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System and apparatus for selectively publishing electronic-mail
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1997-12-02
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Granted: 2000-11-14
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Expires: 2017-12-02
Abstract
Abstract A user A sends electronic mail addressed to a user B. A mail server then receives the electronic mail sent from the user A and sends it to a publishing server. Upon receiving the electronic mail, the publishing server extracts a specific type of electronic mail from the received electronic mail based on a filtering condition and publishes the extracted electronic mail. Then, the publishing server returns to the mail server the electronic mail which has not been extracted. The users C and D are thus able to read the published electronic mail by accessing the publishing server. It is therefore possible to publish the mail without needing to perform a complicated operation, thereby reducing effort.
Inventors
- 👤 Toyohiko Ushiku
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 10:12
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/107; H; H04; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/21; H04L51/214; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99936; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 60
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; condition setting means for setting a condition used for extracting a publishable electronic mail; extracting means for extracting the publishable electronic mail from among the electronic mail received by said receiving means based on the condition set by said condition setting means; and publishing means for publishing the publishable electronic mail extracted by said extracting means in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; condition setting means for setting a condition used for extracting a publishable electronic mail; extracting means for extracting the publishable electronic mail from among the electronic mail received by said receiving means based on the condition set by said condition setting means; and publishing means for publishing the publishable electronic mail extracted by said extracting means in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising conversion means for converting the publishable electronic mail extracted by said extracting means into a form suitable for the publishing area, wherein said publishing means publishes the electronic mail converted by said conversion means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising returning means for returning to the mail server electronic mail that has not been extracted by said extracting means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the condition used for extracting comprises one keyword or a combination of a plurality of keywords.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
112 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; condition setting means for setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; extracting means for extracting the specific type of electronic mail from among the electronic mail received by said receiving means based on the condition set by said condition setting means; publishing means for publishing the specific type of electronic mail extracted by said extracting means in a publishing area; interval setting means for setting a time interval; and update means for updating the publishing area at the time interval set by said interval setting means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
112 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; condition setting means for setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; extracting means for extracting the specific type of electronic mail from among the electronic mail received by said receiving means based on the condition set by said condition setting means; publishing means for publishing the specific type of electronic mail extracted by said extracting means in a publishing area; interval setting means for setting a time interval; and update means for updating the publishing area at the time interval set by said interval setting means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
121 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; condition setting means for setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; extracting means for extracting the specific type of electronic mail from among the electronic mail received by said receiving means based on the condition set by said condition setting means; publishing means for publishing the specific type of electronic mail extracted by said extracting means in a publishing area; period setting means for setting a publishing period of electronic mail; and deletion means for deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the publishing period set by said period setting means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
121 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; condition setting means for setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; extracting means for extracting the specific type of electronic mail from among the electronic mail received by said receiving means based on the condition set by said condition setting means; publishing means for publishing the specific type of electronic mail extracted by said extracting means in a publishing area; period setting means for setting a publishing period of electronic mail; and deletion means for deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the publishing period set by said period setting means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
107 words
An electronic-mail processing system comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal; a first server; and a second server, wherein said first terminal sends electronic mail addressed to terminals other than said first terminal, said first server receives the electronic mail sent from said first terminal, said second server receives the electronic mail from said first server and extracts a publishable electronic mail from the received electronic mail based on a condition for extracting the publishable electronic mail and publishes the extracted electronic mail in a publishing area, and said second terminal accesses said second server to receive information of the electronic mail published in the publishing area.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
107 words
An electronic-mail processing system comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal; a first server; and a second server, wherein said first terminal sends electronic mail addressed to terminals other than said first terminal, said first server receives the electronic mail sent from said first terminal, said second server receives the electronic mail from said first server and extracts a publishable electronic mail from the received electronic mail based on a condition for extracting the publishable electronic mail and publishes the extracted electronic mail in a publishing area, and said second terminal accesses said second server to receive information of the electronic mail published in the publishing area.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
An electronic-mail processing system according to claim 7, wherein said second server converts the extracted electronic mail into a format suitable for the publishing area and publishes the converted electronic mail.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
