Patent ID: 7437369
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for data retrieval, the method comprising: providing a user interface to a remote computing device by a server that enables a user to enter a request to generate a report, the request including a plurality of electronic mail delivery addresses associated with the requested report; retrieving a pre-defined set of queries associated with the requested report by the server to generate the report; generating the requested report by submitting the pre-defined set of queries to a database; prior to the server attempting to send the requested report to the electronic mail delivery addresses specified in the request, determining whether the electronic mail delivery addresses are valid by the server verifying the electronic mail address with a mail server associated with the electronic mail delivery addresses; if the electronic mail delivery addresses are determined to be not valid, then not attempting to send the requested report to the electronic mail delivery addresses by the server; and if the electronic mail delivery addresses are determined to be valid, then sending the requested report simultaneously by the server to the plurality of electronic mail delivery addresses for an occurrence of a time interval.