Patent ID: 9166986
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a server and from a first client device associated with a first user, a request to attach, to an electronic document associated with the first user, a badge as certification that a second user has witnessed the document, the request including information about the electronic document along with a representation of a credential issued to the second user; determining, by the server, whether the received representation of the credential is a valid representation of the credential that was issued to the second user and that was used for witnessing the document; responsive to determining that the received representation of the credential is valid, attaching, by the server, a badge to the electronic document, the badge corresponding to the credential issued to the second user and certifying that the second user has witnessed the electronic document; and storing, at the server, information corresponding to the electronic document with the attached badge.