Mobile electronic transaction personal proxy
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1. A method for obtaining a digital signature comprising the steps of:
- transmitting a merchant request from a web browser to a merchant server;
responding to the merchant request with a specific data string having a header, wherein the header includes a request for a digital signature to be appended to the data string;
receiving the request for the digital signature;
notifying the web browser of the request for the digital signature;
obtaining the digital signature from a wireless device;
appending the digital signature to the specific data string;
notifying the web browser the digital signature has been obtained;
transmitting the data with the appended digital signature to a requesting party;
establishing a protected short range wireless link between a computer and the wireless device; and
transmitting, via the short range wireless link, the digital signature from the wireless device to the computer.
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Abstract
A method for obtaining a digital signature is disclosed. Upon receipt of request for a digital signature within a customer computer, a Mobile electronic transaction proxy within the customer PC notifies a web browser of the request for the digital signature and assists in obtaining a digital signature on a data string included within the request. After the digital signature is obtained, the data string along with an appended digital signature is transmitted back to a requesting party.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining a digital signature comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a merchant request from a web browser to a merchant server; responding to the merchant request with a specific data string having a header, wherein the header includes a request for a digital signature to be appended to the data string; receiving the request for the digital signature; notifying the web browser of the request for the digital signature; obtaining the digital signature from a wireless device; appending the digital signature to the specific data string; notifying the web browser the digital signature has been obtained; transmitting the data with the appended digital signature to a requesting party; establishing a protected short range wireless link between a computer and the wireless device; and transmitting, via the short range wireless link, the digital signature from the wireless device to the computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11)
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7. A method for obtaining a digital signature in a transaction between a computer of a customer and a merchant, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for a digital signature to be appended to a specific data string from the merchant during an electronic transaction; recognizing a command for the digital signature and the data string to be digitally signed within the request, the command being contained within a header of the data string; notifying a web browser of the request for the digital signature; forwarding the data string to an application within the computer; establishing a short range wireless link between the computer and a wireless device; forwarding the digital signature to the computer from the wireless device via the short range wireless link; appending the digital signature to the data string; notifying the web browser the digital signature has been obtained; and transmitting the data string with the appended digital signature to a URL included within the request. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A mobile electronic transaction personal proxy device, comprising:
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a first interface with a merchant computer; a second interface with a web browser; a third interface with a Mobile electronic transaction device; and control logic configured to; receive a specific data string from the merchant computer, the specific data string having a header; notify the web browser of a request for a digital signature to be appended to a specific data string from the merchant computer, wherein the request is contained within the header; request the specific data string be digitally signed by the Mobile electronic transaction device; receive a digitally signed data string from the Mobile electronic transaction device; notify the web browser of the digitally signed data string; and forward, via an established protected short range wireless connection, the digitally signed data string from the mobile electronic transaction device.
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