Patent ID: 11888915
Assignee: DOCUSIGN, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
accessing, by a system, a video conference between at least a signing entity and a witness entity;
providing, by the system, a document to the signing entity, the document including a field for an electronic signature from the signing entity;
instructing, by the system, the signing entity to electronically sign the document by including a signature within the field of the document;
instructing, by the system, the witness entity to observe video of the signing entity electronically signing the document within the video conference;
receiving, by the system, an indication that the signing entity has electronically signed the document;
determining, by the system, one or more video quality metrics of the video conference;
receiving, by the system, based on determining that the one or more video quality metrics of the video conference satisfy a witness threshold criteria, a confirmation from the witness entity that the witness entity observed the video of the signing entity electronically signing the document;
combining, by the system, portions from the video conference that include one or more of the video of the signing entity electronically signing the document, video of the witness entity observing the document being electronically signed by the signing entity, or video of the witness entity confirming that the witness entity observed the video of the signing entity electronically signing the document;
storing, by the system, the combined portions from the video conference in conjunction with the electronically signed document;
and
based on determining that the one or more video quality metrics of the video conference fail to satisfy the witness threshold criteria, preventing, by the system, the witness entity from confirming that the witness entity observed the video of the signing entity electronically signing the document.