Patent ID: 7340608
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for securely vaulting, auditing, controlling and transferring electronic transferable records (TRs) with unique ownership, said electronic transferable record having been created with a secure document creation system, wherein said system comprises: at least one registry for registering said electronic transferable record with unique ownership in a TR registry record; at least one secure storage manager associated with said registry, said Secure-Storage Manager (SSM) storing said transferable record registered in said registry as an authoritative copy, said secure storage manager being distinct from said registry; means for registering participants with said system, said participants including said registry, said SSM and a plurality of secured parties, each of said secured parties being represented by at least one representative, each of said participants being provided with an access key pair; wherein said transferable record can be transferred in a transaction between an originating party and a receiving party with a transaction descriptor, said transaction descriptor including information about the parties involved in said transaction and an identification of said TR being transferred, said transaction descriptor being initially signed by said originating party with said TR, subsequently verified and countersigned by said registry and signed by said accepting party, said transaction descriptor, upon completion of said transaction, being stored in said TR registry record, an owner of a TR, being the only party authorized by said registry to transfer a document; wherein said system is adapted to display a rendered view of said TR, said TR being identified as said authoritative copy of said TR only when rendered to said owner accessing said TR in said SSM through said system, and said TR being otherwise identified as not being said authoritative copy; wherein said authoritative copy of a TR includes: