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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Kevin Ainslee Hogan, Anaheim, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kevin Ainslee Hogan, Anaheim, CA (US);
Assignee:
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer implemented method and apparatus for one-step signature trust of digitally signed documents comprising determining whether a digital signature is otherwise valid except for a lack of trust in a digital certificate; offering a recipient an option to establish trust in the digital certificate; and adding the digital certificate to a list of the recipient's trusted digital certificates when recipient opts to establish trust.