Patent ID: 11887055
Assignee: DOCUSIGN, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
managing, in a contract management system operable within a computing system comprised of at least one processor and accessible by involved parties through a computer interface, a formation stage of a contract document, the managing of the formation stage comprising:
translating the contract document to a data representation comprising object components;
assembling a contract object graph from the object components, wherein the contract object graph comprises components connected via hash linking; and
responsive to executing one or more signatures from the involved parties to the contract object graph, terminating the formation stage; and

executing, in an execution environment comprised of at least one processor and during a post formation stage, the contract object graph where instances of execution comprise:
receiving a data initiated contract state update through the execution environment and
appending, via hash linking, at least one updated object component to the contract object graph in accordance with the data intiated contract state update.