JP2009219094A - System or program for discriminating whether e-mail is spam, by verifying existence of designated name within designated number of characters at head of e-mail message - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system which can be constructed economically, and to effectively exclude spam mails and receive only those mails that are not spam. <P>SOLUTION: Electronic mail (e-mail) which is to be received at an e-mail user's address is received by an e-mail transmitting/receiving server having an e-mail discriminating system for non-spam mail. The system decides whether keyword for the name registered beforehand in users name list data stored in a database is included "within a predetermined number of characters at the head of the message" of the received e-mail. If the mail received includes the keyword for the name, it is displayed on a terminal or at a place designated beforehand by the e-mail address user or is transmitted to the designated mail address, after being given an information identifying symbol or advertisement in the title or message of the e-mail. For electronic mails that do not include the keyword for the name, if the mail received includes the contents of "resend mail, after giving a name that specifies the recipient", it is automatically returned to the address of the sender, or reception refusal processing is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to an e-mail receiving system, and more particularly, to an e-mail determination and classification system or program for a PC (personal computer) or a mobile phone terminal, and an e-mail determination and classification system or program that is not spam.

In recent years, the use of electronic mail has been increased not only for PCs but also for mobile phone terminals as the number of Internet users increases. Accordingly, e-mails (hereinafter referred to as spam mails) such as advertisements and solicitations that arrive regardless of the recipient's intention have been increasing.

This spam mail is steadily increasing, and various countermeasures are taken by communication carriers and mail receivers. Spam emails are also addressed at the national level by legal regulations.

However, the present situation is that spam mail distributors continue to distribute spam mails by new means such as transmission from foreign countries, which can bypass regulations and countermeasures.

Conventionally, as countermeasures against spam mail, (a) E-mail senders are given “unsolicited advertisements *” and email filters are uniformly sent on the mail server side using “unsolicited advertisements *” as keywords. Measures to perform filtering on “Subject” and “Full text”, (b) Mobile phone subscribers request spam mail distribution restrictions from mobile phone operators and ISPs (Internet Service Providers), and mobile phone business There are measures such as filtering subscribers and ISPs and filtering e-mail while searching for subscriber data in response to a request for each subscriber.

In addition, as a countermeasure method for spam other than the above, when the received email is spam mail, the header of the email is transmitted from the mobile terminal to the spam countermeasure server by a button operation or the like, and the countermeasure server uses the header as the header. Based on the communication records obtained from the mail server, identify the mail server that sent the spam mail, set the rejection of the reception to the mobile terminal, and notify the mail server to reject the reception of the specific email There is a method to do (see Patent Document 1).

In addition, as another spam mail countermeasure method, in a mobile phone device, it is determined whether or not there is a link description to a URL in the main part of the received e-mail. There is a method for determining that an e-mail is an unnecessary e-mail (see Patent Document 2).

Furthermore, as another spam mail countermeasure method, there is a method of rejecting the reception of an e-mail based on the sender information that identifies the sender of the e-mail in the discrimination information extracted by the information extracting means. (See Patent Document 3).

JP 2003-125004 A JP 2003-131999 A JP 2006-344197 A

In the conventional spam mail countermeasure system, there is a problem in that a database for reception refusal information is provided, thereby increasing the number of search processing steps, delaying mail delivery processing, and reducing the quality of mail delivery.

Regarding the measure (a) above, since there are unscrupulous mail distributors who distribute a large number of mails without expressing “unsolicited advertisements *”, there is a situation in which spam mails due to advertisement mails do not decrease. In addition, by putting a single-byte space between the characters of the “unsolicited advertisement *”, it is not an effective means of restricting spam mail, such as sending mail by means of passing through the filter on the mail server side.

In addition, the measure (b) is a measure that regulates the distribution of spam mails in cooperation with subscribers, mobile phone operators, and ISPs. And ISP need to hold it as reception refusal information, and complicated mail distribution processing such as subscriber profile search for each destination subscriber is required, so the equipment cost of the database for reception refusal information is required There is a problem. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, improve the quality of the mail delivery service, and to establish an economical and effective system for receiving an e-mail other than junk mail Providing a device.

The invention according to claim 1 comprises an e-mail transmission / reception server (90) for receiving an e-mail (0) via a network (99) and a managed data database (DB), wherein the e-mail transmission / reception server (90) includes a list of name keywords for identifying the e-mail address user associated with the e-mail address (2) used by the e-mail address user (1) by the operation of the e-mail address user (1). Management means (30) for registering the user name list data (3) in the database (DB) and the e-mail (0) from the external sender e-mail address (4) via the network Receiving means (31) and the receiving means (31) from the sender e-mail address (4) to the e-mail address (2) When the received electronic mail (0) is received, the user name list data (DB) stored in the database (DB) is stored within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the text of the received electronic mail (0). 3) It is determined whether or not the name keyword in is included, and the name in the user name list data (3) is within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the text of the received e-mail (0) A determination and classification unit (32) for separating an email (0a) including a keyword from an email (0b) including no name keyword in the user name list data (3); Only the sorted e-mail (0a) is displayed on the recipient terminal, device or place designated by the e-mail address user (1) in advance or sent to the designated e-mail address That the transmitting means (33), an electronic mail determination fractionation system not spam, characterized in that it comprises a (100).

