Patent ID: 9160725
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for authenticating a sender of electronic data to a recipient, said method comprising the following computer implemented steps: receiving from the sender, at a server remote from the sender, electronic data including at least an email address of the sender; transmitting a message from the server to the sender's email address, the message requesting proof of the sender's identity and ownership of the transmitted electronic data, the message receiving at the server a copy of the signature as a proof of the sender's identity and ownership of the transmitted electronic data, the proof being sent in response to the message sent from the server to the sender's email address; recording the copy of the signature at the server as a confirmation of the sender's identity and ownership of the transmitted data; embedding the proof of the sender's identity and ownership of the transmitted electronic data, into the electronic data; and transmitting a copy of the electronic data generated by the sender with the proof of the sender's identity and ownership embedded, from the server to a recipient.