Method of transacting a purchase
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Abstract
A method is provided for transacting an anonymous purchase over the Internet. The method comprises the steps of: (a) acquiring intermediary credit account information from a purchasing intermediary; (b) providing transactional purchase information, including the intermediary credit account information, to a retailer, where the transactional purchase information is provided by the purchaser using a first computing device of a computer-implemented purchasing system; and (c) transacting a purchase between the purchaser and the retailer using the intermediary credit account information, thereby maintaining the anonymity of the purchaser.
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27 Claims
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15. A method of transacting a purchase, comprising:
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acquiring a purchase card from a purchase card provider, the purchase card is a bearer instrument having an associated account number, but does not identify the person who acquired the purchase card;
providing purchase transactional information, including the account number associated with the purchase card, to a retailer, the retailer being different from the purchase card provider; and
transacting a purchase with the retailer based on the account number associated with the purchase card. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of transacting a purchase, comprising:
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acquiring a purchase card from a purchase card provider, the purchase card having an associated account number, but does not identify the person who acquired the purchase card;
providing purchase transactional information, including the account number associated with the purchase card, to a retailer, the retailer being different from the purchase card provider;
activating the purchasing card by contacting the purchase card provider prior to transacting a purchase, wherein contact information for the purchase card provider is provided on the purchase card; and
transacting a purchase with the retailer based on the account number associated with the purchase card.
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27. A method of transacting a purchase, comprising:
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acquiring a purchase card from a purchase card provider, the purchase card having an associated account number, but does not identify the person who acquired the purchase card, and the purchase card being is selected from a plurality of purchase cards acquired by the purchase card provider, where each of the plurality of purchase cards embodies a different account number but having the same cardholder name providing purchase transactional information, including the account number associated with the purchase card, to a retailer, the retailer being different from the purchase card provider; and
transacting a purchase with the retailer based on the account number associated with the purchase card.
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