JP4424255B2 - E-mail document display system and e-mail document display program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement in an e-mail document display system and an e-mail document display program that clearly display a quoted sentence.

  An example of a conventional electronic mail document display system is disclosed in Patent Document 1. As shown in FIG. 22, this conventional e-mail document display system is provided with a quotation mark for specifying a citation part in a sentence in order to enable a display that can easily identify a citation part in an e-mail document. An input unit 102 that inputs a character string to be called and stores it in the character string storage unit 101, a character string storage unit 101 that stores an arbitrary quotation mark input via the input unit 102, and an e-mail function A mail storage unit 103 that stores an e-mail document, a number calculation unit 104 that counts the number of consecutive quotation marks at the beginning of a line when displaying an e-mail document stored in the mail storage unit 103, that is, a number calculation unit The display color switching unit 106 for designating the display color of each row to the display control unit 105 in accordance with the number of consecutive times counted by 104, and the correspondence between the number of consecutive quotes and the display color. The recorded display color storage unit 107, the display control unit 105 that controls the display of each line of the e-mail document with the designated display color, and the display unit 108 that displays the e-mail document under the control of the display control unit 105. It consists of and.

  The conventional electronic mail document display system having such a configuration operates as follows. For example, when only “>” is used as a quotation mark, the user declares to the electronic mail document display system that “>” is used as a quotation mark via the input unit 102, and this “>” is a character string. Stored in the storage unit 101. When displaying the e-mail document, the number calculation unit 104 reads one line of document data from the e-mail document stored in the mail storage unit 103, and the citation stored in the character string storage unit 101 at the top thereof. It is determined whether or not there is a mark or “>”. If there is “>”, the number calculation unit 104 counts the continuous number of times. For example, if there is “>” at the beginning of the line, the numerical value “1” is displayed, and “>>” is displayed at the beginning of the line. If there is, a numerical value “2” is notified to the display color switching unit 106, and the display color switching unit 106 obtains a display color corresponding to the number of consecutive times from the display color storage unit 107, and displays the display color of each row in the display control unit 105. In accordance with this instruction, the display control unit 105 displays each line on the display unit 108 in a display color corresponding to the number of citations.

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  However, in the method of indicating the difference in the number of citations by the difference in display color, there is a problem that the color blind person cannot easily determine the citation part in the electronic mail document.

  In addition, since it is premised on using a plurality of display colors, there is a problem in that use on a system where display colors are limited is limited.

  Furthermore, when the quotation marks are used repeatedly due to repeated exchanges of e-mails, many display colors are complicated, such as the first quotation, the second quotation, the third quotation, and so on. As a result, the number of citations and the order of citations cannot be easily determined.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an e-mail document display system and an e-mail document display program that improve the inconveniences of the prior art and can easily determine a quoted portion of an e-mail document even in a usage environment where the display color is limited. It is to provide.

  It is also a part of the purpose to make it possible to easily grasp the order of citations in an electronic mail document even in a situation where citations are complicatedly duplicated.

The e-mail document display system according to the present invention processes an e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotation marks added to the beginning of the document in the e-mail each time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object in the e-mail document display system that displays the citation of the document in the e-mail in an identifiable manner, in particular,
Based on the number of consecutive quotes at the beginning of each line of the email document and the number of email round trips that specify the email citation count in descending order with the numeric value in ascending order when the email is displayed,
In the e-mail document , a line having a quotation number less than the number of quotations specified in the round-trip number and a line not including the quotation mark in the first part are deleted, and the quotation specified in the round-trip number By emphasizing the line that has more quotes at the beginning than the number of times , and deleting the number of quotes corresponding to the number of quotes specified by the round-trip number, the number of round-trips is specified. The electronic mail document is restored to the state at the time when the electronic mail is restored.

By analyzing the quotes at the beginning of each sentence described in the email document, you can identify when these sentences were generated during the round-trip process of the email. Based on the number of round trips of the electronic mail designated by the user at the time of display, it is possible to extract and highlight a sentence before this point as a quoted sentence.
As described above, the present invention is a configuration in which sentences quoted before the designated number of round-trip times are collectively highlighted regardless of the number of quotations of each sentence. Since only the seeds need to be identified, there is no need for an expression format having a wide variety of choices such as sentence coloring.
Therefore, highlighting capable of recognizing the shape by reversing display, surrounding display, underline, bold, etc. can be applied, and even a color blind person can easily determine the citation part in the e-mail document. It can be used without any trouble even on a system with a limited display color.
Furthermore, it is possible to instruct whether to recognize a quote and non citations based on the any point in the exchange of frequent email by specifying the number of reciprocations of the e-mail system, e-mail document citation counts and citations It becomes possible to easily grasp the order.

More specifically, in order to achieve the above object, quotes extraction for extracting the number of quotes consecutive to the head portion of each line of the e-mail document to correspond to Fubeki order of number of round trips email Noboribekijun Means,
Based on the number of quotes extracted by the quotes extracting means corresponding to the number of round trips roundtrips and the e-mail of the designated when displaying e-mail e-mail, corresponding to the designated number of reciprocations and mail processing means for identifying the number of quotes, extracts the quote number greater than the number that is the identified as quotation collectively row with the head portion,
A structure is provided that includes mail display method control means for emphasizing the shape extracted by the mail processing means and outputting it to a display device.

In the above configuration, quotes extracting means reads the e-mail document, extracts the quotes consecutive to the head portion of each line of the e-mail document, descending the number of quotes reciprocating frequency of Noboribeki order e-mail Temporarily store the data in order of correspondence.
Mail processing means, when the display of an electronic mail, based on the number of quotes extracted by the aforementioned quotes extracting means corresponding to the number of round trips roundtrips and the electronic mail of the specified e-mail, designated Specify the number of quotes corresponding to the number of round trips made. Then, the lines having the number of quotation marks larger than this number at the head are collectively extracted as quotations.
Finally, the mail display method control means performs emphasis capable of shape recognition on the text extracted by the mail processing means and outputs it to the display device.
It is a configuration that highlights sentences quoted before the specified number of round-trips in a batch regardless of the number of citations of each sentence, and only two types of quoted and non-quoted sentences need to be identified. It does not require an expression format having a wide variety of options such as sentence color coding.
Therefore, highlighting capable of recognizing the shape by reversing display, surrounding display, underline, bold, etc. can be applied, and even a color blind person can easily determine the citation part in the e-mail document. It can be used without any trouble even on a system with a limited display color.
In addition, it is possible to instruct the system based on the number of round-trips of emails to determine when quoted and non-quoted texts should be distinguished on the basis of repeated email exchanges. It becomes possible to grasp.

Further, it is desirable that the mail processing means is configured to delete a line having a number of quotation marks smaller than the number of quotation marks corresponding to the designated number of round trips.

Since only the sentence at the time specified by the number of round-trips can be clearly displayed as a non-quoted sentence, it is possible to further easily grasp the citation order of the electronic mail document.

Further, the mail processing means is configured to calculate the number of quotes corresponding to the number of round trips for each round trip based on the correspondence between the number of quotes extracted by the quote extraction means and the round trip count of the email. A mail processing unit that identifies and extracts a line having a quotation number larger than the specified number at the beginning as a quotation and stores it in a storage unit in correspondence with the number of round-trips of the email With
Based on the number of round trips of the email specified at the time of displaying the email, a processing email switching means for reading out the text to be displayed from the storage means is provided,
The mail display method control means may apply emphasis that allows shape recognition to the text read by the processed mail switching means and output it to the display device.

