the received mail can be sent to the reply mail. Can be easily quoted.

The selected / input character string data is
The character string buffer 54 is moved to the head and the next time is displayed at the head. Then, the capacity of the character string buffer 54 is defined in advance, and when new character string data is registered, if the character string buffer 54 exceeds the specified capacity, the oldest character string data is deleted. Therefore, character string data with a high frequency of use is displayed at the top, and character string data with a low frequency of use are automatically deleted. Here, the prescribed capacity is prescribed by the number of registered character string data and the memory size.

Next, referring to FIG. 9, the above-mentioned "new creation processing" (see FIG. 4) and "character string data registration processing"
An example of character string data input using (see FIG. 5) will be described.

As in FIG. 8A, in FIG. 9A, the character string data "Good morning!"
Is specified on the touch panel, and the action control key 32 is pressed to register the character string data in the character string buffer 54 of the RAM 5.

Here, when registering the character string data "Good morning!", The CPU 2 sets the character string data "Good morning!"
Is determined on the created mail m4 (see S42 in FIG. 5).
The position flag 532 of FIG. 2 “head of sentence” is set (FIG. 5).
S43).

Then, at the time of the next mail creation, by operating the action control key 32 up and down,
The character string data registered in the character string buffer 54 of the RAM 5 is read and displayed. At this time, the CPU 2 determines the cursor position in the mail m5 or the mail m6, and
If the cursor position is at the beginning of the sentence as in (2), only the character string data for which the beginning of the sentence flag is set is displayed in a list,
A desired character string data is selected by operating the action control key 32 up and down (see S5 in FIG. 3).

As shown in FIG. 9C, when the cursor position is in the middle of a sentence (not at the beginning of a sentence), all the character string data registered in the character string buffer 54 of the RAM 5 are displayed in a list, and the action control key 32 Desired character string data is selected by the up / down operation of.

As described above, by storing the character string data with the position information added thereto and displaying the character string data having the same position information as the selectable information when composing the mail, the selection of the character string data becomes easy. Note that, as in step S44 in FIG. 5, the middle of the sentence and the end of the sentence at the cursor position may be further determined, and the "sentence flag" or "sentence end flag" may be set.

Next, referring to FIG. 10, the above-mentioned "new creation processing" (see FIG. 4) and "character string data registration processing"
An input example of character string data using (see FIG. 5) will be described.

As in FIGS. 7 (4) to 7 (6), FIG.
When "new" is selected in 0 (1), "recent list" 11 is displayed (see FIG. 10 (2)). FIG. 10A shows an example of the registered contents of the RAM 5, which corresponds to the telephone directory 51 of FIG.

When the user selects the destination a3 "Masumi Kuwano" in FIG. 10 (2), the selected destination a3 "Masumi Kuwano" is set in the destination field of the created mail m7 (FIG. 10 (3)). )reference). At this time, FIG.
As shown in (5), the selected “Masumi Kuwano” is moved to the top in the RAM 5.

Next, the character string data "Genki?" Input at the beginning of the mail m7 is designated on the touch panel as a range (FIG. 1).
0 (4)), the action control key 32 is pressed and registered in the RAM 5 (see FIG. 10 (5)).

Here, the destination a 3 “Masumi Kuwano” and the character string “Genki?” Are linked in the sentence initial character string pointer table 52 of the RAM 5. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, a telephone directory pointer 521 indicating “Masumi Kuwano” of the telephone directory 51 is associated with a head character pointer 522 indicating character string data “Genki?” It is registered in the pointer table 52.

The character string pointer 531 indicating the character string data “Energy?” May be registered in the character string pointer table 53 in association with the telephone directory pointer 533 indicating “Masumi Kuwano” in the telephone directory 51. . At this time, the position flag 532 stored in association with the character string pointer 531 and the telephone directory pointer 533 is set to “head of sentence”.

When the user selects "write" in FIG. 10 (6) at the time of creating a mail next time, the destination a3, a recent list "13" headed by "Masumi Kuwano" is displayed, and the destination a3 When "Masumi Kuwano" is selected (Fig. 1
0 (7)), the selected destination a3 “Masumi Kuwano” is set in the destination field of the created mail m8, and the character string data “Genki?” Is automatically input at the beginning of the mail m8 (FIG. 10 (8)).

As described above, by selecting a destination, character string data corresponding to the destination is automatically input. Therefore, mail can be created more easily. Also, by displaying the selected destination at the head next time, the selection and input of the destination can be executed efficiently.

Next, referring to FIG. 11, a description will be given of an example of quoting character string data using the above-described "new creation process" (see FIG. 4).

