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Method and system for disseminating obituaries and administering a depository to achieve this

  • US 5,651,117 A
  • Filed: 03/03/1995
  • Issued: 07/22/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for administering a depository for disseminating obituaries, said system comprising:

  • (a) means for creating a first database of customers each of whom has selected at least one person as a person of whose death one or more parties identified by said customer shall be notified if a report of said death arises in a domain predetermined in an agreement with said customer;

    (b) means for creating a second database of persons each of whom has been selected by at least one customer as a person of whose death one or more parties identified by said customer shall be notified if a report of said death arises in said predetermined domain;

    (c) means for receiving reports of death arising in said predetermined domain;

    (d) means for comparing data identifying each person whose death is reported in said predetermined domain with data identifying each of said persons selected by at least one customer as a person of whose death one or more parties identified by said customer shall be notified if a report of said death arises in said predetermined domain;

    (e) means for transmitting a notice of death, where there is a match, to said parties identified by said customers as parties to be notified of that particular death.

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