Secure private agent for electronic transactions

A computer Implemented method of conducting secure electronic commerce, comprising the steps of:

• associating a proxy server with a browser of a party to a transaction, wherein said browser is in communication with an electronic commerce site;
• authenticating an identity of said party;
• modifying files that are provided by said electronic commerce site such that command instructions carried in said files are routed through said proxy server;
• generating an identifier that links said party to a current transaction between said party and said electronic commerce site;
• and
• providing said identifier to said electronic commerce site.

A computer system for conducting electronic commerce, comprising:

• a front end client application, executing on a computer of a user;
• a back-office logic application linked to a transaction processor;
• a back-end gateway application, linked to said front end client application, and linked to said back-office logic application via a data network, and communicating with a commerce site;
• wherein said back-end gateway application intercepts communications between said user and said commerce site;
• wherein responsive to a static identifier that is directed by said user to said commerce site in a first communication, said back-end gateway application blocks said first communication, and said back-office logic application generates a virtual identifier;
• wherein said back-end gateway application communicates said virtual identifier to said commerce site in a second communication;
• and said back-office logic application communicates an actual identifier to said transaction processor in a third communication.

A computer software product, comprising a computer-readable medium in which computer program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of:

• associating a proxy server with a browser of a party to a transact-on, wherein said browser is in communication with an electronic commerce site;
• authenticating an identity of said party;
• modifying files that are provided by said electronic commerce site such that command instructions carried in said files are routed through said proxy server;
• and
• providing an identifier that links said party to a current transaction between said party and said electronic commerce site;
• to said identifier to said electronic commerce site.

A computer software product, comprising a computer-readable medium in which computer program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of:

• intercepting a communication between a browser of a party to a transaction and an electronic commerce site;
• authenticating an identity of said party;
• receiving an identifier that links said party to a current transaction between said party and said electronic commerce site;
• and
• providing said identifier to said electronic commerce site.