Computer-aided methods (making and using), along with a corresponding
machine, article of manufacture, and data structures, is provided for
using a computer system to implement a financial transaction, the method
including the steps of: providing a first web site having identifier
data; encrypting the identifier data; using a URL to log on to a second
web site, said log on using the encrypted identifier data for passing the
encrypted identifier data to a second web site; and implementing the
financial transaction by using the encrypted identifier data from the
second web site. A browser can be employed to communicate payment data
over the Internet for reconciling a payment for the purchase invisibly to
the purchaser by using the payment data communicated by the browser to
implement the financial transaction. A computerized customer order is
utilized to implement the financial transaction by triggering a
communication of real time payment data from a non-customer computer to a
vendor computer without customer intervention.