JP2002091884A - Electronic mail receiving terminal equipment, electronic mail transmission-reception system, electronic mail reception confirming method and computer readable recording medium with electronic mail receiving program recorded therein - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to easily recognize the contents of a received electronic mail without reading the mail contents. SOLUTION: In an electronic mail transmission-reception system 100, a computer 1 serving as the transmission side of electronic mails attaches a prescribed voice data file SD to an electronic mail MD and transmits the mail. A computer 2 serving as the reception side of electronic mails receives the mail MD and checks whether the file SD is attached to the mail MD. When the file SD is attached to the main MD, the computer 2 reproduces automatically the voice data when the mail MD is received.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for transmitting and receiving electronic mail transmitted and received via a communication line such as the Internet, a public line, or a LAN.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the Internet, public lines, LA
Electronic mail is frequently transmitted and received via communication lines such as N. Also, by using this e-mail function,
FAX communication via the Internet, which is called Internet FAX (or iFAX), is also performed.

[0003]

However, since an e-mail is generally document information, when an e-mail is received, a message "from whom e-mail" is displayed until the user visually browses the contents of the e-mail. ?, "Important email?", "Urgent email?"

Therefore, when an e-mail is received,
The user has to perform an operation of browsing the contents of the e-mail. Further, when the user is out of the office, even if the user receives an urgent e-mail, the user cannot know the fact.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and an electronic mail receiving terminal device, an electronic mail receiving terminal device, and an electronic mail receiving terminal device capable of easily recognizing what kind of received mail is. An object of the present invention is to provide a computer readable recording medium in which an e-mail transmission / reception system, an e-mail reception confirmation method, and an e-mail reception program are recorded.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail receiving terminal device comprising: a receiving means for receiving an electronic mail; and a voice data file included in the electronic mail. There is provided a determining means for determining whether or not the sound data file is attached, and a reproducing means for automatically reproducing the sound data file when the sound data file is attached.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the electronic mail receiving terminal device according to the first aspect, further comprising a line connection means for automatically dialing a predetermined telephone number to establish a line connection. Means for automatically dialing the telephone number to make a line connection when the sound data file is determined to be attached by the judgment means; and When this happens, the audio data file is automatically played back.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the electronic mail receiving terminal device according to the first or second aspect, the reproducing means is configured such that the electronic mail is transmitted from a predetermined transmission source. In addition, the automatic reproduction of the audio data file is performed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic mail receiving terminal device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the reproducing means automatically reproduces the audio data file at a predetermined time. It is characterized by performing.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail transmitting / receiving system comprising: an electronic mail transmitting terminal device for transmitting an electronic mail; and an electronic mail receiving terminal device for receiving the electronic mail. Has an audio data file attaching means for attaching an audio data file when the electronic mail is transmitted, and the electronic mail receiving terminal device has a reproducing means for automatically reproducing the audio data file when the electronic mail is received. ing.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for confirming receipt of an electronic mail, wherein the step of receiving the electronic mail, the step of judging whether or not a voice data file is attached to the electronic mail, Automatically reproducing the audio data file when the audio data file is attached.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium, comprising: a computer, receiving means for receiving an electronic mail, and determining means for determining whether or not a voice data file is attached to the electronic mail. And an e-mail receiving program for functioning as a reproducing means for automatically reproducing the audio data file when the audio data file is attached.

[0013]

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

<1. First Embodiment> First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic mail transmission / reception system 100 according to the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic mail transmission / reception system 100 includes a plurality of computers 1 and 2 including a communication line 3.
Are connected so as to be able to perform data communication with each other, and it is possible to transmit and receive the electronic mail MD between the computers 1 and 2.

Considering a case where the computer 1 transmits an electronic mail MD to the computer 2 in this configuration, the computer 1 functions as an electronic mail transmitting terminal and the computer 2 functions as an electronic mail receiving terminal. Become.

The computer 2 is capable of attaching and detaching a portable recording medium 4 such as a CD-ROM, and receives an electronic mail for functioning as an electronic mail receiving terminal device recorded on the recording medium 4. By reading and executing the program, it functions as an e-mail receiving terminal device. The e-mail receiving program may be recorded in the computer 2 in advance.

