Acknowledgment authentication system and method

1. A method of authenticating an electronic acknowledgement of an item to be acknowledged, the method comprising:

displaying at least one item to be electronically acknowledged on a display device of a first computerized device;

configuring an input device of the first computerized device to receive an input from a user;

receiving from the user, using the input device of the first computerized device, an input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the at least one item;

capturing, using an image capture device of the first computerized device, at least one image of the user during an acknowledgement process;

receiving an image of an identification document associated with the user;

comparing the captured at least one image of the user to the image of the identification document associated with the user to authenticate the user's identity;

measuring a time period that elapses from a time when the at least one item is displayed to a time of receiving the input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the at least one item; and

notifying the user if the time period exceeds a predefined time limit;

wherein the acknowledgement process extends at least from the time of receiving the input to the capturing step.

2. A computerized method of authenticating the electronic acknowledgement of an item comprising the steps of:

displaying at least one item to be electronically acknowledged on a display device of a first computerized device;

configuring an input device of the first computerized device to receive an input from a user;

receiving from the user, using the input device of the first computerized device, an input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the at least one item;

capturing, using an image capture device of the first computerized device, at least one image of the user during an acknowledgement process;

comparing the captured at least one image of the user to an image of an identification document previously stored on a second computerized device, which identification document is associated with the user to authenticate the user's identity;

measuring a time period that elapses from a time when the at least one item is displayed to a time of receiving the input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the item and authenticating the user; and

notifying the user if the time period exceeds a predefined time limit;

wherein the acknowledgement process extends at least from the time of receiving the input to the capturing step.

3. A computerized method of authenticating the electronic acknowledgement of an item comprising the steps of:

displaying at least one item to be electronically acknowledged on a display device of a first computerized device;

configuring an input device of the first computerized device to receive an input from a user;

receiving from the user, using the input device of the first computerized device, an input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the at least one item;

capturing, using an image capture device of the first computerized device, at least one image of the user;

receiving an image of an identification document associated with the user;

comparing the captured at least one image of the user to the image of the identification document associated with the user to authenticate the user's identity;

displaying on the display device an alphanumeric code;

receiving from the user a response using the input device of the first computerized device; and

comparing the alphanumeric code to the user's response to determine whether the user's response is the alphanumeric code.

4. A computerized method of authenticating the electronic acknowledgement of an item comprising the steps of:

displaying at least one item to be electronically acknowledged on a display device of a first computerized device;

configuring an input device of the first computerized device to receive an input from a user;

receiving from the user, using the input device of the first computerized device, an input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the at least one item;

capturing, using an image capture device of the first computerized device, at least one image of the user;

comparing the captured at least one image of the user to an image of an identification document previously stored on a second computerized device that is associated with the user to authenticate the user's identity;

displaying on the display device an alphanumeric code;

receiving from the user a response using an input device on the first computerized device; and

comparing the alphanumeric code to the user's response to determine whether the user's response is the alphanumeric code.

5. A computerized method of authenticating the electronic acknowledgement of an item comprising the steps of:

displaying at least one item to be electronically acknowledged on a display device of a first computerized device;

configuring an input device of the first computerized device to receive an input from a user;

receiving from the user, using the input device of the first computerized device, an input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the at least one item;

capturing, using an image capture device of the first computerized device, at least one image of the user;

receiving an image of an identification document associated with the user;

comparing the captured at least one image of the user to the image of the identification document associated with the user to authenticate the user's identity;

displaying on the display device an alphanumeric code;

receiving from the user a spoken response using an audio capture device on the first computerized device; and

comparing the alphanumeric code to the user's spoken response to determine whether the user's spoken response is the alphanumeric code.

6. A computerized method of authenticating the electronic acknowledgement of an item comprising the steps of:

displaying at least one item to be electronically acknowledged on a display device of a first computerized device;

configuring an input device of the first computerized device to receive an input from a user;

receiving from the user, using the input device of the first computerized device, an input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the at least one item;

capturing, using an image capture device of the first computerized device, at least one image of the user;

comparing the captured at least one image of the user to an image of an identification document previously stored on a second computerized device that is associated with the user to authenticate the user's identity;

displaying on the display device an alphanumeric code

receiving from the user a spoken response using an audio capture device on the first computerized device; and

comparing the alphanumeric code to the user's spoken response to determine whether the user's spoken response is the alphanumeric code.

7. A computerized method of authenticating the electronic acknowledgement of an item comprising the steps of:

displaying at least one item to be electronically acknowledged on a display device of a first computerized device;

configuring an input device of the first computerized device to receive an input from a user;

receiving from the user, using the input device of the first computerized device, an input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the at least one item;

capturing, using an image capture device of the first computerized device, at least one image of the user;

receiving an image of an identification document associated with the user;

comparing the captured at least one image of the user to the image of the identification document associated with the user to authenticate the user's identity;

displaying to the user on the display device a code in the form of instructions to perform a specific body movement;

receiving a response from the user using a video capture device on the first computerized device; and

comparing the displayed code to the user's response to determine whether the user's response is the displayed code.

8. A computerized method of authenticating the electronic acknowledgement of an item comprising the steps of:

displaying at least one item to be electronically acknowledged on a display device of a first computerized device;

configuring an input device of the first computerized device to receive an input from a user;

receiving from the user, using the input device of the first computerized device, an input representing the user's electronic acknowledgement of the at least one item;

capturing, using an image capture device of the first computerized device, at least one image of the user;

comparing the captured at least one image of the user to an image of an identification document previously stored on a second computerized device that is associated with the user to authenticate the user's identity;

displaying to the user on the display device a code in the form of instructions to perform a specific body movement;

receiving a response from the user using a video capture device on the first computerized device; and

comparing the displayed code to the user's response to determine whether the user's response is the displayed code.