Patent ID: 8892475
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for providing authorization concerning electronic commerce transactions, said method comprising: (a) establishing, for an issuing participant and a subscribing customer of the issuing participant, an authorization service that includes both a messaging specification and a set of rules governing use of the authorization service by: wherein the processor of the root certification authority is configured to issue a digital certificate for the issuing participant, wherein the electronic communication comprises a request to approve a proposed authorization service confirming authority of at least one of an individual and a computer to transact business as an agent on behalf of the subscribing customer, wherein the proposed authorization service comprises the messaging specification and the set of rules governing use of the authorization service, wherein a set of parameters defining the proposed authorization service comprises information facilitating a response from the issuing participant to the authorization request confirming authority of the at least one individual and the computer to transact business as an agent on behalf of the subscribing customer, and wherein the messaging specification defines a format for the authorization request; approving, by the processor of the policy management authority module, the proposed authorization service responsive to determining that the proposed authorization service complies with operating rules and specifications promulgated by the root certification authority; (b) operating the authorization service established within a trust model by: responsive to the receipt of the request for verification, examining, by the processor executing the transaction coordinator of the issuing participant, the credential records and determining authorization of individuals to conduct transactions involving digitally signed documents on behalf of the subscribing customer; authorizing, by the processor executing the transaction coordinator of the issuing participant, the individual associated with the subscribing customer to conduct the transaction involving the digitally signed document on behalf of the subscribing customer responsive to verification the individual is associated with a credential record; and