In such a configuration, the computer 1
Sends an electronic mail to the computer 2 by attaching a voice data file SD to an electronic mail MD that is text data of a document or the like.

The computer 2 serving as an electronic mail receiving terminal device sends an electronic mail MD via a communication line 3.
Is received, the audio data file SD attached to the electronic mail MD is automatically reproduced.

FIG. 2 shows an electronic mail transmission / reception system 100.
1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an electronic mail transmitting terminal device 10 and an electronic mail receiving terminal device 20 in FIG.

The electronic mail transmitting terminal device 10 includes a mail editing unit 11, a voice data attaching unit 12, and an electronic mail transmitting unit 1.
3 and a communication unit 14. The communication unit 14
This is an interface for connecting the e-mail transmission terminal device 10 and the communication line 3, and the other units are realized by an internal CPU of the computer 1 executing a predetermined program. In addition to these parts, CR
A display unit such as a T, an operation unit such as a keyboard, a voice input unit for inputting voice to generate voice data, and the like are provided.

In the electronic mail transmitting terminal device 10, first, the mail editing unit 11 functions. When the user inputs a text via the operation unit, the mail editing unit 11 converts the text data into an electronic mail. The mail editing unit 11 is an electronic mail MD generated by editing.
Is sent to the audio data attachment unit 12.

In the voice data attachment section 12, the electronic mail M
By associating the voice data file SD with D, the voice data file SD and the electronic mail MD can be simultaneously transmitted. Here, the audio data file SD attached to the electronic mail MD can be arbitrarily set by the user, but is preferably constituted by audio data from which the contents and importance of the electronic mail can be grasped to some extent. For example, words (voices) such as "urgent" and "important" may be used as voice data as they are.

When the audio data attachment section 12 attaches the audio data file SD to the electronic mail MD, the audio data attachment section 12 gives the electronic mail MD and the audio data file SD to the electronic mail transmission section 13.

The e-mail transmitting section 13 receives the e-mail MD and the sound data file SD from the sound data attaching section 12.
Is input, the communication unit 14 transmits the e-mail based on the destination address indicated in the e-mail MD.
And the communication line 3 are connected. Then, the electronic mail MD and the audio data file SD are provided to the communication unit 14, and the electronic mail MD and the audio data file SD are simultaneously transmitted to the electronic mail receiving terminal device 20, which is the transmission destination.

Next, the e-mail receiving terminal device 20 includes a communication unit 21, an e-mail receiving unit 22, a judging unit 23, an automatic reproducing unit 24, and a speaker 29. The communication unit 21 is an interface for connecting the e-mail receiving terminal device 20 to the communication line 3. Also, the e-mail receiving unit 2
2. The determination unit 23 and the automatic reproduction unit 24
Is realized by the execution of a predetermined program by the internal CPU. In addition to these components, a display unit such as a CRT, an operation unit such as a keyboard, and the like are provided.

The e-mail receiving section 22 receives, via the communication section 3, an e-mail MD whose own address is set as a transmission destination address via the communication section 21. At this time, if the voice data file SD is attached to the electronic mail MD, the voice data file SD is received simultaneously with the electronic mail MD.

The e-mail receiving section 22 functions to receive an e-mail when the user performs a predetermined e-mail confirmation operation from the operation section, and automatically functions without the user's operation. You can also receive mail.

Then, the e-mail receiving section 22 gives the e-mail MD and the voice data file SD received via the communication section 21 to the judgment section 23.

The determination section 23 determines whether or not the voice data file SD is attached to the electronic mail MD received by the electronic mail receiving section 22. In general, the type of a data file can be easily determined by examining the extension of the data file attached to the electronic mail MD to determine whether the data file is a voice data file. If there is any attached data, the extension of the attached data is checked to determine whether or not the voice data file SD is attached to the electronic mail MD received by the electronic mail receiving unit 22. Note that it may be determined whether or not the audio data file SD is attached by another method.

Then, when the voice data file SD is attached to the received electronic mail MD, the judging section 23 gives the voice data file SD to the automatic reproducing section 24.