According to the invention of claim 1, a person who distributes spam mail obtains a lot of mail addresses by various methods, or creates himself / herself from numbers and common names, and sends an email. Since it is considered that there are many cases of simultaneous delivery, the effect of eliminating junk mail is great. The reason is that e-mail users rarely use their name as their e-mail address, so the e-mail address of the person who distributes junk e-mail has its e-mail address and its e-mail address. This is because it is considered extremely unlikely that users have names associated with their email addresses. As evidence, there are almost no cases where the destination name is included in the spam mail. Therefore, by this system, emails that do not have the user name of the email address within the specified number of characters at the beginning of the email are separated and not passed to the user of the email address. It becomes.

In addition, for those who distribute spam mails, it is better to understand and send the email address linked to the user's name. It is done.
However, in obtaining and managing the user name of the e-mail address and other work, it is costly for those who distribute spam mail to grasp the e-mail address and the e-mail address by linking the user name. It is natural that it will grow, and it is unlikely that those who distribute spam will continue to think economically and can do it on a large scale.

On the other hand, e-mails that are not junk e-mails, like letters, are a means of communication that specifies the person to be sent, so there are cases where the name of the other party is written at the beginning of the e-mail for customs and rituals. Many. For example, even if it is an e-mail such as a direct mail, if the recipient has already accepted the sender in advance, the sender knows the name of the recipient. The name of the recipient can be described in the e-mail sent to the recipient.

Further, according to the invention of claim 1, “determination is made based on whether or not the email has the recipient's destination name within the specific number of characters at the beginning of the text of the received email”. Since the entire text is not searched, the amount of information processing can be reduced compared to searching the entire text.
In addition, it is no longer possible to select a mail whose name keyword stored in the system is other than the beginning of the sentence as a mail addressed to the person to whom the mail is addressed. For example, as an example of an e-mail in which the name keyword stored in this system is described in a sentence other than the beginning of the e-mail, the name of the person who is not the person who sent the mail is the person who is the other person who sent the mail This name may be described in the mail text because it is an acquaintance of the e-mail, but this name is only the name of the character in the mail, not the name of the person to whom this e-mail is addressed. According to the first aspect of the present invention, if the name stored in the system is an e-mail described after the beginning of the e-mail text, it is selected as an e-mail addressed to the other party. Is prevented. The “number of specific characters” within the specific number of characters at the beginning of the e-mail is a number that is stored in advance in the system, such as the long title or long name of the other person, the name of the destination or the other party in CC Even if there are two or more people, it will be 50 characters or 100 characters or less.
As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, “a customary and ritual act of writing the name of the other party at the beginning of the sentence when transmitting a letter or the like to the other party” and “spam mail” It is difficult for the person who distributes the mail address and the name of the user of the mail address to be grasped at the same time. This is characterized in that only non-spam mails that contain their name keyword are shown to the mail address user or sent within a specified number of minutes at the beginning of the mail text.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the non-spam e-mail determination / sorting system (100) according to the first aspect, the transmission means (33) includes the determination / sorting means (32). Advertisement-added transmission means for adding an advertisement to the e-mail (0a) and displaying it in advance on the recipient terminal, device, or place designated by the e-mail address user (1) in advance or transmitting to the designated e-mail address The non-spam e-mail determination and classification system (100) according to claim 1, further comprising (34).

According to the invention according to claim 2, the provider of the e-mail determination and separation system that is not the junk e-mail can operate this system with advertising revenue, and this system is free for the mail recipient who is the user. Will be available at

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the non-spam e-mail determination / sorting system (100) according to the first or second aspect, the sending means (33) is sorted by the judgment / separating means (32). The received e-mail (0b) includes "at least the e-mail address (2) that received the e-mail (0b) and the name and name of the other party within the specified number of characters at the beginning of the body of the e-mail. A warning transmission means (35) for automatically returning a warning email (0c) having the contents of "retransmission request in the form of" to the sender email address (4) that has sent the email (0b) The electronic mail determination / separation system (100) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the electronic mail determination / separation system is not spam.

According to the invention of claim 3, it was confirmed that the sent e-mail was not received to the extent that the person who did not put his / her name at the beginning of the e-mail would not be ritually impolite. I can contact you. Of course, if the sender is not the junk mail destination, the name of the sender is known, and it is listed again in the message that is returned at the beginning of the body of this warning (contact) email. If the name of the recipient's destination name is entered and sent within the specified number of characters, the system will determine that it is not a junk mail, and will be sent or delivered to the recipient by the system. In addition, spam senders who do not know the recipient's name together with the address cannot write the recipient's destination name within the specified number of characters at the beginning of the body of the email, and send it many times. However, it is classified as spam mail in which the name of the other party cannot be described, and the recipient receives or is sent to the recipient from the system, or is not seen by the recipient.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the non-spam e-mail determination and classification system (100) according to the first to third aspects, the database (DB1) is classified by the determination and classification means (32). The mail address (2) that received the electronic mail (0b) and the sender electronic mail address (4) that transmitted the warning electronic mail (0c) are stored in association with each other, and the receiving means (31) In addition, when the e-mail (0b) is newly transmitted from the sender e-mail address (4) to the e-mail address (2) more than a predetermined number of times, the sender e-mail address ( 5. The spam mail according to claim 1, further comprising reception rejection means (36) for rejecting reception of the electronic mail (0) from 4). Is an e-mail judgment sorting system is not (100).

