Intermediation server for cross-jurisdictional internet enforcement

1. A server comprising:

a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface situated between a service provider network and a general communications network, the general communications network to enable a communication device to communicate with an on-line sales presence, the service provider network to provide access to the general communications network for the communication device, the processor enabled to:

intercept encrypted data indicative of on-line communications between the communication device and the on-line sales presence;

compute an estimate of a tax collectable by the on-line sales presence based on the encrypted data without decrypting the encrypted data;

determine a tax remitted by the on-line sales presence; and

when the tax collectable is less than the tax remitted by the on-line sales presence, block transmission of future on-line communications between the communication device and the on-line sales presence.

2. The server of claim 1 , wherein:

the on-line communications comprise outbound requests from the communication device to the on-line sales presence; and

the processor is further enabled to, when the tax collectable is less than the tax remitted by the on-line sales presence, block transmission of future outbound requests from the communication device to the on-line sales presence.

3. The server of claim 1 , wherein:

the tax collectable comprises tax collectable for respective jurisdictions;

the tax remitted comprises respective tax remissions for the respective jurisdictions; and

the tax collectable and tax remitted are compared on the basis of the respective jurisdictions.

4. The server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further enabled to cause the tax collectable to be collected by one or more of:

taking over the on-line communications;

participating in the on-line communications; and

injecting a message into the on-line communications.

5. The server of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further enabled to determine a tax authority associated with the tax collectable and remit the tax collectable to the tax authority.

6. The server of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further enabled to cause the tax collectable to be collected by receiving authorization from the communications device for a credit card company to add sales tax to a bill for an on-line transaction associated with the on-line communications.

7. The server of claim 1 , wherein the encrypted data indicative of the on-line communications between communication device and the on-line sales presence comprises one or more of:

transactional data;

a payment request from the on-line sales presence;

a first indication of one or more on-line communication sessions between the communication device and the on-line sales presence;

a second indication of the one or more on-line communication sessions an IP (internet protocol) address associated with the on-line sales presence; and,

a third indication of one or more encrypted on-line communication sessions with the IP address associated with the on-line sales presence.

8. A method comprising:

intercepting, at a communication interface, encrypted data indicative of on-line communications between a communication device and an on-line sales presence, the communication interface situated between a service provider network and a general communications network, the general communications network to enable a communication device to communicate with an on-line sales presence, the service provider network to provide access to the general communications network for the communication device;

computing an estimate of a tax collectable by the on-line sales presence based on the encrypted data without decrypting the encrypted data;

determining a tax remitted by the on-line sales presence; and

when the tax collectable is less than the tax remitted by the on-line sales presence, blocking transmission of future on-line communications between the communication device and the on-line sales presence.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the on-line communications comprise outbound requests from the communication device to the on-line sales presence; and

the method comprises, when the tax collectable is less than the tax remitted by the on-line sales presence, blocking transmission of future outbound requests from the communication device to the on-line sales presence.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the tax collectable comprises tax collectable for respective jurisdictions;

the tax remitted comprises respective tax remissions for the respective jurisdictions; and

the tax collectable and tax remitted are compared on the basis of the respective jurisdictions.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises causing the tax collectable to be collected by one or more of:

taking over the on-line communications;

participating in the on-line communications; and

injecting a message into the on-line communications.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises determining a tax authority associated with the tax collectable and remit the tax collectable to the tax authority.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises causing the tax collectable to be collected by receiving authorization from the communications device for a credit card company to add sales tax to a bill for an on-line transaction associated with the on-line communications.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the encrypted data indicative of the on-line communications between communication device and the on-line sales presence comprises one or more of:

transactional data;

a payment request from the on-line sales presence;

a first indication of one or more on-line communication sessions between the communication device and the on-line sales presence;

a second indication of the one or more on-line communication sessions an IP (internet protocol) address associated with the on-line sales presence; and,

a third indication of one or more encrypted on-line communication sessions with the IP address associated with the on-line sales presence.