OneAddress: A ‘hypo-solution’ for instant address changes

The problem: It is a pain to update your new mailing address and phone number after a move. Change of Address forms aren’t the solution. They are not effective. They are not always reliable. And who cares to be bothered with manually updating dozens of accounts on various websites and forms to reflect your new place of residence? Not to mention, it normally takes several days to weeks for such changes to reflect. How convenient.

What if there were a better a solution? Well, hypothetically, there is.

The solution: I call it “OneAddress”. It would save millions of people worldwide the hassle of changing a name, address, email and phone number. Here’s how it would work:

• Logon to the OneAddress website
• Opt-in to the OneAddress Universal database
• Create a profile which includes your name, address, e-mail and phone number
• After account setup, you’ll receive a unique OneAddress “token”
• The “token” is an algorithmic number, which could be distributed via secure XML or RSS
• Payees, family, friends, etc. authorized as subscribers to your token will instantly receive any updates you make, regardless of how often or little you make them

The technology

• Hypothetically, OneAddress’ platform would be based on a combination of LAMP, XML, SSL and RSS
• A secure transport using XML and SSL would serve token updates to authorized subscribers
• For token subscribers, any changes received would automatically be appended and reflected in their internal databases, thus permitting the most up-to-date name, address, email and phone information
• There are thousands of uses for this technology

The benefits

• No more Change of Address forms
• A ‘one click’ solution for instantaneous name, address, email and phone number changes for all of your payees, family, friends, etc.
• Never miss important mail or phone calls
• What previously took days and weeks is now done in just under a minute’s time
• Perfect for all living situations, whether permanent or temporary

Seems like a good solution to a simple, although frustrating and time-consuming task, eh? Do you see the potential? Remember, you read it here first.

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