When such a configuration is applied, since the mail processing means collectively creates display data corresponding to the number of round-trips of the email and stores it in the storage means, the display data every time the designation of the number of round-trips is changed There is no need to perform internal processing to generate. In other words, the data to be displayed is read from the storage means instantly simply by instructing the processed mail switching means to the number of round-trips of the electronic mail , so that the display can be smoothly switched by changing the designation of the number of round-trips.

As described above, it is desirable that this mail processing means has a function of deleting a line having a number of quotation marks that is smaller than the number of quotation marks corresponding to the designated number of round trips.

Since only the sentence at the time point specified by the number of round-trips can be clearly displayed as a non-quoted sentence, the citation order of the electronic mail document can be further easily understood and speeded up.

  Further, the mail display method control means can be provided with an emphasis format selection function for selecting an emphasis format to be used for text emphasis from several predetermined emphasis formats based on an external command.

  It is possible to selectively use highlighted display such as character reverse display, box display, underline, and bold according to the user's preference.

The e-mail document display program according to the present invention processes an e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotation marks added to the head of the document in the e-mail every time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited. An e-mail document display program that displays the citation of a document in an e-mail in an identifiable manner .
A microprocessor for a data processing device that handles e-mail
Quotes extraction means for extracting so as to correspond to the Fubeki order to number the number of round-trips of the e-mail of Noboribekijun of quotes that is continuous with the head portion of each line of the e-mail document,
Based on the number of quotes extracted by the quotes extracting means corresponding to the number of round trips roundtrips and the e-mail of the designated when displaying e-mail e-mail, corresponding to the designated number of reciprocations mail processing means cited determine the number of marks, and extracts the quote number greater than the number that is the identified as quotation collectively row with the head portion and,
It has the structure characterized by functioning as a mail display method control means for emphasizing shape recognition to the sentence extracted by the mail processing means and outputting it to a display device.

The data processing apparatus in which this e-mail document display program is installed includes the above-described quotation mark extraction means, e-mail processing means (however, a quotation is extracted based on the specified number of round-trip times of e-mail ), It functions as an electronic mail document display system provided with a display method control means.

Further, the e-mail document display program causes the microprocessor of the data processing apparatus to delete a line having a number of quotation marks at the beginning portion smaller than the number of quotation marks corresponding to the designated round-trip number of the e-mail. It is desirable to function as a processing means.

Since only the sentence at the time specified by the number of round-trips can be clearly displayed as a non-quoted sentence, it is possible to further easily grasp the citation order of the electronic mail document.

The e-mail document display program also includes a microprocessor of a data processing apparatus that handles e-mail.
Based on the correspondence between the number of quotes extracted with roundtrips email by the quotes extracting means, for each reciprocating frequency of the electronic mail, and determine the number of quotes corresponding to the number of round trips, the A mail processing means for extracting a line having a larger number of quotation marks than the specified number as a quotation at once, and storing it in a storage means corresponding to the number of round-trips of the email;
Processing mail switching means for reading a text to be displayed from the storage means based on the number of round-trips of the email specified when displaying the email,
The sentence read by the processed mail switching means may be made to function as mail display method control means for emphasizing the shape recognition and outputting it to the display device.

When such a configuration is applied, since the mail processing means collectively creates display data corresponding to the number of round-trips of the email and stores it in the storage means, the display data every time the designation of the number of round-trips is changed There is no need to perform internal processing to generate. In other words, the data to be displayed is read from the storage means instantly simply by instructing the processed mail switching means to the number of round-trips of the electronic mail, so that the display can be smoothly switched by changing the designation of the number of round-trips.

Further, the electronic mail document display program allows the microprocessor of the data processing apparatus that handles electronic mail to
You may make it function as a mail processing means which has the function to delete the line | wire which has the number of quotation marks smaller than the number of quotation marks corresponding to the round-trip number of the designated electronic mail .

Since only the sentence at the time specified by the round-trip number of the e-mail can be clearly displayed as a non-quoted sentence, the citation order of the e-mail document can be further easily understood.

In addition, a microprocessor of a data processing device that handles e-mail can be obtained by an e-mail document display program.
You may make it function as an emphasis format selection means which selects the emphasis format used for emphasis of a sentence from some predetermined emphasis formats based on the command from the outside.

  It is possible to selectively use highlighted display such as character reverse display, box display, underline, and bold according to the user's preference.

The e-mail document display system and e-mail document display program of the present invention collects sentences quoted before the time specified by the designated number of round-trips of e-mail regardless of the number of citations of each sentence. Since only two types of quoted text and non-quoted text need to be identified, an expression format having a wide variety of choices such as sentence color coding is not required.

  Therefore, highlighting capable of recognizing the shape by reversing display, surrounding display, underline, bold, etc. can be applied, and even a color blind person can easily determine the citation part in the e-mail document. It can be used without any trouble even on a system with a limited display color.

In addition, by specifying the number of round-trip emails, the system can be instructed to identify the quoted text and non-quoted text based on the point in time when repeated emails are exchanged. It can be easily grasped.
more than

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an outline of a configuration of an electronic mail document display system according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

  This electronic mail document display system 1 is roughly constituted by a quote extraction means 2, a mail processing means 3, and a mail display method control means 4.

  A storage unit 5 is connected to the electronic mail document display system 1, and a character used as a quote, for example, “>” or “#” is stored in a quote storage unit 5 a that is a part of the storage area of the storage unit 5. Are registered in advance by the user's character input operation performed through the input device 6, the input control unit 7, and the mail display method control means 4. The mail storage unit 5d, which is a part of the storage area of the storage unit 5, stores received mail documents, mail documents in the process of creation, and the like. In the emphasis format storage unit 5c, as shown in FIG. 7, emphasis formats such as reverse display, box display, underline, and bold used for text emphasis are stored in advance and used depending on the flag setting state. The emphasis format to be selected is selected. Note that the flag setting is switched by the user's hand through the input device 6, the input control unit 7, and the mail display method control means 4, and FIG. 7 shows a state in which a rectangular box is selected. ing.

  The quotation mark extraction means 2 reads the electronic mail document stored in the mail storage unit 5d of the storage means 5 for each file, and the character string of the quotation marks contained in the electronic mail document corresponds to the number of times the electronic mail is reciprocated. The extracted quotes are temporarily stored in the data table of the extracted quote storage unit 5b, which is a part of the storage area of the storage unit 5.

  An example of a data table storing the quotation marks extracted by the quotation mark extraction means 2 is shown in FIG. ">" Is a character string indicating the first quotation, "> #" is a character string indicating the second quotation, "> #>" is a character string indicating the third quotation, and so on. "Indicates that there is no character string indicating citation. In this embodiment, when extracting quotes, quotes are extracted in descending order of the number of characters constituting the quotes, and as illustrated in FIG. 6, the quote numbers “1” corresponding to the addresses of the data table are sequentially associated. Since the reference number “0” is associated with “none”, the value of the reference number and the number of round-trips of the e-mail always correspond one-to-one. This quotation No. is specific information for designating the number of round-trip times of electronic mail.

  Specifically, the quotation No. “1” functions as specific information for indicating the time when the e-mail is first created, and the quotation No “2” is a reply to the e-mail created first. It functions as specific information for instructing the point in time, and the quotation number “3” is specific information for instructing the point in time when a reply is made to the reply made to the e-mail created first. In addition, the quotation number “0” functions as specific information for instructing the current point in time for creating a reply to the last replied e-mail.

