System for faciliating internet purchase/sales transactions without disclosing customer's identity, financial and contact data to merchant
OwnerDouglas B. Walter, Christian Nehammerinventors
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Abstract
A method is provided for conducting a purchase/sales transaction over a computer network (such as the Internet) where the customer remains anonymous to the merchant. The invention belongs to the category of Internet related purchase/sales transactions with several remote computers involved.
Claims5
A method to perform a secure purchase/sales transaction over a computer related network such as the Internet without requiring customers to provide their name, credit card details, shipping address, e-mail address or phone number to the merchant—whereby the customer authorizes a transaction facilitator to process the purchase/sale by placing the order with the subject merchant;
- submitting a request that the subject bank pay the merchant from the customer's account;
- and coordinating delivery of the purchased merchandise to the customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.