Granted Patent B2

US 12,536,340 · App. 18/385,293 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Inventors: Patrick A. Kinsel (Boston, MA); Adam Pase (Washington, DC)

Assignee: Notarize, Inc.

G06F21/64G06F21/6209G06F40/166G06Q50/265G06F21/32

Abstract

Claims (48)

1 . An electronic signature validation method comprising:

receiving, via at least one network, from a remote device, a copy of at least one government identification document associated with a user, wherein the at least one government identification document comprises a reference image of the user;

transmitting, via the at least one network, to the remote device, a copy of a digital document to be displayed to the user;

receiving, via the at least one network, from the remote device, an electronic signature of the digital document by the user, wherein the electronic signature is captured during a document signing session, wherein the document signing session is attended by the user and an observer who observes an act of signing by the user during the document signing session;

generating one or more identity challenge questions to be displayed to the user during the document signing session;

in response to displaying the one or more identity challenge questions to the user during the document signing session, receiving, via the at least one network, from the remote device, input by the user comprising one or more responses to the one or more identity challenge questions;

analyzing the copy of the at least one government identification document, wherein the analyzing includes authenticating the at least one government identification document;

further receiving, via the at least one network, from the remote device, first personally identifiable information, wherein the first personally identifiable information includes at least one real-time image of the user and enables the user to be uniquely identified;

causing to display, side by side, the at least one real-time image of the user and the reference image of the user;

locking, using a digital certificate associated with the observer, the signed digital document to bind the digital document to the observer; and

storing, in at least one storage device, a record of the document signing session, wherein the record comprises the signed digital document, the copy of the at least one government identification document, the one or more responses to the one or more identity challenge questions, and video recordings of both the user and the observer using one or more cameras.

2 . The electronic signature validation method of claim 1 , wherein:

the copy of the at least one government identification document is captured, at least in part, using a document scanner configured to scan the at least one government identification document associated with the user.

3 . The electronic signature validation method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more cameras are associated with the remote device, and wherein:

the at least one real-time image of the user is captured during the document signing session using the one or more cameras associated with the remote device.

4 . The electronic signature validation method of claim 3 , further comprising:

comparing the at least one real-time image of the user with the reference image of the user; and

determining a confidence score for the comparison, wherein the confidence score determines whether the comparison is to be validated by a supervisor.

5 . The electronic signature validation method of claim 1 , further comprising causing to resize or align the at least one real-time image of the user based on the reference image of the user.

6 . The electronic signature validation method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to an instruction from the observer, applying to the signed digital document a graphical seal associated with the observer.

7 . The electronic signature validation method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating, using metadata generated during the document signing session, a unique document identification number for the document signing session; and

associating the unique document identification number with the record of the document signing session.

8 . The electronic signature validation method of claim 1 , further comprising extracting second personally identifiable information pertaining to the user from the copy of the at least one government identification document.

9 . The electronic signature validation method of claim 8 , wherein the record of the document signing session further includes the second personally identifiable information.

10 . An electronic signature validation system comprising at least one storage device and at least one hardware processor, the at least one hardware processor is configured to:

receive, via at least one network, from a remote device, a copy of at least one government identification document associated with a user, wherein the at least one government identification document includes a reference image of the user;

transmit, via the at least one network, to the remote device, a copy of a digital document to be displayed to the user;

receive, via the at least one network, from the remote device, an electronic signature of the digital document by the user, wherein the electronic signature is captured during a document signing session, and wherein the document signing session is attended by the user and an observer who observes an act of signing by the user during the document signing session;

transmit, via the at least one network, to the remote device, one or more identity challenge questions to be displayed to the user during the document signing session;

after the one or more identity challenge questions are displayed to the user during the document signing session, receive, via the at least one network, from the remote device, input by the user comprising one or more responses to the one or more identity challenge questions;

analyze the copy of the at least one government identification document for authenticating the at least one government identification document;

further receive, via the at least one network, from the remote device, first personally identifiable information, wherein the first personally identifiable information includes at least one real-time image of the user and enables the user to be uniquely identified;

cause to display, side by side, the at least one real-time image of the user and the reference image of the user;

lock, using a digital certificate associated with the observer, the signed digital document to bind the digital document to the observer; and

store, in the at least one storage device, a record of the document signing session, wherein the record comprises the signed digital document, the at least one government identification document, the one or more responses to the one or more identity challenge questions, and video recordings of both the user and the observer captured using one or more cameras.

11 . The electronic signature validation system of claim 10 , wherein the record of the document signing session further includes the first personally identifiable information extracted from the copy of the at least one government identification document.

12 . The electronic signature validation system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to:

compare the at least one real-time image of the user with a reference image of the user; and

determine a confidence score for the comparison.

13 . The electronic signature validation system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to cause to resize or align the at least one real time real-time image of the user based on the reference image of the user.

14 . The electronic signature validation system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to, in response to an instruction from the observer, apply to the signed digital document a graphical seal associated with the observer.

15 . The electronic signature validation system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to:

generate a unique document identification number for the document signing session; and

associate the unique document identification number with the record of the document signing session.

16 . The electronic signature validation system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is configured to generate the unique document identification number based on the confidence score exceeding a predetermined threshold.

17 . The electronic signature validation system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to extract second personally identifiable information pertaining to the user from the copy of the at least one government identification document.

18 . The electronic signature validation system of claim 17 , wherein the record of the document signing session further includes the second personally identifiable information.

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