US 2025/0053924 A1 · HANDLING ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN COLLABORATION SYSTEMS

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for gathering electronic signatures to be applied to collaboration system content objects (e.g., contracts, letters, insurance claims, riders, etc.). A collaboration system monitors changes made to the collaboration system content objects during electronic signature processing. A module of the content management system is configured to associate one or more instances of e-signing metadata to one or more of the stored content objects of the content management system. The e-signing metadata indicates whether or not a particular portion of the one or more of the stored content objects has been e-signed by a designated e-signatory. A collaborator who is not one of the designated e-signatories makes a change to one or more of the stored content objects (e.g., contracts, letters, insurance claims, riders, etc.). The change is remediated on-the-fly and the e-signing process continues without having to restart the e-signing process from the beginning.

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Dependent claims

A method for handling changes during electronic signature processing, the method comprising:

executing a content management system (CMS) on which an e-signing process is implemented by executing code that is integrated into the CMS, wherein
the CMS exposes content objects stored thereon for collaboration by a plurality of user devices through an electronic interface, and
the code, when executed, associates e-signing metadata to one or more content objects of the content objects;
identifying at least one content object of the one or more content objects to be electronically signed in the e-signing process by an e-signatory;
determining, during execution of the e-signing process, whether a conflict exists between a change and one or more other changes;
and
upon determining that the conflict exists during execution of the e-signing process, performing a remediating action for the change.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a sequence of instructions which, when stored in memory and executed by a processor or a processor core, cause the processor or the processor core to perform a set of acts, the set of acts comprising:

executing a content management system (CMS) on which an e-signing process is implemented by executing code that is integrated into the CMS, wherein
the CMS exposes content objects stored thereon for collaboration by a plurality of user devices through an electronic interface, and
the code, when executed, associates e-signing metadata to one or more content objects of the content objects;
identifying at least one content object of the one or more content objects to be electronically signed in the e-signing process by an e-signatory;
determining, during execution of the e-signing process, whether a conflict exists between a change and one or more other changes;
and
upon determining that the conflict exists during execution of the e-signing process, performing a remediating action for the change.

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A system, comprising:

a processor or a processor core;
memory having stored therein a sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor or the processor core, causes the processor or the processor core to perform a set of acts, the set of acts comprising:
executing a content management system (CMS) on which an e-signing process is implemented by executing code that is integrated into the CMS, wherein
the CMS exposes content objects stored thereon for collaboration by a plurality of user devices through an electronic interface, and
the code, when executed, associates e-signing metadata to one or more content objects of the content objects;
identifying at least one content object of the one or more content objects to be electronically signed in the e-signing process by an e-signatory;
determining, during execution of the e-signing process, whether a conflict exists between a change and one or more other changes;
and
upon determining that the conflict exists during execution of the e-signing process, performing a remediating action for the change.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Handling electronic signatures in collaboration systems

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