The automatic reproducing section 24 automatically starts reproducing the audio data file SD provided by the judging section 23, and generates a sound based on the audio data file SD from the speaker 29.

The reception of the electronic mail MD by the electronic mail receiving unit 22, the determination of the presence or absence of the attachment of the audio data file SD by the determination unit 23, and the automatic reproduction of the audio data file SD are performed together with the reception of the electronic mail MD. It is performed as processing. For this reason, the user of the electronic mail receiving terminal device 20 can recognize the content of the electronic mail MD by voice simultaneously with the reception of the electronic mail MD.

For example, when a voice such as "urgent" is directly attached as a voice data file as the voice data file SD, a voice "urgent" is emitted from the speaker 29 simultaneously with the reception of the electronic mail MD.
The user only needs to immediately confirm the content of the e-mail.

Further, even when voices such as "emergency" and "important" are not directly used as voice data files as voice data files SD, the voice data file SD can be transmitted between users of the electronic mail transmitting / receiving system 100 (or between computers). If the relevance between the voice (or music) and the contents of the e-mail MD can be immediately grasped, the audio data file SD is automatically reproduced simultaneously with the reception of the e-mail MD as described above. Thus, the user can easily grasp the contents (or characteristics such as the degree of importance) of the e-mail MD without visually browsing the contents of the e-mail MD, and also determine from whom the received e-mail is received. It can be easily grasped.

When the audio data file SD is not attached to the received e-mail MD, the automatic reproduction unit 24 does not function, and the operation ends only by storing the received e-mail MD in a predetermined storage means. become. In this case, after all, unless the user browses the contents of the e-mail MD, the contents cannot be grasped.

E-mail transmission / reception system 1 as described above
In 00, if the audio data file SD is attached to the electronic mail MD, the audio data file SD is always automatically reproduced. However, when the user is not near the e-mail receiving terminal device 20, there is no need to automatically reproduce the audio data file SD. When the electronic mail receiving terminal device 20 is installed in an office or the like, the automatic reproduction of the audio data file SD may always be a problem.

Therefore, if the structure of the electronic mail receiving terminal device 20 in the electronic mail transmitting / receiving system 100 is improved, the above problem can be solved.

FIG. 3 shows an electronic mail transmitting / receiving system 1 including the improved electronic mail receiving terminal device 20a.
FIG. In FIG. 3, the same reference numerals are given to the same components as those described above. Further, the e-mail transmission terminal device 10 transmits the e-mail M
The process for transmitting D is also the same as that described above.

E-mail receiving terminal device 20 in FIG.
a is a communication unit 21, an e-mail reception unit 22, a determination unit 2
3, an automatic playback unit 24, a memory 25, a timer 26, and a speaker 29.

The memory 25 uses the address of the specific party as transmission source data in order to automatically play back the audio data file SD attached to the electronic mail MD when the electronic mail MD is received from the specific party. This is a storage unit for storing.

The timer 26 sets the electronic mail M at a predetermined time.
D is provided for automatically reproducing the audio data file SD received simultaneously with D. Therefore, timer 2
6 is configured to provide a reproduction permission signal to the automatic reproduction unit 24 at a predetermined time, and to supply a reproduction prohibition signal to the automatic reproduction unit 24 at other times, for example.

The e-mail receiving section 22 functions by an operation of a user or automatically, and receives an e-mail MD whose own address is set as a destination address from the communication line 3 via the communication section 21. . At this time, if the voice data file SD is attached to the e-mail MD, the voice data file SD is attached together with the e-mail MD.
At the same time. Then, the e-mail receiving unit 22
The electronic mail MD and the audio data file SD received via the communication unit 21 are provided to the determination unit 23.

The judging section 23 judges whether or not the voice data file SD is attached to the electronic mail MD received by the electronic mail receiving section 22. Further, the determination unit 23 obtains the transmission source data from the memory 25 and determines whether the sender of the received e-mail MD matches the transmission source data. If the voice data file SD is attached to the electronic mail MD and the address of the sender of the electronic mail MD matches the address registered in the transmission source data, the determination unit 23 determines that the voice The data file SD is provided to the automatic reproduction unit 24.

