A method for utilizing the postal service address as an object in an object oriented environment
CA 2256234 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Gardner, David P.; Pierce, Jeffrey D.
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The invention is a method and system for creating an address object in an object oriented development environment of a data processing system. The addressobject is utilized during the creation of a document within a data processing system. The method includes both the object creation environment and the method of object utilization. The method establishes an object creation function within the data processing system and then instantiates the address object by registering an object class within the object creation function and then naming the class. Instantiation of the object establishes a programming interface to the address object. The properties of the address object are established by …
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- Filed December 15, 1998 and granted April 23, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 15, 2018.
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