JP6660195B2 - Program, information processing apparatus and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a program, an information processing device, and an information processing method.

2. Description of the Related Art In order to prevent erroneous transmission of an e-mail, there is known a technique for giving a user an opportunity to confirm that there is no error in an e-mail destination (for example, see Patent Documents 1 to 4).
[Patent Document]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-101684 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-101684 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-101684 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-101684

  If a screen for confirming the destination of the e-mail is frequently displayed, the user may instruct the transmission of the e-mail without sufficiently confirming the content displayed on the screen.

  In a first aspect of the present invention, a program is provided. A non-transitory storage medium storing the above program may be provided. The above program may be a program for causing a computer to function as an address information acquisition unit that acquires one or more reception addresses specified as a transmission destination of a message to be transmitted. The above-mentioned program is a program for causing a computer to record information on one or more messages transmitted in the past, including history information including one or more address group information on a combination of a plurality of reception addresses designated as a destination of the same message. May be a program for functioning as a history information acquiring unit for acquiring the information. The above program causes the computer to function as a comparison target determination unit that determines, from one or more address group information, address group information to be compared with one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit. It may be a program. The above program causes the computer to compare the plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined by the comparison target determination unit with one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit. May be a program for functioning as a confirmation level determination unit that determines a level at which the user requests confirmation for each of the one or more reception addresses acquired by the user.

  In the above program, the comparison object determination unit obtains, for each of the one or more address group information acquired by the history information acquisition unit, a plurality of reception addresses included in the one or more address group information and the address information acquisition unit. The similarity with one or more receiving addresses may be determined. The comparison target determination unit may determine the address group information to be compared based on the similarity. In the above program, when the plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined by the comparison target determination unit and the one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit completely match, the confirmation level determination unit: It may be determined to execute the transmission process without inquiring of the user about whether or not transmission to one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit is possible.

  The above-described program is a screen for requesting a computer to confirm whether or not transmission of a message can be performed for at least one of one or more reception addresses designated as a transmission destination of a message to be transmitted. A confirmation screen generation unit that generates an address confirmation screen in which the reception address of the transmission destination of the message or the recipient identification information that identifies the recipient of the message is displayed in a form corresponding to the level determined by the confirmation level determination unit It may be a program for functioning.

  In the above program, the screen generation unit is provided with a module for individually confirming whether or not transmission is possible for the reception address determined by the confirmation level determination unit to have the first level, and the confirmation level determination unit determines the second level. An address confirmation screen may be generated in which a module for individually confirming whether or not transmission is possible is not arranged for a reception address determined to have. In the above program, when the plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined by the comparison target determination unit and the one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit completely match, the confirmation screen generation unit It is not necessary to generate the address confirmation screen, or it is not necessary to output the address confirmation screen to the user terminal.

  The above-described program stores the computer in a receiving address and a sending address of each of one or more members belonging to an organization, and belonging department identification information for identifying a belonging department of each of the one or more members in the organization. Referring to the affiliation information storage unit to be stored in association with, determine the organization or department associated with the reception address of the message to be transmitted and the organization or department associated with the transmission address of the message It may be a program for functioning as an affiliation determining unit. The above-mentioned program, the computer, the organization or department corresponding to the receiving address of the message to be transmitted, determined by the affiliation determination unit, and the organization or department associated with the transmission address of the message It may be a program for functioning as a user confirmation management unit that determines whether to omit or simplify the transmission permission / inhibition of the message based on the relationship.

  In the above program, the user confirmation management unit determines that the organization or department associated with all the reception addresses of the message to be transmitted is the same as the organization or department associated with the transmission address of the message. In some cases, it may be decided not to output the address confirmation screen to the user. In the above program, the user confirmation management unit determines that the organization or department associated with all the reception addresses of the message to be transmitted is the same as the organization or department associated with the transmission address of the message. In some cases, the execution of the transmission process may be determined without inquiring of the user about whether or not the message to be transmitted can be transmitted. The above program may be a program for causing a computer to function as an address group management unit that manages one or more pieces of address group information.

  In a second aspect of the present invention, an information processing device is provided. The above information processing apparatus may include an address information acquisition unit that acquires one or more reception addresses specified as transmission destinations of a message to be transmitted. The information processing apparatus described above stores history information, which is information about one or more messages transmitted in the past and includes one or more address group information about a combination of a plurality of reception addresses designated as a destination of the same message. A history information acquisition unit for acquiring the history information may be provided. The above information processing apparatus may include a comparison target determination unit that determines, from one or more address group information, address group information to be compared with one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit. In the above information processing apparatus, the address information acquisition unit may be configured to perform the address information acquisition unit based on a comparison between the plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined by the comparison target determination unit and the one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit. For each of the obtained one or more reception addresses, a confirmation level determination unit that determines a level at which the user requests confirmation may be provided.

  In a third aspect of the present invention, an information processing method is provided. The above information processing method may include an address information acquisition step in which the computer acquires one or more reception addresses specified as a transmission destination of a message to be transmitted. In the above information processing method, the computer may include information on one or more messages transmitted in the past, including one or more address group information on a combination of a plurality of reception addresses designated as a destination of the same message. A history information acquisition step of acquiring history information may be included. The above information processing method includes a comparison target determining step in which the computer determines, from the one or more address group information, address group information to be compared with the one or more received addresses acquired in the address information acquiring step. May do it. The above-described information processing method is configured to obtain address information based on a comparison between a plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined in the comparison target determination step and one or more reception addresses obtained in the address information acquisition step. For each of the one or more reception addresses obtained in the step, the method may include a confirmation level determining step of determining a level at which the user requests confirmation.

  The above summary of the present invention does not list all of the necessary features of the present invention. Further, a sub-combination of these feature groups can also be an invention.

1 schematically illustrates an example of a system configuration of a mail transmission system 100. An example of the data table 200 is schematically shown. An example of the data table 300 is schematically shown. An example of the data table 400 is schematically shown. 1 schematically illustrates an example of a system configuration of a transmission terminal 106. An example of the system configuration of the mail confirmation unit 520 is schematically shown. An example of the system configuration of the recipient information acquisition unit 630 is schematically shown. An example of a system configuration of the determination unit 640 is schematically shown. An example of the system configuration of the superior information generation unit 834 is schematically shown. An example of the data table 1000 is schematically shown. An example of the data table 1100 is schematically shown. An example of the confirmation screen 1200 is schematically shown. An example of a process of transmitting an email is schematically shown. An example of a process for acquiring recipient information is schematically shown. An example of a determination process is schematically shown. Another example of the system configuration of the determination unit 640 is schematically shown. An example of the system configuration of the output mode determination unit 1640 is schematically shown. 9 schematically illustrates another example of a process of transmitting an email. An example of a process of determining an output mode of a confirmation screen is schematically illustrated. An example of a process for determining an output mode of an address confirmation screen is schematically illustrated. An example of a determination process is schematically shown. An example of the confirmation screen 2200 is schematically shown.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. In addition, not all combinations of the features described in the embodiments are necessarily essential to the solution of the invention.

  FIG. 1 schematically shows an example of a system configuration of the mail transmission system 100. In the present embodiment, the mail transmission system 100 includes an employee information providing server 102, an organization information providing server 104, and a transmitting terminal 106. The employee information providing server 102 has an employee information storage unit 120. The organization information providing server 104 has an organization information storage unit 140.

  In the present embodiment, the details of the mail transmission system 100 will be described with an example in which the transmission terminal 106 transmits an e-mail to the reception terminal 20 via the communication network 10, the transmission mail server 22, and the reception mail server 24. explain. However, the computer and the information processing device are not limited to the present embodiment. An e-mail may be an example of a message. The transmission terminal 106 may be an example of a computer or an information processing device. The employee information storage unit 120 may be an example of an affiliation information storage unit.

  In the present embodiment, a case where the organization information storage unit 140 is provided in the organization information providing server 104 will be described. However, the organization information storage unit 140 is not limited to the present embodiment. In another embodiment, the organization information storage unit 140 may be provided in the employee information storage unit 120 or may be provided in the transmission terminal 106.

  The communication network 10 may be a transmission path for wireless communication, a transmission path for wired communication, or a combination thereof. The communication network 10 may be a mobile communication network such as a cellular phone network, a wireless packet communication network, the Internet, a dedicated line, or a combination thereof.

  The transmission mail server 22 and the reception mail server 24 include a processor such as a CPU, a data processing device having a ROM, a RAM, and a communication interface, an input device such as a keyboard, a touch panel, a microphone, a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and a speaker. And a storage device such as a memory and an HDD. Each part of the transmission mail server 22 and the reception mail server 24 may be realized by hardware, may be realized by software, or may be realized by a combination of hardware and software. For example, the computer functions as at least a part of the transmission mail server 22 and the reception mail server 24 by executing the program. The sending mail server 22 and the receiving mail server 24 may be virtual servers or cloud systems. In addition, the functions of each unit of the transmission mail server 22 and the reception mail server 24 may be realized by a plurality of servers.

  The receiving terminal 20 may be any device capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the transmitting terminal 106 via the communication network 10, and may be a personal computer, a mobile terminal, or the like. Examples of the mobile terminal include a mobile phone or a smartphone, a notebook computer or a laptop computer, a PDA, a tablet terminal, and a wearable computer. As the wearable computer, a glasses-type, a wrist-type or a ring-type wearable computer can be exemplified.

  The receiving terminal 20 includes a processor such as a CPU, a data processing device having a ROM, a RAM, a communication interface, and the like; an input device such as a keyboard, a touch panel, a microphone, and a GPS information receiving device; a display device such as a liquid crystal display; And a storage device such as a memory and an HDD. Each unit of the receiving terminal 20 may be realized by hardware, may be realized by software, or may be realized by a combination of hardware and software. For example, the computer functions as at least a part of the receiving terminal 20 by executing the program.

  Each unit of the mail transmission system 100 may be realized by hardware, may be realized by software, or may be realized by a combination of hardware and software. For example, the computer functions as each unit of the mail transmission system 100 by executing the program.

  The above software or program may be stored in a computer-readable medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a memory, and a hard disk, or may be stored in a storage device connected to a network. The software or the program may be installed from a computer-readable medium or a storage device connected to a network to a computer constituting at least a part of the mail transmission system 100.

  The program that causes the computer to function as each unit of the mail transmission system 100 may include a module that specifies the operation of each unit of the mail transmission system 100. These programs or modules act on a processor, a communication interface, and the like to function as each unit of the mail transmission system 100 or cause a computer to execute an information processing method in each unit of the mail transmission system 100.

  When the information processing described in these programs is read into a computer, the information processing functions as a specific means in which the software and the hardware resources of each unit of the mail transmission system 100 cooperate. The mail transmission system 100 can be constructed by realizing calculation or processing of information according to the purpose of use of the computer in the present embodiment by these specific means.

  The mail transmission system 100 may be realized by, in an information processing apparatus having a general configuration, activating software or a program that specifies the operation of each unit of the mail transmission system 100. An information processing device used in the mail transmission system 100 includes a processor such as a CPU, a data processing device having a ROM, a RAM, a communication interface, and the like, an input device such as a keyboard, a touch panel, a microphone, and a display device such as a liquid crystal display. An output device such as a speaker and a storage device such as a memory and an HDD may be provided. The above data processing device or storage device may store the above software or program. At least a part of the mail transmission system 100 may be built on a virtual server or a cloud system. Further, the function of each unit of the mail transmission system 100 may be realized by a plurality of servers.

  In the present embodiment, the employee information providing server 102 extracts information matching the above request from the information stored in the employee information storage unit 120 in response to a request from the transmission terminal 106, and Send to The employee information storage unit 120 stores various types of information on employees (sometimes referred to as employee information). For example, the employee information storage unit 120 stores the reception addresses of one or more employees and the department identification information for identifying the department to which the employee belongs in association with each other. An employee may be an example of a member of an organization.

  In this specification, “department” forms a part of “organization”. A hierarchical relationship may exist between a plurality of departments constituting the “organization”. For example, when the “organization” is a company, the organization is composed of a plurality of departments such as a business unit, a department, a section, and a section. In this case, the section is a higher section of the section, the section is a higher section of the section, and the business section is a higher section of the section.

  Also, like a company group, an “organization” may be composed of a plurality of companies. In this case, according to one embodiment, the company group corresponds to the “organization”, and each of the plurality of companies forming the company group corresponds to one section of the “organization”. According to another embodiment, each of a plurality of companies constituting a company group corresponds to an “organization”. According to yet another embodiment, a combination of the above two embodiments may be used. By combining the above two embodiments, it is possible to cope with various purposes. For example, when the purpose is to speed up the mail confirmation processing, the mail confirmation processing is executed with each company as an “organization”. On the other hand, when the purpose is to improve the accuracy of the e-mail confirmation work, the e-mail confirmation processing is executed with the company group as the “organization”.

  In response to the request from the transmitting terminal 106, the organization information providing server 104 extracts information matching the above request from the information stored in the organization information storage unit 140 and transmits the information to the transmitting terminal 106. The organization information storage unit 140 stores the organization identification information for identifying each of one or more organizations and the symbols included in the reception addresses of the members of each organization in association with each other.

  The transmitting terminal 106 may be a device that can transmit and receive information to and from the employee information providing server 102, the organization information providing server 104, and the receiving terminal 20 via the communication network 10, and includes a personal computer, a mobile terminal, and the like. be able to. Examples of the mobile terminal include a mobile phone or a smartphone, a notebook computer or a laptop computer, a PDA, a tablet terminal, and a wearable computer. As the wearable computer, a glasses-type, a wrist-type or a ring-type wearable computer can be exemplified.

  In the present embodiment, the transmission terminal 106 transmits an e-mail to the reception terminal 20 via the communication network 10, the transmission mail server 22, and the reception mail server 24. In one embodiment, before transmitting the e-mail to the outgoing mail server 22, the transmitting terminal 106 receives the e-mail address specified as the destination of the e-mail (may be referred to as a destination, a recipient, etc.). Are classified and displayed for each organization to which the user belongs. For the recipients belonging to the same organization as the sender, the above-mentioned e-mail addresses are classified and displayed for each department to which the recipients belong.

  In another embodiment, before sending the e-mail to the outgoing mail server 22, the sending terminal 106 checks the e-mail to determine whether the e-mail satisfies a predetermined condition. The transmitting terminal 106 checks whether the mail address specified as the destination of the e-mail satisfies a predetermined condition. The transmitting terminal 106 may check whether at least one of the body of the e-mail and the attached file satisfies a predetermined condition.

  FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of the data table 200. The data table 200 may be an example of the employee information stored in the employee information storage unit 120. The employee information may be an example of affiliation information. In the present embodiment, the data table 200 stores the employee ID 202, the mail address 204, the department information 206, and the title 208 in association with each other. The affiliation section information 206 includes, for example, identification information for identifying the section 212, the section 214, the section 216, and the business section 218. These pieces of identification information may be symbols or names. The same applies to other identification information.

  The employee ID 202 may be identification information for identifying each of one or more members belonging to the organization. The mail address 204 may be a mail address assigned to the employee identified by the employee ID 202. The mail address 204 may be an example of a reception address and a transmission address corresponding to the employee identified by the employee ID 202. The department information 206 may be identification information for identifying the department in the organization of the employee identified by the employee ID 202. The position title 208 may be identification information for identifying a position in the department to which the employee identified by the employee ID 202 belongs. The post title 208 may be an example of post identification information.

  FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of the data table 300. The data table 300 may be an example of rank information stored in the employee information storage unit 120. In the present embodiment, the data table 300 stores the title 302 and the rank 304 in association with each other. The rank 304 indicates the hierarchical relationship of the position identified by the position name 302. The rank 304 may be an example of rank information.

  FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of the data table 400. The data table 400 may be an example of the organization information stored in the organization information storage unit 140. In the present embodiment, the data table 400 stores a domain name 402 and an organization name 404 in association with each other. The domain name 402 is a character string included in the mail address, and indicates the organization to which the person assigned the mail address belongs. The domain name 402 may be an example of a symbol included in a reception address of each member of one or more organizations. The organization name 404 may be identification information for identifying each of one or more organizations. The organization name 404 may be an example of organization identification information.

  FIG. 5 schematically illustrates an example of a system configuration of the transmission terminal 106. In the present embodiment, the transmission terminal 106 includes a mail creation unit 510, a mail confirmation unit 520, a user information storage unit 530, an output unit 540, an input unit 550, and a communication control unit 560. The user information storage unit 530 may be an example of a department information storage unit, an organization information storage unit, or a superior information storage unit. The user information storage unit 530 may be an example of a belonging information storage unit.

  Mail creation section 510 creates an email. The mail creation unit 510 may be realized by executing an email creation program. The program for creating an e-mail may be an example of a message transmission program. When the user of the transmitting terminal 106 (sometimes referred to as a sender) inputs an instruction for causing the mail creation unit 510 to send an e-mail to the input unit 550, the mail creation unit 510 outputs the created e-mail Is output to the communication control unit 560.

  The mail confirmation unit 520 confirms whether the e-mail created by the mail creation unit 510 satisfies a predetermined condition. When e-mail creating section 510 outputs an e-mail to communication control section 560, or when input section 550 receives an instruction to cause e-mail creating section 510 to send an e-mail, e-mail confirmation section 520 terminates the above confirmation. Until the process, the mail transmission process in the communication control unit 560 may be interrupted. The above-mentioned e-mail may be an example of a message to be transmitted.

  In one embodiment, the e-mail confirmation unit 520 acquires recipient information indicating at least one of the organization to which the recipient of the e-mail belongs and the department in the organization. In another embodiment, the e-mail confirmation unit 520 obtains superior information regarding one or more superiors of the sender of the e-mail, and stores at least one of the superiors in the e-mail recipient. Check if one person is included. The superior may be an example of an approver or a confirmer of the email.

  In the present embodiment, first, the mail confirmation unit 520 acquires the recipient information or the superior information by referring to the user information storage unit 530. If the desired recipient information or superior information is not stored in the user information storage unit 530, the recipient information or superior information is obtained by referring to at least one of the employee information providing server 102 and the organization information providing server 104. I do. The mail confirmation unit 520 stores the recipient information or superior information acquired from the employee information providing server 102 or the organization information providing server 104 in the user information storage unit 530.

  According to the related art, a user or a system administrator of an organization to which the user belongs inputs the recipient information or the superior information to the transmission terminal 106 of each user. However, it is necessary to update the recipient information or superior information on the transmission terminal 106 of each user every time an employee is transferred, and there is a problem that it takes time and effort. Further, there is a problem that the receiver information or the superior information is left without being updated.

  As a first method for solving the problem of the conventional technique, every time a mail confirmation process is executed, the receiver information or superior information stored in the employee information storage unit 120 or the organization information storage unit 140 is referred to. It is possible. However, in the above method, the response of the confirmation process is reduced, and the convenience of the user is impaired. Further, when the response is reduced, there is a possibility that the user sends an e-mail without executing the confirmation processing.

  As a second method for solving the problem of the related art, it is conceivable to download all data in the employee information storage unit 120 and the organization information storage unit 140 to the transmission terminal 106 of each user. However, when the data amount increases, the response of the confirmation processing decreases.

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, when a program for causing the computer of the transmission terminal 106 to function as the mail confirmation unit 520 is installed in the transmission terminal 106, or when the transmission terminal 106 has transmitted a mail in the past. Sometimes, superior information is created and stored in a storage device (sometimes referred to as local) of transmitting terminal 106. For example, after the above-described program is installed in the transmission terminal 106, the superior information is created when the transmission terminal 106 transmits an e-mail for the first time. This can reduce the frequency with which the transmitting terminal 106 accesses the employee information storage unit 120 when the mail confirmation processing is executed. As a result, the e-mail confirmation process can be executed using substantially the latest superior information without significantly lowering the response of the e-mail confirmation process.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, recipient information regarding recipients of e-mails transmitted in the past is stored locally. Then, in the e-mail confirmation processing of the new e-mail, if the recipient information of the recipient set as the destination of the e-mail is stored locally, the recipient information stored locally is used. Then, the department or organization to which the recipient of the electronic mail belongs is determined.

  On the other hand, if the recipient information of the recipient set as the destination of the e-mail is not stored locally, the recipient information of the recipient of the e-mail is stored in the employee information storage unit 120 or the organization information storage unit 140. Download from Then, the acquired information is stored locally. This can reduce the frequency with which the transmitting terminal 106 accesses the employee information storage unit 120 or the organization information storage unit 140 when the mail confirmation processing is executed. As a result, it is possible to execute the mail confirmation process by using almost the latest recipient information without significantly lowering the response of the mail confirmation process.

  In the present embodiment, the user information storage unit 530 stores information on at least some of the employees among the employee information stored in the employee information storage unit 120. It is preferable that the user information storage unit 530 stores employee information on some employees. In the present embodiment, the user information storage unit 530 stores information regarding at least a part of the organization information stored in the organization information storage unit 140. It is preferable that the user information storage unit 530 stores organization information on some organizations. Thereby, the speed of extracting information with reference to the user information storage unit 530 can be increased. As a result, the response speed of the mail confirmation processing is improved, and the user experience can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the user information storage unit 530 includes a mail address (sometimes referred to as a transmission address) assigned to the user of the transmission terminal 106 and a member (superior) of the post of the user of the transmission terminal 106. ) May be stored. When a plurality of mail addresses are assigned to the user of the transmitting terminal 106, the user information storage unit 530 may store superior information for each mail address. When the user of the transmitting terminal 106 belongs to a plurality of departments, the user information storage unit 530 may store superior information for each department. Thus, even when the user belongs to a plurality of departments, it is possible to appropriately determine whether the e-mail destination includes the superior reception address.

  The output unit 540 outputs information to a user. Examples of the output unit 540 include a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, a display device such as a projector, and an audio output device such as a speaker.

  The input unit 550 receives an input from a user. Examples of the input unit 550 include a keyboard, a pointing device, a touch panel, a microphone, a voice recognition system, a gesture input system, and the like.

  The communication control unit 560 controls communication between the transmission terminal 106 and the communication network 10 or another device. Communication control unit 560 may be a communication interface. The communication control unit 560 may support a plurality of communication methods.

  FIG. 6 schematically illustrates an example of a system configuration of the mail confirmation unit 520. In the present embodiment, the mail confirmation unit 520 includes a mail acquisition unit 610, a header analysis unit 620, a recipient information acquisition unit 630, a determination unit 640, a screen generation unit 650, and a transmission processing control unit 660. . Header analysis section 620 may be an example of an address information acquisition section. At least one of the determination unit 640 and the screen generation unit 650 may be an example of a user confirmation management unit.

  In the present embodiment, the mail acquisition unit 610 acquires the electronic mail output from the mail creation unit 510. In the present embodiment, the header analysis unit 620 analyzes the header of the e-mail acquired by the e-mail acquisition unit 610 and determines at least the reception address of the transmission destination of the e-mail and the transmission address of the transmission source of the e-mail. Get one.

  Recipient information acquisition section 630 acquires information about the recipient of the e-mail output from e-mail creation section 510 (sometimes referred to as recipient information). Examples of the recipient information include information on an organization to which the recipient belongs, information on a department to which the recipient belongs in the above organization, and the like.

  The determination unit 640 determines whether the e-mail output from the mail creation unit 510 satisfies a predetermined condition. For example, the determination unit 640 sets the e-mail address specified as the destination of the e-mail output from the e-mail creation unit 510 (which may be referred to as a destination reception address, a destination address, or the like) to the superior of the sender. It is determined whether the address is included.

  The target of the determination process by the determination unit 640 is not limited to the presence or absence of a superior address. The determination unit 640 performs various inspections on the electronic mail output from the mail creation unit 510. For example, the determination unit 640 performs an inspection on at least one of the destination address, the body, and the attached file of the e-mail.

[User confirmation processing]
In the present embodiment, the determination unit 640 presents the determination result or the inspection result to the user, and requests the user to confirm whether or not the e-mail output from the mail creation unit 510 can be transmitted (user confirmation, user confirmation processing). Etc.). For example, the determination unit 640 transmits the determination result or the inspection result to the screen generation unit 650, and causes the screen generation unit 650 to generate a screen (may be referred to as a confirmation screen) for requesting the user to confirm. Further, it causes the output unit 540 to display the confirmation screen generated by the screen generation unit 650. This allows the user to request confirmation.

  The determination unit 640 may request the user to confirm each of the determination result and the inspection result. The items requiring the user to confirm include at least one of (i) an item relating to the destination address of the e-mail, (ii) an item relating to the attached file of the e-mail, and (iii) an item relating to the content of the body of the e-mail. Examples can be given. The items relating to the destination address of the e-mail are (i) an item relating to whether or not the e-mail can be transmitted to each of the e-mail addresses currently designated as the destinations of the e-mail, (ii) an item relating to excess or deficiency of the destination address, ) It may include an item relating to excess or deficiency of the superior's receiving address.

[Omission and simplification of user confirmation processing]
The determination unit 640 may determine whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation process. According to one embodiment, the determining unit 640 determines to transmit the e-mail output from the mail creating unit 510, omitting the user confirmation process. According to another embodiment, when performing the user confirmation process, the determination unit 640 determines what item and in what manner the user is requested to confirm.

  For example, the determination unit 640 determines to request the user to confirm an item that satisfies a predetermined condition in a simplified manner compared to a case where the item does not satisfy a predetermined condition. I do. In a simplified manner, (i) individually determining whether or not the e-mail can be transmitted to the reception address only for a part of the plurality of reception addresses designated as the transmission destination of the e-mail. And (ii) highlighting only some of the receiving addresses of the plurality of receiving addresses designated as the transmission destination of the e-mail, and the like.

  The determination unit 640 may determine whether to omit or simplify the display of the confirmation screen for each of the items that require the user to confirm. For example, the determination unit 640 determines to omit or simplify the display of the confirmation screen only for items related to whether or not the e-mail can be transmitted to each of the e-mail addresses currently designated as destinations of the e-mail. In this case, the user may confirm the items relating to the excess or deficiency of the superior's reception address, the items relating to the attached file of the e-mail, and the items relating to the contents of the body of the e-mail without omitting or simplifying the same.

[First Embodiment of Omission and Simplification of User Confirmation Process]
According to one embodiment, the determination unit 640 determines whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation process based on the reception address of the transmission destination of the e-mail to be processed and the transmission address of the transmission source of the e-mail. decide. For example, the determination unit 640 determines whether the reception address of the transmission destination of the e-mail to be processed and the transmission address of the transmission source of the e-mail satisfy the condition regarding whether the user confirmation processing can be omitted or simplified. Is determined to determine whether the user confirmation process can be omitted or simplified. The conditions for the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process are as follows: the information indicating permission or prohibition of the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process and the correspondence between the organization or department to which the recipient belongs and the organization or department to which the sender belongs. The information indicating the relationship may be information associated with the information.

  For example, if the organization or department to which the sender of the e-mail to be processed belongs is the same as the organization or department to which all the recipients of the e-mail belong, the determination unit 640 determines the destination of the e-mail. It is determined that the reception address of the e-mail and the transmission address of the transmission source of the e-mail satisfy the condition for permitting the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process. Similarly, when the organization or department to which the sender of the e-mail to be processed belongs is different from the organization or department to which at least a part of the receiver of the e-mail belongs, the determination unit 640 determines whether the transmission of the e-mail is It is determined that the previous reception address and the transmission address of the transmission source of the e-mail satisfy the condition for prohibiting the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process.

[Second Embodiment of Omission and Simplification of User Confirmation Process]
According to another embodiment, the determining unit 640 may omit or omit the user confirmation process based on the receiving address of the destination of the e-mail to be processed and the receiving address of the destination of the e-mail transmitted in the past. Determine whether simplification is possible. The determination unit 640 compares the combination of the destination address of the e-mail to be processed with the combination of the destination addresses of the e-mails transmitted in the past, and determines whether or not both match, or the degree of coincidence between the two. May be determined to determine whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation process.

  For example, when a plurality of reception addresses are specified as transmission destinations of an e-mail to be processed, the determination unit 640 determines whether a combination of a plurality of reception addresses specified as destinations of the e-mail to be processed is transmitted in the past. And a combination of a plurality of receiving addresses specified as destinations of the received e-mail. The determination unit 640 may determine to omit or simplify the user confirmation process regarding the destination of the e-mail to be processed, based on the comparison result.

  In one embodiment, when the two completely match, the determination unit 640 omits the user confirmation process for the item regarding whether or not the e-mail can be transmitted to each of the e-mail addresses currently designated as the e-mail destinations. Decide that. Further, in another embodiment, when the two do not completely match, the determination unit 640 specifies the destination of the previously transmitted e-mail among the e-mail addresses specified as the destinations of the e-mail to be processed. It is determined that the user confirmation process is to be simplified for the mail address that has been used.

