MESSAGE RELAY DEVICE, MESSAGE RELAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• Main Authors: KOGASHIRA HIDEYUKI, NAKAMURA SHOTA, KATO IPPEI, KAWABATA HIDEAKI, WATANABE CHIHIRO, KIDO MIFUYU, MORITA MASATOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 13.10.2023
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION

To make it possible to transmit a reply message received from a user to a device that is to receive the message.SOLUTION: A message relay device 1 includes: a distribution request reception unit 131 which receives a message distribution request including an addressee and the content of a message, and options to be chosen by an addressee user; an option management unit 132 which generates associated options obtained by associating the options included in the received message distribution request with identification information identifying a message distribution device 2; a transmission unit 133 which transmits a message including the content included in the received message distribution request and the associated options to the addressee; a receiving unit 134 which receives the transmitted message by selecting the associated options by the addressee user; and a notification unit 135 which notifies the message distribution device 2 of the options included in the received message, the message distribution device corresponding to the identification information included in the associated options included in the received message.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】ユーザから受信した返信メッセージを受信すべき装置に通知できるようにする。【解決手段】メッセージの送信先と内容と送信先のユーザが取り得る選択肢とを含むメッセージ配信要求を受信する配信要求受信部１３１と、受信したメッセージ配信要求に含まれる選択肢と、メッセージ配信装置２を識別する識別情報と、を関連付けた関連付け選択肢を生成する選択肢管理部１３２と、受信したメッセージ配信要求に含まれる内容と、関連付け選択肢と、を含むメッセージを当該送信先に送信する送信部１３３と、当該送信先のユーザが関連付け選択肢を選択することにより送信されたメッセージを受信する受信部１３４と、受信したメッセージに含まれる関連付け選択肢に含まれる識別情報に対応するメッセージ配信装置２に、受信したメッセージに含まれる選択肢を通知する通知部１３５と、を有するメッセージ中継装置１である。【選択図】図２