According to the invention according to claim 4, reception from the same mail address of the spam mail sender who does not grasp the name of the other party together with the address, or sending to the same mail address of the spam mail sender from this system No more replies. This reduces the amount of processing performed by this system.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the non-spam e-mail determination and classification system (100) according to the first to third aspects, the transmission means (33) includes the determination and classification means (32). The information identification symbol addition transmission means (37) for adding the information identification symbol to the subject or body of the email and transmitting the classified electronic mail (0a) is provided. 4. An e-mail determination and classification system (100) that is not the junk e-mail described in 4.

According to the invention according to claim 5, use of an e-mail in which the name stored in the e-mail is included within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the text of the e-mail received by the receiving unit, so-called mail address The email address user who sees the e-mail with the name of the recipient's address is “the fact that the specified name is within the specified characters at the beginning of the mail” and “the determination unit or this The system can recognize directly and easily that it is an e-mail after classification.

The invention according to claim 6 uses the e-mail transmission / reception server (90) that receives the e-mail (0) via the network (99) and the contents of the e-mail received using the managed data database (DB). This is a program for determining whether or not it is a junk mail and sorting it, and is associated with the email address (2) used by the email address user (1) according to the operation of the email address user (1) Management process (S1) for registering user name list data (3), which is a list of names for identifying the user himself / herself, in the database (DB), and from the sender email address (4) from the outside A receiving process (S2) for receiving the electronic mail (0) via a network, and the receiving process (S2) receiving means is the sender electronic mail address When the e-mail (0) is received from 4) to the e-mail address (2), the e-mail (0) is stored in the database (DB1) within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the body of the e-mail (0). It is determined whether or not the name keyword in the stored user name list data (3) is included, and the use is made within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the text of the received e-mail (0). E-mail (0a) containing name keywords in the user name list data (3) and e-mail (0b) containing no name keywords in the user name list data (3) are separated. The discrimination / separation process (S3) and only the sorted e-mail (0a) are displayed on the recipient terminal, device or place designated in advance by the e-mail address user (1). Or transmitting process of transmitting to the email address (S4), an electronic mail determination separation program not spam, characterized in that it comprises a.

According to the invention concerning Claim 6, there exists an effect equivalent to the invention concerning Claim 1.

In the invention according to claim 7, in addition to the program according to claim 6, an advertisement is added to the e-mail (0a) sorted in the determination classification process (S3) in the transmission process (S4) In addition, an advertisement addition transmission process (S5) for displaying on a recipient terminal, device or place designated in advance by an e-mail address user (1) or transmitting to an e-mail address is provided. Item 7. An email determination / classification program that is not a junk email according to Item 6.

According to the invention of claim 7, the same effect as that of the invention of claim 2 is obtained.

In the invention according to claim 8, in addition to the program according to claim 6 or claim 7, in the transmission process (S4), the electronic mail (0b) classified in the determination classification process (S3) “At least the email address (2) that received the email (0b) and the name and name of the recipient within the specified number of characters at the beginning of the body of the email. A warning transmission process (S6) for automatically returning a warning e-mail (0c) having the content of “transmission request” to the sender e-mail address (4) that has transmitted the e-mail (0b); A non-spam e-mail determination / sorting system according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that it is not.

According to the invention of claim 8, the same effect as that of the invention of claim 3 is obtained.

According to a ninth aspect of the invention, in addition to the program according to the sixth to eighth aspects, the database (DB1) has received the electronic mail (0b) sorted by the judgment sorting process (S3). The mail address (2) and the sender email address (4) that sent the warning email (0c) are stored in association with each other, and the sender email address (4) is stored in the reception process (S2). ) To the e-mail address (2), the e-mail (0b) is newly transmitted more than the number of times designated in advance, the e-mail (0) from the sender e-mail address (4) 9. The non-spam e-mail determination classification program according to claim 6, further comprising a reception rejection process (S7) for rejecting reception.

According to the invention of claim 9, the same effect as that of the invention of claim 4 is obtained.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the program according to any one of the sixth to ninth aspects, the transmission process (S4) includes the electronic mail (0a) classified in the determination classification process (S3). 10. An e-mail that is not a junk mail according to claim 6, further comprising an information identification symbol addition transmission process (S8) for adding an information identification symbol to a subject or body of an e-mail and transmitting it. This is a judgment classification program.

According to the invention of claim 10, the same effect as that of the invention of claim 5 is obtained.

Further, from another viewpoint, the non-spam e-mail determination and classification system or program according to the present invention uses name list data for identifying the user of the mail address for each mail address input from the user of the mail address. A memory for holding the name keyword described, a detection block for detecting the name keyword described in the name list data stored in the memory from within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the text of the received e-mail body, and a detection result Based on the information, an e-mail in which the name keyword described in the name list data stored in the memory can be detected within a specified number of minutes from the head of a pre-specified sentence in the mail body, and an e-mail that cannot be detected To separate. The detected electronic mail can be received or viewed by a browsing method designated by the user of the mail address that received the electronic mail in advance. Also, an advertisement or information identifier can be added to the detected e-mail. The e-mail that could not be detected automatically receives an e-mail automatically saying “Received e-mail address and user name of the received e-mail address at the beginning of e-mail body and resending request” Send or return. In addition, in the e-mail that is automatically sent or returned, the number of characters from the beginning of the sentence, which is the place where the name of the other party specified in the program should be written, is sent and written as much as possible. It can be considered that the sender who knows the name of the person does not have the same situation (the transmission of the e-mail that could not be detected). In addition, the e-mail address to which the unsuccessful e-mail has been sent is stored in the memory, and if the e-mail is received from the same e-mail more than the number of times specified in advance, the e-mail after that is sent. You may set it to refuse reception from an address. The electronic mail that could not be detected may be set not to be erased or returned on the spot.

