Patent ID: 9037510
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring documents from a party to a transferee via a transfer company, said method comprising: generating, by a local computer including a Central Processing Unit (CPU) under the control of the transfer company, unique device codes; distributing, by the transfer company, transfer devices to a plurality of parties, each of the transfer devices equipped with a unique device code and being in an inactive state; prior to activating the transfer device from the inactive state to a distributed state, restricting access, by the transfer company computer, to a device record within a database; creating, by the transfer company computer, a database comprising a set of device records, the computer providing remote access to the database via a communication network; loading, by the local computer, each of the unique device codes into a different one of the device records within the database; loading, by the local computer, party data, identifying the parties, into the different ones of the device records within the database; loading, by the local computer, transferee data, identifying the transferees, into the different ones of the device records within the database; activating the transfer device from the inactive state to the distributed state by the transfer company computer; prior to activating the transfer device from the distributed state to an activated state, restricting access, by the transfer company computer, to the device record; and initiating, in the distributed state, a transfer of a particular document from a requesting party to a particular transferee by the steps of: accessing, by the local computer, the device record within the database corresponding to the unique device code on previously distributed transfer device, validating, in the distributed state of the transfer device, by the transfer company computer, the unique device code by comparing the unique device code and the transferee's identification information with information in the device record in the database via the transfer company computer; activating the transfer device from the distributed state to the activated state by the local computer, wherein the device record is accessible by the local computer in the activated state; obtaining, by a computer of the transfer company, the identities of the requesting party and the particular transferee from the accessed device record within the database corresponding to the unique device code, generating, by the local computer, a unique pick-up code that refers to a specific transfer of a particular document, storing, by the local computer, the unique pick-up code into the accessed device record within the database corresponding to the unique device code, providing, by the computer of the transfer company, a unique pick-up code to the requesting party, wherein the computer of the transfer company includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU), receiving, by an agent of the transfer company, the unique pick-up code from the transferee, accessing, by an agent of the transfer company, a device record on the database of the computer, corresponding to the unique pick-up code received from the transferee, using a remote controlled-computer, under the control of the agent, connected to the communication network, verifying, by the agent, the identity of the transferee based on the transferee data stored in the accessed device record corresponding to the presented unique pick-up code, providing, by the agent, the particular document to the particular transferee upon verification of the received unique pick up code and the identity of the transferee.