DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION AND INTERACTION
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented document processing method comprising:
- receiving, from a document originator, metadata that identifies a document, wherein the document includes a plurality of document terms and is to be distributed to a document recipient as part of a workflow;
saving, in a document repository, an audio recording corresponding to at least a portion of the document terms that are included within the document;
sending, to the document recipient in response to a received request, at least a portion of the audio recording;
prompting the document recipient with an audible request to provide a spoken response to at least one of the document and the audio recording;
receiving, from the document recipient, the spoken response; and
saving the spoken response such that it is correlated with the document.
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Abstract
Workflows are provided that enable documents to be distributed, assented to, and otherwise interacted with on an aural and/or oral basis. Such workflows can be implemented so as to allow a recipient to receive, understand, and interact with a document using conventional components such as the microphone and speaker provided by a telephone. For instance, in one embodiment a document originator may send a document to a recipient with a request for an electronic signature. The document may include an audio version of the document terms. The recipient can listen to the audio version of the document terms and record an electronic signature that represents assent to such terms. An electronic signature server can record the recipient'"'"'s electronic signature and incorporate it into the document, such that it forms part of the electronic document just as a traditional handwritten signature forms part of a signed paper document.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented document processing method comprising:
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receiving, from a document originator, metadata that identifies a document, wherein the document includes a plurality of document terms and is to be distributed to a document recipient as part of a workflow; saving, in a document repository, an audio recording corresponding to at least a portion of the document terms that are included within the document; sending, to the document recipient in response to a received request, at least a portion of the audio recording; prompting the document recipient with an audible request to provide a spoken response to at least one of the document and the audio recording; receiving, from the document recipient, the spoken response; and saving the spoken response such that it is correlated with the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic signature system comprising:
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a document repository storing (a) a document comprising a plurality of document terms, (b) an audio recording corresponding to at least a portion of the document terms, and (c) metadata indicating a status of the document with respect to a workflow; an interactivity module configured to send, to a document recipient in response to a received request, at least a portion of the audio recording and an audible request to provide a spoken response to the audio recording, wherein the interactivity module is further configured to receive the spoken response from the document recipient; and a document status module configured to modify the metadata stored in the document repository based on the spoken response received from the document recipient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes a document workflow process to be carried out, the process comprising:
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receiving, from a document originator, metadata that identifies a document, wherein the document includes a plurality of document terms and is to be distributed to a document recipient as part of a workflow; saving, in a document repository, an audio recording corresponding to at least a portion of the document terms that are included within the document; sending, to the document recipient in response to a received request, at least a portion of the audio recording; prompting the document recipient with an audible request to provide an audible response to at least one of the document and the audio recording; receiving, from the document recipient, the audible response; and saving the audible response such that it is correlated with the document. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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