The name keyword stored in the memory name list data of the mail address user for each mail address is stored in the memory, and more than one name keyword can be entered, and the mail address user can input directly from the terminal or via the network. Input and stored.

As a result, in the non-spam e-mail determination receiving program of the present invention, a memory for storing name keywords described in the user name list data input from the user at the receiving address, and the e-mail body Is composed of a detection block for detecting a name keyword described in the name list data from within a predetermined first number of characters, and a block for adding detection result information as an information symbol to an email subject. An identification symbol for each e-mail that is determined not to be an e-mail is assigned to the e-mail subject and delivered or shown to an e-mail address designated in advance by the user. In addition, e-mails that have not been given an identification symbol will be rejected on the system side, and e-mails without the user's name at the receiving e-mail address will be rejected (discarded). Mobile phone operators and ISPs (Internet Service Providers) do not have reception rejection information (subscriber profile) for each subscriber in the mail server, and provide services that only receive non-spam mail Is possible.

Therefore, the e-mail determination program that is not a junk e-mail according to the present invention can improve the quality of the mail distribution service, and can construct an economical and effective system.

According to the invention according to claim 1, by realizing that the recipient receives or sees only the e-mail in which the name of the recipient is described within a specific number of characters at the beginning of the e-mail, It is possible to improve the quality of mail delivery and reception services, and to obtain an effect that an economical and effective system can be constructed.

According to the invention according to claim 2, the provider of the e-mail determination and separation system that is not the junk e-mail can operate this system with advertising revenue, and this system is free for the mail recipient who is the user. There is an effect that it can be used in.

According to the invention of claim 3, it is possible to contact a person who has not entered the name of the other party at the beginning of the e-mail, to the extent that it is not ritually impolite, and the name of the other party as an address. E-mails from spam mail senders that are not grasped together are classified as spam mails whose name cannot be described no matter how many times they are sent, and are received by the receiver or viewed by the receiver. It has the effect of disappearing.

According to the invention of claim 4, it is not necessary to repeat reception from the same mail address from a spam mail sender who does not grasp the name of the other party together with the address or reply to the same mail address of the spam mail sender. effective. As a result, the amount of processing performed by this system can be reduced.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, an e-mail that is included within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the body of the e-mail, that is, an e-mail that describes the name of the user's destination of the e-mail address, Users who see the e-mail address are immediately and easily able to confirm that their name is within the specified characters at the beginning of the e-mail and that it is an e-mail after being classified by this system. It has the effect of becoming able to recognize.

According to the invention which concerns on Claims 6-10, the effect substantially equivalent to the invention which concerns on Claims 1-5 can be exhibited.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings as appropriate.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an e-mail determination system 100 (hereinafter referred to as “the present system”) that is not a junk e-mail according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the “present system” according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an e-mail transmission / reception server (90) and a data database (DB). The e-mail transmission / reception server (90), the data database (DB1), and Is arranged in the network (99), and the e-mail transmission / reception server (90) receives e-mail from the sender terminal using the external sender e-mail address (4) through the network (99), and e-mail The transmission / reception server (90) is connected to a recipient terminal using a mail address (2) used by the recipient through a network (99). The network (99) includes the Internet. The recipient terminal using the mail address (2) and the sender terminal using the sender e-mail address (4) are connected to the e-mail transmission / reception server (90) connected via the network (99) such as the Internet. The premise is that information communication is free. Further, the “present system” may itself be a program. In that case, it may be incorporated in a server that receives mail.

The e-mail transmission / reception server (90) includes a management unit (30), a reception unit (31), a judgment classification unit (32), a transmission unit (33), an advertisement addition transmission (34), a warning transmission unit (35), a transmission rejection Means (36), information identification symbol addition transmission means (37), password verification means (301), and registration means (302), each of which is provided in the electronic mail transmission / reception server (90). It works by executing a program.

The management means (30) is means for registering the user name list data (3) sent from the recipient terminal using the mail address (2) used by the recipient in a data database (DB), The processing of the means will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

The receiving means (31) sends an e-mail to be used by the e-mail address user (1) via the network (99) by the e-mail address user (1) operating the user e-mail address terminal (2). When an electronic mail (011) other than the user name list data (3) specifying the address associated electronic mail user is received, the electronic mail (011) is sent to the determination means (32).

The judgment and classification means (32), for the electronic mail (011) received from the receiving means (31), in the data database (DB1), the user name list data (DB1) associated with the mail address that received the electronic mail (011). Check if 3) is present or absent.

When the user name list data (3) is present, the judgment and classification means (32) is designated in advance at the beginning of the body of the e-mail (011) sent from the receiving means (31). It is determined whether or not the name keyword in the user name list data (3) stored in the database (DB) is included within the number of characters.

An email (0a) containing the name stored in the user name list data (3) within the number of characters specified in advance at the beginning of the body of the received email (011); The user name list data (3) is sorted into e-mails (0b) that do not contain names, and each is given a classification information symbol and sent to the transmission means (33).

