Patent ID: 7080122

Claim:
A system for updating a database containing at least one address for a recipient of an electronic message to be sent from a Sponsor to the recipient, comprising: at least one Sponsor database containing a listing of at least one address associated with a recipient; a Network Server containing a listing of an old address and a new address for at least one recipient; and a reconnection manager connected to the at least one Sponsor database and the Network Server; whereupon receiving a request from the at least one Sponsor database for a new address for a recipient, the reconnection manager queries the Network Server for an identification of addresses which have changed since a last request by the reconnection manager to the network server; based upon a result of the query to the Network Server, the reconnection manager matches those addresses that have changed with the address requested by the at least one Sponsor database and communicates such matches to the Network Server; whereupon receipt of those matches, the Network Server communicates to the reconnection manager an updated list for those recipients permitting the Network Server to update the at least one Sponsor Database; and whereupon receipt of a record containing an updated address, the reconnection manager updates the at least one Sponsor database with the new addresses for each recipient permitting the Network Server to provide a new address.