Patent ID: 8924729

Claim:
A method of electronically signing documents, the method comprising: receiving a first credential associated with a registered package of biometric information at a vendor system, wherein the first credential is sent from a user of a user's electronic device and is verified by the vendor system to access the vendor system; receiving an electronic document and a request to sign the electronic document at the vendor system, wherein the electronic document and the request are sent from the user of the user's electronic device to the vendor system; receiving a package of biometric information at the vendor system, wherein the package is sent from the user of the user's electronic device to the vendor system; storing the registered package of biometric information in a database including a list of registered packages of information organized in a tree with the first credential being the root of the tree or in a hierarchy with the first credential being at the top of the hierarchy; comparing the received package of biometric information with the registered package of biometric information associated with the user, wherein the registered package of biometric information is received and approved by the vendor system prior to receiving the package of biometric information; displaying the electronic document to the user on the user's electronic device, wherein the electronic document is displayed by the vendor system; signing the electronic document by affixing a biometric signature associated with the user to the electronic document if, based on the comparison, the received package of biometric information matches the registered package of biometric information, wherein signing the electronic document is performed by the vendor system and wherein the biometric signature includes the registered package of biometric information; receiving a second credential from the user; and authenticating the second credential received from the user by the vendor system.