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

Claim 19:
20. Non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
manage, 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

execute, 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.