Patent ID: 8307218

Claim:
A system for the secure creation, registration and storage of an authoritative copy of an electronic transferable record (TR), said system comprising: one or more computing devices; an originator system to generate said authoritative copy of a TR, said authoritative copy being a unique and identifiable original copy of said TR, the originator system further generating TR origination evidence attesting to an ownership of said authoritative copy; a secure storage manager to store said authoritative copy of a TR generated by the originator system in a storage location; and a registry architecturally separate from the secure storage manager to register said authoritative copy of a TR in a TR registry record, said TR registry record comprising: a chain of ownership of said authoritative copy of a TR, said chain of ownership comprising at least said TR origination evidence; and the storage location of the authoritative copy of the TR within the secure storage manager storing said authoritative copy of a TR; said system identifying a copy of a TR being presented for certification as said authoritative copy only if said copy of a TR is stored at the storage location in the secure storage manager such as registered in the TR registry record; and wherein the originator system comprises: electronic signature components for generating said TR and TR transaction evidence; and an authoritative copy module collaborating with the secure storage manager and registry to establish said TR stored in the secure storage manager as the authoritative copy thereof.