Patent ID: 8145720

Claim:
A method for facilitating migration from an old Internet service provider to a new Internet service provider, the method comprising: receiving, using a programmed processor, user information for an old Internet service provider account and a new Internet service provider account, the user information comprising an old Internet service provider user name, an old Internet service provider password, a new Internet service provider user name, and a new Internet service provider password; receiving, using a programmed processor, data validating the old Internet service provider user name and the old Internet service provider password from the old Internet service provider; receiving, using a programmed processor, data validating the new Internet service provider user name and the new Internet service provider password from the new Internet service provider; accessing, using a programmed processor, the new Internet service provider account and old Internet service provider account using the user information to forward email from the old Internet service provider account to the new Internet service provider account; receiving, using a programmed processor, approval from a user associated with the user information to wait for a designated period of time to elapse before terminating the old Internet service provider account; and in response to the approval, automatically conveying, using a programmed processor, a cancellation of service request to the old Internet service provider after the designated period of time elapsed.