JP3282484B2 - Communication method, communication system, transmitting device and receiving device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In a communication system for transmitting communication contents from a transmitting terminal to a receiving terminal, the transmitting terminal regulates a process after receiving the communication contents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of a communication system to which Internet electronic mail software "EUDORA.PRO" manufactured by Kuni Research International Co., Ltd. is applied. The prior art will be described based on the contents described in No. 5. The communication system shown in FIG. 10 can be roughly divided into a transmitting terminal side and a receiving terminal side,
The transmission terminal includes a communication content creation unit 1 and a transmission unit 3. The receiving terminal includes a receiving unit 4, a communication contents storage unit 7, a communication contents display unit 63, and a communication contents diversion unit 8.

[0003] In FIG. 10, reference numeral 1 denotes communication content creation means for creating content to be transmitted, and 3 denotes transmission means for sending the communication content created by the communication content creation means 1. 4 is a receiving means for receiving the communication content transmitted from the transmitting means 3, 7 is a communication content storing means for storing the communication content received by the receiving means 4, and 63 is a communication content received by the receiving means 4 displayed on a display or the like. Communication contents display means to confirm
Reference numeral 8 denotes a communication content diversion unit that diverts the communication content confirmed by the communication content display unit 63 to another document or the like.

Next, the operation of the conventional communication system will be described. First, the operation of the transmitting terminal will be described. The communication content creation means 1 creates communication content to be communicated. Specifically, the communication content creation means 1 creates communication content as shown in FIG. FIG. 11 shows “EUDORA.PR”.
13 shows the screen configuration of the communication content creation means of “O”. As shown in FIG. 11, the communication content creation means 1 includes a destination, a transmission source, a communication title, a copy destination, a file name attached to the communication content, and a communication content creation portion. The communication contents can be created by the user filling in the contents. The communication content can be entered by the same operation as a normal word processor.

[0005] Next, the transmitting means 3 transmits the communication content created by the communication content creating means 1. This transmission is based on the international standard SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
It is performed based on.

Next, the operation of the receiving terminal will be described.
The receiving means 4 in the receiving terminal receives the communication content transmitted from the transmitting means 3 of the transmitting terminal. This reception is performed based on the international standard SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).

[0007] The communication content storing means 7 stores the communication content received by the receiving means 4. FIG. 12 shows an example of storing communication contents in “EUDORA.PRO”. FIG. 12 shows an example in which three communication contents are stored. For each communication content, the sender, arrival time, and the title of the communication content attached to the communication content are described, and an overview of the communication content stored in the external storage device of the receiving terminal is shown. In FIG. 10, the external storage device of the receiving terminal is not shown.

[0008] The communication content display means 63 displays any communication content stored in the communication content storage means. FIG. 13 shows a display example of communication contents in “EUDORA.PRO”. In FIG. 13, the arrival time of the communication with the transmission source and the title of the communication content are displayed at the top of the window, and then the title of the communication content, the transmission destination, the destination of the copy, the communication title, and the arrival time are displayed again. Then, the communication content body is displayed.

The communication content diversion means 8 diverts part or all of the communication content displayed by the communication content display means 63 to another document. FIG. 14 shows “EUDORA.PR”.
The example of diversion of the communication content in "O" is shown. The area indicated by hatching in FIG. 14 is a part to be diverted, and the OS of the computer is
The communication contents can be diverted by the diversion means at the level. Here, the diversion is to use, for example, a character string, image data, or the like included in the communication content in another communication content or another word processing document by copy or paste operation.

[0010]

Since the conventional communication system is configured as described above, there is no means for restricting the function of storing communication contents and diverting to other documents. The processing on the content to be transmitted on the transmission side could not be regulated.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible for a transmitting side to regulate processing after receiving communication contents.

[0012]

A communication method according to the present invention is a communication method for transmitting communication information from a transmitting side to a receiving side, wherein the transmitting side transmits a plurality of information included in the communication information. For each, a regulation content setting step of setting the regulation content when processing the information,
Having a transmission step of transmitting the regulation information and the communication information indicating the regulation content set in the regulation content setting step, on the receiving side, the regulation information and the communication information transmitted in the transmission step Receiving step, receiving a restriction content from the restriction information received in the receiving step, a restriction content recognition step of recognizing the content of the restriction, based on the restriction content certified in the regulation content recognition step, based on the type of media of the communication information A determining step of determining whether the media conversion to be performed can be performed on the receiving side; and causing the transmitting side to execute the media conversion if the receiving side determines that the media conversion cannot be performed. , Each of a plurality of information included in the media-converted communication information based on the above-mentioned regulation contents. Those having a processing regulation step of regulating the process for. Here, the regulation content recognition step corresponds to steps S601 and S603 in FIG. Further, the processing regulation step corresponds to steps S804 and S807 in FIG. Further, the determination step corresponds to S703 in FIG.

