Patent ID: 7493270

Claim:
A method of engaging in one or more transactional activities on the Internet with limited liability to an initiator comprising the steps of: a) providing an intelligent automated agent having at least one ability to engage in transactional activities on the Internet that can benefit the initiator; b) transmitting from the intelligent automated agent to an instrumentality of government, over the Internet, without human intervention, a plurality of provision selections, including the identity of an owner, an address, and a purpose that can benefit the initiator; c) receiving the plurality of provision selections transmitted by the automated intelligent agent by the instrumentality of government without human intervention; d) determining, without human determination, from the plurality of provision selections, whether a limited flexibility company means may be issued according to the laws of the instrumentality of government; e) issuing the limited flexibility company means to the owner, the limited flexibility company means having as its established purpose the purpose received from the intelligent automated agent, the address transmitted by the intelligent automated agent as its address, and the owner as transmitted by the intelligent automated agent as its owner; f) transmitting an identifier of the limited flexibility company means to the intelligent automated agent, the identifier comprising at least a name of the limited flexibility company means; g) vesting ownership of the automated intelligent agent in the limited flexibility company means; h) instigating, by the initiator, of at least one transactional activity within the scope of the established purpose of the limited flexibility company; i) engaging in the at least one transactional activity on the Internet for the benefit of the initiator with the automated intelligent agent under the ownership of the limited flexibility company means, so that the limited flexibility company means provides a limitation of liability for the initiator should the activities of the intelligent automated agent exceed the activities instigated by the initiator.