Patent ID: 7717328

Claim:
A method for sending material to an account owner's proper address, comprising: receiving, at a host computer system, a request from the account owner for enrollment in an automated check reorder service; determining, at the host computer system, that the account owner is linked to a checking account; determining, at the host computer system, a number of checks previously issued to the account owner linked with the account; determining, at the host computer system, a number of cleared checks associated with the account; comparing, at the host computer system, the number of checks previously issued to the account owner to the number of cleared checks associated with the account; determining, at the host computer system, to supply the account owner with a number of new checks; determining, at the host computer system, the account owner's last known address; sending, a notification to the account owner, wherein the notification informs the account owner that new checks will be mailed to the account owner's last known address; waiting at least a predetermined amount of time; and in response to waiting at least the predetermined amount of time, notifying a check vendor to mail new checks to the account owner's last known address.