Apparatus and method for improved electronic mail
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1. A communication device comprising:
- a memory configured to store a plurality of e-mail addresses and a plurality of display names, with each e-mail address of the plurality of e-mail addresses having a corresponding display name; and
a controller configured to;
extract an e-mail address and a sender name from an e-mail message received by communication device,determine whether the extracted e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address stored in the memory of the communication device,retrieve, from the memory of the communication device, a display name corresponding to an e-mail address stored in the memory of the communication device that is determined to correspond to the extracted e-mail address,detect a difference between the sender name extracted from the received e-mail message and the display name retrieved from the memory, anddisplay, upon detecting the difference between the sender name extracted from the received e-mail message and the display name retrieved from the memory, the retrieved display name as a sender name of the received e-mail message.
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Abstract
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.
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1. A communication device comprising:
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a memory configured to store a plurality of e-mail addresses and a plurality of display names, with each e-mail address of the plurality of e-mail addresses having a corresponding display name; and a controller configured to; extract an e-mail address and a sender name from an e-mail message received by communication device, determine whether the extracted e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address stored in the memory of the communication device, retrieve, from the memory of the communication device, a display name corresponding to an e-mail address stored in the memory of the communication device that is determined to correspond to the extracted e-mail address, detect a difference between the sender name extracted from the received e-mail message and the display name retrieved from the memory, and display, upon detecting the difference between the sender name extracted from the received e-mail message and the display name retrieved from the memory, the retrieved display name as a sender name of the received e-mail message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A communication device comprising:
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a memory configured to store display names and e-mail addresses corresponding to the stored display names; a controller configured to; extract an e-mail address from a received e-mail message, determine whether the e-mail address is stored in the memory, retrieve, from the memory, a display name corresponding to the extracted e mail address, when the e-mail address is stored in the memory, and replace a sender name of the received e-mail message with the retrieved display name when the sender name of the received e-mail message differs from the retrieved display name; and a display configured to display the retrieved display name that replaced the sender name in the received e-mail message when displaying a body of the received e-mail message. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of displaying an e-mail message in a communication device including a memory configured to store a plurality of display names and a plurality of e-mail addresses, with each e-mail address of the plurality of e-mail addresses having a corresponding display name, the method comprising:
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receiving an e-mail message; extracting an e-mail address and a sender name from the received e-mail message; determining whether the extracted e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address stored in the memory of the communication device, retrieving, from the memory of the communication device, a display name corresponding to an e-mail address stored in the memory of the communication device that is determined to correspond to the extracted e-mail address, detecting a difference between the sender name extracted from the received e-mail message and the display name retrieved from the memory; and displaying, upon detecting the difference between the sender name extracted from the received e-mail message and the display name retrieved from the memory, the retrieved display name as a sender name of the received e mail message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of displaying an e-mail message in a communication device including a memory that stores display names and e-mail addresses corresponding to the stored display names, the method comprising:
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receiving an e-mail message; extracting an e-mail address from the received e-mail message; determining whether the extracted e-mail address is stored in the memory; retrieving, from the memory, a display name corresponding to the extracted e-mail address, when the extracted e-mail address is stored in the memory; replacing a sender name of the received e-mail message with the retrieved display name when the sender name of the received e-mail message differs from the retrieved display name; and displaying the retrieved display name that replaced the sender name in the received e-mail message when displaying a body of the received e mail message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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