[0013]

Further, the setting of the regulation content in the regulation content setting step is performed by designating a specific regulation content from a plurality of predetermined regulation contents, and the transmitting step is performed in the regulation content setting step. An identifier indicating the specified regulation content is transmitted as regulation information.

Further, the regulation content recognition step corresponds to an identifier indicating the regulation content from among a plurality of regulation contents set on the receiving side or a plurality of regulation contents set on the transmission side. This is to search the contents of regulations.

[0016]

Further, the method further comprises a display step of displaying the communication information received in the receiving step, wherein the media conversion step is executed on the receiving side before the displaying step.

[0018]

Further, the regulation of the processing related to the communication information in the processing regulation step is performed by disabling the processing operation relating to the communication information based on the regulation content recognized in the regulation content recognition step. .

Further, the transmitting step includes a first transmitting step of transmitting regulation information indicating the regulation content set in the regulation content setting step, and a second transmitting step of transmitting the communication information, The receiving step includes a first receiving step of receiving the regulation information transmitted in the first transmitting step, and a second receiving step of receiving the communication information transmitted in the second transmitting step.

A communication system according to the present invention is a communication system for transmitting communication information from a transmitting side to a receiving side, and the transmitting side transmits the information to each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the communication information. A regulation content setting means for setting the regulation content when processing on the receiving side, and a transmission means for transmitting regulation information and the communication information indicating the regulation content set in the regulation content setting means, A receiving unit that receives the restriction information and the communication information transmitted by the transmission unit; a restriction content recognition unit that recognizes the restriction content from the restriction information received by the reception unit; Whether or not the media conversion for converting the media type of the communication information can be performed on the receiving side based on the regulation content certified by the content certification means And discriminating means for discriminating to, the media conversion if it is determined that it is impossible to perform the media conversion is performed on the transmitting side by the receiving side, based on the above restriction content, included in the media converted communication information A processing restricting means for restricting the processing for each of the plurality of pieces of information. Here, the regulation content setting means corresponds to the regulation type designation means 21 and the regulation content creation means 22 in FIG. 1, and the regulation content recognition means corresponds to the regulation content search means 52. Further, the processing means corresponds to the communication content storing means 7 and the communication content diverting means 8. The processing restriction unit corresponds to the communication content display function restriction unit 61 and the communication content display area operation restriction unit 62.

The setting of the regulation content by the regulation content setting means is performed by designating a specific regulation content from a plurality of predetermined regulation contents.

[0023]

[0024]

A transmitting apparatus according to the present invention is a transmitting apparatus for transmitting communication information, and sets, for each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the communication information, a regulation content when the information is processed at a transmission destination. It has a restriction content setting means, and transmission means for transmitting the control information and the communication information indicating the set restriction content in the restriction content setting means, receiving
Media that converts the media type of the above communication information with a communication device
Perform media conversion when media conversion is not performed
It is those that.

[0026] The receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a receiving means which is set for each of the communication information and a plurality of pieces of information included in the communication information, and receives regulation information indicating the content of regulation when processing the information; A regulation content recognizing means for recognizing regulation content related to the processing of the communication information from the regulation information received by the receiving means, and converting a type of the media of the communication information based on the regulation content certified by the regulation content certification means. discriminating means for discriminating whether or not it is possible to perform media conversion in receiving side, the media conversion if it is determined that it is impossible to perform the media conversion is performed on the transmitting side by the receiving side, the Processing restriction means for restricting processing on each of a plurality of information included in the media-converted communication information based on the content of the restriction. It is intended to.

[0027]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A communication system according to the present embodiment relates to a communication system in which storing and diverting of communication contents at a receiving terminal side is regulated at a transmitting terminal side, and will be described below with reference to FIGS. I do. FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a communication system according to this embodiment.