In FIG. 11A, a mail m9 received by the communication control unit 8 from an external radio base station (not shown) is displayed. Then, the user operates the action control key 32 to move the character string data d
1 "Take care ...", character string data d2 "Well, the other day ...", character string data d3 "Oh," are each specified as a range on the touch panel, and the specified character string data d1 to d3 are Action control key 3
2 is registered in the character string buffer 54 of the RAM 5 (see S41 in FIG. 5).

Here, the character string data d1 to d3 include:
The position flag f1 “head of sentence”, the position flag f2 “in sentence”, and the position flag f3 “end of sentence” indicating the position in the mail m9 are set (see S43, S45, S46 in FIG. 5).
ing. Further, the source fr1 “Fairness of Watanabe” of the mail m9 is registered as the human data h1 “Fairness of Watanabe” in association with each of the character string data d1 to d3 (see S47 in FIG. 5).

The above-mentioned registration will be additionally described. In the character string pointer table 53 shown in FIG. 2, character string pointers 531 indicating character string data d1 to d3 registered in the character string buffer 54 are respectively registered. A position flag 532 is set for the pointer 531. The telephone directory pointer 533 is used as the person data.
Is additionally registered.

Next, in FIG. 11B, when the user presses the action control key 32 when creating the reply mail m10, when the input position (cursor position) in the mail is at the beginning of the sentence, the RAM 5 Character string data d1, d registered in the character string buffer 54 of
Character string data d1, d4, and d5 that are the position flag f1 “head of sentence” are extracted from 2, 2,.

Here, a plurality of character string data d1, d4,
Among the d5, character string data d1 in which the human data h1 "Fairness of Watanabe" is the same as the destination t1 is displayed as the first candidate, and then the character string data d4 in which the human data h2 is "user input" is displayed. Finally, the character string data d5 whose person data h3 is "fixed data" is displayed. If the person data h1 “Fairness of Watanabe” is different from the destination of the mail (see FIG. 11D), the character string data is displayed last.

"Fixed data" indicates a fixed form sentence registered from the beginning, and "user input" will be described later.

The character string data d1 is selected by the user's up / down operation of the action control key 32, and is input to the reply mail m10 by the user's pressing operation of the action control key 32.

Next, when the input position is "in the text", the RAM
The character string data d2, d6, and d7 that are the position flag f2 "in the sentence" are extracted from the plurality of character string data d1, d2,... Registered in the fifth character string buffer 54, and displayed in a list. The character string data d2 is input to the reply mail m10 by the user's up / down / press operation of the action control key 32.

At this time, the selected / input character string data d
Since the second person data h1 is the same as the destination t1 of the mail m2 being created, after the character string data d2 is selected and input, as shown in FIG. The buffer 54 is moved to the last candidate (see S63 in FIG. 6).

In FIG. 11D, the mail m1
When creating the character string 1, the character string data d1 is input to the mail m11 by the user's up / down / press operation of the action control key 32.

Here, since the person data h1 of the input character string data d1 is not the same as the destination t2 “Taro Tanaka” of the mail m11 being created, after the character string data d1 is selected and input, FIG. As shown in (e), the person data h1 “Fair Watanabe” of the character string data d1 becomes the person data h2 “user input”. Specifically, the telephone directory pointer 533 of the character string pointer table 53 is blank (see FIG. 2).

The character string data d1 is moved to the first candidate in the character string buffer 54 (S in FIG. 6).
65). Therefore, when the mail is created next time, the head of the selection candidate of the character string data of “head of sentence” displayed in the list is the character string data d1.

As described above, the character string data registered with the personal data of the personal name is often quoted only once, and the personal data h1 of the selected / input character string data d1 and the created mail are often referred to. If the destination t1 is the same,
The character string buffer 54 stores the selected and input character string data d1.
Moved to the end.

When the person data h1 of the selected / input character string data d1 is different from the destination t2 of the created mail,
The human data h1 of the character string data d1 after selection / input is set to h2
To a user-defined input sentence, and the character string data d
1 has been moved to the beginning of the character string buffer 54.

Therefore, by changing the priority in the display of the character string data according to the selection status of the character string data, the character string data can be efficiently selected and the mail can be created comfortably.

Note that the details of the present embodiment are not limited to the contents of the above-described embodiment.
Changes can be made as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, a mail device not equipped with the action control key 32 may be provided with a dedicated button such as a character string data designation button or a character string data selection button.

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According to the present invention, if a character string in the body of an e-mail to be quoted is specified, the character string is stored together with the mail destination information, and when the e-mail is created, the e-mail Since the character string associated with the destination information is read out, by selecting a desired character string from the read out character string, a part of the text of the mail to be quoted that has been transmitted or received in the past can be easily obtained. Can be quoted.