Here, by registering, in advance, the address of a particularly important partner as the transmission source data in the memory 25, automatic reproduction of audio data is performed when an electronic mail MD is received from such a partner. It is possible.

Upon receiving the audio data file SD from the determining unit 23, the automatic reproducing unit 24 temporarily stores it in a storage unit such as an internal memory. Then, the automatic playback unit 24
Determines whether or not it is the time when the automatic reproduction is permitted based on the signal from the timer 26. If the time is the time when the automatic reproduction is permitted, the audio data file SD stored in the internal memory or the like is determined. Automatic reproduction is started, and a sound based on the sound data file SD is generated from the speaker 29.
On the other hand, if it is the time when the automatic reproduction is prohibited, the automatic reproduction unit 24 does not automatically reproduce the audio data file SD stored in the internal memory or the like, and the automatic reproduction is permitted by the signal from the timer 26. Start auto-play when the time is up.

With this configuration, the user of the e-mail receiving terminal device 20 can recognize the contents of the e-mail MD when the e-mail MD is received from a specific partner. By setting the reproduction permission time and the reproduction inhibition time for the timer 26, it is possible to prevent the audio data from being reproduced when the automatic reproduction is unnecessary. it can.

Further, the automatic reproduction unit 24 temporarily stores the audio data file SD in an internal memory or the like, so that even if the audio data file SD is received during the reproduction prohibition time, the time period during which the automatic reproduction is permitted is permitted. , The automatic playback can be started.

Although FIG. 3 shows a configuration in which the e-mail receiving terminal device 20a has both the memory 25 and the timer 26, the audio data file attached to the e-mail MD received from a specific partner is shown. The memory 25 may be provided only when the SD is reproduced, and the timer 26 may be provided only when the automatic reproduction is performed at a predetermined time.

<2. Second Preferred Embodiment> Next, a second preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 shows an electronic mail transmission / reception system 100a according to the second embodiment.
FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, an electronic mail transmission / reception system 100a has a plurality of computers 1 and 2 connected to each other via a communication line 3 so as to be able to communicate with each other. It is possible to send and receive electronic mail MD. The computer 2 has a function of automatically dialing a telephone 8 such as a mobile telephone, and can automatically establish a line connection with the telephone 8.

That is, in this embodiment, a description will be given of a configuration example in which the computer 2 automatically establishes a communication connection state with the telephone 8 when receiving the electronic mail MD with the audio data file SD attached thereto.

Also in this configuration, in consideration of the case where electronic mail MD is transmitted from computer 1 to computer 2, computer 1 functions as an electronic mail transmitting terminal and computer 2 functions as an electronic mail receiving terminal. Will be.

The computer 2 is capable of attaching and detaching a portable recording medium 4 such as a CD-ROM, and receives an electronic mail for functioning as an electronic mail receiving terminal device recorded on the recording medium 4. By reading and executing the program, it functions as an e-mail receiving terminal device. The e-mail receiving program may be recorded in the computer 2 in advance.

FIG. 5 shows an electronic mail transmission / reception system 100.
3A is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the electronic mail transmitting terminal device 10 and the electronic mail receiving terminal device 20b in FIG.

The electronic mail transmitting terminal device 10 has the same configuration as that described in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the e-mail receiving terminal device 20b
A communication unit 21, an e-mail receiving unit 22, a determining unit 23, an automatic reproducing unit 24, an automatic dial unit 27, and a memory 28 are provided. In FIG. 5, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. Note that the e-mail receiving unit 22 and the determining unit 2
3. The automatic reproduction unit 24 and the automatic dial unit 27 are realized by the internal CPU of the computer 2 executing a predetermined program. In addition to these parts,
A display unit such as an RT, an operation unit such as a keyboard, and the like are provided.

The e-mail receiving section 22 receives, via the communication section 3, the e-mail MD whose own address is set as the destination address via the communication section 21. At this time, if the voice data file SD is attached to the electronic mail MD, the voice data file SD is received simultaneously with the electronic mail MD.

Then, the electronic mail receiving section 22 gives the electronic mail MD and the voice data file SD received via the communication section 21 to the judgment section 23.