The communication system shown in FIG. 1 is roughly composed of a transmitting terminal side and a receiving terminal side. The transmitting terminal further includes a communication content creation unit 1, a regulation designation unit 2,
The receiving terminal comprises a transmitting means 3.
And a regulation reflecting means 5, a communication content confirming means 6, a communication content storing means 7, and a communication content diverting means 8.

The communication system in this embodiment is
To the conventional system shown in FIG. 10, regulating designating means 2
The difference is that a regulation reflecting unit 5 and a communication content confirming unit 6 are added. The regulation specifying means 2 is provided on the output side of the communication content creation means 1 and the input side of the communication means 3, the regulation reflection means 5 is provided on the output side of the reception means 4, and the communication content confirmation means 6 is provided with the regulation reflection means 6. It is provided on the output side of the means 5, the input side of the communication content storage means 7, and the input side of the communication content diverting means 8.

The regulation designating means 2 comprises a regulation type designating means 21, a regulation content creation means 22, a regulation content storage means 23, a regulation content providing means 24, and a media conversion means 2.
5, the regulation reflecting means 5 is composed of a regulation content instructing means 51, a regulation content search means 52, a regulation content storage means 53, a media conversion means 54, and an operation limitation content storage means 55, The communication content confirmation means 6 includes a communication content display function restriction means 61, a communication content display area operation restriction means 62, and a communication content display means 63. 1, the same or corresponding parts as those in FIG. 10 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the operation of the communication system according to this embodiment will be described. First, the operation on the transmitting terminal side will be described. The communication content creation means 1 of the transmitting terminal includes:
The communication contents are created in the same manner as the communication contents creating means 1 in the conventional communication system, and the created result is output to the regulation specifying means 2.

The regulation content creating means 22 in the regulation designating means 2
Creates the regulation contents for restricting the operation on the receiving side of the communication contents created by the communication contents creating means 1.
What is set using the regulation content creation means 22 is specifically a regulation target area, a regulation target medium, and a regulation target operation. For example, the regulation content as shown in FIG. 2 is created. Here, the restricted area indicates an area to be restricted in the communication contents created by the communication contents creating means 1. The restricted media specifies a media to be restricted when a plurality of media such as character media and image media are included in the restricted region. The restricted operation specifies an operation that cannot be executed for the restricted medium. By setting three areas, that is, the control target area, the control target medium, and the control target operation, it is possible to set what operation is to be restricted for which media in which area in the communication contents.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the regulation contents created by the regulation contents creating means 22. FIG. 2 shows an example in which four restrictions are set. Regarding the regulation contents 221, the use of the character media in the first half of the communication contents is prohibited. In FIG. 2, when "none" is set, it indicates that the regulation is not performed. In other words, the regulation content 223 indicates that the image media in the first half of the communication content is not restricted, and the regulation content 224 indicates that the second half of the communication content has no restriction on all media. ing. This regulation content can be created by the same operation as an existing word processor, editor, or the like.

On the other hand, the restriction type designating means 21 is a means for selecting a restriction on the communication contents from the restriction contents stored in the restriction contents storage means 23 in advance. The regulation type specifying means 21 reads a plurality of regulation contents stored in the regulation content storage means 23 and displays a table showing each regulation content. Specifically, the table shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows the four regulation contents stored in the regulation content storage unit 23. Further, the table in FIG. 3 includes identifiers a to d indicating the types of restrictions of the respective restriction contents, and the types of restrictions a
Detailed regulation contents (regulation target area, regulation target media, regulation target operation) corresponding to .about.d are displayed.

The information sender knows the details of the regulation corresponding to each regulation type by referring to the table shown in FIG. 3, and designates a particular regulation type by the regulation type designation means 21. The designation of the regulation type is performed by the identifier a indicating the regulation type in FIG.
This is performed by inputting any one of -d. Note that it is also possible to specify a plurality of regulation types. For example, when the restrictions a and b are specified, the diversion operation and the save operation are prohibited for the character media of the entire communication content.

The regulation content created by the regulation content creation means 22 and the regulation type designated by the regulation type designation means 21 are output to the regulation content giving means 24. The communication contents created by the communication contents creating means 1 are also output to the regulation contents giving means 24.

Then, the regulation content providing unit 24 converts the regulation content created by the regulation content creation unit 22 and the regulation type designated by the regulation type designation unit 21 into the communication content created by the communication content creation unit 21. Give. Specifically, the information shown in FIG. 4 is created.

