Patents by Inventor Craig Laird

Craig Laird has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20100138659
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for notarizing document, by a client in the presence of a notary, comprising the steps of registering the notary, the client and the document, from a local workstation coupled to a central office, to provide for assigning at least one respective encryption key for identifying each of the notary, the client and the document to be notarized; associating in the central office, the respective encryption keys of the client with the notary and with the document; generating a transaction code, based on the step of associating the respective encryption keys, for authorizing execution of the document to provide the notarizing; executing the document; and embedding selected ones of the respective encryption keys together with a notary seal in the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: COGNOMINA, INC.
    Inventors: PAT CARMICHAEL, J. CHARLES DAVIS, SCOTTIE ASHLEY, CRAIG LAIRD
  • Patent number: 7660988
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for notarizing a document, by a client in the presence of a notary, comprising the steps of registering the notary, the client and the document, from a local workstation coupled to a central office, to provide for assigning at least one respective encryption key for identifying each of the notary, the client and the document to be notarized; associating in the central office, the respective encryption keys of the client with the notary and with the; generating a transaction code, based on the step of associating the respective encryption keys, for authorizing execution of the to provide the notarizing; executing the; and embedding selected ones of the respective encryption keys together with a notary seal in the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Cognomina, Inc.
    Inventors: Pat Carmichael, J. Charles Davis, Scottie Ashley, Craig Laird
  • Publication number: 20030177360
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for notarizing at least one document, by a client in the presence of a notary, comprising the steps of registering the notary, the client and the at least one document, from a local workstation coupled to a central office via a global communication network, to provide for assigning at least one respective encryption key for identifying each of the notary, the client and the at least one document to be notarized; associating in a first database in the central office, the respective encryption keys of the client with the notary and with the at least one document; generating a transaction code, based on the step of associating the respective encryption keys, for authorizing execution of the at least one document to provide the notarizing; executing the at least one document; and embedding selected ones of the respective encryption keys together with a notary seal in the at least one document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Pat Carmichael, J. Charles Davis, Scottie Ashley, Craig Laird