[Third Embodiment of Omission and Simplification of User Confirmation Process]
According to another embodiment, the determination unit 640 determines whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation process based on whether a predetermined event related to permission or prohibition of the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is detected. Decide whether or not to allow.

  The predetermined events include (i) the number of activations of the e-mail creation program, the number of executions of transmission processing by the e-mail creation program, the number of output confirmation screens, the number of omissions of confirmation processing, and the simplification of confirmation processing. (Ii) at least one of the activation time of the e-mail creation program, the execution time of the transmission process by the e-mail creation program, and the output time of the confirmation screen is satisfied. And (iii) at least one of the number of times the user has instructed to continue the transmission process in the user confirmation process, and the number of times the user has instructed to stop the transmission process in the user confirmation process. Satisfying a predetermined condition, and (iv) omitting the user confirmation processing or The program for executing the procedure for determining randomly whether simplification, can be exemplified at least one of the be omitted or simplified user confirmation process has been determined. The predetermined event may be that at least one of the above events (i) to (iv) has not occurred.

[Fourth Embodiment of Omission and Simplification of User Confirmation Process]
According to another embodiment, the determination unit 640 determines whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation process based on the presence or absence of a file attached to the electronic mail to be processed (sometimes referred to as an attached file). To determine. The determination unit 640 may determine whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation process based on the reception address of the transmission destination of the e-mail to be processed and the presence or absence of the attached file.

  In one embodiment, the determination unit 640 determines whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation process based on whether a file is attached to the electronic mail to be processed. For example, when a file is not attached to the e-mail to be processed, the determination unit 640 determines to omit or simplify the user confirmation processing regarding the destination of the e-mail to be processed.

  In another embodiment, the determination unit 640 determines both the first condition regarding the correspondence between the organization or department to which the recipient belongs and the organization or department to which the sender belongs, and the second condition regarding the presence or absence of the attached file. Is established, it is determined that the user confirmation process regarding the destination of the e-mail to be processed is omitted or simplified. For example, the determination unit 640 transmits the e-mail when the recipient and the sender of the e-mail to be processed belong to the same organization or department and a file is not attached to the e-mail. It is decided to omit or simplify the user confirmation process regarding the destination.

  Screen generation unit 650 generates a confirmation screen. The confirmation screen may be a screen for requesting the user to confirm whether the e-mail can be transmitted. The confirmation screen may be a screen for requesting the user to confirm whether or not the e-mail can be transmitted at least one of one or more reception addresses designated as the transmission destination of the e-mail. The confirmation screen may include a module for individually confirming whether or not to transmit the e-mail for each of the at least one reception address.

  In the present embodiment, the screen generation unit 650 receives the recipient information from the recipient information acquisition unit 630. The screen generation unit 650 receives information on various determination results from the determination unit 640. The screen generation unit 650 generates a confirmation screen using information received from at least one of the recipient information acquisition unit 630 and the determination unit 640. The screen generation unit 650 may cause the output unit 540 to output the generated confirmation screen.

  In one embodiment, the confirmation screen includes (i) a receiving address of an e-mail transmission destination, or recipient identification information for identifying an e-mail recipient, and (ii) an organization to which the e-mail recipient belongs or The information about the department is displayed in association with the information. The recipient identification information is, for example, a recipient name, and is stored in the user information storage unit 530 or the like in association with the reception address. Information on the organization or department to which the recipient of the e-mail belongs is included in the recipient information acquired by the recipient information acquisition unit 630, for example.

  The confirmation screen may highlight and display information about the recipient's organization or department. For example, the confirmation screen displays a plurality of recipients classified by organization. The confirmation screen may display a plurality of recipients classified for each organization, further classified for each department. Thereby, the confirmation work by the user is facilitated, and the accuracy of the confirmation by the user can be improved.

  The confirmation screen may highlight at least a part of one or more reception addresses of the transmission destination of the e-mail to be processed. For example, the confirmation screen includes a screen in which the reception address of each transmission destination of the e-mail or the recipient identification information for identifying each recipient of the e-mail is displayed in a form corresponding to the level at which the user requests confirmation. . The display form of the received address on the confirmation screen differs depending on the comparison result between each of the one or more receiving addresses of the destination of the e-mail to be processed and the receiving address of the previously transmitted e-mail. Is also good. Thus, for example, the user can easily determine a reception address that is relatively affected by erroneous transmission and a reception address that is relatively less affected by erroneous transmission.

  In another embodiment, the confirmation screen displays a message indicating the result of the determination process by the determination unit 640. For example, when the determination unit 640 determines that the reception address of the e-mail destination does not include the superior reception address of the sender of the e-mail, the confirmation screen displays information indicating that. .

  The transmission processing control unit 660 controls the transmission processing of the e-mail according to the user's response to the confirmation screen. For example, when the user inputs an instruction to continue the transmission of the e-mail into the input unit 550, the communication control unit 560 or the e-mail creation unit 510 is controlled to continue the e-mail transmission processing. On the other hand, when the user inputs an instruction to cancel the transmission of the e-mail to the input unit 550, the communication control unit 560 or the mail creation unit 510 is controlled to stop the e-mail transmission process.

  The information processing in each unit of the mail confirmation unit 520 is not limited to the above embodiment. At least a part of the information processing in the specific element of the mail confirmation unit 520 may be executed by one or more other elements. For example, in the present embodiment, a case has been described where the determination unit 640 determines whether or not to omit or simplify the user confirmation process, and the screen generation unit 650 generates a confirmation screen according to the determination of the determination unit 640. . However, the mail confirmation unit 520 is not limited to this embodiment. In another embodiment, the screen generation unit 650 may determine whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation processing, and generate a confirmation screen according to the determination.

  FIG. 7 schematically illustrates an example of a system configuration of the recipient information acquisition unit 630. In the present embodiment, the recipient information acquisition unit 630 includes a determination unit 710, a department determination unit 720, and an organization determination unit 730. The determination unit 710 may be an example of a belonging organization determination unit. The section determination section 720 may be an example of a section information extraction section. The organization determining unit 730 may be an example of an organization information extracting unit.

  The determination unit 710 determines whether the sender and the receiver of the electronic mail belong to the same organization based on the transmission address of the transmission source of the electronic mail and the reception address of the transmission destination. In one embodiment, when the domain name included in the transmission address of the transmission source matches the domain name included in the reception address of the transmission destination, the determination unit 710 determines that both belong to the same organization. Good.

  In another embodiment, the determination unit 710 includes information in which organization identification information for identifying each of one or more organizations is associated with one or more domain names assigned to one or more departments included in each organization. , It is determined whether the sender and the receiver of the e-mail belong to the same organization. The above information is stored in, for example, the employee information storage unit 120 or the user information storage unit 530.

  Thereby, for example, a plurality of companies belonging to a specific company group can be determined as the same organization. For example, the user information storage unit 530 stores (i) an organization name of an organization composed of the holding company X and the companies A, B, and C under its umbrella, and (ii) a domain of an e-mail address assigned to the employees of the holding company X. Information in which the domain name of the email address assigned to the employee of the company A, the domain name of the email address assigned to the employee of the company B, and the domain name of the email address assigned to the employee of the company C are stored. Store. For example, companies A and B are corporations controlled by holding company X, and company C is a subsidiary of company A. The determination unit 710 can determine whether the sender and the receiver of the e-mail belong to the same company group by referring to the above information confirmed in the user information storage unit 530.

  The section determination unit 720 determines the section to which the e-mail recipient belongs. For example, when the determination unit 710 determines that the sender and the receiver of the e-mail belong to the same organization, the section determination unit 720 refers to the user information storage unit 530 or the employee information storage unit 120 and transmits the e-mail. The belonging department identification information associated with the previous reception address is extracted.

  For example, first, the section determination unit 720 refers to the user information storage unit 530 and determines whether or not the reception address of the transmission destination of the e-mail is stored in the user information storage unit 530. When the reception address of the transmission destination is stored in the user information storage unit 530, the section determination unit 720 refers to the user information storage unit 530 and uses the reception address as a key to associate with the reception address. Extract department identification information.

  On the other hand, when the reception address of the transmission destination is not stored in the user information storage unit 530, the section determination unit 720 refers to the data table 200 of the employee information storage unit 120, and uses the reception address as a key, for example. The department information 206 associated with the received address is extracted. When the department determining unit 720 extracts the belonging department information 206 from the employee information storage unit 120, the department determining unit 720 stores the extracted department information 206 and the reception address used as the key in the user information storage unit 530 in association with each other.

  The section determination unit 720 may execute the above-described processing at a predetermined timing to update the information stored in the user information storage unit 530. As the predetermined timing, a timing when a specific day or time has arrived, a timing when a specific period has elapsed since the previous update, a timing when an update instruction is received from a user, a timing when starting or ending the transmission terminal 106, Timing of starting, ending, or updating a program for causing the computer of the transmitting terminal 106 to function as the mail creating unit 510, timing of starting, ending, or updating a program for causing the computer of the transmitting terminal 106 to function as the mail checking unit 520 Can be exemplified.

  The organization determining unit 730 determines the organization to which the recipient of the e-mail belongs. For example, when the determining unit 710 determines that the sender and the receiver of the e-mail do not belong to the same organization, the organization determining unit 730 refers to the user information storage unit 530 or the organization information storage unit 140. Then, the organization identification information associated with the receiving address of the transmission destination is extracted.

  Thereby, for example, even when the recipient of the e-mail belongs to an organization different from the sender of the e-mail, the screen generation unit 650 can display the reception address of the recipient and the recipient It is possible to generate a confirmation screen for displaying the name of the organization to which the user belongs in association with each other. As a result, the accuracy and efficiency of the mail confirmation work can be further improved. For example, even when a plurality of e-mail addresses with similar domain names are specified as e-mail destinations, displaying the organization name corresponding to each e-mail address improves the efficiency of e-mail address confirmation work and Accuracy is greatly improved.

  The organization determining unit 730 may execute the above-described processing at a predetermined timing to update the information stored in the user information storage unit 530. As the predetermined timing, a timing when a specific day or time has arrived, a timing when a specific period has elapsed since the previous update, a timing when an update instruction is received from a user, a timing when starting or ending the transmission terminal 106, Timing of starting, ending, or updating a program for causing the computer of the transmitting terminal 106 to function as the mail creating unit 510, timing of starting, ending, or updating a program for causing the computer of the transmitting terminal 106 to function as the mail checking unit 520 Can be exemplified.

[First Embodiment of Determination Unit 640]
FIG. 8 schematically illustrates an example of a system configuration of the determination unit 640. In the present embodiment, the determination unit 640 includes a text inspection unit 810, an attached file inspection unit 820, and a reception address inspection unit 830. The reception address checking unit 830 includes an upper address checking unit 832, an upper information generating unit 834, an address group extracting unit 836, and an address group checking unit 838. The address group extraction unit 836 may be an example of a comparison target determination unit. The address group checking unit may be an example of a check level determining unit.

  The body check unit 810 checks whether the body of the e-mail satisfies a predetermined condition. The attached file inspection unit 820 inspects whether the electronic file attached to the electronic mail satisfies a predetermined condition.

  The reception address checking unit 830 checks whether the reception address of the transmission destination of the e-mail satisfies a predetermined condition. In one embodiment, the receiving address checking unit 830 checks whether the receiving address of the destination of the e-mail includes the superior receiving address of the sender of the e-mail. In another embodiment, the reception address checking unit 830 checks the combination of the destination address of the electronic mail to be processed (the combination of the destination addresses may be referred to as an address group) and the past. By checking the combination of the destination address of the e-mail transmitted to the e-mail and the receiving address of the transmission destination of the e-mail to be processed, it is checked whether there is an excess or insufficient.

  In the present embodiment, the superior address checking unit 832 checks whether the reception address of the e-mail sender includes the superior reception address of the sender of the e-mail. If the user belongs to a plurality of departments, the superior address checking unit 832 first determines which department member to send the e-mail to. For example, the superior address checking unit 832 inquires of the user as to which department member the e-mail is transmitted. The superior address inspection unit 832 may control the screen generation unit 650 to generate an inquiry screen. Thereafter, the superior address checking unit 832 determines the department to which the user belongs based on the response from the user.

  In one embodiment, the superior address checking unit 832 first determines whether the user information storage unit 530 stores superior information in which the user's superior reception address is stored. When the user belongs to a plurality of departments, it is confirmed whether or not there is superior information in the department to which the user belongs determined by the above procedure. When the above-mentioned superior information is stored in the user information storage unit 530, the superior address checking unit 832 determines whether one or more superiors included in the superior information are included in the reception address of the e-mail destination. Check if at least one of the received addresses is included. The superior address checking unit 832 may check whether the reception address of the e-mail destination includes the superior reception address selected by the user among the superior information.

  On the other hand, when the superior information is not stored in the user information storage unit 530, the superior information generation unit 834 generates superior information. When the user belongs to a plurality of departments, superior information in the department to which the user belongs determined by the above procedure or the like may be generated, and superior information in all the departments to which the user belongs may be generated. May be generated in association with. The superior information generating unit 834 may update the superior information at a predetermined timing.

  As the predetermined timing, a timing when a specific day or time has arrived, a timing when a specific period has elapsed since the previous update, a timing when an update instruction is received from a user, a timing when starting or ending the transmission terminal 106, Timing of starting, ending, or updating a program for causing the computer of the transmitting terminal 106 to function as the mail creating unit 510, timing of starting, ending, or updating a program for causing the computer of the transmitting terminal 106 to function as the mail checking unit 520 Can be exemplified.

  In the present embodiment, the address group extraction unit 836 extracts an address group closest to the address group of the processing target e-mail from one or more e-mail address groups transmitted in the past. The address group extracting unit 836 transmits a combination of a plurality of mail addresses included in the extracted address group to the address group checking unit 838.

  In the present embodiment, the address group checking unit 838 uses the information on the plurality of mail addresses included in the address group extracted by the address group extracting unit 836 to determine whether the receiving address of the transmission destination of the electronic mail to be processed is exceeded. Check for shortage. The address group checking unit 838 may determine the level at which the user requires confirmation for each of the receiving addresses of the transmission destinations of the e-mail to be processed. The address group checking unit 838 may notify the screen generating unit 650 of the check result regarding the excess or deficiency of the receiving address of the transmission destination.

