Patent ID: 7379881

Claim:
A method for recording a solemn declaration, the method comprising: receiving a transaction identifier at a recording system from a relying party via a first communications network, the transaction identifier identifying a transaction requiring a declaration from an affirming party; associating the transaction identifier with the relying party at the recording system; subsequently, receiving the transaction identifier at the recording system from the affirming party to associate the affirming party with the transaction, wherein the transaction identifier has been received by the affirming party prior to the recording system receiving the transaction identifier from the affirming party; receiving a voice message at the recording system from the affirming party via a second communications network, the voice message including a statement of the declaration required from the affirming party, thereby providing an indication of completion of the transaction; recording and storing the voice message at the recording system; and associating a recording identifier with the recorded voice message and the transaction identifier; communicating the transaction identifier together with the recording identifier to the relying party via a third communications network in response to the indication of the completion of the transaction; and communicating the recording identifier to the affirming party via a fourth communications network in response to the indication of the completion of the transaction.