Method of transmitting and receiving electronic mail and communication terminal
View Patent ↗In order that a transmitting person of an electronic mail specifies an open date and hour of the electronic mail, the electronic mail is transmitted after the open date and hour is added to it. If a current date and hour is located on and after the open date and hour, the open of the electronic mail is prevented. Such prevention is attained by encrypting the electronic mail and decoding it if the current date and hour is located before the open date and hour. Moreover, when the current date and hour is changed to another current date and hour, the open date and hour is changed on the basis of the current date and hour and the other current date and hour. In this case, a relative time between the current date and hour prior to the change and the open date and hour prior to the change is equal to a relative time between the current date and hour after the change and the open date and hour after the change. This change of the open date and hour disables a receiving person from opening the electronic mail by changing the current date and hour.
1. A method of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail comprising:
generating an encoded electronic mail to which open date and hour data indicating an open date and hour at which the electronic mail may be opened are added in a transmitting side communication terminal;
decoding and opening said encoded electronic mail at a receiving side communication terminal after a current date and hour reach said open date and hour;
preventing said encoded electronic mail from being decoded at said receiving side communication terminal receiving said encoded electronic mail, until said current date and hour reach said open date and hour; and
requiring, based on the receipt of the electronic mail, said receiving side communication terminal to set said current date and hour when said receiving side communication terminal does not have said current date and hour set.
2. The method of transmitting and receiving the electronic mail according to claim 1 , further comprising:
when said current date and hour is changed to another current date and hour, changing said open date and hour based on said current date and hour and said another current date and hour.
3. The method of transmitting and receiving the electronic mail according to claim 2 , wherein a relation between said current date and hour and said open date and hour prior to the change is equivalent to a relation between said other current date and hour and said open date and hour after the change.
4. The method of transmitting and receiving the electronic mail according to claim 2 , further comprising:
requiring said receiving side communication terminal to open said encoded electronic mail when said current date and hour reach said open date and hour.
5. The method of transmitting and receiving the electronic mail according to claim 2 , further comprising:
further adding a mail deletion key code to said encoded electronic mail;
recording said received encoded electronic mail together with said mail deletion key code; and
deleting said encoded electronic mail having same mail deletion key code.
6. The method of transmitting and receiving the electronic mail according to claim 1 , further comprising:
requiring said receiving side communication terminal to open said encoded electronic mail when said current date and hour reach said open date and hour.
7. The method of transmitting and receiving the electronic mail according to claim 1 , further comprising:
further adding a mail deletion key code to said encoded electronic mail;
recording said received encoded electronic mail together with said mail deletion key code; and
deleting said encoded electronic mail having same mail deletion key code.
8. A method of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail comprising:
generating an encoded electronic mail to which open date and hour data indicating an open date and hour at which the electronic mail may be opened are added in a transmitting side communication terminal;
decoding and opening said encoded electronic mail at a receiving side communication terminal after a current date and hour reach said open date and hour;
when said current date and hour are changed to another current date and hour, changing said open date and hours based on said current date and said another current date and hour.
9. The method of transmitting and receiving the electronic mail according to claim 8 , wherein a relation between said current date and hour and said open date and hour prior to the change is equivalent to a relation between said other current date and hour and said open date and hour after the change.
10. The method of transmitting and receiving the electronic mail according to claim 8 , further comprising:
requiring said receiving side communication terminal to open said encoded electronic mail when said current date and hour reach said open date and hour.
11. The method of transmitting and receiving the electronic mail according to claim 8 , further comprising:
further adding a mail deletion key code to said encoded electronic mail;
recording said received encoded electronic mail together with said mail deletion key code; and
deleting said encoded electronic mail having same mail deletion key code.
12. A terminal apparatus comprising:
a receiver which receives an encoded electronic mail to which open date and hour data indicating an open date and hour at which the electronic mail may be opened are added in a transmitting side communication terminal; and
a controller which decodes and opens said encoded electronic mail received by said receiver, after current date and hour reach said open date and hour.
wherein said controller set said current date and hour, and changes said open date and hour when said current date and hour are changed to another current date and hour, and wherein
a relation between said current date and hour and said open date and hour prior to the change is equivalent to a relation between said other current date and hour and said open date and hour after the change.