Further, by setting the priority of the character string and changing the priority of the character string in accordance with the state of selection of the character string, the character string can be selected comfortably when creating a mail. That is, for example, a character string specified to be quoted but not yet used has a high priority when creating an e-mail for that person, and is already selected for the e-mail destination of that person. Character strings that have already been used have lower priority.For example, character strings that are designated for general use and that are selected for the mail destination other than the original recipient are general purpose The priority can be increased so that the character string can be selected comfortably according to the purpose when composing the mail.

Further, by defining the capacity of the character string stored in the character string storage means, a character string with a low priority, for example, a character string quoted in a reply mail that is already quoted and is unlikely to be used in the future. By deleting the columns, the mail device can be used comfortably.

Further, according to the present invention, if a character string in the body of the mail to be quoted is specified, the character string is stored together with the position information in the mail body, and when the mail is created, the created mail is created. Since the character string associated with the position information in the mail text is read out, the character string corresponding to the input position of the created mail can be easily quoted and input.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a mail device 1 to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a RAM 5 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating “transmission / reception mail confirmation processing” performed by CPU 2 of mail device 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating “new creation processing” performed by a CPU 2 of the mail device 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating “character string data registration processing” performed by CPU 2 of mail device 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating “character string data selection processing” performed by CPU 2 of mail device 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of inputting a destination of a mail using the “new creation process” in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of registration of character string data using the “character string data registration process” in FIG. 5;

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of character string data input using the “new creation processing” in FIG. 3 and the “character string data registration processing” in FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of inputting character string data using the “new creation processing” in FIG. 3 and the “character string data registration processing” in FIG. 5;

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of citing character string data using the “new creation process” in FIG. 3;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a conventional address input method.

[Description of Signs] 1 mail device 2 CPU 3 input unit 31 input key 32 action control key 4 display unit 5 RAM 51 telephone directory 511 identification number 512 telephone directory registration name 513 address book pointer 52 sentence character string pointer table 521 telephone directory Pointer 522 Sentence character string pointer 53 Character string pointer table 531 Character string pointer 532 Position flag 533 Phonebook pointer 54 Character string buffer 55 Address book 551 Address number 552 Address (destination) 553 Head flag 6 Storage device 7 Storage medium 71 Application 72 Data 8 Communication control unit 9 Bus a1 to a10 Destination d1 to d8 Character string data h1 to h3 Person data m1 to m11 Mail

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A mail device for transmitting and receiving a mail including a text to and from a transmission destination, comprising: a designation unit for designating a character string in the text of a sent mail or a received mail; and a character string designated by the designation unit. Acquiring means for acquiring mail destination information for the received mail; character string storing means for storing a character string specified by the specifying means in association with the mail destination information obtained by the obtaining means; Mail creating means for creating a mail including a character string and a character string; character string reading means for reading a character string associated with mail destination information of the created mail from the character string storage means; Selecting means for selecting a desired character string from the read character strings; and a character string input for inputting the character string selected by the selecting means into the body of the mail to be created. A mail device, comprising: 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: priority setting means for setting a priority of each character string stored in said character string storage means, wherein said character string reading means is associated with mail destination information of said created mail. After reading the character strings in priority order,
A character string that is not associated with the mail destination information is read out in order of priority, and the priority setting unit determines that the character string associated with the mail destination information of the created mail is selected by the selection unit Changes the priority of the selected character string to a lower priority, and when a character string not associated with the mail destination information is selected, deletes the mail information of the selected character string and sets the character string. 2. The mail device according to claim 1, wherein the priority of the mail device is changed to a higher priority. 3. When the character string storage means exceeds a predetermined capacity when storing a character string, the character string with the lowest priority set by the priority setting means is deleted. The mail device according to claim 2, wherein 4. A mail device for transmitting / receiving a mail including a body with a transmission destination, a designating means for designating a character string in the body of the transmitted mail or the received mail, and a character string designated by the designating means Acquisition means for acquiring position information in the mail text for the character string storage means for storing the character string designated by the designation means in association with the position information in the mail text acquired by the acquisition means; Mail creation means for creating a mail including a destination and a character string; character string reading means for reading a character string associated with positional information in the mail body of the created mail from the character string storage means; Selecting means for selecting a desired character string from the character strings read by the column reading means; and inputting the character string selected by the selecting means into the body of the mail to be created. And a character string input means. 5. A storage medium storing a computer-executable program for transmitting / receiving a mail including a body to and from a transmission destination, wherein a character string in the body of a sent mail or a received mail is designated. A program code for obtaining mail destination information for a mail whose character string is specified by the specifying unit, and a mail obtained by the obtaining unit by the character string specified by the specifying unit. A program code for storing in association with the destination information, a program code for creating a mail including a destination and a character string, and a character string associated with the mail destination information of the created mail. Program code for reading from the column storage means, and for selecting a desired character string from the read character string Program codes and the selected character string, storage medium characterized by storing a program comprising a program code for inputting the body of the mail to be created.