Patent ID: 7099878
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing account addresses, wherein communications relating to the account and for more than one purpose are transmitted to account holders, and wherein at least one of the addresses may not be permanent, the method comprising: providing a database; storing as fields in the database and in relation to each account providing a database management system for retrieving an address for a specific communication associated with one of the second and third addresses categories; operating the database management system to retrieve an appropriate address from one of the second and third address categories if such address is stored in the database, and to retrieve an address from the first address category as a default if the appropriate address from one of the second and third addresses is not stored in the database; storing in the database an effective date for each of the addresses that is not permanent; and comparing the date of transmission of the specific communication to the effective date stored in the database for any address that is not permanent, and providing that address if the date of transmission and the effective date match, and providing another address if the date of transmission and the effective date do not match.