Patent ID: 7543016

Claim:
A method for using a computer to automatically assign electronic addresses to users, comprising: providing a sequence of address generation scripts, each address generation script including a unique template that defines a structure for an electronic address; automatically determining a valid electronic address for assigning to a user by iterating through the sequence of address generation scripts in order of which address generation script is preferred by an organization to which the user belongs, wherein the valid electronic address is determined when one of the address generation scripts produces a previously unused electronic address that is unique and complies with a predetermined addressing standard; allowing an administrator to enable a process to automatically append at least one numeric digit to the script-generated electronic address that does not comply with the predetermined addressing standard, wherein appending the at least one numeric digit creates a valid electronic address; and automatically assigning the valid electronic address to the user, wherein validation of the electronic address is performed within an address generation system without testing the uniqueness in a network environment.