Electronic document management system

• US 8,572,388 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2007
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Black Knight Ip Holding Company, Llc (Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eLynx Ltd. (Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.)
• Inventors: Boemker, Tim, Keller, Mark, Schock, Chip, Kleingers, Mark E., Huff, Phillip E., Gieske, Terrance P., Danner, John E., Gersten, James D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrishamkar, Kaveh
• Application Number:
  US11/623,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20080034213A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,478 Days
• Field of Search: 726/28, 726/20, 713/168, 713/176, 705/64, 705/75
• US Class Current: 713/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method, apparatus and program product provide a mechanism for managing the execution of electronic documents using electronic signatures. Documents requiring electronic signatures are automatically identified, mined, trimmed and split from a printer control data language stream. Status information pertaining to needed data, signatories, signature completions and authentication attempts is related to users during and after an electronic signing sequence.

Claims

1. A method of presenting a signable document to a signer for authentication, comprising

formatting the signable document as an electronic package, the electronic package utilizing at least a first storage format,

responding to a request to sign documents from a signer by presenting the signer with an access demonstration document formatted in the first storage format;

requiring delivery from the signer of information presented in the access demonstration document;

in response to correct delivery by the signer of information presented in the access demonstration document, presenting the signable document to the signer in an authentication session of the signer; and

acquiring authentication of the signable document from the signer in the authentication session.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the access demonstration document identifies a code, and presentation of the signable document proceeds after signer entry of the code identified in the access demonstration document.