Mail operating device and method for controlling transmission of mail information
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorHideaki Suzuki
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Abstract
A cellular phone device stores mail information related to an electronic mail exchanged with a communication network. A communication unit is configured to connect with the cellular phone device via a wireless communication. Immediately after connection of the wireless communication between the communication unit and the cellular phone device, a receiving unit receives specific mail information among mail information stored in the cellular phone device. The specific mail information is related to an electronic mail exchanged in a time period between previous disconnection from the cellular phone device and present connection with the cellular phone device.
Claims5
A mail operating device configured to communicate with a cellular phone device storing mail information related to an electronic mail exchanged with a communication network, the mail operating device comprising:
- a communication unit configured to connect with the cellular phone device via a near-field wireless communication channel;
- a receiving unit configured to receive mail information from the cellular phone device;
- a storing unit configured to store mail information received by the receiving unit;
- an operation accepting unit configured to accept an user's operation to mail information stored in the storing unit;
- a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a connection time point at which the communication unit connects with the cellular phone device via the near-field wireless communication channel;
- a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a disconnection time point at which the communication unit is disconnected from the cellular phone device;
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- a control unit configured to:
- cause the receiving unit to receive specific mail information among mail information stored in the cellular phone device immediately after the communication unit connects with the cellular phone device via the near-field wireless communication channel, the specific mail information being related to an electronic mail exchanged with the communication network in a time period from a previous disconnection time point, which is obtained by the second obtaining unit on a previous disconnection of the near-field wireless communication channel, to a present connection time point, which is obtained by the first obtaining unit on a present connection of the near-field wireless communication channel;
- cause the storing unit to store the specific mail information received by the receiving unit;
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- process the specific mail information stored in the storing unit according to a user's operation accepted by the operation accepting unit.
A method for controlling transmission of mail information, the method comprising:
- disconnecting a near-field wireless communication channel between a mail operating device and a cellular phone device;
- obtaining a time point as a previous disconnection time point in response to the disconnecting;
- connecting the near-field wireless communication channel between the mail operating device and the cellular phone device;
- obtaining a time point as a present connection time point in response to the connecting;
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- causing the cellular phone device to transmit specific mail information among all mail information stored in the cellular phone device to the mail operating device in response to the connecting, the specific mail information being related to an electronic mail exchanged between the cellular phone device and a communication network in a time period from the previous disconnection time point to the present connection time point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.