The mail processing means 3 is based on the specific information of the number of round-trip times specified when displaying the e-mail, that is, based on the above-mentioned quotation No. and the information in the data table as shown in FIG. The quote character string corresponding to the number of round trips specified by the citation No. is specified, and sentences quoted before are extracted as a quote sentence in batch with the text having this character string as the quote mark. , Delete the text after that.
For example, when the citation number “0” is designated, “None” in FIG. 6 is designated as the character string of the quotation marks. All sentences previously quoted are extracted as a quoted sentence at once. In this case, since there is no sentence generated after that, there is no sentence to be deleted.
On the other hand, when the quote number “1” is designated, “>#>” in FIG. 6 is designated as a quote character string, and therefore the character string “>#>” is provided as a quote character. Sentences, that is, sentences at the time when the e-mail is first created are the standard. In this case, since there is no sentence quoted before that, that is, a quoted sentence, the quoted sentence is not extracted. Further, since the sentences generated after that include all the sentences after the reply to the electronic mail created first, all these sentences are to be deleted.

Finally, the mail display method control means 4 having the emphasis format selection function is one of the emphasis formats stored in the emphasis format storage unit 5c of the storage means 5, for example, a rectangular box selected at that time, etc. The sentence extracted by the mail processing means 3 is emphasized so that the shape can be recognized and output to the display control unit 8, and the display control unit 8 displays it on the display device 9 such as a monitor.
Therefore, for example, when citation No. “0” is designated, only the text prepared for reply at present is displayed without emphasis, and all other text is highlighted such as a box. In this state, it is displayed on the display device 9.
On the other hand, when citation No. “1” is designated, only the text at the time when the e-mail is first created is displayed on the display device 9 without any emphasis.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example in which the electronic mail document display system 1 is configured by a personal computer or the like which is a kind of data processing apparatus that handles electronic mail.

  A personal computer that functions as the electronic mail document display system 1 is used for a microprocessor (hereinafter simply referred to as a CPU) 10 as a calculation means, a ROM 11 that stores a basic control program for the CPU 10, a temporary storage of calculation data, and the like. A RAM 12, a large-capacity storage device 13 including a hard disk drive, and an interface 14 for sending and receiving electronic mail via a network system such as the Internet. A keyboard 16 functioning as a machine interface, a monitor 17, and a printer 18 are connected.

  The input / output circuit 15 in FIG. 2 corresponds to the input control unit 7 and the display control unit 8 in FIG. 1, the keyboard 16 to the input device 6, the monitor 17 to the display device 9, and the storage device 13 to This corresponds to the storage means 5.

  An e-mail document display program for causing the CPU 10 to function as the quote extraction means 2, the mail processing means 3, and the mail display method control means 4 is installed in the storage device 13 in advance, and is stored in the RAM 12 as necessary. It has been expanded. In the storage area of the storage device 13, there are storage areas used as the quote storage unit 5 a, the extracted quote storage unit 5 b, the emphasis format storage unit 5 c, and the mail storage unit 5 d.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing routine for causing the CPU 10 to function as the mail display method control means 4 in the e-mail document display program. FIG. 4 shows the CPU 10 in the e-mail document display program as the quote extraction means 2. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing routine for causing the CPU 10 to function as the mail processing means 3 in the electronic mail document display program.

  Next, the processing operation of the CPU 10 functioning as the mail display method control means 4, the quote extraction means 2, and the mail processing means 3 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.

  When the user operates the keyboard 16 to select one of the emails stored in the mail storage unit 5d of the hard disk drive 13 as a display target, the CPU 10 first detects this selection operation (step a1 in FIG. 3). ), A quotation mark extraction command is output to the quotation mark extraction means 2 (step a2), and a standby state for waiting for an input of a registration completion signal from the quotation mark extraction means 2 is entered (step a3).

  Here, as a specific example, it is assumed that an e-mail that has been cited three times as shown in FIG. 8 is selected as a display target.

  Next, the CPU 10 functioning as the quote extraction means 2 detects the input of the quote extraction command (step b1 in FIG. 4), and starts extracting quotes.

  First, the CPU 10 functioning as the quotation mark extraction means 2 uses both the value of the line designation index i that designates the line to be read and the value of the maximum character number storage register k that stores the maximum number of characters constituting the quotation marks. In addition to initialization to 0, the contents of the character string storage register $ for storing the character string constituting the quotation marks are initialized (step b2).

  Next, the CPU 10 functioning as the quotation mark extraction means 2 increments the value of the line designation index i by 1 (step b3), determines whether or not the i-th line exists in this email (step b4), and If i-line exists, the i-th line data is read from this e-mail (step b5), and the i-th line is used as a quotation extraction target.

  Then, the CPU 10 substitutes the current value (initial value 0) of the maximum character number storage register k for the column designation index j for designating the order of characters to be read in the row (step b6), and the column designation index j After incrementing the value by 1 (step b7), it is determined whether or not the j-th character exists in the line (step b8). If the j-th character exists, this character, that is, the j-th character in the i-th row. Is read (step b9), and it is determined whether or not this character is a quotation mark, in short, whether or not it matches any character stored in the quotation mark storage unit 5a (step b10). .

  Here, if the determination result in step b10 is false, that is, if the j-th character in the i-th line is not a quotation mark, the CPU 10 proceeds to the process in step b3 and performs the same process as described above. , The value of the row designation index i is incremented one after another, and the i-th row in which the j-th column (j = k + 1) of the row is quoted is detected (step b10) and detected. The character in the i-th row and the j-th column is additionally stored in the character string storage register $ (step b11), and the current value of j is stored in the maximum character number storage register k for storing the maximum number of characters constituting the quotation marks. After updating and setting (step b12), the value of the column designation index j is incremented by 1 (step b7), and it is determined whether or not the jth character exists in the row (step b8). If there are j characters, Loading of characters (step b9), and determines whether the character is a quotation mark (Step b10).

  Therefore, when quotation marks are continued at the beginning of one line, the quotation marks are stored in the character string storage register $ in order from the beginning, and the update processing of the maximum number of characters storage register k is completed when the quotation marks are completed. Is stopped, and the presence or absence of quotation marks is determined again from the j-th column (j = k + 1) in the next row.

  Therefore, as a result, when the reading of the last line of the e-mail is completed, the detection of the quotation marks included in the line is completed, and the determination result in step b4 becomes false, the character string storage register $ is stored. The contents of the quotation mark of the longest character string are stored, and the maximum number of characters constituting the quotation mark is stored in the maximum character number storage register k.

  For example, in the example of the electronic mail in FIG. 8, the character “mountain” in the first row and first column (i = 1, k = 0, j = 1) is read in the process of step b9 executed first. The character is compared with the quotes “>” and “#” stored in the quote storage unit 5a, but does not match any of them, so the determination result of step b10 executed first is false, and the CPU 10 Step b3 to step b8 are repeated again. However, since there is no character in the second row and first column (i = 2, k = 0, j = 1), the determination result in step 8 is false, and again, step Steps b3 to b10 are repeated, and the character “>” in the third row and first column (i = 3, k = 0, j = 1) is read. At this point in time, the determination result of step b10 is true. And ">" is stored in the character string storage register $ (step b 11) The value of the maximum character number storage register k is updated to the current value of j, that is, 1 (step b12).

  Next, the value of the index j is incremented by 1, and the character “sa” in the third row and second column (i = 3, k = 1, j = 2) is read (step b7 to step b9). Since it is not a quotation mark, the determination result in step b10 is false, and next, the character in the fourth row and second column (i = 4, k = 1, j = 2) is read (steps b3 to b7). Since the character in the fourth row and the second column does not exist, the determination result in step b8 is false, and the character “#” in the fifth row and the second column (i = 5, k = 1, j = 2) is read again. (Step b3 to b9), the determination result of Step b10 becomes true again, “> #” is stored in the character string storage register $ (Step b11), and the value of the maximum character number storage register k is the current value of j, that is, 2 (Step b12).

