US 9,313,206 B1 · Electronic signatures

Abstract

A method, comprising: storing, at a server device, an electronic resource; receiving, at the server device and from a client device associated with a first user, a request on behalf of the first user to access the electronic resource; responsive to receiving the request on behalf of the first user to access the electronic resource, enabling the client device associated with the first user to access the electronic resource; while the client device associated with the first user is accessing the electronic resource, receiving, at the server device and from the client device associated with the first user, a request to validate a representation of a credential purported to represent another user received by the client device; validating the received representation of the credential as representing a second user; and responsive to validating the received representation of the credential, enabling the first user to electronically sign the electronic resource.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

receiving, at a server device and from a client device associated with a first user, a request on behalf of the first user to access an electronic resource;
responsive to receiving the request on behalf of the first user to access the electronic resource, enabling the client device associated with the first user to access the electronic resource;
while the client device associated with the first user is accessing the electronic resource,
receiving, at the server device and from the client device associated with the first user, a request to validate a representation of a credential purported to represent another user received by the client device;
validating the received representation of the credential as representing a second user;
and
responsive to validating the received representation of the credential, unlocking the electronic resource for the first user.

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One or more machine-readable hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a client device associated with a first user, a request on behalf of the first user to access an electronic resource;
responsive to receiving the request on behalf of the first user to access the electronic resource, enabling the client device associated with the first user to access the electronic resource;
while the client device associated with the first user is accessing the electronic resource,
receiving, from the client device associated with the first user, a request to validate a representation of a credential purported to represent another user received by the client device;
validating the received representation of the credential as representing a second user;
and
responsive to validating the received representation of the credential, unlocking the electronic resource for the first user.

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An electronic system comprising:

one or more processing devices;
and
one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a client device associated with a first user, a request on behalf of the first user to access an electronic resource;
responsive to receiving the request on behalf of the first user to access the electronic resource, enabling the client device associated with the first user to access the electronic resource;
while the client device associated with the first user is accessing the electronic resource,
receiving, from the client device associated with the first user, a request to validate a representation of a credential purported to represent another user received by the client device;
validating the received representation of the credential as representing a second user;
and
responsive to validating the received representation of the credential, unlocking the electronic resource for the first user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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