In addition, the “number of characters within the specified number of characters at the beginning of the sentence” of the e-mail is the number stored in the system in advance and is the number of characters that describes the name of the other party to be added to the beginning of the transmitted sentence. Considering the case where there are two or more long titles, long names, CC transmission destinations, and destination names, the maximum length is 100 characters or less.
The number of characters may be determined by the user of the e-mail address and input to the system, or may be determined in advance by the system or service provider.
In this case, the user of the e-mail address can determine and input his / her name and the number of characters in the title.

The sending means (33) is an e-mail containing the name stored in the user name list data (3) sent after being judged and sorted by the judgment and sorting means (32) and attached with an information symbol. For (0a), the automatic transmission means (38) displays the e-mail address user (1) on the recipient terminal or device registered in advance for each e-mail address (2) used by the recipient or e-mail. Send to address.

When sending, the sending means (33) can also send an e-mail (0a) to be sent with an advertisement by means of advertisement addition sending (34) during automatic sending to the automatic sending means (S9).

Further, when transmitting, the transmission means (33) adds an information identification symbol to the electronic mail (0a) to be transmitted together with transmission or advertisement addition by the automatic transmission means (38) or advertisement addition transmission means (34). The transmission means (37) can also add an information identification symbol in the subject or body of the email, and the recipient can easily and directly use this information identification symbol to complete this judgment and classification. Can be recognized.

Further, the transmission means (33) does not include the name stored in the user name list data (3) sent by the judgment classification means (32) and sent with the information symbol. For the electronic mail (0b), the warning transmission means (35) sends “at least the electronic mail address (2) that received the electronic mail (0b) and the name of the user of the electronic mail address (2). A warning text containing “Request to resend email in the form specified within the specified number of characters at the beginning of the body of the email” is attached to the email (0b), and the name of the user is email The e-mail (0b) that is not described within the designated number of characters at the beginning of the text is sent or sent back to the address.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing each process related to the registration process of the user name list data (3) sent from the receiving means (31) in the management means (30), and the receiving means (31 in the broken line) ), Management means (30), password verification means (301), registration means (302), transmission means (33), warning transmission means (35), and database (DB). An outline of a program to be executed by the e-mail determination and classification system (100) that is not the junk mail is shown.

Hereinafter, the process of registering the user name list data (3) shown in FIG. 2 will be described. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the component already demonstrated along FIG. 1, and duplication description is avoided. The receiving means (31) sends an e-mail to be used by the e-mail address user (1) via the network (99) by the e-mail address user (1) operating the user e-mail address terminal (2). When the electronic mail (012) in which the user name list data (3) for identifying the user associated with the electronic mail address associated with the address is received is received, the electronic mail (012) is sent to the management means (30). In the receiving means, the received “mail address (2) used by the electronic mail (0)”, user name list data (3) for specifying the user of the mail address, and the mail address (2) used in advance. If the password is determined for “)”, the electronic mail (012) is sent to the management means (30).

In the management means (30), the password verification means (301) determines the mail address (2) to be used described in the e-mail (012) sent and the mail address (2) to be used in advance. The password is checked against information registered in the database (DB). The e-mail address (2) to be used, the e-mail address (2) to be used, and the relevance thereof are determined between the user and the provider of this system and registered in the database (DB1) at the time of using the system. I will keep it.

In the password verification means (301) in the management means (30), “the mail address (2) to be used and the mail address (2) to be used in advance” described in the sent e-mail (012). As a result of collation between “the password defined for” and “the email address (2) to be used and the password previously defined for the email address (2) to be used” registered in the database (DB) If confirmed, the registration means (302) registers the user name list data (3) in the database (DB1) in association with the sent mail address (2) to be used.

Further, the password verification means (301) includes “a mail address (2) to be used and a password previously determined for the mail address (2) to be used” described in the received e-mail (012). If the conformity between the “e-mail address (2) to be used and the password predetermined for the e-mail address (2) to be used” registered in the database (DB) is not confirmed, the sent electronic The management means (30) sends the e-mail (012) a signal indicating that the registered password does not conform, and sends it to the sending means (33). Then, in the transmission means (33), an e-mail (012) sent from the password verification means (301) with a signal indicating that the registered password is incompatible is sent to “Retransmission after confirmation. A message with the content of “hope” is added by the warning transmission means (35) in the transmission means (33), and the transmission means (33) sends the mail address of the transmission destination to which the electronic mail (012) has been sent. Send or reply to.

FIG. 3 shows an input form of name keywords in the user name list data (3) transmitted from the e-mail address user (1) to the receiving means (31). Further, from the input form of FIG. 3 and the like, the “number of characters” at the beginning of the body of the e-mail body determined that the name keyword in the name list data (3) is included by the determination classification means (32). May be specified by the e-mail address user (1). When the “number of characters” at the beginning of the body of the e-mail that is determined to contain the name keyword can be specified in this way, the transmission means (33) sends the user name list data (3 The warning transmission means (35) transmits an e-mail (0b) that does not contain the name stored in), “at least the e-mail address (2) that received the e-mail (0b), and the The "specified" in the warning text that contains the request to resend email in the form of the name of the user at email address (2) within the specified number of characters at the beginning of the body of the email “Number of characters” specified by the e-mail address user (1) is described in “Number of characters”.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing each process according to the embodiment of the first example. The reception process (S2) is performed by the user (1) of the e-mail address via the network (99). By operating the address terminal (2), an e-mail (011) other than the user name list data (3) for specifying the e-mail address user associated with the e-mail address to be used by the e-mail address user (1) When received, the electronic mail (011) is sent to the determination separation process (S3).