An electronic-mail processing system according to claim 7, wherein said second server returns to said first server electronic mail that has not been extracted.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
An electronic-mail processing system according to claim 7, wherein the condition for extracting comprises one keyword or a combination of a plurality of keywords.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
123 words
An electronic-mail processing system comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal; a first server; and a second server, wherein said first terminal sends electronic mail addressed to terminals other than said first terminal, said first server receives the electronic mail sent from said first terminal, said second server receives the electronic mail from said first server and extracts a specific type of electronic mail from the received electronic mail based on a condition for extracting the specific type of electronic mail and publishes the extracted electronic mail in a publishing area, said second terminal accesses said second server to receive information of the electronic mail published in the publishing area; and said second server updates the publishing area at a set time interval.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
123 words
An electronic-mail processing system comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal; a first server; and a second server, wherein said first terminal sends electronic mail addressed to terminals other than said first terminal, said first server receives the electronic mail sent from said first terminal, said second server receives the electronic mail from said first server and extracts a specific type of electronic mail from the received electronic mail based on a condition for extracting the specific type of electronic mail and publishes the extracted electronic mail in a publishing area, said second terminal accesses said second server to receive information of the electronic mail published in the publishing area; and said second server updates the publishing area at a set time interval.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
133 words
An electronic-mail processing system comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal; a first server; and a second server, wherein said first terminal sends electronic mail addressed to terminals other than said first terminal, said first server receives the electronic mail sent from said first terminal, said second server receives the electronic mail from said first server and extracts a specific type of electronic mail from the received electronic mail based on a condition for extracting the specific type of electronic mail and publishes the extracted electronic mail in a publishing area, said second terminal accesses said second server to receive information of the electronic mail published in the publishing area; and said second server deletes from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond a publishing period set for the electronic mail.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
133 words
An electronic-mail processing system comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal; a first server; and a second server, wherein said first terminal sends electronic mail addressed to terminals other than said first terminal, said first server receives the electronic mail sent from said first terminal, said second server receives the electronic mail from said first server and extracts a specific type of electronic mail from the received electronic mail based on a condition for extracting the specific type of electronic mail and publishes the extracted electronic mail in a publishing area, said second terminal accesses said second server to receive information of the electronic mail published in the publishing area; and said second server deletes from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond a publishing period set for the electronic mail.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
77 words
An electronic-mail processing method comprising the steps of: receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; setting a condition used for extracting a publishable electronic mail; extracting the publishable electronic mail from among the electronic mail received in said receiving step based on the condition set in said setting step; and publishing the publishable electronic mail extracted in said extracting step in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
77 words
An electronic-mail processing method comprising the steps of: receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; setting a condition used for extracting a publishable electronic mail; extracting the publishable electronic mail from among the electronic mail received in said receiving step based on the condition set in said setting step; and publishing the publishable electronic mail extracted in said extracting step in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
44 words
An electronic-mail processing method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of converting the publishable electronic mail extracted in said extracting step into a form suitable for the publishing area, wherein said publishing step publishes the electronic mail converted in said converting step.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
29 words
An electronic-mail processing method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of returning to the mail server electronic mail that has not been extracted in said extracting step.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
25 words
An electronic-mail processing method according to claim 13, wherein the condition used for extracting comprises one keyword or a combination of a plurality of keywords.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
89 words
An electronic-mail processing method comprising the steps of: receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; extracting the specific type of electronic mail from among the electronic mail received in said receiving step based on the condition set in said setting step; publishing the specific type of electronic mail extracted in said extracting step in a publishing area; setting a time interval; and updating the publishing area at the set time interval.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
89 words
An electronic-mail processing method comprising the steps of: receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; extracting the specific type of electronic mail from among the electronic mail received in said receiving step based on the condition set in said setting step; publishing the specific type of electronic mail extracted in said extracting step in a publishing area; setting a time interval; and updating the publishing area at the set time interval.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
99 words
An electronic-mail processing method further comprising the steps of: receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; extracting the specific type of electronic mail from among the electronic mail received in said receiving step based on the condition set in said setting step; publishing the specific type of electronic mail extracted in said extracting step in a publishing area; setting a publishing period of electronic mail; and deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the set publishing period.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
99 words
