Patent ID: 7698230
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A transaction processing system comprising: a processor, a memory, computer readable instructions stored in the memory that when executed by the processor perform the process of: receiving a plurality of transaction packets, each transaction packet comprising a document and a transaction policy statement, and wherein each transaction policy statement includes a set of rules specific to its respective transaction packet and not the other transaction packets in the plurality of transaction packets; accessing by a rule parser each of the plurality of transaction packets the transaction policy statements and the set of rules specific to each of said packets, wherein the set of rules in at least one of the transaction policy statements includes one or more signature rules that define requirements for electronically signing its respective document; retrieving role verification rules from a server; determining by a verification agent whether the signature rules are met, verifying a role of a signatory based on role verification rules retrieved from said server; and preventing by a signature inhibitor the respective document from being electronically signed based on the verifying of a role of a signatory.