  Then, the value of the index j is incremented by 1, and the character “bell” in the fifth row and third column (i = 5, k = 2, j = 3) is read (step b7 to step b9). Since it is not a quotation mark, the determination result in step b10 is false. Next, the character in the sixth row and third column (i = 6, k = 2, j = 3) is read (steps b3 to b7). Since there is no character in the sixth row and third column, the determination result in step b8 is false, and the character “>” in the seventh row and third column (i = 7, k = 2, j = 3) is read again. (Step b3 to b9), the determination result of Step b10 becomes true again, “> #>” is stored in the character string storage register $ (Step b11), and the value of the maximum character number storage register k is the current value of j, that is, Is updated to 3 (step b12).

  Next, the value of the index j is incremented by 1, and the character “bell” in the seventh row and fourth column (i = 7, k = 3, j = 4) is read (step b7 to step b9). Since it is not a quotation mark, the determination result in step b10 is false, and next, an attempt is made to read the character in the eighth row and the fourth column (i = 8, k = 3, j = 4) (steps b3 to b7). Since there is no character in the eighth row and the fourth column, the determination result in step b8 is false, and the character “mountain” in the ninth row and the fourth column (i = 9, k = 3, j = 4) is read again. (Steps b3 to b9), since this character is not a quotation mark, the determination result in step b10 is false. Next, the character in the 10th row and the 4th column (i = 10, k = 3, j = 4) Attempts to read (steps b3 to b7), but there are no characters in the 10th row and the 4th column. The determination result in step b8 is false, and the character “o” in the eleventh row and the fourth column (i = 11, k = 3, j = 4) is read (steps b3 to b9). Since it is not a sign, the determination result in step b10 is false.

  In this way, there is no quotation mark in which four or more characters continue even if searching from the 12th line to the last line (40th line), i = 41, k = 3 in the example of FIG. , J = 4, the determination result of step b4 becomes false, and “> #>” is stored in the character string storage register $, and 3 is stored in the maximum character number storage register k. .

  Next, the CPU 10 functioning as the quotation mark extraction unit 2 sets the quotation No “0” and the extraction quotation mark “None” in the 0th row of the data table of FIG. 6 provided in the extraction quotation mark storage unit 5 b of the storage device 5. , “Flag ON” is stored in association with each other (step b13), and whether or not the current value of the maximum character number storage register k is 0, that is, continues for a length of at least one character from this e-mail. It is determined whether or not a quoted character string is detected (step b14).

  If the determination result in step b14 is false, that is, if a character string of quotation marks continuous over a length of at least one character is detected from this e-mail, it functions as quotation extraction means 2 The CPU 10 that sets the address designation index n is set to 1 (step b15), and the citation No “value of n” and the extracted quotes are displayed in the nth row of the data table of FIG. 6 provided in the extracted quote storage unit 5b. “Contents of $” and “flag OFF” are stored in association with each other (step b16), the value of the address designation index n is incremented by 1 (step b17), and the current value of the address designation index n is stored in the maximum number of characters storage register k. It is determined whether or not the value is exceeded (step b18).

  If the current value of the index n does not exceed the value of the register k, one character is deleted from the end of the character string storage register $ (step b19), and the process proceeds to the process of step b16 again. The process is repeatedly executed, and finally, when the determination result in step b18 becomes true, a registration completion signal is output to the mail display method control means 4 (step b20).

  As a result, when the determination result of step b4 becomes false, the contents of the character string storage register $ becomes “> #>” and the value of the maximum character number storage register k becomes 3, in the example of FIG. When the determination result at step b18 becomes true, as shown in FIG. 6, the quote No “0”, the extracted quote “none”, the “flag ON”, the quote No “1”, the extracted quote “> #>”, “Flag OFF”, quote No. “2”, extracted quotes “> #”, “flag OFF”, quote No “3”, extracted quotes “>”, “flag OFF” It will be stored in the data table.

  On the other hand, if the determination result in step b14 is true, in short, if no quote character string is detected from this e-mail, the quote No “ Only “0”, extracted quotes “none”, and “flag ON” are set.

  Next, the CPU 10 functioning as the mail display method control means 4 detects the input of the registration completion signal (step a3 in FIG. 3), outputs a document processing command to the mail processing means 3 (step a4), and the mail processing means 3 A standby state is awaited for the input of a machining completion signal from (step a5).

  Then, the CPU 10 functioning as the mail processing means 3 detects the input of the document processing command (step c1 in FIG. 5), and starts processing the electronic mail to be read.

  The CPU 10 functioning as the mail processing means 3 first expands a copy of the electronic mail to be read on the RAM 12 (step c2), and whether or not the citation No. selected at this time is “0”. That is, it is determined whether or not specific information on the basis of the current process in the round-trip of the e-mail, that is, the current time point for creating a reply to the e-mail that was replied last is selected (step c3). .

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, in the first stage, a flag is set corresponding to the reference number “0” of the data table as specific information for designating the round-trip number of the e-mail. Therefore, the determination result at step c3 is true, and the processing completion signal is output to the mail display method control means 4 as it is (step c15).

  Next, the CPU 10 functioning as the mail display method control means 4 detects the input of the processing completion signal (step a5 in FIG. 3), and is extracted by the mail processing means 3 from among the e-mail documents developed on the RAM 12. A quoted sentence, that is, a sentence with one or more quotation marks, and more specifically, all sentences with ">", "> #" or "> #>" at the beginning of the sentence On the other hand, the emphasis format currently set in the emphasis format storage unit 5c of the storage device 13 is emphasized by, for example, a rectangular box as shown in FIG. A sentence having no quotation marks is kept as it is (step a6), and these data are displayed on the monitor 17 together with the quotation number (step a7).

  FIG. 9 is a display example when citation No. “0” is designated for the e-mail document of FIG. 8, and a rectangular box is selected as the emphasis format.

  Next, the CPU 10 functioning as the mail display method control means 4 determines whether or not the emphasis flag setting has been changed by the user (step a8), and whether another citation No. has been designated by the user again (step a8). Step a9) Further, it is determined whether or not a processing mail non-display command has been input by the user (step a11). If no operation is detected, the current display state is maintained.

  Here, when the selection of the emphasis format is switched by the operation on the user side, the setting position of the flag in FIG. 7 is switched, and the CPU 10 detects the switching of the flag setting in the determination process of step a8, and the above-described steps a6 and The process of step a7 is re-executed in the newly selected highlighted format such as reverse display, boxed display, underline, etc., and the display highlighting mode on the monitor 17 is switched (emphasis format selection function, enhancement format selection means).

  When another citation No. is newly designated by the user, the CPU 10 functioning as the mail display method control means 4 detects the re-designation of the citation No in the determination process of step a9 and is expanded on the RAM 12. (Step a10), a document processing command is again output to the mail processing means 3 (step a4), and a standby state is waited for input of a processing completion signal from the mail processing means 3 (step a4). Step a5).

  Next, the CPU 10 functioning as the mail processing means 3 detects the input of the document processing command (step c1 in FIG. 5) and re-executes the processing of the electronic mail to be read according to the designated citation No.

  The CPU 10 functioning as the mail processing means 3 newly develops a copy of the electronic mail to be read on the RAM 12 (step c2), and whether or not the citation No. selected at this time is “0”. In this case, since the citation No is not “0”, the determination result of step c3 is false.

