Method and apparatus for processing a secure transaction
OwnerHarinder Singh Takharinventor
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Abstract
A computer process, a computing system or an article of manufacture for processing a secure transaction. A process of accepting a secure transaction from a lockbox that stores private information accessible via a security protocol includes the steps of accepting a transaction initiated by a lockbox, determining whether the transaction was initiated by a lockbox, and identifying the transaction as a lockbox transaction. The method can include the step of determining what security protocol was used to initiate the transaction.
Claims24
In an interactive communications network, a method of processing a transaction via a lockbox storing private information that is accessible via a security protocol, comprising:
- accepting a transaction initiated by a lockbox;
- determining whether the transaction was initiated by a lockbox;
- and
- identifying the transaction as a lockbox transaction.
A system for processing transactions in an interactive communications network, comprising:
- a lockbox module storing private information accessible via a security protocol;
- a transaction module coupled to the lockbox module for initiating a transaction;
- a transaction site module for receiving a transaction, wherein the transaction site module does not receive any private information;
- and
- an identification module for identifying a transaction as originating from a lockbox.
An apparatus for processing a transaction via a lockbox storing private information that is accessible via a security protocol in an interactive communications network, comprising:
- a computer, operatively connected to the interactive communications network, for accepting a transaction initiated by a lockbox;
- determining whether the transaction was initiated by a lockbox;
- and identifying the transaction as a lockbox transaction.
An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a computer having a memory, the medium tangibly embodying one or more programs of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps for processing a transaction via a lockbox storing private information that is accessible via a security protocol, the method steps comprising:
- accepting a transaction initiated by a lockbox;
- determining whether the transaction was initiated by a lockbox;
- and
- identifying the transaction as a lockbox transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.