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Transactions are conducted on the Internet, by telephone or directly with anonymity and privacy. A customer's shipping address is encoded by a multi-digit identifier which is stored in the database of a trusted third party, preferably the shipping company. A user of the system need only identify the

Transactions are conducted on the Internet, by telephone or directly with anonymity and privacy. A customer's shipping address is encoded by a multi-digit identifier which is stored in the database of a trusted third party, preferably the shipping company. A user of the system need only identify themselves to a vendor by this multi-digit identifier which prints the identifier in machine readable form on a package delivered to the shipper.

대표청구항 ▼

[ Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:] [1.] A method of conducting transactions while preserving the anonymity and privacy of a user comprising the steps of:assigning to a user a multi-digit identifier which is stored in a m

[ Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:] [1.] A method of conducting transactions while preserving the anonymity and privacy of a user comprising the steps of:assigning to a user a multi-digit identifier which is stored in a master file database of a trusted third party;using by a customer the multi-digit identifier to order a product;printing by a vendor the multi-digit identifier on a package to be delivered to the customer; andaccessing the master file database by a shipper to obtain the customer's shipping address.