  For example, the address group checking unit 838 first compares the plurality of mail addresses extracted by the address group extracting unit 836 with the mail address specified as the destination of the electronic mail to be processed. Next, the address group checking unit 838 considers that “a mail address included in the transmission destination of the processing target e-mail but not included in the selected combination” is deleted from the current destination. E-mail address ". Similarly, the address group checking unit 838 sets the “mail address included in the selected combination but not included in the transmission destination of the processing target e-mail” to the “mail to be considered to be added to the destination”. Address ".

  The address group checking unit 838 may extract “the destination of the electronic mail to be processed and the mail address included in both the selected combination”. The address group checking unit 838 determines that the confirmation level of “the destination of the electronic mail to be processed and the mail address included in both the selected combination” is a level that does not require the user to individually confirm. Good.

  The address group checking unit 838 reads “a mail address that is included in the transmission destination of the e-mail to be processed but is not included in the selected combination” and “an e-mail address that is included in the selected combination but is not included in the selected combination. At least one of the e-mail addresses not included in the e-mail destination "is displayed in an emphasized manner in comparison with the" e-mail address included in both the e-mail destination to be processed and the selected combination ". May be determined. The address group checking unit 838 reads “a mail address that is included in the transmission destination of the e-mail to be processed but is not included in the selected combination” and “an e-mail address that is included in the selected combination but is not included in the selected combination. The confirmation level of at least one of the “e-mail addresses not included in the destination of the e-mail” may be determined to be a level that requires the user to individually confirm.

  Note that the inspection of the reception address by the reception address inspection unit 830 is not limited to the present embodiment. In another embodiment, the reception address checking unit 830 checks whether the reception address of the transmission destination of the e-mail to be processed and the transmission address of the transmission source of the e-mail satisfy a predetermined condition. You may inspect. For example, the reception address inspection unit 830 determines in advance the organization or department to which the sender of the e-mail to be processed belongs and the organization or department to which at least one of the one or more recipients of the e-mail belongs. It is checked whether there is a corresponding relationship. The reception address inspection unit 830 may determine the organization or department to which the recipient of the electronic mail belongs, based on the reception address of the transmission destination of the electronic mail to be processed. Similarly, the reception address inspection unit 830 may determine an organization or a department to which the sender of the electronic mail belongs based on the transmission address of the transmission source of the electronic mail to be processed.

  FIG. 9 schematically illustrates an example of a system configuration of the superior information generation unit 834. In the present embodiment, the superior information generating unit 834 includes a rank information acquiring unit 910, a section information extracting unit 920, a member information extracting unit 930, a superior information extracting unit 940, and a superior selecting unit 950. Prepare.

  In the present embodiment, the rank information acquisition unit 910 acquires rank information indicating the hierarchical relationship between posts. For example, the rank information acquisition unit 910 refers to the data table 300 of the employee information storage unit 120, and acquires rank information in the organization to which the sender belongs. In the present embodiment, the section information extraction unit 920 refers to the data table 200 of the employee information storage unit 120 and, for example, based on the transmission address of the sender of the email, the section information 206 of the sender of the email. And the post title 208 are extracted.

  In the present embodiment, the member information extraction unit 930 refers to the data table 200 of the employee information storage unit 120, for example, and based on the department information 206 of the sender of the e-mail extracted by the department information extraction unit 920. Then, of one or more employees belonging to the same organization as the sender of the e-mail, the mail address 204 and the title 208 of the employees belonging to the same department as the sender are extracted. When the department information extraction unit 920 extracts a plurality of department information 206 as the department to which the sender of the e-mail belongs, the member information extraction unit 930 is identified by each of the plurality of department information 206. For each department, the mail address 204 and the title 208 of the employee belonging to the same department as the sender may be extracted.

  In the present embodiment, the member information extraction unit 930 determines the mail address 204 of the employee belonging to the same department as the sender based on the department information 206 of the sender of the email extracted by the department information extraction unit 920. And the case where the post title 208 is extracted has been described. However, the member information extraction unit 930 is not limited to the present embodiment. In another embodiment, the member information extraction unit 930 directly extracts, based on the e-mail address of the sender of the e-mail, the e-mail address 204 and the title 208 of the employee who belongs to the same department as the sender. Is also good.

  The superior information extraction unit 940 is based on the job title 208 extracted by the member information extraction unit 930 and the rank information acquired by the rank information acquisition unit 910, and the e-mail address of the employee extracted by the member information extraction unit 930. From 204, the superior receiving address of the sender of the e-mail is extracted. For example, the superior information extracting unit 940 compares the rank information of each employee with the rank information of the sender, and extracts the mail address 204 of the employee having a higher rank than the sender as the receiving address of the superior. I do. When the department information extraction unit 920 extracts a plurality of department information 206 as the department to which the sender of the e-mail belongs, the superior information extraction unit 940 is identified by each of the plurality of department information 206. The superior reception address of the sender may be extracted for each department.

  The superior selection unit 950 selects one of the superiors specified by the superior information extraction unit 940 to be designated as the e-mail approver or confirmer. For example, the superior selection unit 950 controls the screen generation unit 650 to cause the output unit 540 to output a screen for selecting the superior. When the input unit 550 receives an instruction from the user, the superior selecting unit 950 selects a superior specified as an approver or a confirmer of the e-mail based on the instruction. The superior selection unit 950 stores information indicating that the specific superior has been selected as the approver or confirmer of the e-mail in the user information storage unit 530.

  FIG. 10 schematically shows an example of the data table 1000. In the present embodiment, the data table 1000 stores information of a recipient specified as a destination of an e-mail transmitted from the transmission terminal 106 in the past. The data table 1000 may be an example of department information stored in the user information storage unit 530, for example. The data table 1000 may include data obtained from the employee information storage unit 120 or the organization information storage unit 140. Data table 1000 may include data input to input unit 550 of transmitting terminal 106 by the user.

  In the present embodiment, the data table 1000 stores a mail address 1002, an organization name 1004, and department information 1006 in association with each other. The affiliation section information 1006 includes, for example, identification information for identifying the section 1012, the section 1014, the section 1016, and the business section 1018. The organization name 1004 may be an example of organization identification information for identifying an organization.

  For example, the record 1020 is a record of a receiver belonging to an organization different from the user of the transmission terminal 106, and does not store the organization name 1004 and the department information 1006. The record 1030 is a record of a receiver belonging to an organization different from the user of the transmitting terminal 106, and stores the organization name 1004 but does not store the section information 1006. The record 1040 is a record of a receiver belonging to the same organization as the user of the transmission terminal 106, and stores an organization name 1004 and department information 1006.

  FIG. 11 schematically shows an example of the data table 1100. The data table 1100 may be an example of superior information stored in the user information storage unit 530. In the present embodiment, the data table 1100 stores the source address 1102 and the superior information 1104 in association with each other. The superior information 1104 includes, for example, an e-mail address 1112 of each superior, a department 1114, a superior name 1116, a selection state 1118, and the like. The mail address 1112 may be an example of a superior receiving address. The belonging department 1114 may be an example of the belonging department identification information of the superior belonging department. The superior name 1116 may be an example of identification information for identifying the superior. The selection state 1118 may be an example of information indicating whether or not the superior has been selected as an approver or a confirmer.

  According to the present embodiment, when a single user sends an e-mail as a member of the D section E section, the e-mail address “abc01@x.co.jp” is used, and the G section H section When sending an e-mail from the position of the section member, the e-mail address "abc02@x.co.jp" is used. The user uses an e-mail address "abc03@x.co.jp" or "abc04@x.co.jp" when transmitting an e-mail from a position of a member of the section J K section. For example, “abc03@x.co.jp” is a mail address shared by the section staff, and “abc04@x.co.jp” is a personal mail address of the user.

  According to this embodiment, the user is a member of the D section E section, and in the D section E section, there are two superiors, the section manager 11 and the section manager 12. When the user sends an e-mail from the position of the D section E section, the approval of the section manager 12 is required. The user is the section manager of the section G section H, and the superior in section G section H is the section manager 21 only. When the user sends an e-mail from the position of the section G and H, the e-mail can be sent without the approval of the superior.

  According to the present embodiment, the user is a member of the J section K section, and in the J section K section, there are two superiors, a section manager 31 and a section manager 32. When the user sends an e-mail using the mail address “abc03@x.co.jp” from the standpoint of the J section K section, the approval of the section manager 32 is required. When the user sends an e-mail using the mail address “abc04@x.co.jp” from the standpoint of the J section K section, the approval of the manager 31 is required.

  FIG. 12 schematically shows an example of the confirmation screen 1200. In the present embodiment, the confirmation screen 1200 is a screen for confirming the destination of the e-mail. In the present embodiment, the confirmation screen 1200 includes a determination result display unit 1210, an icon 1212, a button 1214, an address display unit 1220, a button 1230, a button 1240, an icon 1250, and an icon 1260. In the address display unit 1220, an icon 1222, an icon 1224, and a button 1226 are arranged. The address display unit 1220 may be an example of an address confirmation screen.

  The determination result display unit 1210 displays the determination result by the determination unit 640. The determination result display unit 1210 may display a determination result regarding a condition that is not satisfied by the determination target electronic mail (may be referred to as an item requiring confirmation) among predetermined conditions. For example, as a result of the determination unit 640 determining the e-mail address specified as the destination of the e-mail, the e-mail satisfies the condition that “a superior e-mail address is specified as the e-mail destination”. If it is determined that there is no e-mail, the determination result display unit 1210 displays a determination result indicating that an e-mail address of a superior is not specified as an e-mail transmission destination as a confirmation required item.

  The icon 1212 indicates the presence or absence or the number of items requiring confirmation that have not been approved by the user. In FIG. 12, an icon 1212 indicates that there are three unconfirmed items requiring confirmation. When the e-mail to be determined satisfies all of the predetermined conditions (when there is no item requiring confirmation) or when all the items requiring confirmation are approved, the icon 1212 indicates an unapproved confirmation required. Displays information indicating that there is no item. Examples of the information indicating that there is no unapproved required confirmation item include a character string or a graphic such as “0”, “OK”, “completed”, “approved”, and “confirmed”.

  The user reads the content of the item requiring confirmation displayed on the determination result display unit 1210, and clicks the button 1214 when approving the determination result. When button 1214 is clicked, a command for updating confirmation screen 1200 is executed. Specifically, a command for generating and displaying a new confirmation screen 1200 in which the determination result display unit 1210 displays the next required confirmation item and the icon 1212 displays the number of remaining required confirmation items is executed. . Further, in the new confirmation screen 1200, the type of the icons arranged in the address display unit 1220, the display method of the mail address, and the like may be changed according to the presence or absence of the items requiring confirmation. The new confirmation screen 1200 is generated by, for example, the screen generation unit 650 and displayed by the output unit 540. If all the items requiring confirmation are approved, a command to activate button 1230 may be executed.

  The address display unit 1220 displays a reception address or recipient identification information designated as a destination of the e-mail. The recipient identification information can exemplify the recipient's name, nickname, image, and the like. The address display unit 1220 may display the reception address or the recipient identification information separately for each organization or department to which the recipient belongs. In the present embodiment, when the organization to which the receiver belongs and the organization to which the sender belongs are different, the address display unit 1220 associates the name of the organization to which the receiver belongs with the reception address or the receiver identification information. And display it. On the other hand, when the receiver belongs to the same organization as the sender, the name of the department to which the receiver belongs and the reception address or the receiver identification information are displayed in association with each other.

  In the present embodiment, the icons 1222 and 1224 indicate whether or not the item requiring confirmation exists in relation to the corresponding mail address. For example, the circle icon 1222 indicates that there is no confirmation item related to the corresponding mail address “m-filter@test.local”. Each of the quotation mark icons 1224 indicates that there is a required confirmation item related to the corresponding mail address “abc@abc.local” or “homeutest.local”.

  In the present embodiment, when there is an item requiring confirmation related to the e-mail address specified as the destination, a button 1226 corresponding to the e-mail address is arranged on the address display unit 1220, and the e-mail address is displayed on the button 1226. Is displayed. When button 1226 is clicked, an instruction for updating confirmation screen 1200 is executed. Specifically, an instruction for generating and displaying a new confirmation screen 1200 in which a confirmation required item related to the corresponding mail address is displayed on the determination result display unit 1210 is executed. On the other hand, when there is no item requiring confirmation related to the mail address specified as the destination, the mail address is displayed on the address display unit 1220 as a character string.

  In this embodiment, when button 1230 is clicked, a command for continuing the transmission process is executed. The button 1230 is configured to be enabled when the e-mail to be determined satisfies all of the predetermined conditions (when there is no item requiring confirmation) or when all items requiring confirmation are approved. Is done.

  In the present embodiment, when button 1240 is clicked, a command to stop the transmission process is executed. When icon 1250 is clicked, an instruction for displaying a confirmation screen for confirming the determination result regarding the body of the e-mail is executed. When icon 1260 is clicked, an instruction for displaying a confirmation screen for confirming the determination result regarding the attached file of the e-mail is executed.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the display mode of the destination address is different depending on the presence or absence of the item requiring confirmation has been described. However, the confirmation screen 1200 is not limited to this embodiment. In another embodiment, the display form of the destination address on the confirmation screen 1200 differs depending on the comparison result between the destination address of the e-mail to be processed and the destination address of the e-mail sent in the past. In yet another embodiment, the confirmation screen 1200 displays the destination address of the e-mail to be processed and the destination address of the e-mail according to whether or not the transmission address of the source of the e-mail satisfies a predetermined condition. Are different.

  FIG. 13 schematically illustrates an example of a process of transmitting a mail. According to the present embodiment, in step 1302 (the step may be abbreviated as S), the user of the transmitting terminal 106 starts the mail creation program. This allows the computer of the transmitting terminal 106 to function as the mail creation unit 510. The user creates a mail on the mail creation program. In S1304, the user executes a mail transmission process on the mail creation program. Thereby, mail creation section 510 outputs the electronic mail to mail confirmation section 520 and communication control section 560. In step S1306, the mail confirmation unit 520 controls the communication control unit 560 to interrupt the transmission of the e-mail output from the mail creation unit 510.

  In step S1308, the header analysis unit 620 analyzes the header of the e-mail, and obtains the reception address of the transmission destination and the transmission address of the transmission source. The header analysis unit 620 transmits the reception address of the transmission destination to the recipient information acquisition unit 630. The header analysis unit 620 transmits the transmission address of the transmission source to the determination unit 640.

