Method and system for signing and authenticating electronic documents via a signature authority which may act in concert with software controlled by the signer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11516016
APP PUB NO 20200403806A1
SERIAL NO

16905041

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A system and method for signing and authenticating electronic documents using public key cryptography applied by one or more server computer clusters operated in a trustworthy manner, which may act in cooperation with trusted components controlled and operated by the signer. The system employs a presentation authority for presenting an unsigned copy of an electronic document to a signing party and a signature authority for controlling a process for affixing an electronic signature to the unsigned document to create a signed electronic document. The system provides an applet for a signing party's computer that communicates with the signature authority.

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  • SIGNIX, INC.

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Oswalt, Robert T Decatur, US 10 102

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