Patent ID: 8620822

Claim:
A computer implemented system having processor, memory, and data storage subsystems that facilitates ensuring reliability in a transaction, the computer implemented system comprising: an interface component of the computer system that receives data related to at least one of a user, a client, or an entity; and an evaluation component that generates, via the processor, a reputation assessment based upon one or more received factors from another network, associated with at least one of the user, the client, or the entity received from the interface component and based on at least one online activity related thereto, at least one of the user, the client, or the entity utilizes the reputation assessment for an involvement in an online transaction associated with commerce; wherein the evaluation component employs a pre-determined handshake acknowledgement and feedback period for a portion of offline activity, and an acknowledgement and feedback of a portion of the online transaction prior to completion of the transaction, and integrity of the evaluation component is facilitated by an intelligent component.