Patent ID: 6131101
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of providing mailing list operations from a first computer having mailing list manipulation software to a second computer having a database which includes a plurality of records containing mailing address data, the method comprising:the second computer extracting the mailing address data from at least two of the records to produce a batch of data;the second computer transmitting the batch of data to the first computer over a transmission line;the first computer processing the batch using the mailing list manipulation software to produce processed data;the first computer transmitting essentially the processed data and optionally reports related to the processed data back to the second computer; andthe second computer providing at least one of the following services: (a) updating the database based upon the result of the processing step; (b) printing labels containing at least a portion of the information contained in the batch; and (c) creating a new file based upon the result of the processing step.