Patent ID: 7454356

Claim:
A method for anonymous purchase of goods involving a Carrier who delivers the goods to the Customer, comprising the steps of: a) requesting, by a Customer, a Vendor's Universal Resource Locator representing the desire to purchase some physical goods, b) validating, by the Vendor, a Customer's token which determines access rights, and determining a cost of the goods to be delivered, c) checking, by the Vendor, at least one Credit Limit threshold, and asking the Customer to confirm the purchase price, d) receiving from the Customer, by the Vendor, a selection of a Carrier from a list including a plurality of Carriers, e) requesting, by the Vendor from a Central Validation Server, a Vendor's Token that represents the capability to ask a Carrier for a shipping identifier, the Vendor's Token comprising parcel information, f) redirecting the Customer's browser to the selected Carrier's server by the Vendor, sending the Customer's Token, and the Vendor's Token, g) validating, by a Carrier's server, the Vendor's Token and using the Custome's Token to request information about the Customer, comprising a shipping address, h) assigning a shipping identifier and shipping costs by the Carrier Server, based on at least the Customer's Token and the Vendor's Token, i) redirecting the Customer's browser back to the Vendor by the Carrier Server, along with a message containing at least the Carrier Server's response comprising the shipping identifier and shipping costs, j) using the Central Validation Server to authenticate the message and k) logging the transaction with the Central Validation Server, along an identifier to allow the Carrier to receive the shipping costs, and l) generating a shipping label by the Carrier to identify the Customer for delivery of the physical goods.