Electronic purchase of goods over a communications network including physical delivery while securing private and personal information of the purchasing party

US7069249B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• iPrivacy, LLC · US

Inventors

• Salvotore J. Stolfo · Ridgewood, US
• Yechiam Yemini · Briarcliff Manor, US
• Leonard P. Shaykin · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2003
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L69/329
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

E-commerce which may include delivery of a good ordered or purchased over a network (e.g., the Internet) to a purchaser/user, and/or arranging for electronic payment of the good is accomplished while securing private and personal information of purchasers/users. Proxy software is provided for user computers, one or more proxy computers, or both, for users to communicate with vendors anonymously over the network, provide for delivery of an ordered good and provide for electronic payment, while securing the user's private information.