The determining unit 23 determines whether or not the voice data file SD is attached to the electronic mail MD received by the electronic mail receiving unit 22.

When the voice data file SD is attached to the received electronic mail MD, an instruction for automatic dialing is given to the automatic dialing section 27, and
The audio data file SD is provided to the automatic reproduction unit 24 via the automatic dial unit 27. Note that the audio data file S
D may be directly provided to the automatic reproduction unit 24.

When the automatic dialing unit 27 receives the instruction for automatic dialing from the determining unit 23, it accesses the memory 28 and acquires the telephone number stored in the memory 28 in advance. The telephone number stored in the memory 28 is an e-mail M
The telephone number of the telephone 8 to be notified when D is received. Then, the automatic dial unit 27 performs automatic dialing based on the telephone number acquired from the memory 28, and establishes a communication connection state between the communication unit 21 and the telephone 8.

As a result of the automatic dialing, if the communication section 21 and the telephone 8 are not in the communication connection state, the automatic dial section 27 automatically repeats the redial until the communication connection state is established. That is, the automatic dial unit 27 is configured to check the communication connection state by the automatic dial, and to redial according to the check result.

Then, as a result of the automatic dialing, the communication unit 21
When the telephone and the telephone 8 are in a communication connection state, the automatic dial unit 27 sends the audio data file S to the automatic reproduction unit 24.
The automatic reproduction of D is instructed.

In response to a playback instruction from the automatic dial section 27, the automatic playback section 24 automatically starts playing back the audio data file SD obtained from the determination section 23, and sends the audio data file to the telephone 8 via the communication section 21. The voice based on the file SD is transmitted.

At this time, the e-mail receiving terminal device 20b
And the telephone 8 are in a communication connection state, the automatic playback unit 2
4 makes it possible to listen to the sound reproduced by the telephone 8.

As described above, the e-mail receiving terminal device 20
b, the e-mail MD in the e-mail receiving unit 22
And the voice data file SD in the determination unit 23
The determination of the presence or absence of the attachment, the automatic dialing in the automatic dial unit 27, and the automatic reproduction of the audio data file SD are performed as a series of processing upon receipt of the electronic mail MD. For this reason, even when the user does not exist near the e-mail receiving terminal device 20b, such as when the user is out of the office, the voice is transmitted to the telephone 8 simultaneously with the reception of the e-mail MD. It is possible to listen to and confirm the content of the received e-mail MD at a remote location.

Next, similarly to the improved example in the first embodiment, an improved example for performing automatic reproduction when an electronic mail MD is received from a specific partner or at a predetermined time will be described.

FIG. 6 shows an electronic mail transmitting and receiving system 1 including such an improved electronic mail receiving terminal device 20c.
FIG. In FIG. 6, the same components as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals. Further, the e-mail transmission terminal device 10 transmits the e-mail M
The process for transmitting D is also the same as that described above.

E-mail receiving terminal device 20 in FIG.
c is a communication unit 21, an e-mail reception unit 22, a determination unit 2
3, an automatic playback unit 24, memories 25 and 28, a timer 26, and an automatic dial unit 27.

The memory 25 uses the address of the specific partner as transmission source data in order to automatically play back the audio data file SD attached to the electronic mail MD when receiving the electronic mail MD from the specific partner. This is a storage unit for storing. The memory 28 is a storage unit that stores the telephone number of the telephone 8. These memories 25 and 28
May be composed of one memory.

The timer 26 sets the electronic mail M at a predetermined time.
The timer 26 is provided for automatically reproducing the audio data file SD received at the same time as D. For example, the timer 26 gives a dial permission signal to the automatic dial unit 27 at a predetermined time, and Is configured to provide a dial inhibit signal to the automatic dial unit 27.

The e-mail receiving section 22 receives, via the communication section 21, an e-mail MD and an audio data file SD whose addresses are set as transmission destination addresses from the communication line 3, and receives the e-mail MD and the voice data file SD. The audio data file SD is provided to the determination unit 23.

