Apparatus and method for improved electronic mail

摘要

An E-mail apparatus and method are provided. The e-mail apparatus includes a memory that stores display names and e-mail addresses corresponding to the display names, and a controller that extracts an e-mail address from a received e-mail message, retrieves from the memory a display name corresponding to the extracted e-mail address, modifies the display name of the received e-mail message to the retrieved display name, and outputs the modified display name.

主权项

1. A communication device comprising:
an address book for storing display names, group names, and e-mail addresses corresponding to the display names; and a controller for: extracting an e-mail address from a received e-mail message, retrieving, from the address book, a display name corresponding to the extracted e-mail address comparing the retrieved display name to a sender name of the e-mail message, determining whether a difference exists between the sender name of the received e-mail message and a display name in the address book corresponding to the extracted e-mail address, outputting, when the sender name of the received e-mail message differs from the display name in the address book corresponding to the extracted e-mail address, the retrieved display name for display as the sender name of the received e-mail message, based on the display name in the address book, retrieving a group name corresponding to the extracted e-mail address, and adding the retrieved group name to the received e-mail message,wherein outputting the retrieved display name is based on retrieving from the address book the display name corresponding to the extracted e-mail address, and the retrieved group name is displayed with the retrieved display name.