  Accordingly, the CPU 10 functioning as the mail processing means 3 refers to the data table of FIG. 6 to obtain the extracted quote character string corresponding to the designated citation No (step c4) and designates the row to be read. After the value of the row designation index i to be initialized is once reset to 0 (step c5), the value of the index i is incremented by 1 (step c6), and it is determined whether or not the i-th row exists in this e-mail. (Step c7) If the i-th line exists, the data on the i-th line is read from this e-mail, and it is determined whether or not the head of the sentence matches the character string of the extracted quote obtained in step c4. (Step c8) If not matched, the i-th row is deleted from the copy of the e-mail on the RAM 12 (Step c9), and the value of the index i is decremented by 1 (Step c1). ), And again increments the value of the index i, repeatedly executes the and the to step c6 subsequent processing in the same manner for the next line.

  If the determination result in step c8 is true, that is, if the beginning of the i-th line matches the extracted quote character string obtained in the process of step c4, the data in the i-th line is The value is kept as it is, the value of the index i is incremented by 1, and the processing after step c6 is repeatedly executed in the same manner as described above for the next one row.

  Therefore, finally, at the time when the determination process in step c7 is false and the process for the last line is completed, the number of quotes is smaller than the extracted quote character string obtained in the process of step c4. All the lines having the first and all the lines not including the quotation marks are deleted, and as a result, the lines having the same number of quotation marks as the extracted quotation character strings obtained in the process of step c4 are Then, the processed mail that leaves only the line having a larger number of quotation marks at the head is held on the RAM 12.

  For example, if citation No “2” is designated for an e-mail as shown in FIG. 8, a flag is set in the citation No “2” column as shown in FIG. "> #" Corresponding to "" is read in the process of step c4. Then, in the process of step c9, the first line to the fourth line, the 16th line to the 17th line, the 24th line to the 28th line, and the 35th line to the 40th line that do not have “> #” at the head are displayed. The copy data deleted and left on the RAM 12 is in a state as shown in FIG.

  Next, the CPU 10 functioning as the mail processing unit 3 once initializes the value of the row designation index i for designating the row to be read to 0 (step c11), and then increments the value of the index i by 1 ( Step c12), it is determined whether or not the i-th row exists in the e-mail for which the processing related to the deletion of the row has been completed, that is, the e-mail currently existing on the RAM 12 (step c13). If there is a line, the data of the i-th line is read from this e-mail, and the character string of the extracted quotation mark obtained in step c4 is deleted from the beginning of the sentence (step c14). Then, the value of the index i is incremented by 1 again, and the processing after step c12 is repeatedly executed for the next one row in the same manner as described above, and the determination result at step c13 becomes false and the processing for the last one row is completed. At this point, a processing completion signal is output to the mail display method control means 4 (step c15).

  That is, when the determination result in step c13 is false and the processing for the last line is completed, the character string of the extracted quotation marks obtained in the processing in step c4 is deleted from the beginning of all the lines, thereby specifying The line having the character string of the extracted quotation mark corresponding to the quoted number at the beginning of the sentence is substantially handled as the current sentence.

  When the citation No. “2” is designated for the e-mail as shown in FIG. 8, “> #” is deleted from the head of each line of the e-mail in the state as shown in FIG. Therefore, the content of the copy e-mail existing on the RAM 12 is changed to that shown in FIG. 12, and the content is exactly the reply to the e-mail created first. It matches the content at the time.

  Next, the CPU 10 functioning as the mail display method control means 4 detects the input of the processing completion signal (step a5 in FIG. 3), and the mail processing means 3 among the e-mail documents developed on the RAM 12 as described above. Is a sentence with one or more quotation marks, and more specifically, ">", "> #" or "> #>" at the beginning of the sentence. The emphasis format currently set in the emphasis format storage unit 5c of the storage device 13 is emphasized with respect to all the texts, for example, a rectangular box as shown in FIG. That is, a sentence having no quotation mark at the beginning of the sentence is kept as it is (step a6), and these data are displayed on the monitor 17 together with the quotation number (step a7).

  FIG. 13 shows an example in which the citation No. “2” is specified for the e-mail document in FIG. 8 and highlighted in a rectangular box, and FIG. 14 is a final display example on the monitor 17.

  Further, FIG. 15 shows a final display example on the monitor 17 when the citation No. “1” is designated for the e-mail document of FIG. 8, and the citation No. “3” is shown for the e-mail document of FIG. 16 is shown in FIG. 16 as a final display example on the monitor 17, and the internal processing in each case will be briefly described.

  When citation No. “1”, which is specific information for indicating the time when the e-mail is first created, is designated, the e-mail document as shown in FIG. 8 is obtained by repeating the steps c4 to c10 in FIG. From the first line to the sixth line, the 13th line to the 17th line, the 19th line to the 28th line, the 32nd line to the 40th line, which do not include “> #>” corresponding to the citation No “1”. The lines are deleted, and the seventh to twelfth lines, the eighteenth line, and the 29th to 31st lines are left on the copy data, and the seventh process is repeated by repeating the steps c11 to c14 in FIG. “> #>” Is deleted from the beginning of the lines to the 12th line, the 18th line, and the 29th to 31st lines. As a result, there are no lines with quotation marks, and the final display result on the monitor 17 is as shown in FIG. This is the same display result as when the e-mail was first created.

  In addition, when citation No. “3”, which is specific information for designating the point in time when a reply is made to the reply made to the first created e-mail, is designated, FIG. In the repetitive processing of step c4 to step c10, from the electronic mail document as shown in FIG. 8, first, the first line to the second line, the 26th line to the 28th line not including “>” corresponding to the citation No “3”. Only the 38th to 40th lines are deleted, the 3rd to 25th lines, the 29th to 37th lines are left on the copy data, and the steps c11 to c14 in FIG. 5 are repeated. In the process, “>” is deleted from the head of the remaining third to 25th lines and 29th to 37th lines, and the final display result is as shown in FIG. In this case, the quotation mark “>” is simply deleted, so the sentence with the quotation mark “#” and the quotation mark “> #” is mixed with the sentence without the quotation mark “ Sentences with “#” or “> #” are collectively highlighted as quoted sentences. This is the same display result as when a reply was made to a reply made to the initially created e-mail.

  Eventually, the display on the monitor 17 is erased when a non-display command for processing mail is input from the user to the CPU 10 functioning as the mail display method control means 4 (step a12), and the CPU 10 is displayed on the RAM 12 at this time. The data of the expanded mail document is deleted (step a13), and the process is completed.

  FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of citation of an electronic mail attached to a forwarded mail. For forwarded mail, the same processing operation as described above can be performed by designating the citation range of the electronic mail. In the example of FIG. 17, the first to sixth lines are the main text at the time of transfer, and the eighth to 47th lines are attached quotes, so that the same as the above for the eighth to 47th lines. Processing will be performed. The quotations can be identified automatically by the continuous "-------" symbol (7th line, 48th line), or referring to the display on the monitor 17 The user may specify the execution range of the process.

  FIG. 18 is a functional block diagram showing another embodiment of the electronic mail document display system.

  The e-mail document display system 19 of this embodiment includes a quotation mark extraction unit 2, a mail display method control unit 4, an input device 6, and input control having the same functions as those of the e-mail document display system 1 in the above-described embodiment. In addition to the unit 7, the display control unit 8, the display device 9, and the storage unit 5 (quotation mark storage unit 5a, extracted quote storage unit 5b, emphasis format storage unit 5c, mail storage unit 5d), the processing mail switching unit 20 In addition, the storage means 5 is provided with a processed mail storage section 5e for storing processed electronic mail, and the function of the mail processing means 3 is different from that of the above-described embodiment.

  The e-mail document display system 19 itself can be configured by a personal computer or the like as described above.

  Based on the information extracted by the quote extraction means 2, the mail processing means 3 of this embodiment specifies the character string of the quote corresponding to this quote No. Based on a sentence having this character string as a quotation mark, sentences previously quoted are collectively extracted as a quote sentence, and the subsequent sentences are deleted to correspond to the quote No. and storing means 5 in the processed mail storage unit 5e.

