Patent ID: 7366702

Claim:
A method for performing secure electronic transactions on a computer network, said computer network comprising a user's computer, a vendor server, a creditor server and a toolbox server, said user's computer having a gatekeeper and digital fingerprint stored therein, including; said user's computer sending a purchase request to said vendor server to pay for a purchase, which purchase request includes a user identification number associated with said user's computer and known to said toolbox server, said purchase request initiating the transmission of a confirmation request from said vendor server to said toolbox server to confirm an identity of said user's computer; said confirmation request causing said toolbox server to send a pre-arranged handshake and primer to said gatekeeper, whereupon said gatekeeper allows said toolbox server to request confirmation of said digital fingerprint, wherein said primer comprises another pre-arranged handshake for a next succeeding occurrence of a transaction confirmation operation.