PRIVACY PRESERVING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SIGNATURE SERVICE
First Claim
1. A method of providing a secure electronic document signature service, comprising:
- receiving, by at least one server device and from a client device corresponding to an originating user, a protected electronic document and a user identity of a participant user, wherein the content of the protected electronic document is inaccessible by the at least one server device;
performing, by the at least one server device, a hash function on the protected electronic document to generate a server-generated ID element;
providing the server-generated ID element to the originating user for verification that the server-generated ID element matches a client-generated ID element generated at the client device;
providing the protected electronic document to a client device corresponding to the participant user;
receiving an electronic signature from the participant user; and
generating an event log associated with the protected electronic document, the event log comprising information associated with the received electronic signature.
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Abstract
An electronic document signature system preserves the security of an electronic document while tracking a signature process corresponding to the electronic document. In particular, using a client application on a client device, an originating user can protect an electronic document and send the protected electronic document to a tracking server. The tracking server receives only a protected document such that the security the electronic document is preserved. Using a client applications on client devices, one or more participating users can subsequently receive the protected document from the tracking server, access the contents of the electronic document, and sign the electronic document. The tracking server can record events that occur with respect to the protected document to create an event log.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing a secure electronic document signature service, comprising:
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receiving, by at least one server device and from a client device corresponding to an originating user, a protected electronic document and a user identity of a participant user, wherein the content of the protected electronic document is inaccessible by the at least one server device; performing, by the at least one server device, a hash function on the protected electronic document to generate a server-generated ID element; providing the server-generated ID element to the originating user for verification that the server-generated ID element matches a client-generated ID element generated at the client device; providing the protected electronic document to a client device corresponding to the participant user; receiving an electronic signature from the participant user; and generating an event log associated with the protected electronic document, the event log comprising information associated with the received electronic signature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system of providing a secure electronic document signature service comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to; receive by at least one server device and from a client device corresponding to an originating user, a protected electronic document and a user identity of a participant user, wherein the content of the protected electronic document is inaccessible by the at least one server device; perform, by the at least one server device, a hash function on the protected electronic document to generate a server-generated ID element; provide the server-generated ID element to the originating user for verification that the server-generated ID element matches a client-generated ID element generated at the client device; provide the protected electronic document to a client device corresponding to the participant user; receive an electronic signature from the participant user; and generate an event log associated with the protected electronic document, the event log comprising information associated with the received electronic signature. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of providing a secure electronic document signature service, comprising:
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receiving, by at least one server device, a protected electronic document from a client device corresponding to an originating user, wherein the contents of the protected electronic document are inaccessible by the at least one server device; determining, by the at least one server device, a server-generated ID element for the protected electronic document; providing, to the client device, a verification request that includes the server-generated ID element; receiving, from the client device, a verification response indicating that the server-generated ID element matches a client-generated ID element generated by the client device for the protected electronic document; and recording the verification response in an event log associated with the protected electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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