In the reception process (S2), the e-mail (011) in which the e-mail address of the transmission destination that has transmitted the received e-mail (011) is stored as “rejection destination data” in the data database (DB) is received. To refuse.

The determination classification process (S3) that has received the e-mail (011) from the reception process (S2) is “within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the body of the body” of the e-mail (011) received from the reception process (S2). Whether the database (DB) includes the “name keyword” in the user name list data (3) that identifies the user of the e-mail address associated with the e-mail address that received the e-mail (011), Judge whether there is any.

Then, the judgment classification process (S3) includes the name in the user name list data (3) within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the text in the electronic mail (011) received from the reception process (S2). E-mail (0a) containing keywords and e-mail (0b) containing no name keywords in the user name list data (3) are classified into information symbols for each classification. Is sent to the transmission process (S4).

The “specific number of characters within the specified number of characters at the beginning” of the e-mail is a number that is stored in advance in the system. The long title or long name of the other party, the transmission destination or the name of the other party in the CC is 2 Considering the case of becoming more than people, it is at most 100 characters.

The transmission process (S4) that has received the e-mail (0a) from the determination classification process (S3) is determined and classified by the determination classification means (32), and is sent with an information symbol for each classification. For 0a), an automatic transmission process (S9) displays an e-mail address on a recipient terminal or device, which is registered in advance for each e-mail address user (1) e-mail address (2) used by the recipient, or an e-mail address Send to

At the time of transmission by this transmission process (S4), an advertisement can be attached and transmitted to the electronic mail (0a) to be transmitted by the advertisement addition transmission process (S5) together with the automatic transmission process (S9).

Further, when transmitting by the transmission means (33), the electronic mail (0a) to be transmitted is converted into an electronic identification information addition transmission process (S8) together with an automatic transmission process (S9) or an advertisement addition transmission process (S5). An information identification symbol indicating that it is the electronic mail (0a) can be attached in the subject or body of the mail, and the recipient can easily and directly identify the information identification symbol by the information identification symbol. It can be recognized that the attached e-mail is the e-mail (0a) for which the determination and classification have been completed.

In addition, in the transmission process (S4), for the e-mail (0a) that has been determined and classified in the determination and classification process (S3) and sent with an information symbol for each classification, the warning transmission process (S6) At least the e-mail address (2) that received the e-mail (0b) and the name of the user of the e-mail address (2) within the specified number of characters at the beginning of the body of the e-mail A warning message containing “Request to resend electronic mail” is attached to the electronic mail (0b), and the electronic mail (0b) is automatically transmitted or returned to the mail address from which the electronic mail (0b) has been transmitted.

FIG. 5 shows a “warning text” that is automatically sent or replied to the mail address that sent the electronic mail (0a) by the warning sending process (S6). In this warning sentence, in the judgment classification process (S3), the description of “number of characters” from the head of the mail body, which is a criterion for judging whether or not the name keyword is included, and within the number of letters from the head of the destination, It is necessary to describe the contents that require the name.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing features of the system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment of the second example shown in FIG. 6 has a plurality of e-mail addresses used by the user as compared with the system 100 or the program (FIGS. 1 to 5) according to the first example. The only difference is that the system or the process and the flowchart constituting the system are the same as the system 100 or the program (FIGS. 1 to 5) according to the first embodiment. Therefore, the description about the same part will be omitted after the fact is described. In FIG. 6, the server for transmitting and receiving the e-mail used by the user is described separately for each e-mail address used by the user for the e-mail used by the user. The same server may be used if the email address is.

FIG. 6 includes an e-mail transmission / reception server (A), an e-mail transmission / reception server (B), and an e-mail transmission / reception server (C), each of which is described in FIGS. 1 to 5 and their descriptions. As in the first embodiment of the present invention, an electronic mail transmission / reception server (90) and a data database (DB) are arranged in the network (99), and the electronic mail transmission / reception server (90) is externally transmitted through the network (99). The e-mail transmission / reception server (90) is connected to the recipient terminal using the e-mail address (2) used by the recipient through the network (99). Has been. Similarly to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the receiver terminal using the mail address (2) is also connected to the network (99) such as the Internet using the sender electronic mail address (4). It is assumed that information communication can be freely performed with respect to the connected electronic mail transmission / reception server (90) via. Further, as in the first embodiment described in FIGS. 1 to 5, “this system” may itself be a program. In that case, it may be incorporated in a server that receives mail. In the following description, the same reference numerals are given to the components described in the first embodiment and FIGS. 1 to 5 and the description thereof to avoid redundant description.

The e-mail transmission / reception server (A) in FIG. 6 receives an e-mail (013) addressed to the destination e-mail address (a) from the sender terminal using the sender e-mail address (4), and receives the e-mail transmission / reception server ( A) receives the electronic mail (013) at the mail address (a) via the network (99). It is assumed that a mail address (A) is registered in advance in the electronic mail transmission / reception server (A).

The e-mail transmission / reception server (A) transfers all e-mails (013) received to the e-mail address (a) to the e-mail address (i) designated by the user of the e-mail address (a). It is set to be.