  In S1310, the recipient information acquisition unit 630 acquires recipient information with reference to the employee information storage unit 120 or the user information storage unit 530. The recipient information may include information indicating the name of the organization or department to which the recipient belongs. Recipient information acquisition section 630 transmits the recipient information to screen generation section 650. In S1312, the determination unit 640 performs a determination process. For example, the determination unit 640 determines whether the destination of the e-mail includes the superior reception address. The determination unit 640 transmits the determination result to the screen generation unit 650. In S1314, the screen generation unit 650 generates the confirmation screen 1200 based on the recipient information acquired by the recipient information acquisition unit 630 and the result of the determination processing by the determination unit 640. In addition, the screen generation unit 650 causes the output unit 540 to output the confirmation screen 1200.

  In S1316, transmission processing control section 660 determines whether or not to continue the e-mail transmission processing. For example, when the user clicks button 1230 on confirmation screen 1200, transmission processing control section 660 determines to continue the transmission processing (YES in S1316). After that, in S1318, the transmission processing control unit 660 controls the communication control unit 560 to continue the interrupted transmission processing.

  On the other hand, when the user clicks button 1240 on confirmation screen 1200, transmission processing control section 660 determines to cancel the transmission processing (NO in S1316). Thereafter, the communication control unit 560 is controlled to stop the interrupted transmission processing. The process returns to S1302 to restart the mail creation process. Note that the mail transmission processing in the transmission terminal 106 is not limited to this embodiment. In another embodiment, the order of S1310 and S1312 may be reversed, and S1310 and S1312 may be executed in parallel.

  FIG. 14 schematically illustrates an example of a process for acquiring recipient information. FIG. 14 may be an example of the process in S1310 of FIG. According to the present embodiment, in S1402, the recipient information acquisition unit 630 acquires from the header analysis unit 620 the reception address of the transmission destination of the e-mail. In S1404, the determination unit 710 determines, for each of the reception addresses of the transmission destination, whether or not the recipient to whom the reception address is assigned belongs to the same organization as the sender. For example, when the domain name of the transmission destination reception address matches the domain name of the transmission source transmission address, the determination unit 710 determines that the recipient and the sender of the e-mail belong to the same organization. .

  If the determination unit 710 determines that the recipient and the sender to which the reception address is assigned belong to different organizations (NO in S1404), the organization determination unit 730 refers to the organization information storage unit 140 in S1406. Then, the organization information corresponding to the reception address is extracted. On the other hand, when the determination unit 710 determines that the receiver and the sender to which the reception address is assigned belong to the same organization (YES in S1404), in S1408, the department determination unit 720 causes the user information storage unit 530 to Referring to the data table 1000, the section information 1006 belonging to the received address is extracted.

  If the department information corresponding to the received address cannot be extracted in S1408 (NO in S1410), in S1412, the department determining unit 720 refers to the data table 200 of the employee information storage unit 120, and The corresponding section information 206 is extracted. The section determination section 720 stores the belonging section information 206 extracted from the employee information storage section 120 in the user information storage section 530 in association with the reception address.

  If the processing in S1406 is completed, the department information corresponding to the reception address cannot be extracted in S1408 (YES in S1410), or if the processing in S1412 is completed, in S1414, the determination unit 710 determines that all It is determined whether the processing from S1404 to S1412 has been completed for the reception address of the transmission destination. If the determination unit 710 determines that the processing from S1404 to S1412 has been completed for all the reception addresses (YES in S1414), the processing for acquiring the recipient information ends. On the other hand, if the determination unit 710 determines that the processing of S1404 to S1412 has not been completed for some of the received addresses, it executes the processing of S1402 to S1412 for the received addresses. Note that the process of acquiring the recipient information is not limited to the present embodiment. In another embodiment, before referring to the organization information storage unit 140 in S1406, the user information storage unit 530 may be referred to first.

  FIG. 15 schematically illustrates an example of a determination process regarding a mail address designated as an e-mail destination among the determination processes performed by the determination unit 640. FIG. 15 may be an example of the process in S1312 of FIG. According to the present embodiment, in S1502, the determination unit 640 acquires, from the header analysis unit 620, the transmission address of the transmission source of the electronic mail to be inspected. In step S1504, the superior address checking unit 832 refers to the user information storage unit 530 and determines whether superior information corresponding to the transmission address is stored in the user information storage unit 530. If superior information is not stored in the user information storage unit 530 (NO in S1504), in S1506, the superior information generation unit 834 generates superior information. If the user belongs to a plurality of departments, the superior information generation unit 834 generates superior information for each department.

  When superior information is stored in the user information storage unit 530 (YES in S1504), or when the process of generating superior information in S1506 is completed, the process proceeds to S1508. In S1508, the superior address checking unit 832 determines whether the user belongs to a plurality of departments.

  In one embodiment, when the superior information for each department is stored as a separate electronic file, the superior address checking unit 832 determines whether the user has a plurality of departments based on the number of electronic files storing the superior information. It is determined whether or not it belongs to. In another embodiment, when information for identifying the department to which the user belongs is associated with the superior reception address in the superior information, the superior address checking unit 832 refers to the superior information. Then, it is determined whether the user belongs to a plurality of departments.

  When determining that the user belongs to a plurality of departments, the superior address inspection unit 832 executes a process for determining the user's position. For example, the superior address inspection unit 832 controls the screen generation unit 650 to generate a confirmation screen for confirming which department belongs to which employee to send the e-mail. The screen generation unit 650 generates, for example, a screen for allowing the user to select one department from a plurality of departments to which the user belongs. The output unit 540 outputs the confirmation screen generated by the screen generation unit 650. In response to the above confirmation screen, the user inputs an instruction to select a specific section into input unit 550. The superior address inspection unit 832 determines the position of the user based on the user's instruction received by the input unit 550.

  In step S1510, the superior address checking unit 832 obtains, from the header analyzing unit 620, the receiving address of the transmission destination of the electronic mail. The superior address checking unit 832 compares superior information corresponding to the position of the sender determined in S1508 with the reception address of the transmission destination acquired in S1510, and sets the reception address of the transmission destination to It is determined whether or not a long reception address is included. If it is determined in step S1508 that the user belongs to a single department, the superior address checking unit 832 acquires the superior information stored in the user information storage unit 530 and the superior information acquired in step S1510. By comparing with the receiving address of the destination, it is determined whether or not the receiving address of the destination includes a superior receiving address.

  When the superior information includes a plurality of superior receiving addresses, according to one embodiment, the superior address checking unit 832 includes the plural superior addresses in the receiving address of the transmission destination acquired in S1510. When at least one of the receiving addresses is included, it is determined that the receiving address of the destination includes the superior receiving address. According to another embodiment, the superior address checking unit 832 includes the superior reception address selected by the user among the plurality of superior reception addresses among the destination reception addresses acquired in S1510. May be included, it may be determined that the receiving address of the destination includes the superior receiving address.

  In the present embodiment, the case has been described where the determination unit 640 determines whether or not the e-mail address specified as the destination of the e-mail includes the superior reception address of the user. However, the determination process in the determination unit 640 is not limited to the present embodiment. In another embodiment, the determination unit 640 may determine whether at least one of the body, the attached file, and the header of the email satisfies a specific condition. In still another embodiment, the determination unit 640 performs the determination process when the e-mail meets a specific condition, and may not perform the determination process otherwise. The specific conditions are not particularly limited, but may include, for example, a case where the body, subject, or header of the mail include a specific character string, or a case where a specific type of file is attached to the mail. it can.

[Second Embodiment of Determination Unit 640]
A second embodiment related to the determination unit 640 will be described with reference to FIGS. In the first embodiment relating to the determination unit 640 related to FIGS. 8 to 15, for example, every time the user executes the mail transmission process in S1304 in FIG. 13, in S1314 in FIG. A confirmation screen is output to the output unit 540. According to the first embodiment, it is possible to reliably provide a user with an opportunity to confirm a reception address of an e-mail transmission destination.

  On the other hand, if the number of opportunities to confirm the receiving address of the e-mail destination increases, it may be difficult for some users to carefully check the receiving address of the e-mail destination. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the determination unit 640 manages at least one of the frequency at which the confirmation screen is output and the number of items that require confirmation in the confirmation screen. The determination unit 640 omits the output of the confirmation screen or simplifies the confirmation screen when the influence of the erroneous transmission is relatively small, for example. This makes it easy to carefully check the receiving address of the e-mail destination.

  On the other hand, according to the second embodiment, in one embodiment, the determination unit 640 determines the user based on information about one or more e-mails transmitted in the past (sometimes referred to as history information). Omit or simplify the confirmation process. In another embodiment, the determination unit 640 omits or simplifies the user confirmation process based on whether the transmission destination and the transmission source of the electronic mail currently being processed satisfy a predetermined condition. .

  In still another embodiment, the determination unit 640 omits or simplifies the user confirmation process on condition that an occurrence of a predetermined event regarding permission or prohibition of omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is detected. . The predetermined event may be as described above. The determination unit 640 may switch whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation process on the condition that a predetermined event has occurred. Thereby, erroneous transmission can be effectively prevented while maintaining the user's attention. The determination unit 640 may determine whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation process based on setting information that defines various settings related to the determination process.

  For example, the determination unit 640 permits the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process in a first time period (for example, in the daytime), and in a second time period (for example, in the nighttime and early morning). Omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is prohibited. The determination unit 640 allows the first day of the week (for example, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) to omit or simplify the user confirmation process, and allows the second day of the week (for example, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and On holidays, the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process may be prohibited.

  In addition, in a state where the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is permitted, the determination unit 640 determines that the “number of times the user has instructed to continue the transmission process in the user confirmation process” exceeds the first number of predetermined times. If the “number of times the user has instructed to stop the transmission process in the user confirmation process” exceeds a second predetermined number, the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process may be prohibited. The first number and the second number may be the same or different. Preferably, the first number is greater than the second number.

  Similarly, in a state where the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is prohibited, the determination unit 640 sets the “number of times the user instructed to cancel the transmission process in the user confirmation process” to a predetermined first number. If the "number of times the user has instructed to continue the transmission process in the user confirmation process" exceeds the second predetermined number before the time exceeds, the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process may be permitted. . The first number and the second number may be the same or different. Preferably, the second number is greater than the first number.

  FIG. 16 schematically illustrates another example of the system configuration of the determination unit 640. In the present embodiment, the determination unit 640 includes a text inspection unit 810, an attached file inspection unit 820, a reception address inspection unit 830, an output mode determination unit 1640, a determination condition storage unit 1650, and a history information management unit 1660. Is provided. In addition, the determination condition storage unit 1650 has a setting information storage unit 1652 and a history information storage unit 1654. The output mode determination unit 1640 may be an example of an affiliation determination unit and a user confirmation management unit. The history information management unit 1660 may be an example of an address group management unit and a history information acquisition unit.

  In the present embodiment, the text inspection unit 810, the attached file inspection unit 820, and the reception address inspection unit 830 may have the same configuration as the embodiment described with reference to FIG. Further, at least one of the text inspection unit 810, the attached file inspection unit 820, and the reception address inspection unit 830 may execute information processing in each unit using the information processing result in the output mode determination unit 1640.

  The output mode determination unit 1640 determines a mode (sometimes referred to as an output mode) for outputting the result of the determination process in the determination unit 640 to the user. The output modes include (i) a mode in which all of the determination results are output, (ii) a mode in which at least a part of the determination results is not output, (iii) a mode in which at least a part of the determination results is emphasized and output, and (iv) And (v) a mode in which the user's confirmation is simplified for some of the determination results. The output mode determination unit 1640 includes, for example, (i) user setting or default setting, (ii) history information, (iii) at least one of a transmission destination and a transmission source of an electronic mail to be processed, and (iv) The output mode is determined based on at least one of the presence or absence of a predetermined event. Thereby, at least a part of the user confirmation processing can be omitted or simplified.

  For example, the output mode determining unit 1640 checks the destination address of the electronic mail acquired by the mail acquiring unit 610. The output mode determining unit 1640 determines the output mode of the confirmation screen based on the inspection result. The output mode determining unit 1640 determines whether (i) the output of the elements constituting at least a part of the confirmation screen is to be omitted, or (ii) compares the elements constituting at least a part of the confirmation screen with other elements. (Iii) what items are individually requested to be confirmed by the user.

  More specifically, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines whether to omit a screen that displays the inspection result of the destination address among the confirmation screens based on the inspection result. If the output mode determination unit 1640 determines to output a screen displaying the inspection result of the destination address, the items that require confirmation by the user include items that require individual confirmation by the user and items that require individual confirmation by the user. Classify into items that do not require confirmation. The output mode determination unit 1640 determines a first display mode for items that require individual confirmation by the user and a second display mode for items that do not require individual confirmation by the user. The second display mode may be different from the first display mode. For example, the first display mode may be a mode in which, for each check item, a text indicating the check item and a module such as a button or a check box are arranged. The second display mode may be a mode in which a text indicating the confirmation item is arranged for each confirmation item.

  Next, an example of specific information processing in the output mode determination unit 1640 will be described. In the present embodiment, the output mode determination unit 1640 first obtains, from the header analysis unit 620, one or more reception addresses specified as transmission destinations in the e-mail acquired by the mail acquisition unit 610. The output mode determining unit 1640 acquires the recipient information acquired by the recipient information acquiring unit 630 from the user information storage unit 530. In addition, the output mode determination unit 1640 acquires setting information from the setting information storage unit 1652, and acquires history information from the history information storage unit 1654.

  The history information may include information on a group of mail addresses designated as the transmission destination of the same message (sometimes referred to as address group information). The group of e-mail addresses includes one or more e-mail addresses. Preferably, the group of e-mail addresses is a combination of a plurality of e-mail addresses. The history information may include one or more address group information.

  The setting information may include information indicating the current setting regarding the validity / invalidity of the function for omitting or simplifying the user confirmation processing. The setting information may include a condition regarding whether the user confirmation process can be omitted or simplified. Conditions for the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process include (i) information on an event that permits or prohibits the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process, and (ii) permission or prohibition of the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process. And information associated with a condition relating to the destination address of the e-mail.

  Conditions relating to events for which the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is permitted or prohibited include the types of events for which the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is permitted, the types of events for which the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is prohibited, and the types of users. Examples of the type of an event for which permission and prohibition of the omission or simplification of the confirmation process are switched and a period during which the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is permitted or prohibited after the occurrence of each event can be exemplified.

