Patent ID: 7143052
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising: a) generating at least one entity trust list containing at least one characteristic of at least two of the entities, a level of trust being gauged by the at least one characteristic; b) generating at least one transactional trust list containing at least one parameter relative to an exchange between at least two of the entities through at least one degree of separation between the entities, the at least one parameter comprising a proxy parameter, the proxy parameter being indicative of an action that a trusted party can perform on behalf of a trusting party; and c) creating at least one receiving component that obtains information from the at least one entity trust list and the at least one transactional trust list in order to provide a framework for at least two of the entities to establish relationships between one another.