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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 11, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2011
Assignee:
Alliedbarton Security Services LLC
Inventors:
Douglas G. Hahn, Christopher A. Hahn, Janet K. Hahn, Randal L. Hodson, Sean D. Kerstiens, John K. Lange, Vincent J. Pascarella