  Further, the processed mail switching means 20 reads out the text to be displayed from the processed mail storage unit 5e based on the specific information of the number of round trips designated at the time of displaying the electronic mail, that is, the value of the citation No. described above, and displays the mail. Delivered to the system control means 4.

  Finally, the mail display method control means 4 emphasizes the sentence in the same manner as described above, and displays it on the display device 9 via the input control unit 7.

  In other words, the difference from the above-described embodiment is that, in the above-described embodiment, after a series of highlighting with the citation No “0” as an initial value, each time the user re-specifies the citation No. Whereas the processing of the corresponding document (FIG. 5) is re-executed from the beginning and the highlighting is switched, in this embodiment, all the display data corresponding to each citation No. is created and processed in advance. It is stored in the mail storage unit 5e, and the display data corresponding to the citation No is read from the processed mail storage unit 5e and displayed when the user re-specifies the citation No.

  In this embodiment, since it is not necessary to generate display data every time the citation No. is re-designated, it is advantageous for shortening the display time in a situation where the re-designation of the citation No. is frequently performed.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing routine for causing the microprocessor (hereinafter simply referred to as CPU) of the electronic mail document display system 19 to function as the mail display method control means 4 and the processed mail switching means 20, and FIG. FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing routine for causing the CPU to function as the mail processing means 3.

  Next, the processing operation of the CPU functioning as the mail display method control means 4, the quote extraction means 2, the mail processing means 3, and the processed mail switching means 20 in this embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. To do.

  The processing of step d1 to step d3 in FIG. 19 is the same as the processing of step a1 to step a3 shown in FIG. 3. First, the user operates the input device 6 to save the email stored in the mail storage unit 5d. Is selected as a display target, a quote extraction command is output to the quote extraction means 2, and the CPU enters a standby state waiting for an input of a registration completion signal from the quote extraction means 2.

  The processing of step e1 to step e12 of FIG. 20 executed by the quote extraction means 2 that has detected the quote extraction command is the same as the processing of step b1 to step b12 shown in FIG.

  However, in this embodiment, the determination result of step e4 is false, the content of the quotation mark of the longest character string is stored in the character string storage register $, and the number of characters constituting the quotation mark in the maximum character number storage register k When the maximum value is stored, the quote No “0”, the extracted quote “none”, and the “flag OFF” are associated with the 0th row of the data table of FIG. 6 provided in the extracted quote storage 5b. And memorize it (step e13).

  Next, the quotation mark extraction means 2 determines whether or not the current value of the maximum number-of-characters storage register k is 0, that is, a character string of quotation marks continuous over a length of at least one character from the electronic mail to be displayed. Is detected (step e14). If a quote character string is detected, 1 is further set to the addressing index n (step e15), and the extracted quote storage unit 5b. 6 is stored in the n-th row of the data table of FIG. 6 in association with the citation number “value of n”, the extracted quotation mark “contents of $”, and “flag OFF” (step e16). The value of n is incremented by 1 (step e17), and it is determined whether or not the current value of the index n exceeds the value of the maximum character number storage register k (step e18).

  If the current value of the index n does not exceed the value in the register k, one character is deleted from the end of the character string storage register $ (step e19), and the process proceeds to the step e16 again. The process is repeatedly executed. Finally, when the determination result in step e18 becomes true, the “flag ON” is stored in the k-th row of the data table in FIG. 6, that is, the row storing the quotation marks with the least number of characters. Are stored in correspondence with each other (step e20), and a registration completion signal is output to the mail display method control means 4 (step e21).

  Therefore, in the example of the data table in FIG. 6, the flag is set in the third row (k = 3) storing the quotation mark “>” having the smallest number of characters.

  Next, the CPU functioning as the mail display method control means 4 detects the input of the registration completion signal (step d3 in FIG. 19), outputs a document processing command to the mail processing means 3 (step d4), and the mail processing means 3 Enters a standby state waiting for the input of a machining completion signal from (step d5).

  Then, the CPU functioning as the mail processing means 3 detects the input of the document processing command (step f1 in FIG. 21), and starts processing the electronic mail to be read.

  In the present embodiment, the mail processing means 3 first substitutes the value of the maximum character number storage register k for the citation No generation index m (step f2), whether or not the value of the index m is 0, that is, It is determined whether or not a quoted character string continuous over a length of at least one character has been detected from the e-mail (step f3).

  When the determination result in step f3 is false and the presence of the quotation mark is confirmed, the CPU functioning as the mail processing unit 3 expands a copy of the electronic mail to be read on the processed mail storage unit 5e. (Step f4), with reference to the data table of FIG. 6, the character string of the extracted quotation mark corresponding to the citation No “m value” is obtained (Step f5), and Step f6 corresponding to Step c5 to Step c14 of FIG. Process the mail that executes the process of step f15 and processes all the lines that start with a smaller number of quotes than the extracted quote character string obtained in the process of step f5 and all lines that do not have any quotes. It deletes from the copy of the e-mail on the memory | storage part 5e, Furthermore, the character string of the extraction quotation mark calculated | required by step f5 from the head of each line is deleted, and this copy data is referred to quotation No " Is stored in the processed mail storage unit 5e as one of processed mails (step f16), the value of the citation No generation index m is decremented by 1 (step f17), and the process proceeds to step f3. To do.

  Therefore, according to the example of FIG. 8, first, the data having the contents as shown in FIG. 16 obtained for the extracted quote “>” corresponding to the citation No “3” corresponds to the citation No “3”. It is stored in the processed mail storage unit 5e.

  Thereafter, as a result of decrementing the value of m and repeating the same processing, the data having the contents shown in FIG. 14 obtained for the extracted quotation mark “> #” corresponding to the quotation number “2” is obtained. Data stored in the processed mail storage unit 5e corresponding to the citation No “2” and then obtained for the extracted quote “> #>” corresponding to the citation No “1” as shown in FIG. Is stored in the processed mail storage unit 5e in correspondence with the quotation No. "1".

  Then, the determination result of step f3 is true and generation of all processed emails corresponding to each citation No. above “1” is completed, and these processed emails correspond to the citation No. When it is confirmed that the data is stored in the mail processing means 3, the mail processing means 3 outputs a processing completion signal to the mail display method control means 4 (step f18). Note that the processed mail corresponding to the quotation No. “0” is the electronic mail itself to be read, and since this content is already stored in the mail storage unit 5d, this data is intentionally stored in the processed mail storage unit. There is no need to re-register in 5e.

  Next, the CPU functioning as the mail display method control means 4 detects the input of the processing completion signal (step d5 in FIG. 19), and the electronic of the citation No “0” corresponding to 0 which is the current value of the citation No generation index m. Mail, that is, the original data of the email to be read is read from the mail storage unit 5d, and is a sentence with one or more quotation marks. More specifically, it is “>” or “> #”. Emphasis is applied to all sentences having any of “> #>” at the beginning of the sentence by an emphasis format currently set in the emphasis format storage unit 5c, for example, a rectangular box as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the text at the reference time point, that is, the text having no quotation marks at the beginning of the sentence is kept as it is (step d6), and these data are displayed on the display device 9 together with the quotation number ( Step d7)

  Therefore, when citation No. “0” is designated for the e-mail document of FIG. 8, the contents as shown in FIG. 9 are displayed as in the case of the above-described embodiment.

  Next, the CPU functioning as the mail display method control means 4 determines whether or not the highlight flag setting has been changed by the user (step d8), and whether or not another citation No. has been designated by the user again (step d8). In step d9), it is further determined whether or not a processing mail non-display command is input by the user (step d11). If no operation is detected, the current display state is maintained.