FIG. 4 shows an example of communication contents to which restriction contents and restriction types are given. The communication content body in FIG. 4 is information composed of characters and images, and is the content created by the communication content creation unit 1. Further, the regulation content and the regulation type are copied in the regulation content providing portion, and these are the contents created by the regulation content creation unit 22 and the regulation type designation unit 21. The content shown in FIG. 4 is output from the regulation content providing means 24 to the media converting means 25.

Next, the operation of the media conversion means 25 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of the processing of the media conversion means 25. In step S501, the media conversion unit 25 reads the content of the regulation from the information output from the regulation content providing unit 24.

Further, in step S502, the media conversion means 25 determines the necessity of the media conversion process based on the regulation contents read in step S501.

The necessity of the media conversion process is determined as follows. The media conversion unit 25 checks the media to be restricted from the content output from the restricted content providing unit 24 and the content indicated in the restricted content providing portion. Also,
The media conversion unit 24 checks the communication content media from the communication content main body among the contents output from the regulation content providing unit 24. Then, if the regulated media and the communication content media match, it is determined that media conversion is necessary.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, when the media to be restricted is “characters” and the communication contents in the restricted area include “characters”, if It is determined that it is necessary to convert the communication content from character media to image media. The restricted media is "text" and the communication content within the restricted area is "image"
Is included, it is determined that media conversion is unnecessary.

Further, the media conversion section 25 extracts the media to be restricted and the media to be regulated in the regulation content from the communication content. This realizing method can be performed, for example, by copying the character code in the corresponding area in the communication contents when the medium to be restricted in the restricted area is a character medium.

Thereafter, in step S504, the medium in the restricted area extracted in step S503 is converted into another medium. This realizing method is performed, for example, when converting character media into image media, in step S50.
The conversion can be performed by displaying the shape of the character code extracted in step 3 in a bitmap format and storing it in a file in an image data format.

After the end of the media conversion processing in step S504, the communication contents, the contents of the restrictions, and the kinds of restrictions after the media conversion are transmitted to the receiving terminal via the transmitting means 3. In the case of transmitting without media conversion in the transmitting terminal, the communication content before performing the media conversion,
The content and type of regulation are transmitted from the transmitting means 3 to the receiving terminal.

Next, the operation on the receiving terminal side will be described. The receiving means 4 of the receiving terminal receives, from the transmitting terminal, the communication content to which the regulation content and the regulation type are given. Then, the communication contents to which the regulation contents and the regulation type are given are output from the receiving means 4 to the regulation reflecting means 5.

The operation of the regulation reflecting means 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. In step S601, the regulation content search unit 52 in the regulation reflection unit 5 determines that the receiving unit 4
Reads the regulation content providing part from the received information.

In step S602, the regulation content search means 52 determines whether the regulation type is given to the regulation content giving portion or whether the regulation content is given. If the restriction type has been assigned, the next processing is performed in step S60.
3, otherwise the following process is performed in step S604.
And

In step S 603, the restriction content search means 52 selects the same restriction type as the restriction type assigned to the restriction content addition part from the plurality of restriction contents stored in the restriction content storage means 53 in the receiving terminal. Retrieves the contents of the regulations that have, and outputs the corresponding regulations. Specifically, the regulation content shown in FIG. 3 is also stored in the regulation content storage means 53 in the receiving terminal, and the regulation content search means 52 scans the regulation type described in the table shown in FIG. , And outputs a string of symbols that match the assigned regulation type.

If the regulation type that matches the regulation type read in step S601 is not stored in the regulation content storage unit 53 on the receiving side, the regulation content storage unit 23 on the transmission side is searched.

In step S604, the regulation content search means 52 outputs the search result in step S603 or the regulation content added to the communication content to the regulation content instructing means 51.

Next, the operations of the regulation content instruction means 51, the media conversion means 54, and the operation restriction content storage means 55 will be described with reference to FIG. In step S701, the regulation content instructing means 51 decomposes the regulation content expressed in the table format shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 into each row, and passes it to the processes in and after step S702.

In step S702, the regulation content instructing means 51 determines whether the regulation content requires media conversion. The determination method is the same as the method in the media conversion means 25 in the transmitting terminal. Also, when media conversion processing is performed on the transmitting terminal side, it is not necessary to perform media conversion on the receiving terminal side.