The e-mail transmission / reception server (B) registered to transmit / receive the e-mail address (A) sends the e-mail (013) transmitted from the e-mail address (A), and the e-mail transmission / reception server (B) thereafter. The processing is performed in the same manner as described in the first embodiment and FIGS. 1 to 5 and the description thereof.

Then, the e-mail transmission / reception server (B) sends the e-mail (013) transmitted from the e-mail address (a) by means or processing similar to those described in the first embodiment and FIGS. 1 to 5 and their descriptions. Are classified into the e-mail (0a) and the e-mail (0b), and the e-mail (0a) is transferred to the e-mail transmission / reception server (B) in advance by the user of the e-mail address (a). The e-mail is automatically forwarded to the e-mail address (c) designated by the e-mail address or is sent with an advertisement or classification.

Similarly to the first embodiment and FIGS. 1 to 5 and the description thereof, the e-mail transmission / reception server (B) adds a warning message to the e-mail (0b) and sends the e-mail (0b ) Is sent back to the sender's e-mail address (4) that sent the message, or reception is refused.
Regarding the rejection of reception, in the second embodiment, since it is received by the e-mail transmission / reception server (A), it may be deleted by the e-mail transmission / reception server (B).

In the second embodiment, the email address user (1) may use not only one email address (a) but also a plurality of email addresses. Actually, users of electronic mail often use not only one mail address but also a plurality of mail addresses. When there are a plurality of mail addresses to be used as described above, the email received at the plurality of email addresses may be transferred to the email address (A) registered in the email transmission / reception server (B). Then, the e-mail transmission / reception server (B) and the e-mail address (a) registered therein receive “the user name list data (3) within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the text of the received e-mail. To the electronic mail (0a) including the name stored in the user name list data (3) and the electronic mail (0b) including no name stored in the user name list data (3) " Server and email address. The e-mail transmission / reception server (C) that receives the transmission of the e-mail (0a) sorted by the e-mail transmission / reception server (B) and the e-mail address (c) are “the beginning of the text in the received e-mail. This is a server and a mail address for receiving an e-mail (0a) including a name stored in the user name list data (3) within a predetermined number of characters.

As for the reply to the e-mail (0a), the e-mail address user (1) first refers to the transfer record described in the transferred e-mail (0a) from the sender. A reply may be made from the sent mail address. In that case, it is easy for the e-mail address user (1) to add the contents of the sent e-mail (0a) to the reply e-mail by copying or pasting it. . Therefore, even when the second embodiment is performed, there is no problem in replying to the received e-mail.

In addition, if the embodiment of the second embodiment is performed in the system, or the specific e-mail transmission / reception server is set to “dedicated electronic mail transmission / reception server by placing, installing, or setting the program in the specific e-mail transmission / reception server”. Judgment sorting device that separates mail into spam mail and mail that is not spam mail (e-mail address received by a plurality of mail addresses used by the user (1)) An e-mail (0a) containing the name stored in the user name list data (3) within the designated number of characters and a name stored in the user name list data (3) are included. A device that determines and sorts unsolicited mail and non-spam mail by discriminating and classifying it as unseparated email (0b) ” Is a device that receives an e-mail on behalf of a recipient and determines whether it is an e-mail addressed to the recipient from the beginning of the body of the e-mail and then sends only the e-mail addressed to the recipient to the recipient. Or by using those servers, a third party intercepts the mail on behalf of the user of the mail address, and the name and name of the user of the mail address are included in the received mail. It is possible to provide a proxy service that shows or sends only e-mails written within the specified number of characters to the recipient.

Although not shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, in the first embodiment or the second embodiment, the e-mail transmission / reception server (90) is a CPU (central processing unit) and control executed by the CPU. The main memory is configured to store a program, a storage device used as a work area when the CPU executes the control program, and a communication control unit that controls communication with the network (99). The CPU, the main memory, the storage device, and the communication control unit may be connected to each other through an internal bus.

The present invention can be used for each server or terminal device of a system using electronic mail such as a mobile phone terminal, a mobile terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or a PC (personal computer).

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an e-mail determination system that is not a junk mail according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the email determination system which is not the junk mail of FIG. This is an input form for user name list data. It is a flowchart which shows each process which concerns on embodiment of a 1st Example. This is a warning text to be sent by the warning sending process. It is a block diagram which shows the characteristic of this system which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

(0) E-mail (0a) E-mail (0b) E-mail (1) E-mail address user (2) E-mail address used (3) User name list data (4) Sender e-mail address (30) use Person name list data management means (31) reception means (32) determination classification means (32) transmission means (
(34 transmission means)
(35) Warning transmission means (36) Reception rejection means (37) Information identification symbol addition transmission means (38) Automatic transmission means (38)
(90) E-mail transmission / reception server (99) Network (100) Non-spam e-mail determination and classification system (DB) Database (S1) User name list data management process (S2) Reception process (S3) Determination and classification process (S4) ) Transmission processing (S5) advertisement addition transmission processing (S6) warning transmission means (S7) reception rejection means (S8) information identification symbol addition transmission processing (S9) automatic transmission processing (A) server (B) (A) above Different server (C) (A) and (B), different server (A) E-mail address (I) E-mail address (A), E-mail address different (C) E-mail address different from (A) and (A)

Claims (10)

