Patent ID: 6996251

Claim:
An apparatus for recording information, comprising: a capture device for capturing the information; a local verification device for indelibly marking the captured information with the actual date and time of the capture of the information, and the actual location information defining the location of said capture device at the time of capture of the information, such that such date, time and location information becomes part of the captured information as bound captured information: a signature device for creating owner information identifying the creator and owner of the bound captured information and; placing the bound captured information in combination with the owner information in a predefined secure transmission file formated to be uniquely recognized by a secure storage facility; a transmitter for transmitting the secure transmission file to the secure storage facility, wherein the secure storage facility is operable to store bound captured information in association with the owner; and the secure storage facility generating an acknowledgment of the receipt of the transmitted secure transmission file to the secure storage facility, wherein the acknowledgment has associated therewith at least a portion of the information contained within the transmitted secure transmission file.