If media conversion is required on the receiving terminal side, the processing of steps S703 to S707 is executed. In step S703, the regulation content instructing means 51 determines whether the requested media conversion can be executed by the receiving terminal. If media conversion is possible at the receiving terminal, the regulation content instructing means 51 causes the media converting means 54 in the receiving terminal to perform media conversion processing in step S704. For details on the media conversion process,
Since this is the same as the above-described media conversion processing on the transmission side, description thereof will be omitted.

If media conversion is not possible at the receiving terminal, steps S705 to S707 are performed. In step S705, the regulation content instructing unit 51 cuts out a part to be converted, and communicates with the transmitting side. Step S706 is processing on the transmitting side. After performing media conversion on the portion to be subjected to media conversion communicated from the receiving side, the result of the media conversion is transmitted to the receiving side. Step S707
Then, the receiving side receives the media conversion result communicated from the transmitting side and inserts the result in a corresponding part in the communication contents.

If it is determined in step S702 that the media conversion is unnecessary, the process in step S708 is executed. In step S708, the regulation content instructing unit 51 causes the operation limitation content storage unit 55 to store the regulation content. The restriction contents stored in the operation restriction contents storage means 55 are read by the communication contents display function restriction means 61 and the communication contents display area operation restriction means 62 in the communication contents confirmation means 6, and the following processing is executed. .

The communication content portion of the information received by the receiving means 3 is output to the communication content displaying means 63. If the media has been converted, the media conversion means 5
The communication content portion is output to the communication content display means 63 via the communication device 4. Such steps S702 to S708
Is repeatedly executed for each line of the regulation contents.

Next, the operation of the communication content confirmation means 6 will be described with reference to FIG. Step S80 in FIG.
Steps S801 and S801 of the processing of steps 1 to S808
Steps 802 and 808 are processing of the communication content display means 63, steps S803 and 804 are processing of the communication content display function restriction means 61, and steps S805 to S807.
Is a process of the communication content display area operation control means 62.

The communication content display means 63 displays the communication content received by the receiving means 4 and executes the following steps S801 and S802. In step S801, the communication content display means 63 passes the communication content displayed on the communication content display means 63 to the processing after step S802 each time the user operates. Step S802
Then, for each restriction stored in the operation restriction content storage unit 55, control is performed to repeat the processing from step S803.

In step S 803, the communication content display function restricting means 61
It is determined whether or not the function is for the above function, and if so, the next processing is passed to step S804. Communication contents display means 6
The restriction on No. 3 restricts the functions of the communication content display means 63, and specifically includes a "save" function and the like.

In step S804, the communication content display function restricting means 61 invalidates the function of the communication content display means 63 specified in step S803. As an example of this processing, a specific description will be given of a system in which a function of the communication content display means 63 is displayed on a menu and each function displayed on the menu is selected to execute the function. In such a system,
Normally, there is a resource file that defines the input operation of each function displayed in the menu, and the resource file has a portion for setting whether or not to accept the operation when the menu is displayed by pull-down. By changing this setting, the functions displayed on the menu cannot be executed. The above setting change is performed in step S8.
03 corresponds to the process of disabling the function of the communication content display means 63.

In step S805, the communication content display area operation means 62 calculates the display range of the communication content displayed on the communication content display means 63. As an example of this processing, the display range of the communication contents is obtained from the size of the window displayed by the communication contents display means 63 and the start position of the displayed communication contents.

In step S806, the communication content display area operation means 62 compares the display range of the communication content obtained in step S805 with the operation restriction target area stored in the operation restriction content storage means 55, and determines whether the user operation has been performed. It is determined whether the operation has been performed in the operation restriction target area described in the operation restriction content storage unit 55. As an example of this processing,
The position where the operation has occurred is determined from the display range of the communication content display means, and then the position in the communication content is determined to determine whether the operation is included in the operation restriction area.

In step S807, the communication content display area operation means 62 invalidates an operation event determined to be an operation in the operation restriction area in step S806.
An example of the process in step S807 will be specifically described. In a personal computer, as an operation other than the menu operation as described above, there is a case where an operation of specifying a copy range by dragging a mouse and copying a displayed portion thereof can be performed. In such a case, it is possible to make it impossible to execute the mouse operation by issuing a command of the OS that intercepts the mouse event and executing the programming that does not pass the event to the target function of the operation event. The above-described program execution operation is performed in step S8.
07 corresponds to the invalidation processing of the operation event.

