Patent ID: 8601070

Claim:
A method for individualizing message nicknames, comprising: creating a nickname conversion table of a user, by an apparatus for individualizing message nicknames, where the content of the nickname conversion table is set by the user, and the nickname conversion table contains at least one entry, where each of the entry comprises a message address of a recipient, a nickname upon receiving the email, and a nickname upon sending a message corresponding to the message address of the recipient; where the nickname upon receiving an email means a nickname of the email sender when an email is received from the converted email address, and where the nickname upon sending a message means the nickname of the message sender when a message is sent from the user to the message address; receiving a message, which is going to be sent to the message address from the user, where the message is created by the user and wherein the message corresponds to Converged IP Message (CPM), Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Short message (MMS), email, and instant messages; converting a sender name in the message to the nickname upon sending a message according to the nickname conversion table and the message address of the recipient; and sending the message with the converted sender name out.