Patent ID: 8700536

Claim:
A method for managing digital interactions comprising: creating a unique secure communication channel between a requester and a recipient via a process comprising: creating a primary role for the requester at a Relationship Nexus Agent, resident on a computer, the primary role being a natural identity for the requester, the natural identity including a plurality of credentials; enabling the requester, via a Relationship Nexus Agent, resident on a computer, to assume a plurality of secondary roles, each one of the plurality of secondary roles being a secondary identity and being based on an agreement owned by another; each secondary identity being formed via the process comprising: allowing the requester, via a Relationship Nexus Agent, resident on a computer, to chose a subset of the plurality of credentials to disclose to the recipient; establishing, via a Relationship Nexus Agent, resident on a computer, a set of proposed attributes for the communication channel; creating, via a Relationship Nexus Agent, resident on a computer, a request package including a first set of secure digital keys, the set of proposed attributes for the communication channel, and the subset of the plurality of credentials; communicating, via a Relationship Nexus Agent, resident on a computer, with the recipient's Relationship Nexus Agent, also resident on a computer, and forwarding the request package to the recipient; creating, via the recipient's Relationship Nexus Agent, a response package including a second set of secure digital keys and acceptance of the set of the proposed attributes of the communication channel; sending, via the recipient's Relationship Nexus Agent, the response package to the requester; and having the requester accept, via a Relationship Nexus Agent, resident on a computer, the response package and establishing, via the requester's Relationship Nexus Agent, a secure communication channel based on the first and second key sets and in accordance with the proposed attributes of the channel.