Partial credential processing for limited commerce interactions

A commerce system configured for partial credential processing for limited commerce system interactions comprising:

• a commerce server;
• a data store of registered users;
• a data store of commerce data for said registered users;
• and,
• an authentication processor configured to
• identify a visitor to the commerce system as an unauthenticated albeit registered user of the commerce system;
• provide said visitor access to a limited subset of said commerce data under an un-trusted identity;
• generate additional commerce data for said registered user under said un-trusted identity;
• and,
• responsive to an authentication of said visitor,
• provide a full set of said commerce data for said registered user under a trusted identity, and
• merging said generated additional commerce data under said un-trusted identity with said commerce data for said registered user under said trusted identity.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying program instructions for partial credential processing for limited commerce system interactions, wherein the program instructions when executed by a computer cause the computer to:

• identify a visitor to a commerce system as an unauthenticated albeit registered user of said commerce system;
• provide said visitor access to a limited subset of commerce data for said registered user under an un-trusted identity;
• generate additional commerce data under said un-trusted identity;
• and,
• respond to authentication of said visitor by providing a full set of said commerce data for said registered user under a trusted identity and to merge said generated additional commerce data under said un-trusted identity with said commerce data for said registered user under said trusted identity.