Patent ID: 9614681
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, from a sender device and at a server operating an electronic signature service via a communication network, a first encrypted data packet including data representing an electronic document, the first encrypted data packet conforming to a specification for encoding the electronic document in a data packet; presenting the first encrypted data packet to a signer device via the communication network without decrypting the first encrypted data packet at the server; providing computer-executable instructions to the signer device via the communication network, the computer-executable instructions that when executed by the signer device cause the signer device to perform a process comprising: receiving, from the signer device and at the server via the communication network, the second encrypted data packet conforming to the specification, the second encrypted data packet including data representing an electronic signature, the electronic signature representing an indication associated with the electronic document establishing that a person signing the electronic document endorses a content of the electronic document with an intent to affix the electronic signature to the electronic document; and presenting the second encrypted data packet to the sender device via the communication network without decrypting the second encrypted data packet at the server.