In step S808, the communication contents display means 63 determines whether or not to end the display of the communication contents, and if not, returns to step S801. Through the operations from S801 to S808, the operation on the communication content displayed on the communication content display means 63 is restricted according to the regulation content. Therefore, the process of storing the communication content by the communication content storage unit 7 or the process of diverting the communication content by the communication content diversion unit 8 is restricted.

The effect of the communication system in this embodiment will be described. In the communication system according to the present embodiment, processing after reception of communication contents can be restricted on the transmission terminal side by setting the restriction contents or specifying the restriction type on the transmission terminal side.

Since the regulation type is designated by the regulation type designation means 21, the information sender can reduce the labor for setting the regulation contents. The regulation content creation unit 22 can set different regulation content for each of a plurality of pieces of information constituting the communication content, so that the receiving terminal can perform detailed regulation.

The regulation content created by the regulation content creation means 22 in this embodiment is stored in the regulation content storage means 23 on the transmitting terminal side, and is registered as a new regulation type at the next transmission. In addition, it is possible to reuse the regulation content created by the information sender by the regulation content creation means 22.

Further, in this embodiment, since the media conversion for converting the character media into the image media is performed on the transmitting terminal side or the receiving terminal side, it is necessary to set the restriction contents for prohibiting the diversion as the character media. Even so, the communication content can be diverted as image media on the receiving terminal side. When using communication contents as character media, communication contents can be separated and used for each character.However, when using as image media, each character cannot be used separately. Become. As described above, when it is permitted to divert communication contents as different media, it is effective to perform media conversion.

Further, since the media conversion process is executed before displaying the communication content on the receiving terminal side, it is not necessary to perform the media conversion every time the communication content is displayed, and the communication content can be displayed quickly. Furthermore, when media conversion cannot be performed on the receiving terminal side, media conversion is performed on the transmitting terminal side for parts that require media conversion. Content can be executed.

In order to invalidate the menu operation and the mouse operation when handling the communication contents by the communication contents display function restriction means 61 and the communication contents display area operation restriction means 62,
The content of the restriction set on the transmitting terminal side can be appropriately executed on the receiving terminal side.

In this embodiment, the communication contents are restricted by the restriction contents providing means 24 and the transmission contents are transmitted from the transmission means 3. However, the communication contents and the restriction contents are separately provided. You may make it transmit. Further, in this embodiment, the regulation type designation unit 21 and the regulation content creation unit 22 are provided.
Only one of them may be provided.

Further, in this embodiment, "divert" and "save" are used as the contents of the processing to be restricted, but other processing can be restricted. In this embodiment, the case where the media conversion is performed on the transmission side is described, but the media conversion may be performed on either the transmission side or the reception side. When the media conversion is performed on the transmission side, the media conversion unit 54 is not necessarily provided on the reception side. When the media conversion is performed on the reception side, the media conversion unit 25 is not necessarily provided on the transmission side. Absent.

[0074]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. A communication method according to the present invention is a communication method for transmitting communication information from a transmission side to a reception side, and the transmission side processes the information for each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the communication information. Regulation content setting step of setting the regulation content at the time, having a transmission step of transmitting regulation information and the communication information indicating the regulation content set in the regulation content setting step, on the receiving side,
A receiving step of receiving the regulation information and the communication information transmitted in the transmitting step, a regulation content recognition step of recognizing the regulation content from the regulation information received in the reception step, and a certification in the regulation content certification step A determination step of determining whether or not the media conversion for converting the media type of the communication information can be performed on the receiving side based on the regulated content;
Of executing the media conversion on the transmission side when it is determined that it is impossible to perform the media conversion by the receiving side
And a process regulation step of regulating a process for each of the plurality of information included in the media-converted communication information based on the regulation content, so that a process after receiving the communication information is regulated on the transmission side. In addition to the above, it is possible to make detailed settings for the above-mentioned regulation contents.
Further, processing of communication information as a different medium is permitted, and even when media conversion cannot be performed on the receiving side, the set contents of regulation can be realized.

[0075]

Further, the setting of the regulation content in the regulation content setting step is performed by designating a specific regulation content from a plurality of predetermined regulation content, and the transmitting step is performed in the regulation content setting step. Since the identifier indicating the specified restriction content is transmitted as the restriction information, the setting of the restriction content can be easily performed.