  Examples of the condition relating to the destination address of the e-mail include a condition relating to the relationship between the destination address and the history information, a condition relating to the relationship between the recipient and the sender, and the like. The condition for permitting the omission of the user confirmation processing is that a combination of a plurality of reception addresses specified as an e-mail destination is completely set to a combination of a plurality of reception addresses included in one of one or more address group information. May be satisfied. The condition for permitting the simplification of the user confirmation process may be a condition that, among the one or more address group information, a mail address included in the address group information having the highest similarity is matched.

  The condition regarding the relationship between the receiver and the sender may be a condition that the organization or department to which the receiver belongs and the organization or department to which the sender belongs have a predetermined correspondence. In one embodiment, if the recipient and the sender belong to the same organization, the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is permitted. In another embodiment, when the receiver and the sender belong to the same department, the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is permitted. In yet another embodiment, information that identifies each organization or each section and information that identifies other organizations or sections whose omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is permitted or prohibited are provided as the predetermined correspondence. Are stored in association with each other.

  Next, output mode determination section 1640 determines whether or not a condition regarding whether to omit or simplify user confirmation processing is satisfied. For example, the output mode determination unit 1640 uses the information acquired from the user information storage unit 530 to determine the organization or department associated with the reception address of the transmission destination of the e-mail to be processed and the transmission of the e-mail. The organization or department associated with the original transmission address is determined. The output mode determination unit 1640 associates the organization or department associated with the reception address of the transmission destination of the e-mail to be processed with the transmission address of the transmission source of the e-mail in the same manner as the determination unit 710. May be determined.

  After that, the output mode determining unit 1640 determines that the relationship between the organization or department associated with the reception address of the above-described e-mail transmission destination and the organization or division associated with the transmission address of the transmission source of the e-mail is determined. It is determined whether or not the condition regarding the relationship between the receiver and the sender included in the setting information acquired from the setting information storage unit 1652 is satisfied. Thereby, it is possible to determine whether the user confirmation processing can be omitted or simplified.

  According to one embodiment, when the organization or department associated with the reception address of all the transmission destinations of the e-mail is the same as the organization or division associated with the transmission address of the transmission source of the e-mail The output mode determination unit 1640 determines to omit the user confirmation process and decide not to output the confirmation screen. In this case, for example, the output mode determination unit 1640 controls the screen generation unit 650 so that the screen generation unit 650 does not generate a confirmation screen and does not cause the output unit 540 to output the generated confirmation screen. In addition, the output mode determination unit 1640 controls, for example, the transmission processing control unit 660 to restart the e-mail transmission processing that has been interrupted with the start of the determination processing. As a result, the e-mail transmission process is executed without inquiring of the user whether the e-mail can be transmitted.

  According to another embodiment, when a condition that allows simplification of the user confirmation process regarding the destination address is satisfied, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines whether or not each of the one or more reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620. , A level at which the user is requested to confirm (may be referred to as a confirmation level). For example, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines a confirmation level for each of one or more reception addresses based on the history information. At this time, the output mode determination unit 1640 may determine the excess or deficiency of the destination address based on the history information. After that, the output mode determination unit 1640 transmits to the screen generation unit 650, for example, information indicating whether the user confirmation process can be omitted or simplified, information on the confirmation level, and information on excess or deficiency of the destination address. The output mode determination unit 1640 may transmit information on excess or deficiency of the destination address to the reception address inspection unit 830. Further, the output mode determination unit 1640 may store the above information in the storage device, and the screen generation unit 650, the reception address inspection unit 830, and the like may read the information as needed.

  On the other hand, when the condition regarding the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is not satisfied, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines to execute the user confirmation process as usual. The output mode determining unit 1640 may determine that the user's confirmation is requested individually for all confirmation items. Thereafter, the output mode determination unit 1640 transmits information indicating that the user confirmation process is to be performed to the screen generation unit 650, for example, as usual. The output mode determination unit 1640 may store, in the storage device, information indicating that the user confirmation process is to be performed as usual.

  The information processing in the output mode determination unit 1640 may be executed prior to the information processing by at least one of the text inspection unit 810, the attached file inspection unit 820, and the reception address inspection unit 830. In this case, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines at least the organization or department associated with the reception address of all the transmission destinations of the e-mail and the organization or division associated with the transmission address of the transmission source of the e-mail. One of them may be transmitted to the recipient information acquisition unit 630.

  The determination condition storage unit 1650 stores various types of information used in the determination unit 640. For example, the setting information storage unit 1652 stores the above setting information. Further, the history information storage unit 1654 stores the above history information.

  The history information management unit 1660 monitors the transmission process of the e-mail and acquires history information on the transmitted e-mail. Further, the history information management unit 1660 manages the history information stored in the history information storage unit 1654. For example, the history information management unit 1660 updates the history information at a predetermined timing or at an arbitrary timing. The update of the history information may include the deletion of the history information. The history information management unit 1660 may update the history information in the background. For example, the history information management unit 1660 updates the history information in the background after the determination unit in the determination unit 640 ends. Thereby, the time for the determination process can be reduced.

  The history information management unit 1660 may manage, as one address group, a combination of a plurality of reception addresses designated as a destination of a specific e-mail whose transmission processing has been actually executed. The history information management unit 1660 transmits the same combination as the combination of the identification information for identifying each address group, the plurality of reception addresses included in each address group, and the plurality of reception addresses included in each address group. The number of times specified as the receiving address of the transmission destination of the received e-mail (sometimes referred to as the number of transmissions of the address group) and the transmission time of the e-mail (sometimes referred to as the transmission time of the address group). Are stored in the history information storage unit 1654 in association with each other.

  The transmission time of the address group may include the latest transmission time of the e-mail. The transmission time of the address group may include the first transmission time of the e-mail. The history information management unit 1660 may monitor the transmission process of the e-mail and update the number of times and the transmission time of the address group corresponding to the transmitted e-mail.

  In one embodiment, the history information management unit 1660 acquires information about an address group (may be written as address group information). For example, when a plurality of reception addresses are specified as transmission destinations of an e-mail to be processed, the history information management unit 1660 stores the plurality of reception addresses in the history information storage unit 1654 as a new address group. I do. After the transmission processing control section 660 decides to continue the e-mail transmission processing, the history information management section 1660 stores the plurality of reception addresses as a new address group in the history information storage section 1654. Good.

  In another embodiment, the history information management unit 1660 shares address group information among a plurality of transmitting terminals 106. For example, the history information management unit 1660 acquires one or more pieces of address group information from a storage medium or another computer. The history information management unit 1660 may transmit the newly collected address group information to another computer at a predetermined timing or an arbitrary timing.

  In the present embodiment, the history information management unit 1660 deletes one or more pieces of address group information at a predetermined timing or an arbitrary timing. The above-mentioned predetermined timing or arbitrary timing is stored as setting information in the setting information storage unit 1652, for example. The address group information may include information on whether or not erasing is possible. If the address group information includes information indicating that erasure is prohibited, the history information management unit 1660 does not erase the address group information.

  In still another embodiment, the history information management unit 1660 may delete the address group information related to the change according to the change of the affiliation information. The history information management unit 1660 may detect a change in affiliation information in conjunction with the employee information storage unit 120 on the employee information providing server 102. The history information management unit 1660 may detect a change in affiliation information in conjunction with the user information storage unit 530, the recipient information acquisition unit 630, and the like. The history information management unit 1660 may access the employee information storage unit 120 on the employee information providing server 102 at a predetermined timing or at an arbitrary timing to detect a change in affiliation information.

  For example, the affiliation information acquired by the recipient information acquisition unit 630 from the employee information storage unit 120 or the organization information storage unit 140 and the affiliation information stored in the user information storage unit 530 are associated with a specific mail address. If different, the recipient information acquisition unit 630 updates the affiliation information stored in the user information storage unit 530 and rewrites the affiliation information with the newly acquired affiliation information. At this time, the recipient information acquisition unit 630 transmits information indicating that the affiliation information stored in the user information storage unit 530 has been updated to the history information management unit 1660. Upon receiving the above information, the history information management unit 1660 extracts the address group information including the mail address whose affiliation information has been updated, and deletes the extracted address group information.

  FIG. 17 schematically illustrates an example of a system configuration of the output mode determination unit 1640. In the present embodiment, the output mode determination unit 1640 includes an output mode determination unit 1700, an address group extraction unit 1710, and a confirmation level determination unit 1720.

  The output mode determining unit 1700 determines a mode for outputting the confirmation screen. As a mode for outputting the confirmation screen, a mode for outputting a normal confirmation screen, a mode for outputting a screen in which at least a part of the confirmation screen is omitted or simplified compared to the normal confirmation screen, and a mode for outputting the confirmation screen A non-performing mode can be exemplified.

  In one embodiment, the output mode determination unit 1700 reads the setting information stored in the setting information storage unit 1652, and based on the information indicating the current setting regarding the enable / disable of the function for omitting or simplifying the user confirmation process. , Determine the output mode. Specifically, when the setting information is set to enable the function of omitting or simplifying the user confirmation process, the output mode determination unit 1700 omits or simplifies the output of at least a part of the confirmation screen. Select the mode to change to. On the other hand, in the setting information, if the function of omitting or simplifying the user confirmation process is set to be invalid, the output mode determination unit 1700 selects a mode for outputting a normal confirmation screen.

  In another embodiment, the output mode determination unit 1700 reads the setting information stored in the setting information storage unit 1652, and determines whether the condition regarding whether to omit or simplify the user confirmation process is satisfied or not. Determine the output mode. For example, when the condition for permitting the omission of the user confirmation process is satisfied, the output mode determination unit 1700 selects a mode in which the confirmation screen is not output. If the condition for permitting simplification of the user confirmation process is satisfied, the output mode determination unit 1700 selects a mode in which at least a part of the output of the confirmation screen is omitted or simplified. If the condition for inhibiting the omission and simplification of the user confirmation process is satisfied, the output mode determination unit 1700 selects a mode for outputting a normal confirmation screen.

  When the mode for outputting the normal confirmation screen is selected, the output mode determining unit 1700 transmits information indicating the selection to the screen generating unit 650. When the mode for omitting or simplifying the output of at least a part of the confirmation screen is selected, the output mode determining unit 1700 compares the information indicating that and the information on the items to be omitted or simplified with the screen generating unit 650, The information is transmitted to at least one of the address group extraction unit 1710 and the confirmation level determination unit 1720. Note that the confirmation level determination unit 1720 may store information related to the output mode in the storage device, and the screen generation unit 650, the address group extraction unit 1710, the confirmation level determination unit 1720, and the like may read the information as needed.

  On the other hand, when the mode in which the confirmation screen is not output is selected, for example, the output mode determination unit 1700 prevents the screen generation unit 650 from generating the confirmation screen or causing the output unit 540 to output the generated confirmation screen. , And controls the screen generation unit 650. In addition, the output mode determination unit 1640 controls, for example, the transmission processing control unit 660 to restart the e-mail transmission processing that has been interrupted with the start of the determination processing. As a result, the e-mail transmission process is executed without inquiring of the user whether the e-mail can be transmitted.

  The address group extraction unit 1710 refers to the history information storage unit 1654 and determines, from the one or more address group information, the address group information to be compared with the one or more reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620. . In the present embodiment, the address group extracting unit 1710 executes the process when the output mode determining unit 1700 selects a mode in which at least a part of the output of the confirmation screen is omitted or simplified.

  The address group extraction unit 1710 determines address group information to be compared according to, for example, the following procedure. First, the address group extraction unit 1710 determines, for each of the one or more address group information stored in the history information storage unit 1654, a plurality of reception addresses included in each address group information and one or more reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620. Is calculated with the received address. The method of calculating the similarity is not particularly limited. The address group extraction unit 1710 may calculate the similarity by calculating an arbitrary coefficient such as a Dice coefficient, a Jaccard coefficient, or a Simpson coefficient.

  For example, the Dice coefficient is 2 to the number of reception addresses included in both the reception address of the e-mail transmission destination and the reception addresses included in the address group (that is, the number of reception addresses that match between the two). Is multiplied by "the sum of the number of received addresses of the e-mail destination and the number of received addresses included in the address group". In calculating the number of received addresses, the address group extracting unit 1710 may or may not consider the destination classification such as TO, CC, and BCC.

  Next, the address group extraction unit 1710 determines the address group information to be compared based on the above similarity. For example, when there is address group information that completely matches a combination of a plurality of reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620, the address group extraction unit 1710 extracts the address group information as a comparison target. If there is no address group information that completely matches the combination of the plurality of reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620, the address group extraction unit 1710 extracts the address group information with the highest similarity as a comparison target.

  If there is no address group information having a similarity greater than a predetermined value, or if there are a plurality of address groups having the largest similarity, the address group extracting unit 1710 sets the number of transmissions and the transmission time of the address group. May be determined based on at least one of the above. For example, the address group extracting unit 1710 determines, as a comparison target, the address group information having the largest number of transmissions of the address group or the address group information having the latest transmission time of the address group.

  The confirmation level determination unit 1720 determines, for each of the confirmation items, the level at which the user requests confirmation. In the present embodiment, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 executes the process when the output mode determination unit 1700 selects a mode in which output of at least a part of the confirmation screen is omitted or simplified.

  For example, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 determines the level at which the user is required to confirm the item regarding whether or not the e-mail can be transmitted to each of one or more e-mail addresses designated as the e-mail destinations. In this case, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 compares, for example, the plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined as the comparison target by the address group extraction unit 1710 with one or more reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620. , The confirmation level is determined for each of the one or more reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620. As the confirmation level, (i) a level at which individual confirmation by the user is required, (ii) a level at which individual confirmation is not required, but confirmation of the user is required, and (iii) a level at which confirmation of the user is not required. Can be exemplified.

  If the confirmation level of all the received addresses received from the header analysis unit 620 is a level at which confirmation of the user is not required, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 executes the transmission process without inquiring of the user about whether or not the e-mail can be transmitted. You may decide to do so. For example, when the plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information selected as the comparison target completely match the plurality of reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 transmits the e-mail. It is determined that the transmission process is executed without inquiring of the user about permission / inhibition.

  The confirmation level determination unit 1720 transmits information on the confirmation level of each reception address to the screen generation unit 650. Note that the confirmation level determination unit 1720 may store information on each confirmation level of the destination address in the storage device, and the screen generation unit 650 may read the information as needed. Accordingly, the screen generation unit 650 sets the reception address of each destination of the e-mail or the recipient identification information for identifying each recipient of the e-mail in a manner according to the confirmation level determined by the confirmation level determination unit 1720. A confirmation screen including the displayed screen can be generated.

