System for and method of populating a contact list on a portable device

摘要

The system and method herein provide for the populating of a contact list on a portable device. Techniques involved can include monitoring and scanning messages in an email inbox to retrieve display names and simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) addresses of senders and/or recipients for each email. The system and method can selectively filter information from the emails to populate the contact list with new names and resolve any conflicts with existing names.