SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING REGULATORY COMPLIANCE OF COMMUNICATION POINT DATA

• US 20070239786A1
• Filed: 06/06/2007
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: First Data Corporation (Fiserv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: First Data Corporation (Fiserv Incorporated)
• Inventors: Grear, Michael, Melanson, Patricia, Donlin, Gretchen, Henry-Saal, Margaret
• Application Number:
  US11/759,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20070239786A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database

Abstract

According to another embodiment of the invention, a method of formatting communication point data comprises storing a communication point data set; storing a plurality of communication-point-formatting data sets defining how to format the communication point data set, each of the plurality of communication-point-formatting data sets defining a respective format for the content as specified by a respective format setting entity; and associating one of the communication-point-formatting data sets with the communication point data set based upon the determined application.

Claims

1. A method of addressing a letter, said method comprising:

storing a communication point data set, said communication point data set comprising data for addressing an item of mail for mailing via a postal service;

storing a plurality of postal formatting data sets defining how to format said communication point data set, each of said plurality of postal formatting data sets defining a respective addressing format specified by a respective postal service.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 and further comprising:

determining a service provider requiring a formatted address configured from said communication point data set.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 and further comprising:

associating one of said postal formatting data sets with said communication point data sets.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 and further comprising:

applying said associated postal formatting data set to said communication point data set so as to produce a postal formatted communication point data set, said postal formatted communication point data set being different from said communication point data set.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 wherein the content of said postal formatted communication point data set is a subset of the content of said communication point data set.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 and further comprising:

outputting said postal formatted communication point data set for use in addressing said letter.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 and further comprising:

updating said communication point data set with revised data.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 and further comprising:

updating at least one of said postal formatting data sets in response to a revised format from said respective postal service.

9. A method of formatting communication point data, said method comprising:

storing a communication point data set;

storing a plurality of communication-point-formatting data sets defining how to format said communication point data set, each of said plurality of communication-point-formatting data sets defining a respective format for said content as specified by a respective format setting entity;

associating one of said communication-point-formatting data sets with said communication point data set based upon said determined application.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 and further comprising:

determining an application for said communication point data set.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9 and further comprising:

determining an application for said communication point data set prior to said associating said one of said communication-point format data sets with said communication point data set.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9 and further comprising:

applying said associated communication-point-formatting data set to said communication point data set so as to produce a formatted communication point data set, said formatted communication point data set being different from said communication point data set.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9 and further comprising:

determining an application for said communication point data set; and

outputting said formatted communication point data set to said application.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9 and further comprising:

updating said communication point data set with revised data.

15. The method as claimed in claim 9 and further comprising:

updating at least one of said communication-point-formatting data sets in response to a revised format from said respective format setting entity.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein said application comprises addressing a letter to conform with US Postal service discounted mailing guidelines.

17. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein said application comprises addressing a letter to conform with Canadian Postal Authority discounted mailing guidelines.

18. A method of formatting communication point data, said method comprising:

storing a communication point data set;

storing a plurality of communication-point-formatting data sets defining how to format said communication point data set, each of said plurality of communication-point-formatting data sets defining a respective format for said content as specified by a respective format setting entity;

determining an application for said communication point data set;

associating one of said communication-point-formatting data sets with said communication point data set based upon said determined application;

applying said associated communication-point-formatting data set to said communication point data set so as to produce a formatted communication point data set, said formatted communication point data set being different from said communication point data set;

outputting said formatted communication point data set to said application;

updating said communication point data set with revised data;

updating at least one of said communication-point-formatting data sets in response to a revised format from said respective format setting entity.