  As shown in the above example, the user confirmation process can be omitted based on the decision result by the output mode decision unit 1700 and the decision result by the confirmation level decision unit 1720. As a result, the frequency at which the confirmation screen is output can be suppressed. Also, the user confirmation process can be simplified based on the decision result by the output mode decision unit 1700 and the decision result by the confirmation level decision unit 1720. As a result, the number of items that require confirmation from the user can be reduced. Furthermore, based on the determination result by the output mode determination unit 1700 and the determination result by the confirmation level determination unit 1720, whether or not to omit or simplify the user confirmation process can be switched at the timing when a specific event occurs. Thus, the frequency at which the confirmation screen is output can be appropriately switched according to the time and the case.

  FIG. 18 schematically illustrates another example of the process of transmitting the mail described with reference to FIG. According to the present embodiment, first, in S1802, the processes in S1302 to S1310 in FIG. 13 are executed.

  Next, in step S1804, the output mode determination unit 1640 refers to the setting information storage unit 1652 and determines whether the setting related to the function of omitting or simplifying the user confirmation process is “valid”. If the setting relating to the function for omitting or simplifying the user confirmation process is not “valid” (NO in S1804), in S1810, as described with reference to FIG. The processing is executed.

  On the other hand, if the setting relating to the function for omitting or simplifying the user confirmation process is “valid” (YES in S1804), it is determined in S1806 whether the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is prohibited. I do. For example, the output mode determination unit 1640 refers to the setting information storage unit 1652 and determines whether an event that prohibits the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process has been detected. If an event that inhibits the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is detected, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines that the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is prohibited. If it is determined that the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is prohibited (YES in step S1806), the process in steps S1312 to S1318 is performed in step S1810 as described with reference to FIG.

  On the other hand, when it is not determined that the omission or simplification of the user confirmation process is prohibited (NO in S1806), in S1820, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines the output mode of the confirmation screen. In addition, the output mode determination unit 1640 stores information on the output mode of the confirmation screen in the storage device. Thereafter, the process in S1312 of FIG. 13 is performed. More specifically, a determination process is performed by the body inspection unit 810, the attached file inspection unit 820, and the reception address inspection unit 830.

  As a result of the determination processing in S1312, when the item requiring confirmation is found (YES in S1830), the processing in S1314 in FIG. 13 is executed. If the output mode determination unit 1640 has determined to simplify the user confirmation process, the screen generation unit 650 generates a simplified confirmation screen in S1314. For example, the screen generation unit 650 includes (i) a module for individually confirming whether or not transmission is possible for the destination address determined by the confirmation level determination unit 1720 to have the first level, and (ii) confirmation level determination. For the destination address for which the unit 1720 has determined to have the second level, a screen is generated in which a module for individually confirming whether transmission is possible is not arranged. Note that the second level may be different from the first level.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination processing in S1312, if the item requiring confirmation is not found (NO in S1830), the processing in S1318 in FIG. 13 is executed without executing the processing in S1314 and S1316 in FIG. Is done. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user confirmation processing can be omitted or simplified.

  FIG. 19 schematically illustrates an example of a process for determining the output mode of the confirmation screen. The processing shown in FIG. 19 schematically shows an example of the processing in S1820 of FIG. According to the present embodiment, first, in S1902, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines the output mode of the confirmation screen for checking the determination result regarding the destination address. The above-described confirmation screen includes a screen for asking the user whether or not to send an e-mail to each of the one or more destination addresses or a part of the one or more destination addresses. Good.

  Next, in S1904, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines the output mode of the confirmation screen for checking the determination result regarding the superior address. After that, in S1906, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines the output mode of the confirmation screen for checking the determination result regarding the mail text. In step S1908, the output mode determination unit 1640 determines the output mode of the confirmation screen for checking the determination result regarding the attached file.

  FIG. 20 schematically illustrates an example of a process of determining an output mode of a confirmation screen for confirming a determination result regarding a destination address. The process illustrated in FIG. 20 may be an example of the process in S1902 in FIG. The above screen may be an example of an address confirmation screen.

  According to the present embodiment, first, in step S2002, the output mode determination unit 1640 sends, from the header analysis unit 620, one or more reception addresses designated as transmission destinations in the email acquired by the mail acquisition unit 610, Acquires the sending address specified as the sender in the mail. In addition, it acquires the recipient information acquired by the recipient information acquiring unit 630 from the user information storage unit 530. The output mode determining unit 1640 further obtains setting information from the setting information storage unit 1652.

  Here, the relationship between the organization or department to which the recipient corresponding to each of the one or more reception addresses belongs and the organization or department to which the sender corresponding to the transmission address belongs to is included in the setting information. If the condition relating to the relationship between the receiver and the sender and the condition permitting the omission of the user confirmation processing are satisfied (YES in S2002), in S2004, the output mode determination unit 1640 performs the user confirmation processing relating to the destination address. Is determined to be omitted, and it is determined not to output a confirmation screen regarding the destination address.

  On the other hand, when the condition for permitting the omission of the user confirmation process is not satisfied (NO in S2002), in S2010, the output mode determination unit 1640 acquires the history information from the history information storage unit 1654. Here, when history information is not stored in the history information storage unit 1654 (NO in S2010), the process of S1810 in FIG. 18 is executed.

  On the other hand, when the history information is stored in the history information storage unit 1654 (in the case of YES in S2010), in S2012, the output mode determination unit 1640 checks the combination of the destination addresses. Specifically, the address group extracting unit 1710 determines, for each of the one or more address group information stored in the history information storage unit 1654, a combination of a plurality of mail addresses included in each address group, and an electronic mail to be processed. Is compared with a combination of a plurality of e-mail addresses designated as the destination, and the similarity is calculated.

  Here, if an address group including the same mail address as the plurality of mail addresses specified as the destinations of the processing target e-mail is found (YES in S2014), in S2004, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 determines It is determined that the user confirmation processing for the destination address is omitted, and that the confirmation screen for the destination address is not output. In addition, when the transmission processing of the current processing target e-mail is executed, the history information management unit 1660 updates the information on the number of transmissions and the transmission time of the address group stored in the history information storage unit 1654. I do.

  On the other hand, if no address group including the same mail address as the plurality of mail addresses specified as the destinations of the e-mail to be processed is found (NO in S2014), in S2016, the address group extraction unit 1710 sets the The address group having the highest similarity is extracted as a comparison target. In addition, the history information management unit 1660 stores a combination of a plurality of mail addresses specified as destinations of the electronic mail to be processed as a new address group in the history information storage unit 1654.

  Thereafter, in S2018, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 determines the confirmation level for each of the plurality of mail addresses specified as the destinations of the e-mail to be processed. According to the present embodiment, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 determines each of the plurality of mail addresses specified as the destination of the processing target e-mail and the plurality of mails included in the address group extracted by the address group extraction unit 1710. A comparison level with each of the addresses is used to determine a confirmation level for each email address. For example, based on the comparison result, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 determines, for each of one or more reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620, (i) a level at which individual confirmation is required, and (ii) an individual confirmation Either a level that is not required but requires user confirmation or (iii) a level that does not require user confirmation is assigned.

  According to one embodiment, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 determines whether the mail address included in both the address group information selected as the comparison target and the one or more reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620 is ( ii) Either a level at which individual confirmation is not required but confirmation of the user is required, or (iii) a level at which confirmation of the user is not required is given. On the other hand, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 sets (i) individual mail addresses for mail addresses not included in the address group information selected as a comparison target but included in one or more reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620. The level at which the confirmation of is required is given.

  The confirmation level determination unit 1720 performs (i) individual confirmation on a mail address included in the address group information selected as a comparison target but not included in one or more reception addresses received from the header analysis unit 620. May be given a required level. In addition, the confirmation level determination unit 1720 may present the above-mentioned mail address to the user as a reception address to be considered to be added to the transmission destination of the e-mail.

  FIG. 21 schematically illustrates an example of the determination processing. The process illustrated by FIG. 21 may be an example of the process in S1312 of FIG. According to the present embodiment, in S2102, the reception address checking unit 830 checks whether there is an upper address. In step S2104, the reception address check unit 830 performs various checks on the destination address. After that, in S2106, the body inspection unit 810 performs an inspection on the mail body. In step S2108, the attached file inspection unit 820 performs an inspection on the attached file.

  FIG. 22 schematically shows an example of the confirmation screen 2200. The confirmation screen 2200 may be an example of a confirmation screen for confirming the determination result regarding the destination address or an example of the address confirmation screen. In the present embodiment, the confirmation screen 2200 includes a determination result display unit 1210, an address display unit 1220, a button 1230, a button 1240, an icon 1250, and an icon 1260. In the address display section 1220, an icon 1222, an icon 1224, a button 1226, and a character string 2226 are arranged.

  On the confirmation screen 2200, a button 1226 corresponding to the mail address is arranged at the reception address of the transmission destination determined to need to individually confirm whether transmission is possible by the output mode determination unit 1640. The reception address of the transmission destination determined by the output mode determination unit 1640 to not need to individually confirm whether transmission is possible is different from the confirmation screen 1200 in that it is displayed as a character string 2226. In other respects, the confirmation screen 2200 may have the same configuration as the confirmation screen 1200.

  Note that the button 1226 may be an example of a module for individually confirming whether or not transmission is possible for a reception address for which the confirmation level determination unit 1720 has determined to have the first level. The mail address indicated by the character string 2226 may be an example of a reception address for which the confirmation level determination unit 1720 has determined to have the second level.

  According to the confirmation screen 2200, for a mail address displayed by the character string 2226, a user confirmation process regarding whether or not an electronic mail can be transmitted to the mail address is simplified. As a result, the number of items requiring confirmation from the user can be reduced. As a result, the user can more carefully check, for example, an item that is significantly affected by erroneous transmission.

  As described above, the present invention has been described using the embodiments, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It is apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or improvements can be made to the above embodiment. For example, at least one of the above-described data tables may be configured by a plurality of data tables, and at least two of the above-described data tables may be configured as a single data table. Further, some or all of the processing in a specific component of the mail transmission system 100 may be performed by another component. In addition, matters described in a specific embodiment can be applied to other embodiments within a technically consistent range. It is apparent from the description of the appended claims that embodiments with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The execution order of each processing such as operation, procedure, step, and stage in the apparatus, system, program, and method shown in the claims, the description, and the drawings is particularly “before”, “before”. It should be noted that they can be realized in any order as long as the output of the previous process is not used in the subsequent process. Even if the operation flow in the claims, the specification, and the drawings is described using “first,” “second,” or the like for convenience, it means that it is essential to perform the operation in this order. Not something.

