System and method for capturing and applying a legal signature to documents over a network
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining executed documents from a job applicant through a communication network to enable a potential employer to conduct a pre-employment background investigation of the job applicant, the method comprising notifying the job applicant that said pre-employment background investigation requires execution of documents;
- providing a job applicant interface connected to said communication network and to a processor for input of application information by the job applicant and for capture by a processor connected to said communication network;
providing a document selection interface connected to said communication network through which the job applicant can select particular documents for execution which are stored on a database connected to said communication network and to said processor;
storing the job applicant'"'"'s selection of the particular documents;
providing a job applicant signature input interface connected to said communication network and to said processor with a signature capture box that represents the movement of a graphical input device at the job applicant interface;
capturing a signature analogue corresponding to the movement of the graphical input device in the signature capture box by means of said processor;
linking the signature analogue to the particular documents selected by the job applicant; and
creating a composite document image corresponding to each particular selected document,wherein the signature analogue is combined with each particular selected document, whereby each composite document image is a legally executed document.
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Abstract
An electronic signature capture system and process meets the legal requirements of a valid electronic signature while also providing electronically signed documents that have the appearance, and thus equivalent acceptability, of a traditional pen-and-ink signature. The documents can be signed using a mouse, a stylus, a touch screen, a graphics tablet, or other suitable input device to draw a signature analogue on the screen similar to signing a paper document with a pen. A fingerprint image, retinal scan image, or other similar biometric input may be captured in addition to or instead of a signature. The signature analogue is saved and linked to a particular user and to particular documents. The signature analogue may be combined with the document in a composite image file, or the signature analogue may be applied dynamically to appropriate document components to assemble an executed document as needed.
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1. A method for obtaining executed documents from a job applicant through a communication network to enable a potential employer to conduct a pre-employment background investigation of the job applicant, the method comprising notifying the job applicant that said pre-employment background investigation requires execution of documents;
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providing a job applicant interface connected to said communication network and to a processor for input of application information by the job applicant and for capture by a processor connected to said communication network; providing a document selection interface connected to said communication network through which the job applicant can select particular documents for execution which are stored on a database connected to said communication network and to said processor; storing the job applicant'"'"'s selection of the particular documents; providing a job applicant signature input interface connected to said communication network and to said processor with a signature capture box that represents the movement of a graphical input device at the job applicant interface; capturing a signature analogue corresponding to the movement of the graphical input device in the signature capture box by means of said processor; linking the signature analogue to the particular documents selected by the job applicant; and creating a composite document image corresponding to each particular selected document, wherein the signature analogue is combined with each particular selected document, whereby each composite document image is a legally executed document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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