Patent ID: 6339795
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A data exchange process for transferring a data block representing a geographical address from a source host using a source data format to a destination host using a destination data format, said process comprising the steps of:using a first driver to extract said data block from the source host and to convert the format of said data block from the source data format to an intermediate data format; temporarily storing said data block in an intermediate memory storage location; determining if said data block includes plain text data which is not parsed and identified by corresponding tags; if said data block includes plain text data which is not parsed and identified by corresponding tags, automatically parsing said data block into a plurality of data portions having corresponding tags associated therewith, each of said tags indicating a type of information represented by said corresponding data portion; and using a second driver to convert the format of said data block from said intermediate data format to the destination data format, and to insert said data block into the destination host.