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Method and system for securing user identities and creating virtual users to enhance privacy on a communication network

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  • US 7,412,422 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2001
  • Issued: 08/12/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of facilitating access to a service on a communication network using a virtual entity, the method comprising:

  • establishing for a real entity a user account including billing data of said real entity;

    storing virtual identification data defining the virtual entity in a memory accessible via one or more sites of the communication network;

    assigning to said virtual entity a virtual transaction account associated with said virtual identification data;

    allowing said real entity access to control said virtual entity using at least one of said sites; and

    facilitating authorization of a transaction of monetary value with one or more other entities on said communication network using said virtual transaction account without revealing said billing data of the real entity,wherein said virtual identification data does not identify the real entity to said one or more other entities over said communication network.

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