An electronic-mail processing method further comprising the steps of: receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; extracting the specific type of electronic mail from among the electronic mail received in said receiving step based on the condition set in said setting step; publishing the specific type of electronic mail extracted in said extracting step in a publishing area; setting a publishing period of electronic mail; and deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the set publishing period.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
85 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; programming code for setting a condition used for extracting a publishable electronic mail; programming code for extracting the publishable mail from among the received electronic mail based on the set condition; and programming code for publishing the extracted publishable electronic mail in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
85 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; programming code for setting a condition used for extracting a publishable electronic mail; programming code for extracting the publishable mail from among the received electronic mail based on the set condition; and programming code for publishing the extracted publishable electronic mail in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
45 words
A memory medium according to claim 19, the program further comprising programming code for converting the extracted publishable electronic mail into a form suitable for the publishing area, wherein said programming code for publishing publishes the electronic mail converted by said programming code for converting.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
32 words
A memory medium according to claim 19, the program further comprising programming code for returning to the mail server electronic mail that has not been extracted by said programming code for extracting.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
24 words
A memory medium according to claim 19, wherein the condition used for extracting comprises one keyword or a combination of a plurality of keywords.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
105 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; programming code for setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; programming code for extracting the specific type of electronic mail from among the received electronic mail based on the set condition; and programming code for publishing the extracted specific type of electronic mail in a publishing area; programming code for setting a time interval; and programming code for updating the publishing area at the set time interval.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
105 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; programming code for setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; programming code for extracting the specific type of electronic mail from among the received electronic mail based on the set condition; and programming code for publishing the extracted specific type of electronic mail in a publishing area; programming code for setting a time interval; and programming code for updating the publishing area at the set time interval.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
112 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; programming code for setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; programming code for extracting the specific type of electronic mail from the received electronic mail based on the set condition; programming code for publishing the extracted specific type of electronic mail in a publishing area; programming code for setting a publishing period of electronic mail; and programming code for deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the set publishing period.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
112 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for receiving electronic mail from a mail server that sends and receives electronic mail; programming code for setting a condition used for extracting a specific type of electronic mail; programming code for extracting the specific type of electronic mail from the received electronic mail based on the set condition; programming code for publishing the extracted specific type of electronic mail in a publishing area; programming code for setting a publishing period of electronic mail; and programming code for deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the set publishing period.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
66 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: condition setting means for setting a condition used for filtering a publishable electronic mail; a filter for filtering the publishable electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set by said condition setting means; and publishing means for publishing the publishable electronic mail filtered by said filter in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
66 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: condition setting means for setting a condition used for filtering a publishable electronic mail; a filter for filtering the publishable electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set by said condition setting means; and publishing means for publishing the publishable electronic mail filtered by said filter in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
42 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising a converter for converting the publishable electronic mail filtered by said filter into a form suitable for the publishing area, wherein said publishing means publishes the electronic mail converted by said converter.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
89 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: condition setting means for setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; a filter for filtering the specific type of mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set by said condition setting means; publishing means for publishing the specific type of electronic mail filtered by said filter in a publishing area; interval setting means for setting a time interval; and update means for updating the publishing area at the time interval set by said interval setting means.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
89 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: condition setting means for setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; a filter for filtering the specific type of mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set by said condition setting means; publishing means for publishing the specific type of electronic mail filtered by said filter in a publishing area; interval setting means for setting a time interval; and update means for updating the publishing area at the time interval set by said interval setting means.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
97 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: condition setting means for setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; a filter for filtering the specific type of electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set by said condition setting means; publishing means for publishing the specific type of electronic mail filtered by said filter in a publishing area; period setting means for setting an electronic-mail publishing period; and deletion means for deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the publishing period set by said period setting means.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
