Apparatus and method for improved electronic mail

A communication device comprising:

• 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.

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:

• 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.

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:

• 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.