Patent ID: 6829595
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for authenticating an online purchasing transaction over an internet between an internet user site and a vendor site using a third party account server site, said method comprising the steps of:linking said internet user site to said account server site, said account server site being different from said vendor site, and wherein said linking includes redirecting a browser associated with said internet user site from the vendor site to the account server site; sending a request for predetermined authentication information from said account server site to said internet user site; generating by said account server site in response to receipt of said predetermined authentication information from said internet user site an approval signal for said vendor site for said purchasing transaction; communicating the approval signal to said browser associated with said internet user site from said account server site for forwarding to said vendor site; and redirecting said browser associated with said internet user site from said account server site to said vendor site with said approval signal for said purchasing transaction.