System and method for managing recipient accounts
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- creating, at a provider engine, a sender account for a shipper, the sender account allowing a consumer to purchase goods;
receiving, at the provider engine, a request for a purchase transaction from the consumer, the request not including a shipping address for the consumer;
requesting, at the provider engine, authorization for the purchase transaction from the shipper;
receiving, at the provider engine, authorization for the purchase transaction from the shipper;
providing goods to be shipped to the shipper, wherein the shipping address for the consumer is not known.
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Abstract
A system and method to use a recipient account by a user for the purchase of goods from a merchant. During the purchasing transaction, the user submits a recipient account identifier, which can be used to identify a recipient account maintained by a shipper, to the merchant. The merchant further receives a transaction request for the purchasing of goods to be shipped to the user. By using the recipient account identifier, the merchant can request a payment from the shipper. The shipper does not reveal the method of payment by the user to the merchant. Upon receiving a payment from the shipper, the merchant and the user can commit the purchasing transaction. The shipper can later be used to transfer the purchased goods from the merchant to the user, without revealing the user'"'"'s address.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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creating, at a provider engine, a sender account for a shipper, the sender account allowing a consumer to purchase goods; receiving, at the provider engine, a request for a purchase transaction from the consumer, the request not including a shipping address for the consumer; requesting, at the provider engine, authorization for the purchase transaction from the shipper; receiving, at the provider engine, authorization for the purchase transaction from the shipper; providing goods to be shipped to the shipper, wherein the shipping address for the consumer is not known. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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maintaining at a recipient account management engine a recipient account for a user, wherein the recipient account contains the user'"'"'s payment information and a shipping address; receiving at the recipient account management engine a request from a provider for authorization of a purchase transaction associated with the recipient account; determining that the payment information is sufficient to authorize payment; sending authorization from the recipient account management engine to the provider; having goods associated with the purchase transaction shipped to the shipping address associated with the recipient account. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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constructing, via a consumer engine, a recipient account with a shipper, wherein the recipient account contains a user'"'"'s personal information, a plurality of payment options and a plurality of shipping addresses; submitting, at the consumer engine, a transaction to a provider for purchasing of goods, wherein the transaction includes a recipient account identifier for receiving payment from the shipper; upon receiving a notice of the transaction from the shipper, automatically selecting, by the consumer engine, a payment method from the plurality of payment options and a shipping address from the plurality of shipping addresses, wherein the payment method is used by the shipper to transfer the payment to the provide for purchasing of the goods, and the shipping address is utilized by the shipper for shipping the goods, the user'"'"'s personal information, the plurality of payment information and the plurality of shipping addresses are not revealed to the provider.
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17. A system, comprising:
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a recipient account admin engine to manage a plurality of recipient accounts, wherein each of the plurality of recipient accounts includes personal information, payment information and shipping addresses for a particular user; a shipping transaction management engine coupled with the recipient account admin engine, the shipping transaction management engine is configured to receive a recipient account identifier and a transaction from a provider for purchasing of goods, retrieve a recipient account from the plurality of recipient accounts based on the recipient account identifier, authenticate the provider and a holder of the recipient account; upon authentication of the provider and the holder, transmit a payment confirmation based on the recipient account to the provider without revealing to the provider the recipient account'"'"'s personal information and payment information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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constructing, at a recipient account management engine, a recipient account to store a shipping address and a delivery choice; receiving a plurality of delivery transactions from one or more merchants, wherein each of the plurality of delivery transactions is to deliver goods purchased from one of the merchants; providing the shipping address to facilitate shipping the goods to the shipping address; providing the delivery choice to facilitate shipping the goods in accordance with the delivery choice; managing the plurality of delivery transactions through the recipient account. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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