Patent ID: 8401524

Claim:
A mail operating device configured to communicate with a cellular phone device storing mail information related to 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 the mail information received by the receiving unit; an operation accepting unit configured to accept a user's operation to the 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; and a control unit configured to: calculate, immediately after the communication unit connects with the cellular phone device via the near-field wireless communication channel, a time period, as a transmission request 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 cellular phone device to transmit a transmission request for specific mail information, among the mail information stored in the cellular phone device, being related to the electronic mail exchanged with the communication network during the transmission request period thereby to cause the receiving unit to receive the specific mail information transmitted from the cellular phone device; cause the storing unit to store the specific mail information received by the receiving unit; and process the specific mail information stored in the storing unit according to a user's operation accepted by the operation accepting unit.