The determining section 23 determines whether or not the voice data file SD is attached to the electronic mail MD received by the electronic mail receiving section 22. Further, the determination unit 23 obtains the transmission source data from the memory 25 and determines whether the sender of the received e-mail MD matches the transmission source data. If the voice data file SD is attached to the electronic mail MD and the address of the sender of the electronic mail MD matches the address registered in the transmission source data, the determination unit 23 determines that the voice The data file SD is provided to the automatic dial unit 27, and an automatic dial instruction is provided to the automatic dial unit 27.

Here, by registering, in advance, the address of a particularly important partner as the transmission source data in the memory 25, automatic dialing to the telephone 8 can be performed when an electronic mail MD is received from such a partner. It is possible to perform automatic reproduction of audio.

When the automatic dial unit 27 receives the audio data file SD from the determination unit 23, it gives it to the automatic reproduction unit 24. Note that the audio data file SD may be directly provided from the determination unit 23 to the automatic reproduction unit 24.

The automatic dial unit 27 is provided with the judgment unit 23.
When the automatic dialing instruction is received, it is determined whether or not the automatic dialing is permitted based on the signal from the timer 26. If the automatic dialing is permitted, the telephone is read from the memory 28. 8 is read out and automatic dialing is performed based on the telephone number.

On the other hand, if it is the time when the automatic dialing is prohibited, the automatic dialing unit 27 does not perform the automatic dialing based on the telephone number in the memory 28, and the automatic dialing is permitted by the signal from the timer 26. Start automatic dialing when it is time.

Then, the automatic dial unit 27 stores the data in the memory 2
Automatic dialing is performed based on the telephone number obtained from the communication unit 8, and the communication unit 21 and the telephone 8 are brought into a communication connection state.

As a result of the automatic dialing, if the communication section 21 and the telephone 8 are not in the communication connection state, the automatic dial section 27 automatically repeats the redial until the communication connection state is established. Then, when the communication unit 21 and the telephone 8 are in a communication connection state, the automatic dial unit 27 instructs the automatic reproduction unit 24 to automatically reproduce the audio data file SD.

In response to a playback instruction from the automatic dial section 27, the automatic playback section 24 automatically starts playback of the voice data file SD obtained from the determination section 23, and sends the voice data file to the telephone 8 via the communication section 21. The voice based on the file SD is transmitted.

At this time, the e-mail receiving terminal device 20b
And the telephone 8 are in a communication connection state, the automatic playback unit 2
4 makes it possible to listen to the sound reproduced by the telephone 8.

When the audio data file SD is given from the judging section 23, the automatic reproducing section 24 temporarily stores it in a storage section such as an internal memory, and communicates with the telephone 8 by the automatic dial section 27. After the connection state is established, the audio data file SD in the storage unit is read out and automatic reproduction is performed.

With the above configuration, the user of the e-mail receiving terminal device 20 registers the telephone number of the mobile phone or the like owned by the user in the memory 28 in advance, so that the e-mail can be sent from a specific party. When the MD is received, it is possible to recognize the contents of the e-mail MD even in a remote place, and the timer 26 is notified of the permitted time and the prohibited time of the automatic dialing. By performing the setting, it is possible to prevent voice communication from being performed during a time period in which automatic dialing and automatic reproduction are not required.

The automatic reproduction unit 24 temporarily stores the audio data file SD in an internal memory or the like, so that the audio data file SD
However, the automatic reproduction can be started when the time period in which the automatic reproduction is permitted is reached.

FIG. 6 shows a configuration in which the e-mail receiving terminal device 20c includes both the memory 25 and the timer 26. However, the audio data file attached to the e-mail MD received from a specific partner is shown. The memory 25 may be provided only when the SD is configured to perform voice communication, and the timer 26 may be provided only when the automatic communication is performed at a predetermined time.

<3. Modifications> Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the contents described above.

For example, in the above description, an example in which the e-mail receiving terminal device is constituted by a computer 2 such as a personal computer has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a mobile phone or the like is used as the e-mail receiving terminal device. You may comprise.

Further, the contents described above can be applied to an apparatus such as an Internet FAX.

