COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS PURCHASING OF GOODS ON A COMPUTER NETWORK

摘要

system for anonymous purchase of goods involving a Carrier who delivers the goods to the CUstomer, comprising the steps of Customer requests a Vendor's Clickshare-protected URL representing the desire to purchase some physical goods, the Vendor validates the token, determines access rights, and if a purchase is involved, the cost of the content to be delivered, the Vendor checks various Confirmation and Credit Limit thresholds, asking the Customer to confirm the purchase price, if ecessary, the Vendor asks the Customer to select a Carrier from the list of Carriers the Vendors uses, the Vendor asks CVS for a Token that represents the capability to ask a Carrier for a shipping identifier, the Vendor redirects the Customer's browser to the Carrier's server, sending the Customer's Token, the Vendor's Token, and a basic description of the packages, if available (number, weight, export restrictions), the Carrier Server validates the Vendor's Token and uses the Customer's Token to request information about the Customer, primarily Completely anonymous purchasing by enabling the buyer to provide shipping instructions to the carrier directly. The seller provides the carrier with the details of the packages to be shipped (3), the buyer provides the carrier with the shipping address (5); and the carrier provides the seller with a shipping identifier (7) to place on the packages. When the carrier receives the package from the seller, it converts the shipping identifier to the complete address at the point as which it prints its own lebels and delivers the package normally.