IP Library Granted Patent US 8,051,289
Granted Patent B2
US 8,051,289 · App. 12/904,289 · Granted Nov 1, 2011

Electronic document management and delivery

Assignee: Avow Systems, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,051,289
App. No.
12/904,289
Granted
Nov 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, system to manage and delivery electronic documents is disclosed.

Claims (53)

1. A method for producing an authenticable, secure electronic document comprising:

receiving, with the cooperation of a messaging framework between a third party data center and a document generation module, data content from the third party data center associated with an order;

receiving, with the cooperation of the messaging framework, a unique organization identifier corresponding to a third party; and

generating the authenticable, secure electronic document, wherein the generating includes:

assembling, by a processor:

the data content associated with the order,

a certification associated with the third party based on the unique organization identifier, and

one or more policies that control document usage,

into the authenticable, secure electronic document.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the order for the authenticable, secure electronic document from a web-based ordering service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authenticable, secure electronic document represents a transcript, a medical record or a financial record.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more policies are applied to the authenticable, secure electronic document based on the unique organization identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

applying a certification graphic to the authenticable, secure electronic document; and

including one or more of graphics, watermarks, and electronic files in the authenticable, secure electronic document.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a hardware security key data element identifies a digital certificate.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authenticable, secure electronic document is delivered to one or more recipients other than the third party.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the authenticable, secure electronic document is delivered via an email delivery method, a secure download delivery method, a requestor download delivery method, a Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council Data Transport Service “PESC DTS” delivery method, or a PESC DTS response delivery method.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third party is one or more of a university, a school and a higher educational institution.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the certification includes a digital certificate and the authenticable, secure electronic document is delivered in a portable document format.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage media having stored thereon instructions, that if executed by a processor, perform the steps of claim 1 .

12. A system for producing an authenticable, secure electronic document comprising:

means for receiving, with the cooperation of a messaging framework between a third party data center and a document generation module, data content from the third party data center associated with an order;

means for receiving, with the cooperation of the messaging framework, a unique organization identifier corresponding to a third party; and

means for generating the authenticable, secure electronic document, wherein the generating means includes:

means for assembling, by a processor:

the data content associated with the order,

a certification associated with the third party based on the unique organization identifier, and

one or more policies that control document usage,

into the authenticable, secure electronic document.

13. The system of claim 12 , further comprising means for receiving the order for the authenticable, secure electronic document from a web-based ordering service.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the authenticable, secure electronic document represents a transcript a medical record or a financial record.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more policies are applied to the authenticable, secure electronic document based on the unique organization identifier.

16. The system of claim 12 , further comprising:

means for applying a certification graphic to the authenticable, secure electronic document; and

means for including one or more of graphics, watermarks, and electronic files in the authenticable, secure electronic document.

17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the authenticable, secure electronic document is delivered to one or more recipients other than the third party.

18. A system that is capable of producing an authenticable, secure electronic document comprising:

a messaging framework between a third party data center and a document generation module that receives data content from the third party data center associated with an order;

a document retrieval module that receives, with the cooperation of the messaging framework, a unique organization identifier corresponding to a third party; and

a document generation service module that generates the authenticable, secure electronic document, wherein the document generation service module includes:

a processor that assembles:

the data content associated with the order,

a certification associated with the third party based on the unique organization identifier, and

one or more policies that control document usage,

into the authenticable, secure electronic document.

19. The system of claim 18 , further comprising:

a document ordering service that receives the order for the authenticable, secure electronic document from a web-based ordering service; and

a document authentication service that applies a certification graphic to the authenticable, secure electronic document, the certification including one or more of graphics, watermarks, and electronic files in the authenticable, secure electronic document.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein:

the authenticable, secure electronic document represents a transcript a medical record or a financial record,

the one or more policies are applied to the authenticable, secure electronic document based on the unique organization identifier, and

the authenticable, secure electronic document is delivered to one or more recipients other than the third party.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE AND TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL, RECORDED AT REEL 067399, FRAME 0151 Recorded Dec 16, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: PARCHMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 069714/0722 →
GRANT OF SECOND LIEN SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Dec 12, 2024
From: PARCHMENT LLC; INSTRUCTURE, INC.
To: KKR LOAN ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069631/0080 →
GRANT OF FIRST LIEN SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Dec 12, 2024
From: PARCHMENT LLC; INSTRUCTURE, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069631/0087 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 13, 2024
From: PARCHMENT INC.
To: PARCHMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 068579/0736 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2024
From: PARCHMENT LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067399/0151 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2024
From: GOLUB CAPITAL LLC
To: PARCHMENT INC
Reel/Frame 066346/0913 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2020
From: PARCHMENT INC.
To: GOLUB CAPITAL LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051686/0284 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2020
From: CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE
To: PARCHMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 051674/0301 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 26, 2016
From: AVOW SYSTEMS, INC.
To: PARCHMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 039555/0874 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2012
From: JOHNSON, JAY A.; JOHNSTON, MARK R.; HYMAN, RONALD M.; KASCHMITTER, CHRIS M.
To: AVOW SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 028738/0880 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 12602617
Provisional Application 60911290 · Apr 12, 2007
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