Further, in the above description, the case where the voice data file is transmitted as voice data which can grasp the contents and importance of the electronic mail has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, when an image data file is attached to an e-mail and transmitted, audio data that can grasp the content of the image or the like may be transmitted. In this case, the contents of the image data transmitted at the same time as the e-mail can be easily grasped by the automatically reproduced sound.

[0091]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether or not a voice data file is attached to an electronic mail. Since the audio data file is configured to be automatically reproduced, it is possible to easily recognize what kind of e-mail is received by the automatically reproduced audio.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when it is determined that a voice data file is attached to the electronic mail, a predetermined telephone number is automatically dialed to establish a line connection, and the line connection status is determined. Is configured to automatically play back the audio data file when the email is received. It is possible to easily recognize whether or not the mail is such.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the electronic mail is transmitted from a predetermined transmission source, the audio data file is automatically reproduced, so that the specific destination is specified. It is possible to easily recognize that an e-mail has been received from the user and what kind of e-mail the received e-mail is.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the audio data file is configured to be automatically reproduced at a predetermined time, the received e-mail can be transmitted by the audio automatically reproduced at the predetermined time. It is possible to easily recognize what kind of e-mail is.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the electronic mail transmitting terminal device is configured to attach a voice data file when transmitting the electronic mail, and the electronic mail receiving terminal device is configured to transmit the voice data file when receiving the electronic mail. Since the data file is configured to be automatically played back, it is possible to easily recognize what kind of e-mail is received by the e-mail receiving terminal device.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether or not a voice data file is attached to the received e-mail, and if the voice data file is attached, the voice data file is automatically reproduced. Therefore, it is possible to easily recognize what kind of e-mail is received by the automatically reproduced sound.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the computer reads and executes the electronic mail receiving program recorded on the computer readable recording medium, so that the electronic mail received by the computer can be any kind of mail. The presence or the like can be easily recognized by the automatically reproduced sound.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic mail transmission / reception system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic mail transmission / reception system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an electronic mail transmitting / receiving system obtained by improving the configuration of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic mail transmission / reception system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an electronic mail transmission / reception system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an electronic mail transmitting / receiving system obtained by improving the configuration of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

1, computer 3 communication line 4 recording medium 8 telephone 10 e-mail transmission terminal device 20, 20a, 20b, 20c e-mail reception terminal device 21 communication unit 22 e-mail reception unit 23 judgment unit 24 automatic reproduction unit (reproduction means) 25 , 28 memory 26 timer 27 automatic dial section (line connection means) 29 speaker 100, 100a electronic mail transmission / reception system

Claims (7)

[Claims] A receiving means for receiving an electronic mail; a determining means for determining whether or not a voice data file is attached to the electronic mail; An electronic mail receiving terminal device comprising: a reproducing unit that automatically reproduces a file. 2. The electronic mail receiving terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: line connection means for automatically dialing a predetermined telephone number to make a line connection, wherein said line connection means is provided by said determination means. When it is determined that an audio data file is attached, the telephone number is automatically dialed to make a line connection. An e-mail receiving terminal device for automatically reproducing a file. 3. The electronic mail receiving terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said reproducing means, when said electronic mail is transmitted from a predetermined transmission source, reads said audio data file. An e-mail receiving terminal device for performing automatic reproduction. 4. The electronic mail receiving terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said reproducing means automatically reproduces said audio data file at a predetermined time. Mail receiving terminal device. 5. An e-mail transmission / reception system comprising: an e-mail transmission terminal device for transmitting an e-mail; and an e-mail reception terminal device for receiving the e-mail. Audio data file attaching means for attaching an audio data file at the time of transmission, the electronic mail receiving terminal device, a reproducing means for automatically reproducing the audio data file when the electronic mail is received,
An electronic mail transmission / reception system, comprising: 6. A step of receiving an e-mail, a step of judging whether or not a voice data file is attached to the e-mail; Automatically regenerating the electronic mail. 7. A computer, comprising: receiving means for receiving an electronic mail; determining means for determining whether or not a voice data file is attached to the electronic mail; A computer-readable recording medium on which an electronic mail receiving program for functioning as a reproducing means for automatically reproducing an audio data file is recorded.