97 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus comprising: condition setting means for setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; a filter for filtering the specific type of electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set by said condition setting means; publishing means for publishing the specific type of electronic mail filtered by said filter in a publishing area; period setting means for setting an electronic-mail publishing period; and deletion means for deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the publishing period set by said period setting means.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
25 words
An electronic-mail processing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the condition used for filtering comprises one keyword or a combination of a plurality of keywords.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
59 words
An electronic-mail processing method comprising the steps of: setting a condition used for filtering a publishable electronic mail; filtering the publishable electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set in said setting step; and publishing the publishable electronic mail filtered in said filtering step in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
59 words
An electronic-mail processing method comprising the steps of: setting a condition used for filtering a publishable electronic mail; filtering the publishable electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set in said setting step; and publishing the publishable electronic mail filtered in said filtering step in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
44 words
An electronic-mail processing method according to claim 30, further comprising the step of converting the publishable electronic mail filtered in said filtering step into a form suitable for the publishing area, wherein said publishing step publishes the electronic mail converted in said converting step.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
71 words
An electronic-mail processing method comprising the steps of: setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; filtering the specific type of electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set in said setting step; publishing the specific type of electronic mail filtered in said filtering step in a publishing area; setting a time interval; and updating the publishing area at the set time interval.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
71 words
An electronic-mail processing method comprising the steps of: setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; filtering the specific type of electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set in said setting step; publishing the specific type of electronic mail filtered in said filtering step in a publishing area; setting a time interval; and updating the publishing area at the set time interval.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
78 words
An electronic-mail processing method comprising the steps of: setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; filtering the specific type of electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set in said setting step; publishing the specific type of electronic mail filtered in said filtering step in a publishing area; setting an electronic-mail publishing period; and deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the set publishing period.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
78 words
An electronic-mail processing method comprising the steps of: setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; filtering the specific type of electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the condition set in said setting step; publishing the specific type of electronic mail filtered in said filtering step in a publishing area; setting an electronic-mail publishing period; and deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the set publishing period.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
25 words
An electronic-mail processing method according to claim 30, wherein the condition used for filtering comprises one keyword or a combination of a plurality of keywords.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
69 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for setting a condition used for filtering a publishable electronic mail; programming code for filtering the publishable electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the set condition; and programming code for publishing the filtered publishable electronic mail in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
69 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for setting a condition used for filtering a publishable electronic mail; programming code for filtering the publishable electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the set condition; and programming code for publishing the filtered publishable electronic mail in a publishing area for publishing to a plurality of users.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
46 words
A memory medium according to claim 35, wherein the program further comprises programming code for converting the filtered publishable electronic mail into a form suitable for the publishing area, wherein said programming code for publishing publishes the electronic mail converted by said programming code for converting.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
87 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; programming code for filtering the specific type of electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the set condition; programming code for publishing the filtered specific type of electronic mail in a publishing area; programming code for setting a time interval; and programming code for updating the publishing area at the set time interval.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
87 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; programming code for filtering the specific type of electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the set condition; programming code for publishing the filtered specific type of electronic mail in a publishing area; programming code for setting a time interval; and programming code for updating the publishing area at the set time interval.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
96 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; programming code for filtering the specific type of electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the set condition; programming code for publishing the filtered specific type of electroinic mail in a publishing area; programming code for setting a publishing period of electronic mail; and programming code for deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the set publishing period.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
96 words
A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program for implementing an electronic-mail processing method, the program comprising: programming code for setting a condition used for filtering a specific type of electronic mail; programming code for filtering the specific type of electronic mail from a received electronic mail based on the set condition; programming code for publishing the filtered specific type of electroinic mail in a publishing area; programming code for setting a publishing period of electronic mail; and programming code for deleting from the publishing area electronic mail that has expired beyond the set publishing period.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
24 words
A memory medium according to claim 35, wherein the condition used for filtering comprises one keyword or a combination of a plurality of keywords.
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