Further, the regulation content recognition step corresponds to an identifier indicating the regulation content from among the plurality of regulation contents set on the receiving side or the plurality of regulation contents set on the transmission side. In order to search for the content of the regulation, the content of the regulation corresponding to the identifier indicating the content of the regulation can be found.

[0078]

Further, the method further includes a display step of displaying the communication information received in the receiving step, and the media conversion step is executed before the display step on the receiving side. This eliminates the need to perform media conversion, and can quickly display communication contents.

[0080]

Further, the restriction of the processing relating to the communication information in the processing restriction step is performed by disabling the processing operation relating to the communication information based on the restriction contents recognized in the restriction content recognition step. It is possible to appropriately regulate processing related to communication information.

A communication system according to the present invention is a communication system for transmitting communication information from a transmitting side to a receiving side. The transmitting side transmits the information to each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the communication information. A regulation content setting means for setting the regulation content when processing on the receiving side, and a transmission means for transmitting regulation information and the communication information indicating the regulation content set in the regulation content setting means, A receiving unit that receives the restriction information and the communication information transmitted by the transmission unit; a restriction content recognition unit that recognizes the restriction content from the restriction information received by the reception unit; Whether or not the media conversion for converting the media type of the communication information can be performed on the receiving side based on the regulation content certified by the content certification means And discriminating means for discriminating to, the media conversion if it is determined that it is impossible to perform the media conversion is performed on the transmitting side by the receiving side, based on the above restriction content, included in the media converted communication information Since the apparatus has the processing restricting means for restricting the processing for each of the plurality of pieces of information, the processing after receiving the communication information can be restricted on the transmission side, and the details of the restriction can be set in detail. Further, processing of communication information as a different medium is permitted, and even when media conversion cannot be performed on the receiving side, the set contents of regulation can be realized.

The setting of the regulation content by the regulation content setting means is performed by designating a specific regulation content from a plurality of predetermined regulation contents.
The setting of the above-mentioned regulation contents can be easily performed.

[0084]

[0085]

The transmitting device according to the present invention is a transmitting device for transmitting communication information, and sets, for each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the communication information, a regulation content when the information is processed at a transmission destination. It has a restriction content setting means, and transmission means for transmitting the control information and the communication information indicating the set restriction content in the restriction content setting means, receiving
Media that converts the media type of the above communication information with a communication device
Perform media conversion when media conversion is not performed
A shall, it is possible to regulate the processing of the communication information on the destination from the transmission device, it is possible to perform fine setting of the regulating contents. In addition, communication information
Media is allowed to be processed as
Within the regulations set when media conversion cannot be performed
Can be realized.

[0087] The receiving device according to the present invention is a receiving means which is set for each of communication information and a plurality of information included in the communication information, and receives restriction information indicating the contents of restriction when processing the information; A regulation content recognizing means for recognizing regulation content related to the processing of the communication information from the regulation information received by the receiving means, and converting a type of the media of the communication information based on the regulation content certified by the regulation content certification means. discriminating means for discriminating whether or not it is possible to perform media conversion in receiving side, the media conversion if it is determined that it is impossible to perform the media conversion is performed on the transmitting side by the receiving side, the Processing restriction means for restricting processing on each of a plurality of information included in the media-converted communication information based on the content of the restriction. To, it is possible to realize the receiving device restriction content received, it is possible to perform a fine regulation for each of the plurality of information. Further, processing of communication information as a different medium is permitted, and even when media conversion cannot be performed on the receiving side, the set contents of regulation can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of regulation content created by a regulation content creation means 22.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of regulation contents stored in a regulation content storage unit 23.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of communication contents to which restriction contents are given.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing processing contents of a media conversion unit 25;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing processing contents of a regulation content search means 52;

FIG. 7 is a regulation content instructing means 51 and a media converting means 5;
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing processing contents of an operation restriction contents storage means 55;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing processing contents of a communication contents confirmation means 6;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of data for making a media conversion determination in a media conversion unit 25;

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a conventional communication system.

FIG. 11 is a communication content creation means 1 of a conventional communication system.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the screen configuration of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of storing communication contents of a conventional communication system.

