Patent ID: 7974882

Claim:
A computer implemented method for generating a revised mailing list, comprising: registering a first contributor by a computing device, said first contributor directs undeliverable-as-addressed postal mail to a clearinghouse; registering a second contributor by a computing device, said second contributor directs undeliverable-as-addressed postal mail to said clearinghouse; receiving undeliverable-as-addressed postal mail sent by said first contributor and said second contributor, said receiving undeliverable-as-addressed postal mail includes providing a post office box for receipt of undeliverable-as-addressed postal mail, said undeliverable-as-addressed mail includes individual pieces of returned postal mail for said first contributor and said second contributor; retrieving name and address information from the undeliverable-as-addressed postal mail by a computing device; storing name and address information by a computing device retrieved from the undeliverable-as-addressed postal mail to a list of undeliverable-as-addressed records; and comparing a mailing list with stored address and name information by a computing device, wherein name and address records of said mailing list are compared with stored name and address information from the list of undeliverable-as-addressed records to detect confirmed undeliverable-as-addressed records within said mailing list, wherein said confirmed undeliverable-as-addressed records within said mailing list are at least one of identified or deleted from said mailing list.