In this specification and the like, the following technical ideas are also described.
[Item 1]
Computer
A department information storage unit for storing at least a part of the reception addresses of one or more members and the department identification information of the member in association with each other;
An address information acquisition unit for acquiring a reception address of a message transmission destination;
(I) When the reception address of the transmission destination is stored in the department information storage unit, the department identification information associated with the reception address of the transmission destination is extracted by referring to the department information storage unit. (Ii) when the receiving address of the transmission destination is not stored in the department information storage unit, the department identification information associated with the reception address of the transmission destination is referred to by referring to the affiliation information storage unit. Department information extraction unit that extracts
Program to function as
The above computer associates and stores the reception addresses of one or more members belonging to the organization and the belonging department identification information for identifying the belonging departments of the one or more members in the organization. It may be a computer of a client terminal that transmits and receives information to and from a server having an information storage unit via a communication line.
[Item 2]
The above computer,
Confirmation that the reception address of the transmission destination or the recipient identification information for identifying the recipient of the message and the information indicating the department identified by the belonging department identification information extracted by the department information extraction unit are displayed in association with each other. A confirmation screen generation unit that generates a screen,
To function as
The program according to item 1.
[Item 3]
The address information obtaining unit further obtains a transmission address of a transmission source of the message,
The program further controls the computer,
Based on the transmission address of the transmission source and the reception address of the transmission destination, a belonging organization determining unit that determines whether the sender and the recipient of the message belong to the same organization,
Is a program to function as
When it is determined by the belonging organization determining unit that the sender and the receiver of the message belong to the same organization, the department information extracting unit refers to the department information storing unit and sets the receiving address of the transmission destination to Extracting the associated department identification information,
The program according to item 1 or 2.
[Item 4]
The above computer,
The transmission destination is referred to by referring to organization identification information for identifying each of the one or more organizations and an organization information storage unit for storing a symbol included in a reception address of each member of the one or more organizations in association with each other. An organization information extraction unit that extracts the organization identification information of the organization to which the recipient of the message belongs based on the reception address of
To function as
The program according to any one of items 1 to 3.
[Item 5]
The affiliation information storage unit associates the reception address of each of the one or more members, the affiliation identification information of the affiliation, and the occupation identification information identifying the occupation of the affiliation of the member in the affiliation. Store,
The address information obtaining unit further obtains a transmission address of a transmission source of the message,
The program further controls the computer,
A rank information acquisition unit that acquires rank information indicating the hierarchical relationship of the positions identified by the position identification information,
With reference to the affiliation information storage unit, based on the transmission address of the transmission source, the reception address and the post identification of the member belonging to the same department as the sender of the message among the one or more members. A member information extraction unit for extracting information,
Based on the position identification information extracted by the member information extraction unit, and the rank information acquired by the rank information acquisition unit, from among the reception addresses of the members extracted by the member information extraction unit, Supervisor information extraction unit that extracts the receiving address of the member of the post higher than the sender of the message,
To function as
The program according to any one of items 1 to 4.
[Item 6]
The reception address of each of one or more members belonging to the organization, the division identification information for identifying the division of each of the one or more members in the organization, and the affiliation of each of the one or more members A computer of a client terminal that transmits and receives information via a communication line to and from a server having an affiliation information storage unit that associates and stores post identification information that identifies a post in a department,
An address information acquisition unit for acquiring a transmission address of a message transmission source,
A rank information acquisition unit that acquires rank information indicating the hierarchical relationship of the positions identified by the position identification information,
With reference to the affiliation information storage unit, based on the transmission address of the transmission source, the reception address and the post identification of the member belonging to the same department as the sender of the message among the one or more members. A member information extraction unit for extracting information,
Based on the position identification information extracted by the member information extraction unit, and the rank information acquired by the rank information acquisition unit, from among the reception addresses of the members extracted by the member information extraction unit, Supervisor information extraction unit that extracts the receiving address of the member of the post higher than the sender of the message,
Program to function as
[Item 7]
The above computer,
With reference to the affiliation information storage unit, based on the transmission address of the transmission source, a department information extraction unit that extracts the affiliation identification information and the post identification information of the sender of the message,
Program to function as
The member information extraction unit refers to the affiliation information storage unit and, based on the affiliation identification information of the sender of the message extracted by the department information extraction unit, among the one or more members, Extract the receiving address of the member belonging to the same department as the sender of the message and the post identification information,
When the department information extracting unit extracts the plurality of belonging department identification information, the member information extracting unit determines, for each department identified by each of the plurality of belonging department identification information, the same as the sender of the message. Extract the receiving addresses of the members belonging to the department and the post identification information, and the superior information extraction unit, for each department identified by each of the plurality of department identification information, Also extract the receiving addresses of the members of the higher positions,
The program according to item 6.
[Item 8]
The above computer,
A superior address storage unit that stores the transmission address of the sender of the message and the reception address of a member of a post higher than the sender of the message extracted by the superior information extraction unit,
To function as
The program according to item 6 or 7.
[Item 9]
The address information acquisition unit further acquires a reception address of a transmission destination of the message,
The above computer,
A determination unit that determines whether the reception address of the transmission destination includes a reception address of a member of a post higher than the sender of the message extracted by the superior information extraction unit,
To function as
The program according to any one of items 6 to 8.
[Item 10]
The above computer,
When the determination unit determines that the reception address of the transmission destination does not include the reception address of a member of a position higher than the sender of the message extracted by the superior information extraction unit, A confirmation screen generation unit that generates a confirmation screen that displays information indicating that a member of the upper position is not included in the destination of the message,
To function as
Item 9. The program according to Item 9.
[Item 11]
A affiliation information storage unit for storing, in association with each reception address of one or more members belonging to the organization, and affiliation identification information for identifying the affiliation of each of the one or more members in the organization; An information processing apparatus for transmitting and receiving information to and from a server via a communication line,
A department information storage unit that stores at least a part of the reception addresses of the one or more members and the department identification information of the member in association with each other;
An address information acquisition unit for acquiring a reception address of a message transmission destination;
(I) When the reception address of the transmission destination is stored in the department information storage unit, the department identification information associated with the reception address of the transmission destination is extracted by referring to the department information storage unit. (Ii) when the receiving address of the transmission destination is not stored in the department information storage unit, the department identification information associated with the reception address of the transmission destination is referred to by referring to the affiliation information storage unit. Department information extraction unit for extracting
An information processing device comprising:
[Item 12]
The affiliation information storage unit associates the reception address of each of the one or more members, the affiliation identification information of the affiliation, and the occupation identification information identifying the occupation of the affiliation of the member in the affiliation. Store,
The address information obtaining unit further obtains a transmission address of a transmission source of the message,
The information processing device is
A rank information acquisition unit that acquires rank information indicating the hierarchical relationship of the position identified by the position identification information,
With reference to the affiliation information storage unit, based on the transmission address of the transmission source, the reception address and the post identification of the member belonging to the same department as the sender of the message among the one or more members. A member information extracting unit for extracting information,
Based on the position identification information extracted by the member information extraction unit, and the rank information acquired by the rank information acquisition unit, from among the reception addresses of the members extracted by the member information extraction unit, A superior information extraction unit that extracts a reception address of a member of a position higher than the sender of the message,
Further comprising,
Item 12. The information processing device according to item 11.
[Item 13]
The reception address of each of one or more members belonging to the organization, the division identification information for identifying the division of each of the one or more members in the organization, and the affiliation of each of the one or more members An information processing apparatus for transmitting and receiving information via a communication line to and from a server having an affiliation information storage unit that stores job identification information that identifies a job in a department in association with each other,
An address information acquisition unit for acquiring a transmission address of a message transmission source;
A rank information acquisition unit that acquires rank information indicating the hierarchical relationship of the position identified by the position identification information,
With reference to the affiliation information storage unit, based on the transmission address of the transmission source, the reception address and the post identification of the member belonging to the same department as the sender of the message among the one or more members. A member information extracting unit for extracting information,
Based on the position identification information extracted by the member information extraction unit, and the rank information acquired by the rank information acquisition unit, from among the reception addresses of the members extracted by the member information extraction unit, A superior information extraction unit that extracts a reception address of a member of a position higher than the sender of the message,
An information processing device comprising:
[Item 14]
A affiliation information storage unit for storing, in association with each reception address of one or more members belonging to the organization, and affiliation identification information for identifying the affiliation of each of the one or more members in the organization; A computer of a client terminal that transmits and receives information to and from the server via a communication line stores, in a department information storage unit of the client terminal, a reception address of at least a part of the one or more members, Storing the member's department identification information in association with each other,
Said computer obtaining a receiving address of the destination of the message;
When the computer receives the reception address of the transmission destination in the department information storage unit, the computer refers to the department information storage unit and stores the department identification information associated with the reception address of the transmission destination. Extracting,
If the computer does not store the reception address of the transmission destination in the department information storage unit, the computer refers to the affiliation information storage unit and stores the department identification information associated with the reception address of the transmission destination. Extracting,
An information processing method comprising:
[Item 15]
The affiliation information storage unit associates the reception address of each of the one or more members, the affiliation identification information of the affiliation, and the occupation identification information identifying the occupation of the affiliation of the member in the affiliation. Store,
The information processing method includes:
Obtaining the sender address of the sender of the message;
A rank information obtaining step of obtaining rank information indicating a hierarchical relationship of the position identified by the position identification information,
With reference to the affiliation information storage unit, based on the transmission address of the transmission source, the reception address and the post identification of the member belonging to the same department as the sender of the message among the one or more members. A member information extraction stage for extracting information;
Based on the position identification information extracted in the member information extracting step, and the rank information acquired in the rank information acquiring step, the reception addresses of the members extracted in the member information extracting step are included. Extracting a receiving address of a member of a position higher than the sender of the message from
Further comprising,
Item 14. The information processing method according to Item 14.
[Item 16]
The reception address of each of one or more members belonging to the organization, the division identification information for identifying the division of each of the one or more members in the organization, and the affiliation of each of the one or more members A computer of a client terminal that transmits and receives information via a communication line to and from a server having an affiliation information storage unit that associates and stores job identification information for identifying job titles in a department is a transmission address of a message transmission source. Address information obtaining step of obtaining
A rank information obtaining step of obtaining rank information indicating a hierarchical relationship of the position identified by the position identification information,
With reference to the affiliation information storage unit, based on the transmission address of the transmission source, the reception address and the post identification of the member belonging to the same department as the sender of the message among the one or more members. A member information extraction stage for extracting information;
Based on the position identification information extracted in the member information extracting step, and the rank information acquired in the rank information acquiring step, the reception addresses of the members extracted in the member information extracting step are included. Extracting a receiving address of a member of a position higher than the sender of the message from
An information processing method comprising:

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Communication network, 20 reception terminal, 22 transmission mail server, 24 reception mail server, 100 mail transmission system, 102 employee information provision server, 104 organization information provision server, 106 transmission terminal, 120 employee information storage unit, 140 organization information storage unit , 200 data table, 202 employee ID, 204 email address, 206 affiliation section information, 208 job title, 212 department, 214 section, 216 department, 218 business department, 300 data table, 302 job title, 304 rank, 400 data table, 402 domain name, 404 organization name, 510 mail creation section, 520 mail confirmation section, 530 user information storage section, 540 output section, 550 input section, 560 communication control section, 610 mail acquisition section, 620 header analysis section, 630 Recipient information acquisition unit, 640 determination unit, 650 screen generation unit, 660 transmission processing control unit, 710 determination unit, 720 department determination unit, 730 organization determination unit, 810 text inspection unit, 820 attached file inspection unit, 830 reception address inspection Unit, 832 superior address inspection unit, 834 superior information generation unit, 836 address group extraction unit, 838 address group inspection unit, 910 rank information acquisition unit, 920 department information extraction unit, 930 member information extraction unit, 940 superior Information extraction unit, 950 Supervisor selection unit, 1000 data tables, 1002 mail address, 1004 organization name, 1006 affiliation information, 1012 section, 1014 section, 1016 section, 1018 division, 1020 record, 1030 record, 1040 record, 1100 Data table , 1102 sender address, 1104 superior information, 1112 mail address, 1114 affiliation department, 1116 superior name, 1118 selection status, 1200 confirmation screen, 1210 judgment result display section, 1212 icon, 1214 button, 1220 address display section, 1222 Icon, 1224 icon, 1226 button, 1230 button, 1240 button, 1250 icon, 1260 icon, 1640 output mode determination unit, 1650 judgment condition storage unit, 1652 setting information storage unit, 1654 history information storage unit, 1660 history information management unit, 1700 output mode determination unit, 1710 address group extraction unit, 1720 confirmation level determination unit, 2200 confirmation screen, 2226 character string

Claims (12)

Computer
An address information acquisition unit that acquires one or more reception addresses specified as destinations of a message to be transmitted;
A history information acquisition unit for acquiring history information, which is information relating to one or more messages transmitted in the past and includes one or more address group information relating to a combination of a plurality of reception addresses designated as a destination of the same message;
A comparison target determination unit that determines, from among the one or more address group information, address group information to be compared with the one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit;
Based on a comparison between a plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined by the comparison target determination unit and one or more reception addresses obtained by the address information acquisition unit, one or more addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit Is a confirmation level determination unit that determines a level at which the user requests confirmation for each of the reception addresses , wherein at least (i) a level at which individual confirmation is required by the user and (ii) an individual confirmation is not required, A confirmation level determination unit that determines a level at which the user requires confirmation from a plurality of confirmation levels including a level at which confirmation of the user is required ;
Program to function as The comparison target determination unit,
For each of the at least one address group information acquired by the history information acquisition unit, a similarity between a plurality of reception addresses included in the one or more address group information and one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit. Determine the degree,
Determining the address group information to be compared based on the similarity;
The program according to claim 1. When a plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined by the comparison target determination unit and one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit completely match,
The confirmation level determination unit determines to execute the transmission process without inquiring a user about whether or not transmission to one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit is possible,
The program according to claim 1 or 2. The computer,
A screen for requesting confirmation of whether or not transmission of the message is possible for at least one of one or more reception addresses specified as a transmission destination of the message to be subjected to the transmission processing, wherein the reception of the transmission destination of the message is performed. A confirmation screen generation unit for generating an address confirmation screen in which an address or recipient identification information for identifying a recipient of the message is displayed in a form corresponding to the level determined by the confirmation level determination unit;
To function as
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3. (I) The level at which individual confirmation by the user is required is the first level,
(Ii) the level at which individual confirmation is not required, but the confirmation of the user is required, is a second level;
The screen generator,
For receiving addresses the confirmation level determination unit has determined to have the first level, module for confirming the transmission availability individually arranged,
For receiving addresses the confirmation level determination unit has determined as having the second level, is not disposed module for independently confirmed the transmission capability,
Generating the address confirmation screen,
The program according to claim 4. When a plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined by the comparison target determination unit and one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit completely match,
The confirmation screen generator,
Does not generate the address confirmation screen, or
Not to output the address confirmation screen on the user terminal,
A program according to claim 4 or claim 5. The computer,
Affiliation information storage that associates and stores the reception address and transmission address of each of the one or more members belonging to the organization, and the division identification information that identifies the division of each of the one or more members in the organization. With reference to the section, the organization or department associated with the reception address of the message to be subjected to the transmission processing, and the affiliation determination unit that determines the organization or department associated with the transmission address of the message,
Determined by the affiliation determination unit, the organization or department associated with the reception address of the message to be subjected to the transmission processing, and based on the relationship between the organization or department associated with the transmission address of the message, A user confirmation management unit that determines whether to omit or simplify the confirmation of the transmission availability of the message,
To function as
A program according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The user confirmation management unit
When the organization or department associated with all the reception addresses of the message to be transmitted is the same as the organization or department associated with the transmission address of the message, one or more receptions of the message are received. For at least one of the addresses, determine not to output an address confirmation screen for requesting confirmation of whether the message can be transmitted to the user,
The program according to claim 7. The user confirmation management unit
When the organization or department associated with all the receiving addresses of the message to be transmitted is the same as the organization or department associated with the transmission address of the message, the message is subjected to the transmission processing. Without inquiring the user about the transmission availability of the message, determine to execute the transmission process,
The program according to claim 7. The computer,
An address group management unit that manages the one or more address group information;
To function as
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 9. An address information acquisition unit that acquires one or more reception addresses specified as destinations of a message to be transmitted;
A history information acquisition unit for acquiring history information, which is information on one or more messages transmitted in the past and includes one or more address group information on a combination of a plurality of reception addresses designated as a destination of the same message; ,
A comparison target determination unit that determines, from the one or more address group information, address group information to be compared with the one or more reception addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit;
Based on a comparison between a plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined by the comparison target determination unit and one or more reception addresses obtained by the address information acquisition unit, one or more addresses acquired by the address information acquisition unit Is a confirmation level determination unit that determines a level at which the user requests confirmation for each of the reception addresses , wherein at least (i) a level at which individual confirmation is required by the user and (ii) an individual confirmation is not required, A confirmation level determination unit that determines a level at which the user requires confirmation from a plurality of confirmation levels including a level at which confirmation of the user is required ;
An information processing device comprising: An address information acquiring step in which the computer acquires one or more receiving addresses designated as a destination of a message to be transmitted;
History information from which the computer acquires history information, which is information on one or more messages transmitted in the past and includes one or more address group information on a combination of a plurality of reception addresses designated as a destination of the same message. The acquisition phase,
A comparison target determining step in which the computer determines, from the one or more address group information, address group information to be compared with the one or more reception addresses obtained in the address information obtaining step;
Based on a comparison between a plurality of reception addresses included in the address group information determined in the comparison target determination step and one or more reception addresses obtained in the address information acquisition step, the information is acquired in the address information acquisition step. A confirmation level determining step of determining, for each of the one or more reception addresses, a level at which the user requires confirmation , at least (i) the level at which individual confirmation is required by the user and (ii) the individual confirmation A confirmation level determining step of determining a level at which the user is required to confirm from a plurality of confirmation levels including a level not required but requiring confirmation of the user ;
An information processing method comprising: