Consent mechanism for online entities

A computer-implementable method of resolving online requests generated by applications to perform tasks comprising:

• in response to the receipt of a request from an application that requires consent to perform a task, identifying an authority authorized to resolve the request;
• requesting the identified authority to resolve the request;
• and
• allowing or denying the application to perform the task based on the resolution of the request.

A computer-readable medium comprising computer executable instructions for resolving online request generated by applications to perform tasks that when executed by a computer system causes the computer system to:

• in response to the receipt of a request from an application that requires consent to perform task, identify an authority authorized to resolve the request;
• request the identified authority to resolve the request;
• and
• allow or deny the application to perform the task based on the resolution of the request.

A consent mechanism for resolving consent requests received from applications that require consent to perform a task on behalf of a first user comprising:

• first means for submitting a consent request in response to receiving a request for an application to perform a task on behalf of a first user;
• second means for providing consent request information to a second user who has authority to resolve consent requests received from said first user;
• and
• third means for resolving consent requests in response to receiving consent request resolution information from said second means.

A computer-readable medium having a data structure stored thereon suitable for creating an entry in a consent database for a request from an application that requires consent from a task on behalf of a first user, said data structure comprising:

• a data element containing requested an identification information;
• a data element containing first user identification information;
• a data element containing second user identification information, said second user identification information identifying a user that has authority to resolve requests received from said first user;
• a data element containing task description information;
• and
• a data element containing request status information.