Encrypted e-commerce product

Abstract

A system for conducting a financial transaction in e-commerce on the internet includes objects prepared by a seller and a buyer. The seller's object includes a clear text header file (advertisement), an encrypted overhead file which contains verification data pertaining to the financial transaction, and an encrypted content file containing the subject matter for sale by the seller. With a purchase solicitation from the buyer, an overhead key can be used by a transaction agency to ensure there is a compliance between the purchase solicitation and the verification data of the overhead (from seller's object). Next a revelation key is provided to give the buyer access to the content when such compliance has been ensured.

1 . A method to conduct a transaction on a computer network by a buyer computing device, comprising:
 initiating a transaction on a network with a seller computing device via a transaction computer;   in response to the initiating the transaction, receiving overhead data of a seller's object;   creating a buyer's object that includes:
 the received overhead data of the seller's object, and 
 a purchase solicitation that includes buyer verification data; 
   transmitting the buyer's object to the transaction computer; and   receiving access to seller content dependent on a compliance between seller verification data and the buyer verification data.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising encrypting the buyer's object. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the receiving the access to the seller content includes receiving a revelation key. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the seller content includes encryption such that the buyer computing device is configured to use the revelation key to decrypt the encrypted seller content. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the compliance is determined by the transaction computer. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the seller's object includes an advertisement presented without concealment. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the overhead data includes encryption such that the transaction computer is configured to use an overhead key to decrypt the encrypted overhead data. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising establishing communications with the transaction computer via the purchase solicitation. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the establishing communications includes notifying the transaction computer of an intention to purchase the seller content. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the buyer verification data includes at least one of:
 identification of a buyer;   password of the buyer; and   a purchase amount for the seller content.   
     
     
         11 . A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a buyer computing device, causes the buyer computing device to perform the instructions comprising:
 initiating a transaction on a network with a seller computing device via a transaction computer;   in response to the initiating the transaction, receiving overhead data of a seller's object;   creating a buyer's object that includes:
 the received overhead data of the seller's object, and 
 a purchase solicitation that includes buyer verification data; 
   transmitting the buyer's object to the transaction computer; and   receiving access to seller content dependent on a compliance between seller verification data and the buyer verification data.   
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of  claim 11  including further instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a buyer computing device, causes the buyer computing device to perform the further instructions comprising encrypting the buyer's object. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the receiving the access to the seller content includes receiving a revelation key. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the seller content includes encryption such that the buyer computing device is configured to use the revelation key to decrypt the encrypted seller content. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the compliance is determined by the transaction computer. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the seller's object includes an advertisement presented without concealment. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the overhead data includes encryption such that the transaction computer is configured to use an overhead key to decrypt the encrypted overhead data. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of  claim 11  including further instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a buyer computing device, causes the buyer computing device to perform the further instructions comprising establishing communications with the transaction computer via the purchase solicitation. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the establishing communications includes notifying the transaction computer of an intention to purchase the seller content. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the buyer verification data includes at least one of:
 identification of a buyer;   password of the buyer; and   a purchase amount for the seller content.