FIG. 13 shows communication content display means 6 of a conventional communication system.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example according to Example 3;

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of diversion of communication contents of a conventional communication system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 communication content creation means, 2 regulation designation means, 3 transmission means, 4 reception means, 5 regulation reflection means, 6 communication content confirmation means, 7 communication content storage means, 8 communication content diversion means,
21 regulation type designation means, 22 regulation content creation means, 2
3 regulation contents storage means, 24 regulation contents giving means, 25
Media conversion means, 51 Regulation content instructing means, 52
Restriction content search means, 53 Restriction content storage means, 54 Media conversion means, 55 Operation restriction content storage means, 61
Communication content display function restriction means, 62 communication content display area operation restriction means, 63 communication content display means. 25

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Claims (10)

(57) [Claims] 1. A communication method for transmitting communication information from a transmission side to a reception side, wherein, on the transmission side, for each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the communication information,
A regulation content setting step of setting regulation content when processing the information, and a transmission step of transmitting regulation information indicating the regulation content set in the regulation content setting step and the communication information; and A receiving step of receiving the regulation information and the communication information transmitted in the transmitting step; a regulation content recognition step of recognizing the regulation content from the regulation information received in the receiving step; A determination step of determining whether or not a media conversion for converting a media type of the communication information can be performed on the receiving side based on the regulation content recognized in the step; and performing the media conversion on the receiving side. If it is determined that the media conversion cannot be performed ,
And a processing regulation step of regulating processing on each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the media-converted communication information based on the regulation content. 2. The setting of the regulation content in the regulation content setting step is performed by designating a specific regulation content from a plurality of predetermined regulation contents, and the transmitting step is performed in the regulation content setting step. 2. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein an identifier indicating the specified regulation content is transmitted as regulation information. 3. The restriction content recognizing step includes: a restriction corresponding to an identifier indicating the restriction content from a plurality of restriction contents set on the receiving side or a plurality of restriction contents set on the transmission side. 3. The communication method according to claim 2, wherein contents are searched. 4. a display step of displaying the communication information received in the receiving step, the media conversion can of claim 1, wherein the run before the display step by the receiving side Communication method. 5. The restriction of the processing related to the communication information in the processing restriction step is performed by disabling a processing operation relating to the communication information based on the restriction content recognized in the restriction content recognition step. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein 6. The transmission step includes a first transmission step of transmitting regulation information indicating the regulation content set in the regulation content setting step, and a second transmission step of transmitting the communication information. The receiving step includes a first receiving step of receiving the regulation information transmitted in the first transmitting step, and a second receiving step of receiving the communication information transmitted in the second transmitting step. The communication method according to claim 1. 7. A communication system for transmitting communication information from a transmission side to a reception side, wherein the transmission side transmits a plurality of pieces of information included in the communication information to each other.
There is provided a regulation content setting means for setting regulation content when the information is processed on the receiving side, and a transmission means for transmitting regulation information indicating the regulation content set by the regulation content setting means and the communication information. And the receiving side, receiving means for receiving the regulation information and the communication information transmitted in the transmitting means, regulation content recognition means for recognizing the regulation content from the regulation information received in the receiving means, Determining means for determining whether or not the media conversion for converting the type of media of the communication information can be performed on the receiving side based on the content of the regulatory approved by the regulatory content authorizing means; of executing the media conversion on the transmission side when it is determined that it is impossible to perform media conversion
And a processing restricting means for restricting processing on each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the media-converted communication information based on the content of the restriction. 8. The communication system according to claim 7 , wherein the setting of the regulation content by said regulation content setting means is performed by designating a specific regulation content from a plurality of predetermined regulation contents. . 9. A transmission device for transmitting communication information, wherein: for each of a plurality of information included in the communication information,
Yes and restriction content setting means for setting a restriction content in processing the information at the destination, and transmission means for transmitting the control information and the communication information indicating the set restriction content in the restriction content setting means
And the receiver converts the media type of the communication information.
Execute the above media conversion when media conversion is not performed
A transmitting device. 10. A receiving unit configured to receive communication information and restriction information that is set for each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the communication information and that indicates restriction contents when processing the information. A regulation content recognizing means for recognizing the regulation content related to the processing of the communication information from the regulation information obtained, and a media conversion for converting the media type of the communication information based on the regulation content certified by the regulation content certification means. Determining means for determining whether or not the media conversion can be performed, when the receiving side determines that the media conversion can not be performed, the transmission side to perform the media conversion,
A receiving device, comprising: a processing regulating unit that regulates a process on each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the communication information that has been subjected to the media conversion, based on the content of the regulation.