Patent ID: 7590544
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. A method for correcting customer address lists comprising the computer implemented steps of: providing an old delivery point file having a first plurality of entries wherein each entry includes address information associated with a unique delivery point and a unique code associated with the unique delivery point; providing a new delivery point file having a second plurality of entries wherein each entry includes address information associated with a unique delivery point and a unique code associated with the unique delivery point comparing the first plurality of entries to the second plurality of entries and associated delivery points and codes; for each match between the unique codes in the old and new delivery point files, generating an entry in an updated address file that contains the address information from the new delivery point files that are associated with the matching unique code; wherein such generation occurs even where the address information in the old and new delivery point files do not match, provided that the unique matching codes do match; for each unique code in the new delivery point file that is unmatched in the old delivery point file, generating an entry in the updated address file that contains the address information from the new delivery point file that is associated with the unmatched unique code; and for each unique code in the old delivery point file that is unmatched in the new delivery point file, generating an entry in the updated address file that contains: wherein the old and new delivery point files contain the unique delivery points for changed and unchanged address information.