Patent ID: 9240990
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computerized method of authenticating the electronic acknowledgement of an item comprising the steps of: displaying at least one item to be electronically acknowledged on a display device of a first computerized device; configuring an input device of the first computerized device to receive an input from a user; receiving from the user, using an input device of the first computerized device, an input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the displayed item; capturing, using an image capture device of the first computerized device, at least one image of the user during the process of receiving the input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the displayed item; storing a data record on the first computerized device comprising the user's electronic acknowledgement, a reference to the displayed item, and the at least one captured image; verifying that the captured image is the user who electronically acknowledged the displayed item; monitoring the time period that the user expends from the time that an item is presented to the user to the time of receiving the user's acknowledgment of the item; and notifying the user if the time expended exceeds a predefined first time limit.