Patent ID: 7788177
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a financial transaction on a computer network, the method comprising: receiving a first object in an electronic information format at a first computer, wherein the first object comprises: wherein the first object is created in part from a second object located on the computer network wherein the second object is in an electronic information format, the second object comprising: wherein the overhead file including the first verification data of the second object is incorporated into the first object along with the purchase solicitation; receiving an overhead key at the first computer for use in exposing the first verification data of the overhead file contained within the first object to ensure there is a compliance between the second verification data and the first verification data wherein the overhead key is a private part of a public-private key pair; evaluating the first object by comparing the first verification data to the second verification data to ensure compliance between the purchase solicitation and the overhead file; and providing access to the content file of the second object after compliance is ensured.