Patent ID: 8296832

Claim:
In an environment in which a first person enters into a transaction with a second person by handwritten documentary execution, the environment including a first location separate from and in communication by a network with a second location, the first and second locations respectively having the first and second parties simultaneously present, wherein the first location has (i) a first plotter, (ii) a first video capture system, and (iii) a first video renderer, and wherein the second location has: (i) a second document copy representing the transaction, (ii) a second digital writing pad, and (iii) a second video capture system, a method comprising a plurality of steps each being performed by hardware executing software, wherein the steps include: receiving, at the first location for delivery to the first plotter, signals output by the second digital writing pad as generated by use of a stylus by the second person to input handwritten indicia to the second digital writing pad: receiving, at the first location for delivery to and rendering by the first video renderer output from the second video capture system at the second location and including at least a video capture of: the second person at the second location; and handwritten indicia being applied by the second person to the second document copy at the second location: rendering, by the first video renderer at the first location, the received output from the second video capture system at the second location: and storing, at the first location, transaction audit information for the transaction to substantiate non-repudiation of the transaction by the second person, wherein the transaction audit information includes: the received signals output by the second digital writing pad; and the received output from the second video capture system at the second location.