  An electronic mail transmission / reception server (90) that receives an electronic mail (0) via a network (99) and a managed data database (DB) are provided, and the electronic mail transmission / reception server (90) includes an electronic mail User name list data, which is a list of name keywords that identify the e-mail address user associated with the e-mail address (2) used by the e-mail address user (1) by the operation of the address user (1) ( 3) registering means (30) in the database (DB), receiving means (31) for receiving the e-mail (0) from an external sender e-mail address (4) via a network, The receiving means (31) sends the e-mail (0) from the sender e-mail address (4) to the e-mail address (2). If received, the name keyword in the user name list data (3) stored in the database (DB) is within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the text of the received e-mail (0). An electronic device in which the name keyword in the user name list data (3) is included within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the text in the received electronic mail (0) is determined. A determination and classification unit (32) for separating the mail (0a) from the electronic mail (0b) that does not include the name keyword in the user name list data (3), and the sorted electronic mail ( A transmission means (33) for displaying only 0a) on a recipient terminal, device or place designated in advance by an e-mail address user (1) or transmitting to a designated e-mail address; E-mail determination fractionation system not spam, characterized in that it comprises a (100). An advertisement is added to the e-mail (0a) classified by the determination / separation means (32) in the transmission means (33), and the recipient specified in advance by the e-mail address user (1) The non-spam e-mail determination / sorting system (100) according to claim 1, further comprising an advertisement addition transmission means (34) for displaying on a terminal, device or place or transmitting to a designated e-mail address. ). The transmission means (33) includes the electronic mail (0b) classified by the determination and classification means (32), “at least the mail address (2) that received the electronic mail (0b), and the electronic mail. A warning e-mail (0c) having the content of “re-transmission request in the form of the name and name of the other party within the specified number of characters at the beginning of the body of the e-mail” has been sent to the e-mail (0b) 3. The non-spam e-mail determination / sorting system (100) according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising warning transmission means (35) for automatically returning to the sender e-mail address (4). . The database (DB1) is configured such that the e-mail address (2) that has received the e-mail (0b) classified by the determination and classification means (32) and the sender's electronic that has transmitted the warning e-mail (0c) A mail address (4) is associated and stored, and the receiving means (31) stores the e-mail (0b) from the sender e-mail address (4) to the mail address (2) more than a predetermined number of times. 2. A reception rejection means (36) for rejecting reception of the e-mail (0) from the sender e-mail address (4) when the e-mail is newly transmitted. An e-mail determination / sorting system (100) that is not a junk e-mail according to claim 4. The transmission means (33) adds an information identification symbol to the electronic mail (0a) sorted by the judgment classification means (32), and transmits the information identification symbol added to the subject or body of the email. 37. The non-spam e-mail determination / sorting system (100) according to claim 1, further comprising 37).   Using the e-mail transmission / reception server (90) that receives the e-mail (0) via the network (99) and the managed data database (DB), it is determined whether or not it is a junk e-mail from the contents of the received e-mail. This program is used to identify the email address user associated with the email address (2) used by the email address user (1) according to the operation of the email address user (1). Management process (S1) for registering user name list data (3), which is a list of names to be registered, in the database (DB), and the e-mail (0) from an external sender e-mail address (4) And the receiving process (S2) receiving means receives the mail address from the sender e-mail address (4). When the e-mail (0) is received to the address (2), the database (DB1) stores the e-mail (0) within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the body of the received e-mail (0). It is determined whether the name keyword in the user name list data (3) is included, and the user name list data (within a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the text of the received e-mail (0) is included. 3) A discrimination / separation process for separating the e-mail (0a) including the name keyword in the above and the e-mail (0b) not including the name keyword in the user name list data (3) ( S3) and only the sorted e-mail (0a) are displayed on the recipient terminal, device, or place designated by the e-mail address user (1) in advance or addressed to the e-mail address. E-mail determination separation program not spam, characterized in that the transmission processing (S4), with a to be transmitted. In the transmission process (S4), an advertisement is added to the e-mail (0a) classified in the determination / separation process (S3), and the recipient terminal designated in advance by the e-mail address user (1) The non-spam e-mail determination / classification program according to claim 6, further comprising an advertisement addition transmission process (S5) for displaying on a device or a place or transmitting to an e-mail address. In the transmission process (S4), for the email (0b) sorted in the determination sorting process (S3), “at least the email address (2) that received the email (0b); A warning e-mail (0c) with the content “re-transmission request with the name and name of the other party within the specified number of characters at the beginning of the body of the e-mail” is sent, and the e-mail (0b) is sent. The system according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising a warning transmission process (S6) for automatically returning to the sender e-mail address (4). The database (DB1) includes the email address (2) that has received the email (0b) sorted in the judgment sorting process (S3), and the sender email that has sent the warning email (0c). The address (4) is associated and stored, and the e-mail (0b) is stored in the reception process (S2) from the sender e-mail address (4) to the e-mail address (2) more than a predetermined number of times. 7. A reception rejection process (S7) for rejecting the reception of the electronic mail (0) from the sender electronic mail address (4) when newly transmitted. An e-mail determination and classification program that is not a junk e-mail according to claim 8. In the transmission process (S4), an information identification symbol addition transmission process (in which an information identification symbol is added to the subject or body of the e-mail and transmitted to the e-mail (0a) classified in the determination classification process (S3)) 10. The non-spam e-mail determination / classification program according to claim 6, further comprising S8).

Images