  Here, when the selection of the emphasis format is switched by the operation on the user side, the setting position of the flag in FIG. 7 is switched, and the CPU detects the switching of the flag setting in the determination process of step d8, and the above-described steps d6 and d The processing of step d7 is re-executed in the highlighted format such as newly selected inverted display, boxed display, and underline, and the display highlighting mode on the display device 9 is switched (emphasis format selection function, enhancement format selection means).

  When another citation No. is newly designated by the user, the CPU functioning as the processed mail switching means 20 detects the re-designation of the citation No in the determination process of step d9, and according to the designated citation No. The copy data or original data of the e-mail document corresponding to the citation No. is read from the processed mail storage unit 5e or the mail storage unit 5d (step d10), and the processing of step d6 and step d7 is executed in the same manner as described above. Is displayed on the display device 9.

  Therefore, for example, when citation No. “2” is designated for the electronic mail document of FIG. 8, the contents as shown in FIG. 14 are read from the processed mail storage unit 5e and displayed, and the citation No. “1” is displayed. When specified, the content as shown in FIG. 15 is read from the processed mail storage unit 5e and displayed. When citation No. “3” is specified, the content as shown in FIG. 16 is read from the processed email storage unit 5e. The display result is exactly the same as in the above-described embodiment.

  However, in this embodiment, it is not necessary to repeat the document processing as shown in FIG. 21 every time the citation No. is changed, so that the time required for switching the display is shortened compared to the above-described embodiment. There are benefits.

As described above, in these embodiments, sentences quoted before the number of round-trips of the e-mail designated by the citation No. that is the specific information, for example, as shown in FIG. Regardless of the number of citations of the text, it is highlighted in a rectangular box etc. in a lump, and only two types of quoted text and non-cited text need to be identified, so there are various options such as color coding of text Is not necessary, and emphasis display capable of recognizing the shape by enclosing a rectangle of characters, reverse display, underline, bold, etc. can be applied. For this reason, even a person with color blindness can easily determine the quoted portion in the electronic mail document, and can be used without any trouble even on a system in which the display color is limited.
In addition, quotes such as ``>#>'',``>#'',``>'', etc. are displayed without being erased in quotes surrounded by an emphasis rectangle, so the emphasis frame based on these quotes is displayed. It is also possible to grasp in detail the order of citations in the text.

  In addition, it is possible to instruct the system by entering a citation number to identify the quoted text and non-quoted text based on the point in time when repeated e-mails are exchanged. It becomes possible to do.

  Further, the mail processing means 3 is configured to delete the subsequent text on the display with the text having the character string corresponding to the number of round trips designated by the input of the citation No. as a reference. Therefore, only the text at the time specified by the citation No. that is the specific information can be clearly displayed as a non-citation text without highlighting, and the citation order of the e-mail document can be grasped very easily.

  Further, the mail display system control means 4 has an emphasis format used for emphasizing sentences from several emphasis formats (inverted display, boxed display, underline, bold, etc.) determined in advance based on a command from the input device 6. Since there is an emphasis format selection function for selecting, emphasis display can be selectively used according to the user's preference.

  The present invention can be applied to uses such as a display device that displays all or part of an e-mail document received or transmitted by the e-mail function, and a program for realizing the display device on a computer.

It is the functional block diagram shown about the outline of the structure of the electronic mail document display system of one Embodiment to which this invention is applied. It is the block diagram which illustrated the composition at the time of constructing the E-mail document display system with the personal computer which is a kind of data processor. 6 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing routine for causing the microprocessor of the personal computer of the embodiment to function as mail display method control means. It is the flowchart which showed the outline of the processing routine for functioning the microprocessor of the personal computer of the embodiment as a quote extraction means. It is the flowchart which showed the outline of the processing routine for functioning the microprocessor of the personal computer of the embodiment as a mail processing means. It is the conceptual diagram which showed an example of the data table which memorize | stores the correspondence of the quotation mark extracted by the quotation mark extraction means, and the round-trip number of an email. It is the conceptual diagram shown about the example of selection of the emphasis format used for the emphasis of a text. It is the conceptual diagram which showed an example of the electronic mail selected as display object. It is the conceptual diagram which showed an example of the screen display at the time of selecting quotation No "0". It is the conceptual diagram which showed the setting state of the data table when quotation No. "2" is designated. FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a state of data in which a line having a head of a smaller number of quotation marks than the extracted quotation mark character string corresponding to quotation No. “2” is deleted from the state of FIG. 8. FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a state in which a character string of an extracted quotation mark corresponding to a quotation number “2” is deleted from each line of the data in FIG. 11. It is the conceptual diagram which showed the example of an emphasis display at the time of selecting quotation No "2". It is the conceptual diagram which showed an example of the final screen display at the time of selecting quotation No "2". It is the conceptual diagram which showed an example of the final screen display at the time of selecting quotation No "1". It is the conceptual diagram which showed an example of the final screen display at the time of selecting quotation No. "3". It is the conceptual diagram which showed an example of quotation of the email attached to a forwarding mail It is the functional block diagram shown about other one Embodiment of the electronic mail document display system. 6 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing routine for causing the microprocessor of the electronic mail document display system of the embodiment to function as a mail display method control unit and a processed mail switching unit. It is the flowchart which showed the outline of the processing routine for functioning the microprocessor of the electronic mail document display system of the embodiment as a quote extraction means. It is the flowchart which showed the outline of the processing routine for functioning the microprocessor of the electronic mail document display system of the embodiment as a mail processing means. It is the functional block diagram which showed the outline of the structure of the conventional electronic mail document display system.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic mail document display system 2 Quotation mark extraction means 3 Mail processing means 4 Mail display system control means 5 Storage means 5a Quotation mark storage part 5b Extraction quotation mark storage part 5c Emphasis format storage part 5d Mail storage part 5e Processed mail storage part 6 Input device 7 Input control unit 8 Display control unit 9 Display device 10 Microprocessor 11 ROM
12 RAM
13 storage device 14 interface 15 input / output circuit 16 keyboard 17 monitor 18 printer 19 electronic mail document display system 20 processed mail switching means 101 character string storage section 102 input section 103 mail storage section 104 count calculation section 105 display control section 106 display color switching Unit 107 display color storage unit 108 display unit

