Email device

-A technical field of e-mail equipment:

[0001] The present invention relates to an unsolicited commercial email rejection setting method, which can easily set unsolicited commercial email rejection, and an email device using the method.

Background technique:

[0002] Nowadays, emails are exchanged through cellular phone devices, personal computers, and the like. Unsolicited commercial emails are delivered to users without permission. When they only receive unsolicited commercial e-mail, which causes problems, some telephone companies will blame these users. Implementation of a method as a method of refusing to receive unsolicited commercial e-mails is prohibited by accessing the unsolicited commercial e-mail prevention address of the corresponding telephone company or provider and the e-mail address from which it refuses to receive e-mails Transmission of unsolicited commercial email.

[0003] However, according to this email rejection setting method, a user must remember or store the address of an unsolicited commercial email, and enter the address of the unsolicited commercial email after opening a predetermined address Go to the corresponding telephone company or similar place. It will take a lot of labor and time to register the address.

[0004] Even if the e-mail rejection setting is completed, by slightly changing its e-mail address, the unsolicited commercial e-mail source can repeatedly transmit unsolicited commercial e-mails and receive such unsolicited commercial e-mails every moment Mail, the user must notify the telephone company or similar location of the e-mail address of the unsolicited commercial e-mail. It is therefore difficult to completely reject unsolicited commercial e-mails sent with slightly changed e-mail addresses.

Summary of the invention:

[0005] The present invention has been completed to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide an easy setting of an unsolicited commercial email rejection method and an email device using this method.

[0006] To achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, a communication device, such as a cellular phone device, according to receiving emails, checks whether the email address of the email has been stored in the memory of the cellular phone device For example, in the address book, or from the e-mail record book to check whether the e-mail has been received and opened. If the e-mail address of the entered e-mail is recorded in the address book or is consistent with the main address of the e-mail that has been opened in the past, the e-mail address will remain open according to the usual method. If none of the email addresses of the input email is consistent with the email address recorded in the address book or the email record sheet, then the email rejection is set relative to the email from the email address.

[0007] According to another aspect of the present invention, the email rejection can be set after asking the user whether he/she sets email rejection with respect to the input email. In this case, when the user determines that the input email is an external unsolicited commercial email based on the tile, email address, and the like of emails, he/she can set email rejection.

[0008] If the input email is not an unsolicited commercial email, the user can open the input email. If the input e-mail is an unsolicited commercial e-mail and the user sets e-mail rejection, he/she initiates the transmission operation and transmits the information indicating the e-mail rejection to the server, thereby completing the setting prohibition from such an e-mail

Email address to send email.

[0009] According to this method, the user can set email rejection with respect to emails from a dedicated email address by simply answering simple questions with "yes" and "no" through the cellular phone device.

[0010] In addition, the user can set email rejection by specifying not only an email address but also a domain name. With this setting, even if the sender sends an unsolicited commercial e-mail while slightly changing his e-mail address, the e-mail rejection can be effectively completed. In addition, the password can be entered before the email rejection setting. With this operation, the user can prevent a third party from making unrequired settings.

[0011] As described above, according to the unsolicited commercial e-mail rejection setting method and e-mail device of the present invention, unsolicited commercial e-mails are checked based on an address book or a record sheet of e-mailing operations. In addition, unsolicited commercial emails can be easily specified, and users can easily complete email rejection settings relative to the server without having to open dedicated addresses and enter emails for unsolicited commercial emails one by one address.

[0012] Based on the reference to the following detailed description and the drawings, the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Among them, the present invention is represented by illustrative examples. A preferred embodiment of the principle.

Description of the drawings

[0013] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic device of an e-mail system, which implements an unsolicited commercial e-mail rejection setting method according to the present invention; and

[0014] FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of unsolicited commercial email rejection settings.

Detailed ways

[0015] This specific embodiment adopts the following technical solutions: The following will describe an unsolicited commercial email rejection setting method and email device according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0016] FIG. 1 shows a cellular phone device 2 as an e-mail device and a base station 4 as a relay base station. The cellular phone device 2 has an e-mail function in addition to the ordinary voice communication function. The e-mail function is executed by the server 6.

[0017] The cellular phone device 2 includes a display portion 20 formed of liquid crystal or the like, an input portion 22, such as an operation button, an address book 16, on which the user records names, addresses, and e-mails in advance Address, and an e-mail record table 18, which stores e-mail information sent/received in the past. In addition, the cellular phone device 2 includes a comparison section 14, which compares the e-mail address entered in the e-mail with the e-mail address entered in the address book 16 and the e-mail record table 18 based on the received e-mail, and a control section 12, which An email address that controls the entire cellular phone device 2 and sends an email, and for this email address, the email rejection setting is handled to the server 6 through the sending/receiving unit 10.

[0018] The unsolicited commercial email rejection setting operation in the cellular phone device 2 will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2.

[0019] When an e-mail is received (F-1), the display section 20 displays information indicating that the e-mail has been received. In addition, the e-mail address of the input e-mail is read out, and the comparison section 14 compares the read-out address with the e-mail addresses recorded in the address book 16 and the e-mail record table 18, thereby verifying the input e-mail Whether the email address of the email address is consistent with one of the recorded addresses (F-2) ο If it is determined that the email address of the input email is

If one of the recorded e-mail addresses is consistent, the normal e-mail receiving operation will be executed.

[0020] If the email address of the input email is inconsistent with the recorded email address, the user who tries to open the email is notified of the corresponding information and asked whether he/she sets an email corresponding to the email Email address rejection (F-3). The display section 20 of the cellular phone device 2 displays information indicating that the email address of the information email has not been previously recorded, and the user opens the incoming call as long as he/she thinks who has sent the email based on the address, subject and similar emails e-mail. On the contrary, as long as the user cannot figure out the input email, he/she determines that the input email is an unsolicited commercial email, and operates the input section 22 to set email rejection. This operation can be accomplished by, for example, selecting "Yes" or "No" displayed on the display section 20.

[0021] When the email rejection setting is selected in the cellular phone device 2, the user is asked whether he/she sets email rejection with its domain name (F-4). Generally, unsolicited commercial 2 emails usually use domain names that are not frequently used. Therefore, if the user determines that his/her friends and similar persons do not use such a domain name, he/she will set the domain name as an email rejection target. If the user sets the email address as an email rejection target, he/she stores the email address (F-6). If the user sets the city name as the email rejection target, he/she stores the city name (F-5) ο

[0022] Then enter a password or the like (F-7), and finally check the settings that have been made (F-8). Just make sure that the setting is 0Κ, and set email rejection relative to the email address or domain name entered. If the email rejection is set by the cellular phone device 2, an outgoing call is automatically generated to send information indicating that the email is rejected together with the email address or domain name to the server (F-9).

[0023] The server operates according to instructions from the user, and in the near future will stop sending any e-mails from a dedicated e-mail address or similar address to the user. Note that when the user makes the next outgoing call or can be transmitted according to the user's operation, the information indicating the rejection of the e-mail is not automatically transmitted to the server, but can be stored and sent.

[0024] Although the above embodiment has an exemplary cellular phone device 2, the unsolicited commercial e-mail rejection setting method according to the present invention is not limited to the cellular phone device, and can be used for any types of devices, devices, and the like , Such as wired telephone equipment and personal computers, as long as they handle e-mail.