Patent ID: 6457012
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of updating address data in a first data processing system comprising the steps of:(a) initiating an address data request at said first data processing system; (b) transmitting said address data request from said first data processing (system to an application host system; (c) translating said address data request at said application host system into a format readable by a second data processing system; (d) creating an interface between said application host system and said second data processing system wherein said interface allows passage of said translated address data request from said application host system to said second data processing system so that said translated address data request can be read and responded to by said second data processing system; (e) matching said address data request to records of address changes that are resident in a first address database operatively connected with said second data processing system; (f) determining whether a match exists between said address data request and an address record resident on said first address database and placing a result of said determination into an address data reply; (g) transmitting said result from said second data processing system to said application host system; (h) translating said result into a reply format capable of being read by said first data processing system; (i) transmitting said reply format to said first data processing system; and (j) updating a second address database operatively connected to said first data processing system by entering a new address extracted from said reply format if said result were a positive response.