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US 2002/0178187 A1Published application
Electronically signed HTML forms
OwnerBrett D. Rasmussen, Wayne E. Austad +1inventors
InventorsBrett D. Rasmussen, Wayne E. Austad, Catherine Herring Macheret
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Abstract
A hypertext markup language form is electronically signed by loading it into a browser application and generating an electronic signature for information in the form from within the browser application.
Claims22
A method of electronically signing a hypertext markup language form, comprising:
- loading said hypertext markup language form into a browser application;
- and
- generating an electronic signature for information in said hypertext markup language form from within said browser application.
A method of verifying an electronic signature of a hypertext markup language form, comprising:
- loading said hypertext markup language form into a browser application;
- generating an electronic signature for information in said hypertext markup language form from within said browser application;
- and
- comparing said electronic signature with a stored electronic signature in said hypertext markup language form.
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An apparatus for electronically signing a hypertext markup language form, comprising:
- a. one or more computer readable storage media;
- and
- b. computer executable program code stored in the one or more computer readable storage media, the computer executable program code comprising:
- i. code for loading and displaying said hypertext markup language form;
- ii. code for generating an electronic signature for information in said hypertext markup language form from within a browser;
- and
- iii. code for verifying an electronic signature attached to said hypertext markup language form.
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