Systems, methods and devices for trusted transactions
First Claim
1. A method for trusted transactions, comprising:
- establishing an agreement to exchange digitally-sampled information between a first and a second party;
exchanging the digitally-sampled information between the first and the second party; and
approving the digitally-sampled information using an approval element selected from the group consisting of a predetermined key, a predetermined message, and a predetermined cipher, the step of approving the digitally-sampled information using an approval element consisting of a step selected from the group consisting of verifying the digitally-sampled information with the approval element, authenticating the digitally-sampled information with the approval element, and authorizing the digitally-sampled information with the approval element.
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Abstract
The invention discloses a system for enhancing trust in transactions, most particularly in remote transactions between a plurality of transactional parties, for instance a seller and buyer(s) of goods and/or services over a public computer network such as the internet. Trust is disclosed to be a multivalent commodity, in that the trust that is to be enhanced relates to information about the subject matter of the transactions (e.g., the suitability of the goods and services sold), the bona fides of the supplier of the goods and services, the appropriateness of a pricing structure for a particular transaction or series of transactions, a quantum of additional transactional value that may be imparted to the transactional relationship, security of information exchange, etc.
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1. A method for trusted transactions, comprising:
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establishing an agreement to exchange digitally-sampled information between a first and a second party; exchanging the digitally-sampled information between the first and the second party; and approving the digitally-sampled information using an approval element selected from the group consisting of a predetermined key, a predetermined message, and a predetermined cipher, the step of approving the digitally-sampled information using an approval element consisting of a step selected from the group consisting of verifying the digitally-sampled information with the approval element, authenticating the digitally-sampled information with the approval element, and authorizing the digitally-sampled information with the approval element.
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