FreshAddress, Inc. Patents Its Change of Email Address Service; System Helps People and Businesses Stay Connected When Email Addresses Change

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004--The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently granted patent #6,654,789 to FreshAddress, Inc. for its technology invention, a "System for Storing and Retrieving Old and New Electronic Identifiers." The patent covers the email change of address (ECOA) service the company offers to help its business clients keep their email address databases up-to-date.

"With thousands of corporate lists processed to date, we are pleased to further strengthen our arsenal of offerings for our clients and reselling partners," said Bill Kaplan, CEO of FreshAddress, Inc. "Our ECOA service is an absolute must for any company with an online presence, and we are thrilled to have been issued a US Patent that covers both our business and underlying consumer services."

Using the free services of FreshAddress.com, visitors can search for the updated email addresses for lost contacts as well as register their former and current email addresses to help them stay connected with their personal and business contacts. FreshAddress, Inc. has been continuously serving consumers since 1999.

Massachusetts inventors Austin Bliss of Somerville, Bill Kaplan of Newton, and Robert Mack & Mark Rosenstein of Cambridge originally filed with the patent office back in the summer of 1999.

About FreshAddress, Inc.

FreshAddress, Inc., The Email Address Experts(TM), provides the industry's leading services to help companies 'Build and Update' their email address databases. FreshAddress, Inc.'s services include its patented business and consumer Email Change of Address (ECOA) solutions as well as email address appending, correction, and real-time validation. FreshAddress has 'freshened' thousands of lists for major office superstores, telecommunications providers, catalogues, newspapers, retailers, airlines, non-profit organizations, and Internet companies. The FreshAddress.com consumer database is the Internet's largest linked opt-in directory of old and current email addresses. The privately held company was founded in 1999 and is based in Newton, MA. For more information on our business solutions, visit www.freshaddress.com/biz or email [e-mail]