Trusted and secure techniques, systems and methods for item delivery and execution

Create Free Account | License or Sell Your Patent | WikiPatents Marketplace | WikiPatents Blog

United States Patent

6185683

Link to this page

http://www.wikipatents.com/6185683.html

Inventor(s)

Ginter; Karl L. (Beltsville, MD), Shear; Victor H. (Bethesda, MD), Spahn; Francis J. (El Cerrito, CA), Van Wie; David M. (Sunnyvale, CA), Weber; Robert P. (Menlo Park, CA)

Abstract

Documents and other items can be delivered electronically from sender to recipient with a level of trustedness approaching or exceeding that provided by a personal document courier. A trusted electronic go-between can validate, witness and/or archive transactions while, in some cases, actively participating in or directing the transaction. Printed or imaged documents can be marked using handwritten signature images, seal images, electronic fingerprinting, watermarking, and/or steganography. Electronic commercial transactions and transmissions take place in a reliable, "trusted" virtual distribution environment that provides significant efficiency and cost savings benefits to users in addition to providing an extremely high degree of confidence and trustedness. The systems and techniques have many uses including but not limited to secure document delivery, execution of legal documents, and electronic data interchange (EDI).

References Submit all comments and votes

*references marked with an asterisk below are user-added references

U.S. References

Add a new US reference:
[Vote on relevancy & make comments] [Display results only]
Reference	Relevancy	Comments	Reference	Relevancy	Comments
5765152 Erickson Jun,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5768426 Rhoads Jun,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5757914 McManis May,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5754849 Dyer et al. May,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5748960 Fischer May,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5748763 Rhoads May,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5748783 Rhoads May,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5758152 LeTourneau May,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5745604 Rhoads Apr,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5740549 Reilly et al. Apr,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5721788 Powell et al. Feb,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5710834 Rhoads Jan,1998	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5687236 Moskowitz et al. Nov,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5692180 Lee Nov,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5689587 Bender et al. Nov,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5655077 Jones et al. Aug,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5638443 Stefik Jun,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5640546 Gopinath et al. Jun,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5638504 Scott et al. Jun,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5636292 Rhoads Jun,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5629770 Brassil et al. May,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5634012 Stefik et al. May,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5633932 Davis et al. May,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5629980 Stefik et al. May,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5621797 Rosen Apr,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5613004 Cooperman et al. Mar,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5606609 Houser et al. Feb,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5592549 Nagel et al. Jan,1997	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5572673 Shurts Nov,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5568552 Davis Oct,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5563946 Cooper et al. Oct,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5557518 Rosen Sep,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5553282 Parrish et al. Sep,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5550971 Brunner et al. Aug,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5534855 Shockley et al. Jul,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5539828 Davis Jul,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5539735 Moskowitz Jul,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5537526 Anderson et al. Jul,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5534975 Stefik et al. Jul,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5533123 Force et al. Jul,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5530235 Stefik et al. Jun,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5530752 Rubin Jun,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5517518 Rosen May,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5504818 Okano Apr,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5513261 Maher Apr,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5509070 Schull Apr,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5508913 Yamamoto et al. Apr,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5504837 Griffeth et al. Apr,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5504757 Cook et al. Apr,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5497491 Mitchell et al. Mar,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5499298 Narasimhalu et al. Mar,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5497479 Hornbuckle Mar,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5491800 Goldsmith et al. Feb,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5485622 Yamaki Jan,1996	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5473692 Davis Dec,1995	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5479509 Ugon Dec,1995	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5473687 Lipscomb et al. Dec,1995	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5455953 Russell Oct,1995	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5463565 Cookson et al. Oct,1995	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]		5457747 Drexler et al. Oct,1995	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]
5457746 Dolphin Oct,1995	Your vote accepted [0 after 0 votes]