Method and system for anonymous sending of physical items with possibility of responding
OwnerRafal Marek Leszczynainventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and a system that enable a sender to send one or more physical items to a recipient in an anonymous way, allowing the recipient to respond to the sender after receiving the one or more physical items. No data related to the sender and the recipient are retained in the system.
Claims17
A method that enables a sender to send one or more physical items to a recipient in an anonymous way, allowing the recipient to respond to the sender after receiving the one or more physical items, the method comprising:
- obtaining, from the sender, in any order, an ID of the recipient and one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient by an anonymity service;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a confirmation of sending of the one or more physical items from the sender;
- generating an ID of the one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient;
- attaching the ID of the one or more physical items to the one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient;
- providing an anonymity service ID as the sender ID of the one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient;
- sending the one or more physical items to the recipient;
- receiving by the anonymity service a response from the recipient;
- storing the response for a defined time or until at least one predefined condition is satisfied, and then removing the response from storage;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a request from the sender for checking if a response with an ID of one or more physical items has arrived to the anonymity service;
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- providing the sender with a response with the ID of one or more physical items, or an informative message regarding the status of the response.
A system that comprises physical computing devices, that enables a sender to send one or more physical items to a recipient in an anonymous way, allowing the recipient to respond to the sender after receiving the one or more physical items, the system comprising at least one anonymity service comprising:
- obtaining, from the sender, in any order, an ID of the recipient and one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient by an anonymity service;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a confirmation of sending of the one or more physical items from the sender;
- generating an ID of the one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient;
- attaching the ID of the one or more physical items to the one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient;
- providing an anonymity service ID as the sender ID of the one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient;
- sending the one or more physical items to the recipient;
- receiving by the anonymity service a response from the recipient;
- storing the response for a defined time or until at least one predefined condition is satisfied, and then removing the response from storage;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a request from the sender for checking if a response with an ID of one or more physical items has arrived to the anonymity service;
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- providing the sender with a response with the ID of one or more physical items, or an informative message regarding the status of the response.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a method that enables a sender to send one or more physical items to a recipient in an anonymous way, allowing the recipient to respond to the sender after receiving the one or more physical items, the method comprising:
- obtaining, from the sender, in any order, an ID of the recipient and one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient by an anonymity service;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a confirmation of sending of the one or more physical items from the sender;
- generating an ID of the one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient;
- attaching the ID of the one or more physical items to the one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient;
- providing an anonymity service ID as the sender ID of the one or more physical items to be sent to the recipient;
- sending the one or more physical items to the recipient;
- receiving by the anonymity service a response from the recipient;
- storing the response for a defined time or until at least one predefined condition is satisfied, and then removing the response from storage;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a request from the sender for checking if a response with an ID of one or more physical items has arrived to the anonymity service;
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- providing the sender with a response with the ID of one or more physical items, or an informative message regarding the status of the response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.