Display-equipped information terminal device having mailing function and electronic mail transmitting method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKasumi Takeda, Ayumi Mizobuchi, Mami Uchida
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Abstract
The present mechanism is equipped with a function of transmitting an electronic mail at a date designated by a user when the electronic mail is transmitted, and the designation of the transmission date can be intuitively and easily performed by using a calendar screen. According to the present mechanism, a mail transmission date can be easily set by merely selecting a mail transmission date setting screen from an electronic mail creating screen and designating a date column and a time column of a calendar having a scheduler function of the mail transmission date setting screen.
Claims24
A display-equipped information terminal device having a mail function for use in an electronic mail transmission/reception system comprising a server and information terminal devices which are connected through a network, comprising:
- display means for displaying a plurality of dates in a calendar format from which a future transmission date of an electronic mail may be selected;
- designating means for designating a future transmission date by using the calendar;
- storage means for storing the future transmission date thus designated;
- time counting means for counting the time until the future date thus designated arrives;
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- transmission means for transmitting the electronic mail to the server when the future designated transmission date arrives.
A display-equipped information terminal device having a mail function for use in an electronic mail transmission/reception system comprising a server and information terminal devices which are connected through a network, comprising:
- display means for displaying a plurality of dates in a calendar format from which a future electronic mail transmission date may be selected;
- designating means for designating the electronic mail future transmission date with the calendar and a time table;
- storage means for storing the electronic mail future transmission date thus designated;
- time counting means for counting the time until the designated electronic mail future transmission date arrives;
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- transmission means for transmitting the electronic mail to the server when the designated electronic mail future transmission date arrives.
A method of transmitting an electronic mail from an information terminal device for use in an electronic mail transmission/reception system comprising a server and information terminal devices which are connected through a network, comprising the steps of:
- designating an electronic mail future transmission date by using a calendar;
- storing the future transmission date thus designated;
- counting the time until the designated future transmission date arrives;
- and
- transmitting the electronic mail to the server when the designated future transmission date arrives.
A method of transmitting an electronic mail from an information terminal device for use in an electronic mail transmission/reception system comprising a server and information terminal devices which are connected through a network, comprising the steps of:
- designating an electronic mail future transmission date by using a calendar and a time table;
- storing the future transmission date thus designated;
- counting the time until the designated future transmission date arrives;
- and
- transmitting the electronic mail to the server when the future designated transmission date arrives.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.