Electronic signatures

A method for authenticating an identify of a signatory who signed an electronic signature generated by a method for generating an electronic signature comprising:

• receiving at least one first physical characteristic representative of a person, the first physical characteristic containing a first biometric feature of the person;
• identifying the first biometric feature in the received first physical characteristic;
• generating a first biometric mathematical representation representing the first biometric feature of the person;
• receiving a content to be signed;
• generating a first content mathematical representation representing the content to be signed;
• storing the first biometric mathematical representation and the first content mathematical representation in a signature dataset;
• computing a first signature mathematical representation of the signature dataset;
• wherein the method for authenticating the identity of the signatory comprises:
• receiving the first biometric mathematical representation stored on the signature dataset;
• receiving a second physical characteristic representative of a person, the second physical characteristic containing a second biometric feature of the person;
• identifying the second biometric feature in the received second physical characteristic;
• generating a second biometric mathematical representation representing the identified second biometric feature;
• determining a fourth matching score by comparing the first biometric mathematical representation and the second biometric mathematical representation;
• authenticating the identity of the signatory if the determined fourth matching score satisfies a predefined threshold.

A system for generating an electronic signature comprising:

• a characteristic receiving module configured to receive at least one first physical characteristic representative of a person, the first physical characteristic containing a first biometric feature of the person;
• an identifying module configured to identify the first biometric feature in the received physical characteristic;
• a biometric generating module configured to generate a first biometric mathematical representation representing the first biometric feature of the person;
• a content receiving module configured to receive a content to be signed;
• a content generating module configured to generate a first content mathematical representation of the content to be signed;
• a storing module configured to store the first biometric mathematical representation and the first content mathematical representation in a signature dataset;
• a computing module configured to compute a first signature mathematical representation of the signature dataset.