Patent ID: 6697997
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for creating a signed hypertext made up of a plurality of linked documents, said method comprising the steps of:(a) forming at least one of said plurality of documents by an identifier of an issuer of said at least one document, at least one property definition part and an issuer signature attached to said at least one document in its entirety; (b) when said property definition part has a link, incorporating into said property definition part an identifier of a destination document and a constraint definition part for defining a constraint on said destination document; (c) generating a unique document identifier for a document not yet instantiated as said destination document at the time of creating a source document which is said at least one document, and incorporating said unique document identifier as a future destination document into said property definition part of said source document; and (d) generating said destination document with said unique document identifier when the body of said destination document is instantiated.