ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING, STORING, AND LIMITING ACCESS TO ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED INFORMATION
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1. A method of electronic commerce, comprising:
- establishing a customer account with an electronic commerce system entity (ECSE) for a user of services provided by said ECSE;
receiving image-based data by said ECSE via transmission from a transaction device, said image-based data comprising an image of two or more individuals in which mutual assent to an activity is discernable in said image;
storing said image-based data in computer-readable media of said ESCE; and
allowing retrieval of said image-based data from said computer-readable media of said ESCE only by an authorized authority.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an electronic commerce system/method in which a user employs a transaction device (e.g., a cell phone with camera or a computer with camera) to photograph an intimate and conspicuously approbative (e.g., “thumbs up”) image of two (or more) parties about to engage in some form of consensual behavior or activity, e.g., sexual intercourse with each other, which photograph is then transmitted electronically to the business connection server of an electronic commerce system entity (“ECSE”) and stored by ECSE such that that photo would thereafter be made available for examination only in exceptional circumstances to authorized public or private authorities.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of electronic commerce, comprising:
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establishing a customer account with an electronic commerce system entity (ECSE) for a user of services provided by said ECSE; receiving image-based data by said ECSE via transmission from a transaction device, said image-based data comprising an image of two or more individuals in which mutual assent to an activity is discernable in said image; storing said image-based data in computer-readable media of said ESCE; and allowing retrieval of said image-based data from said computer-readable media of said ESCE only by an authorized authority. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system of electronic commerce, comprising:
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means for establishing a customer account with an electronic commerce system entity (ECSE) for a user of services provided by said ECSE; means for receiving image-based data by said ECSE via transmission from a transaction device, said image-based data comprising an image of two or more individuals in which mutual assent to an activity is discernable in said image; means for storing said image-based data in computer-readable media of said ESCE; and means for allowing retrieval of said image-based data from said computer-readable media of said ESCE only by an authorized authority. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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