Patent ID: 7277898

Claim:
A method for cleansing addresses to comply with postal requirements, the method comprising the steps of: storing an address list comprising a plurality of address records periodically performing address cleansing on the address list to verify whether the plurality of address records satisfy postal requirements; wherein the step of periodically performing address cleansing on the address list further comprises performing the following steps (a)-() for each address record: (a) checking the address record for an associated cleansing date; (b) determining whether the associated cleansing date has expired; (c) if the address record has no cleansing date or if the cleansing date is expired then performing the steps of: (i) applying an address cleansing routine to the address record; and (ii) adding a new cleansing date to the address record based on a current date; (d) if the cleansing date for the address record has not expired, then omitting step (c).