Patent ID: 6327046
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
An electronic mail processing apparatus comprising:a ToDo task list inputting device for controlling a schedule of a user;a ToDo task list storing device;a ToDo task list controlling device;a ToDo task list displaying device for displaying a list of unprocessed ToDo tasks and a list of processed ToDo tasks;a transmitting device for transmitting electronic mails;a receiving device for receiving electronic mails;a selecter for selecting whether a request for reply to an electronic mail to be transmitted is to be made or not;an inputting device for inputting a due date of reply when a selection has been made by the selecter to make the request for reply;a registerer for automatically registering, in the ToDo task list storing device, predetermined information including information on presence/absence of a reply to the transmitted mail, the due date of the reply, a title, an address, and a date and time of transmission of the transmitted mail;a displaying device for displaying at least the information on the presence/absence of the reply and the due date of the reply for each transmitted mail; anda reply determiner for determining whether or not a first electronic mail received by the receiving device is a reply to a second electronic mail transmitted by the transmitting device by verifying whether a title and a sender's address of the first electronic mail coincide with a title and an address of the second mail, respectively, which have been registered in the memory;wherein the ToDo task list displaying device displays at least the due date of the reply and the title among the registered information as one of the unprocessed ToDo task lists, andthe registerer registers a presence of a reply as the information on presence/absence of the reply when the reply determiner determines that the first electronic mail is a reply to the second electronic mail, and the ToDo task list displaying device displays at least a received date and a title of the reply mail as one of the unprocessed ToDo task lists.