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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin David Follis, Redwood City, CA (US);
Marc Thomas Kaufman, Woodside, CA (US);
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic document signature system preserves the security of an electronic document while tracking a signature process corresponding to the electronic document. In particular, using a client application on a client device, an originating user can protect an electronic document and send the protected electronic document to a tracking server. The tracking server receives only a protected document such that the security the electronic document is preserved. Using a client applications on client devices, one or more participating users can subsequently receive the protected document from the tracking server, access the contents of the electronic document, and sign the electronic document. The tracking server can record events that occur with respect to the protected document to create an event log.