E-mail terminal automatically converting character string of reception e-mail, and e-mail system

Abstract

An electronic mail terminal includes a display section, a conversion dictionary which stores sets of a character string and a pictograph, a receiving section and a control section. The conversion dictionary stores sets of a character string and a pictograph. The receiving section receives an electric mail including a sentence as a conversion object sentence in a reception mode. The control section automatically refers to the character string-pictograph conversion dictionary based on each of character strings of the conversion object sentence in the reception mode to retrieve a specific pictograph corresponding to the character string, when the pictograph corresponding to the character string is registered in the character string-pictograph conversion dictionary. Then, the control section converts the character string into the specific pictograph to produce a pictograph mixed sentence, and controls the display section to display the pictograph mixed sentence.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method of displaying an electronic mail, comprising: receiving an electric mail including a sentence as a conversion object sentence in a reception mode; automatically converts each of character string into a pictograph in said reception mode to produce a pictograph mixed sentence when said pictograph corresponding to said character string is defined: and displaying said pictograph mixed sentence.  
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising: specifying one of said pictographs of the displayed pictograph mixed sentence; determining a specific character string corresponding to said specified pictograph; and displaying said specific character string.  
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein said displaying includes: displaying said pictograph mixed sentence and said specific character string at a same time.  
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 2 , further comprising: inputting a sentence in a transmission mode; converting a specified one of character strings of said inputted sentence a specific pictograph corresponding to said specified character string, to produce a pictograph mixed inputted sentence; and displaying said pictograph mixed inputted sentence.  
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , further comprising: transmitting said pictograph mixed inputted sentence in said transmission mode.  
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein said inputted sentence is a Kana sentence, said method further comprises: converting each of specified ones of Kana character strings of said inputted sentence into Kanji characters in said transmission mode.