METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE ON A FIRST DEVICE AND INCORPORATING THE SIGNATURE INTO A DOCUMENT ON A SECOND DEVICE
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1. A method, comprising:
- establishing a link between a mobile electronic device and a computing device across a network, the computing device being used to enter data, wherein establishing the link comprises;
establishing a networking session between the computing device and a server;
displaying a unique identifier associated with the networking session at the computing device;
receiving the unique identifier as input from the user on the mobile electronic device;
transmitting the unique identifier from the mobile electronic device to the server;
including the mobile electronic device in the network session between the computing device and the server in response to receiving the unique identifier at the server;
displaying a first portion of an electronic document at the computing device in response to user input; and
activating, through the link between the computing device and the mobile electronic device, a functionality at the mobile electronic device that corresponds to the first portion of the electronic document;
collecting user input at the mobile device; and
transmitting the collected user input across the network from the mobile electronic device to the computing device for incorporation with data entered at the computing device.
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments are directed to systems and methods for linking more than one electronic device together to enable collection of an electronic signature or other information on a first device and incorporation of that signature or information into a document on a second device.
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing a link between a mobile electronic device and a computing device across a network, the computing device being used to enter data, wherein establishing the link comprises; establishing a networking session between the computing device and a server; displaying a unique identifier associated with the networking session at the computing device; receiving the unique identifier as input from the user on the mobile electronic device; transmitting the unique identifier from the mobile electronic device to the server; including the mobile electronic device in the network session between the computing device and the server in response to receiving the unique identifier at the server; displaying a first portion of an electronic document at the computing device in response to user input; and activating, through the link between the computing device and the mobile electronic device, a functionality at the mobile electronic device that corresponds to the first portion of the electronic document; collecting user input at the mobile device; and transmitting the collected user input across the network from the mobile electronic device to the computing device for incorporation with data entered at the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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