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Cite a document in an e-mail by processing the e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotes added to the beginning of the document in the e-mail every time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited In an e-mail document display system that displays sentences in an identifiable manner ,
Based on the number of consecutive quotes at the beginning of each line of the email document and the number of email round trips that specify the email citation count in descending order with the numeric value in ascending order when the email is displayed,
In the e-mail document , a line having a quotation number less than the number of quotations specified in the round-trip number and a line not including the quotation mark in the first part are deleted, and the quotation specified in the round-trip number By emphasizing the line that has more quotes at the beginning than the number of times , and deleting the number of quotes corresponding to the number of quotes specified by the round-trip number, the number of round-trips is specified. An e-mail document display system, wherein the e-mail document is restored to a state at the time when the e-mail is received. Cite a document in an e-mail by processing the e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotes added to the beginning of the document in the e-mail every time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited In an e-mail document display system that displays sentences in an identifiable manner ,
And quotes extraction means for extracting so as to correspond to the Fubeki order to number the number of round-trips of the e-mail of Noboribekijun of quotes that is continuous with the head portion of each line of the e-mail document,
Based on the number of quotes extracted by the quotes extracting means corresponding to the number of round trips roundtrips and the e-mail of the designated when displaying e-mail e-mail, corresponding to the designated number of reciprocations and mail processing means for identifying the number of quotes, extracts the quote number greater than the number that is the identified as quotation collectively row with the head portion,
An e-mail document display system comprising e-mail display method control means for emphasizing the shape extracted by the e-mail processing means for emphasis capable of shape recognition and outputting the same to a display device. Cite a document in an e-mail by processing the e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotes added to the beginning of the document in the e-mail every time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited In an e-mail document display system that displays sentences in an identifiable manner ,
And quotes extraction means for extracting so as to correspond to the Fubeki order to number the number of round-trips of the e-mail of Noboribekijun of quotes that is continuous with the head portion of each line of the e-mail document,
Based on the number of quotes extracted by the quotes extracting means corresponding to the number of round trips roundtrips and the e-mail of the designated when displaying e-mail e-mail, corresponding to the designated number of reciprocations The number of quotation marks to be identified is specified, lines having a larger number of quotation marks than the identified number at the beginning are collectively extracted as quotations, and the number of quotation marks smaller than the identified number is extracted. A mail processing means for deleting a line having a head part of
An e-mail document display system, comprising: e-mail display method control means for emphasizing shape recognition to a sentence extracted as a quoted sentence by the e-mail processing means and outputting it to a display device. Cite a document in an e-mail by processing the e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotes added to the beginning of the document in the e-mail every time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited In an e-mail document display system that displays sentences in an identifiable manner ,
And quotes extraction means for extracting so as to correspond to the Fubeki order to number the number of round-trips of the e-mail of Noboribekijun of quotes that is continuous with the head portion of each line of the e-mail document,
Based on the correspondence between the number of round-trips of the email and the number of quotes extracted by the quote extraction means, for each round-trip number of emails , specify the number of quotes corresponding to the round-trip number, A mail processing means for collectively extracting a line having a quotation mark larger than the specified number as a quotation and storing it in a storage means corresponding to the number of round-trips of the email;
Processing mail switching means for reading a sentence to be displayed from the storage means based on the number of round-trips of the e-mail designated when displaying the e-mail ;
An e-mail document display system comprising e-mail display method control means for emphasizing a shape recognizable to a sentence read out by the processed mail switching means and outputting it to a display device. Cite a document in an e-mail by processing the e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotes added to the beginning of the document in the e-mail every time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited In an e-mail document display system that displays sentences in an identifiable manner ,
And quotes extraction means for extracting so as to correspond to the Fubeki order to number the number of round-trips of the e-mail of Noboribekijun of quotes that is continuous with the head portion of each line of the e-mail document,
Based on the correspondence between the number of round-trips of the email and the number of quotes extracted by the quote extraction means, for each round-trip number of emails , specify the number of quotes corresponding to the round-trip number, The lines having the number of quotation marks larger than the specified number at the beginning are collectively extracted as quotations, and the lines having the number of quotation marks smaller than the specified number are deleted. Email processing means for storing in the storage means in correspondence with the number of round-trips of email,
Processing mail switching means for reading a sentence to be displayed from the storage means based on the number of round-trips of the e-mail designated when displaying the e-mail ;
An e-mail document display system comprising e-mail display method control means for emphasizing a shape recognizable to a sentence read out by the processed mail switching means and outputting it to a display device.   The mail display method control means is provided with an emphasis format selection function for selecting an emphasis format to be used for text emphasis from several predetermined emphasis formats based on an external command. 6. The electronic mail document display system according to claim 2, claim 3, claim 4 or claim 5. Cite a document in an e-mail by processing the e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotes added to the beginning of the document in the e-mail every time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited An e-mail document display program for displaying sentences in an identifiable manner,
A microprocessor for a data processing device that handles e-mail
Quotes extraction means for extracting so as to correspond to the Fubeki order to number the number of round-trips of the e-mail of Noboribekijun of quotes that is continuous with the head portion of each line of the e-mail document,
Based on the number of quotes extracted by the quotes extracting means corresponding to the number of round trips roundtrips and the e-mail of the designated when displaying e-mail e-mail, corresponding to the designated number of reciprocations mail processing means cited determine the number of marks, and extracts the quote number greater than the number that is the identified as quotation collectively row with the head portion and,
An e-mail document display program that functions as mail display method control means for emphasizing shape recognition to a sentence extracted by the mail processing means and outputting the same to a display device. Cite a document in an e-mail by processing the e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotes added to the beginning of the document in the e-mail every time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited An e-mail document display program for displaying sentences in an identifiable manner,
A microprocessor for a data processing device that handles e-mail
Quotes extraction means for extracting so as to correspond to the Fubeki order to number the number of round-trips of the e-mail of Noboribekijun of quotes that is continuous with the head portion of each line of the e-mail document,
Based on the number of quotes extracted by the quotes extracting means corresponding to the number of round trips roundtrips and the e-mail of the designated when displaying e-mail e-mail, corresponding to the designated number of reciprocations The number of quotation marks to be identified is specified, lines having a larger number of quotation marks than the identified number at the beginning are collectively extracted as quotations, and the number of quotation marks smaller than the identified number is extracted. E-mail processing means for deleting the line having the head part , and
An e-mail document display program that functions as mail display method control means for emphasizing shape recognition to a sentence extracted as a quoted sentence by the mail processing means and outputting it to a display device. Cite a document in an e-mail by processing the e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotes added to the beginning of the document in the e-mail every time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited An e-mail document display program for displaying sentences in an identifiable manner,
A microprocessor for a data processing device that handles e-mail
Quotes extraction means for extracting so as to correspond to the Fubeki order to number the number of round-trips of the e-mail of Noboribekijun of quotes that is continuous with the head portion of each line of the e-mail document,
Based on the correspondence between the number of round-trips of the email and the number of quotes extracted by the quote extraction means, for each round-trip number of emails , specify the number of quotes corresponding to the round-trip number, A mail processing means for collectively extracting lines having the number of quotation marks at the beginning of the number more than the specified number as a quotation, and storing it in a storage means corresponding to the number of round-trips of the email;
Based on the number of round trips of the e-mail designated at the time of displaying the e-mail , the processing mail switching means for reading the text to be displayed from the storage means, and
An e-mail document display program that functions as mail display method control means for emphasizing a shape recognizable to a sentence read out by the processed mail switching means and outputting it to a display device. Cite a document in an e-mail by processing the e-mail document by analyzing the number of quotes added to the beginning of the document in the e-mail every time an e-mail sent and received between data processing devices is cited An e-mail document display program for displaying sentences in an identifiable manner,
A microprocessor for a data processing device that handles e-mail
Quotes extraction means for extracting so as to correspond to the Fubeki order to number the number of round-trips of the e-mail of Noboribekijun of quotes that is continuous with the head portion of each line of the e-mail document,
Based on the correspondence between the number of round-trips of the email and the number of quotes extracted by the quote extraction means, for each round-trip number of emails , specify the number of quotes corresponding to the round-trip number, The lines having the number of quotation marks larger than the specified number at the beginning are collectively extracted as quotations, and the lines having the number of quotation marks smaller than the specified number are deleted. Email processing means for storing in the storage means in correspondence with the number of round-trips of email,
Based on the number of round trips of the e-mail designated at the time of displaying the e-mail , the processing mail switching means for reading the text to be displayed from the storage means, and
An e-mail document display program that functions as mail display method control means for emphasizing a shape recognizable to a sentence read out by the processed mail switching means and outputting it to a display device.   The microprocessor is further made to function as an emphasis format selection means for selecting an emphasis format to be used for emphasizing a sentence from several predetermined emphasis formats based on an external command. An electronic mail document display program according to claim 7, claim 9, claim 9 or claim 10.

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