Device for archiving handwritten information

• US 9,307,028 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2014
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alkhalaf Rakan
• Original Assignee: Alkhalaf Rakan
• Inventors: Rakan, Alkhalaf
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehrmanesh, Amir
• Assistant Examiner(s): DO, KHANG D
• Application Number:
  US14/244,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20140222968A1
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• Field of Search: 726/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/83 input devices, e.g. keyboards, mice or controllers thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3231 Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures

Abstract

There is provided an electronic pen device configured to be used with a remote secure server for registering handwritten signatures, the secure server comprising an authentication database storing authentication information in connection with pre-registered users and a signature registration database for registering handwritten signatures, the electronic pen device comprising: an input/output (I/O) interface; a memory; a tip and capturing means connected thereto for capturing handwritten signatures; a network interface adapted to be connected to a data network, and a processing unit connected to the I/O interface, to the capturing means, to the memory and to the network interface. As another aspect of the invention, there is further provided a system for registering handwritten signatures. As another another aspect of the invention, there is further provided a method of authenticating handwritten signatures. As a further aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of signing a document by a plurality of contracting user. As a further further aspect of the invention, there is provided an electronic pen device configured to be used with a remote server for archiving handwritten information.

Claims

1. An electronic pen device configured to be used with a secure remote server for archiving handwritten information, the device comprising means for capturing handwritten information, a user interface for enabling a user to specify a folder identifier associated with said secure remote server within which handwritten information shall be classified, a network interface configured to be connected to a data network and a processing unit connected thereto for transmitting said captured handwritten information to said secure remote server in order to be classified within said identified folder, wherein the secure remote server is configured to receive the handwritten information and the folder identifier from the electronic pen device and to store the handwritten information in the specified folder if said folder identifier exists in the secure remote server and to open a new folder having said specified identifier and to classify said captured handwritten information inside said new created folder, when the specified folder identifier does not exist in the server.

2. The electronic pen device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said user shall be authenticated before accessing to content of the secure remote server, wherein said user interface receives user identification information associated with said user, and wherein said processing unit first authenticates said user by inquiring said secure remote server using said user identification information and authentication information stored inside the server.

3. The electronic pen device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a memory wherein said captured handwritten information is stored for a later time before classifying it into said secure remote server.

4. The electronic pen device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the user identification information comprises an alphanumeric code, said electronic pen device being further configured to receive biometric data associated with the user through the user interface, said electronic pen device being further configured to authenticate the user in a 2 steps process:

first inquiring the secure remote server using the user alphanumeric code, and if there is a match with the authentication information stored in the secure remote server, to further inquire the secure remote server to compare the biometric data received from the user with the biometric data stored at the secure remote server in association with said user only.

5. The electronic pen device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said authentication information comprises physical coordinates defining a security region within which said electronic pen device shall be located, said electronic pen device further comprising a GPS module for tracking a physical location thereof, wherein said authenticating said user comprises inquiring said secure remote server for verifying if said tracked physical location is within said security region.

6. The electronic pen device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic pen device is portable and has a pen-like body, the electronic pen device being configured to be in a remote and direct communication with the secure remote server through the data network.

7. The electronic pen device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the electronic pen device comprises a ball point and a sensor for enabling the user to handwrite on a paper document and for capturing the handwritten information written on the paper document and sending the handwritten information to the secure remote server for storage.

8. The electronic pen device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the sensor is a movement or optical sensor.

9. The electronic pen device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data network comprises a local wireless area network connected to a wide area network.

10. A system comprising:

a secure remote server; and

an electronic pen device configured to be in secure communication with the secure remote server;

wherein the electronic pen device is configured to be used with the secure remote server for archiving handwritten information, the electronic pen device comprising means for capturing handwritten information, a user interface for enabling a user to specify a folder identifier associated with said secure remote server within which handwritten information shall be classified, a network interface configured to be connected to a data network and a processing unit connected thereto for transmitting said captured handwritten information to said secure remote server in order to be classified within said identified folder;

wherein the secure remote server is configured to receive the handwritten information and the folder identifier from the electronic pen device and to store the handwritten information in the specified folder if said folder identifier exists in the secure remote server, and to open a new folder having said specified identifier and to classify said captured handwritten information inside said new created folder when the specified folder identifier does not exist in the server.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said user shall be authenticated before accessing content of the secure remote server, and wherein said user interface receives user identification information associated with said user, and wherein said processing unit first authenticates said user by inquiring said secure remote server using said user identification information and authentication information stored inside the server.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the electronic pen device further comprises a memory wherein said captured handwritten information is stored for a later time before classifying it into said secure remote server.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the user identification infor-mation comprises an alphanumeric code, said electronic pen device being further configured to receive biometric data associated with the user through the user interface, said electronic pen device being further configured to authenticate the user in a 2 steps process:

first inquiring the server using the alphanumeric code, and if there is a match with the authentication information stored in the server, to further inquire the server to compare the biometric data received from the user with the biometric data stored at the secure remote server in association with said user only.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein said authentication information comprises physical coordinates defining a security region within which said electronic pen device shall be located, said electronic pen device further comprising a GPS module for tracking a physical location thereof, wherein said authenticating said user comprises inquiring said secure remote server for verifying if said tracked physical location is within said security region.

15. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the electronic pen device is portable and has a pen-like body, the electronic pen device being configured to be in a remote and direct communication with the secure remote server through the data network.

16. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the electronic pen device comprises a ball point and a sensor for enabling the user to handwrite on a paper document and for capturing the handwritten information written on the paper document and sending the handwritten information to the secure remote server for storage.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the sensor is a movement or an optical sensor.