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System, method and article of manufacture for shipping a package privately to a customer

  • US 7,848,961 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2008
  • Issued: 12/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for anonymously sending a package to a customer at a physical address, comprising:

  • generating a code for the customer by a shipping computer, the code being associated with the physical address of the customer;

    receiving an order from the customer, the order including the code;

    determining, by the shipping computer, whether the code is valid;

    converting the code into an identifier in response to a determination that the code is valid; and

    sending the package to a shipper in fulfillment of the order, the package including the identifier,wherein determining whether the code is valid comprises at least determining whether the code has expired due to being used a predetermined number of times.

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