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Delivery of goods from internet vendors to anonymous customers

  • US 20020138354A1
  • Filed: 03/22/2001
  • Published: 09/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for invoking delivery of a digital product from a computer of an Internet vendor to a computer of a customer, while maintaining customer anonymity with respect to the vendor, comprising, with the computer system of a merchant:

  • transacting a sale of the digital product to the customer;

    in response to the sale, transmitting to the customer a receipt for the purchase, said receipt containing a reference by which the customer may initiate a request for product delivery;

    receiving a request for product delivery from the computer of the customer produced from the receipt; and

    in response to the request for product delivery, securely transmitting to the computer of the vendor a fulfillment request containing sufficient information for the vendor to deliver the digital product to the customer, wherein the method is performed without exposing the identity of the customer to the vendor.

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