Patent ID: 7120609

Claim:
A system for the execution of secure transactions in a multimedia network, the system comprising: a multimedia network with customer stations, merchant servers, and a payment server connected to it, secure electronic transactions being performed using a secure electronic transactions protocol, comprising the exchange of digital certificates, uniquely identifying the relevant transaction participants and also attesting their privileges at the merchant server, said certificates being managed by a Trusted Third Party Server being connected to said multimedia network, said payment server being configured to validate the digital certificates presented and to process authorization concerning the payment, said customer stations comprising transaction management means for performing said secure electronic transactions protocol and for managing said certificates for the customer station, further comprising a remote customer agent, managed by agent parameters received from said customer station and thus, under the control of said parameters, representing the customer station in a negotiation process, including selecting products to be presented by the merchant server, payment for selected products being performed in a secure way, under control of said secure electronic transactions protocol and said certificates, the payment process being performed between said transactions management means and the merchant server, wherein said customer station comprises an agent interface for transmission of codes, parameters and certificates between said customer agent and said transactions management means, the system further comprising a remote merchant agent, managed by agent parameters received from said merchant station and thus, under the control of said parameters, capable of representing the merchant station in a negotiation process, including presenting products to the customer agent or the customer station, and to have paid for products being selected by the customer agent or the customer station, in a secure way, under control of said secure electronic transactions protocol and said certificates, wherein said customer agent is configured to request said merchant agent to pay by credit card, the merchant agent is configured to inform said merchant server of the requested payment, while parallel to that the customer agent is configured to initialize said transactions management means; wherein the transaction management means, the merchant server and the payment server are configured to perform a standard secure electronic transaction procedure; and wherein after completion of the payment process, the merchant server is configured to inform the merchant agent of completion of the payment process, the merchant agent is configured to pass this message on to the customer agent, and the customer agent is configured to notify the customer station of the payment completion.