Online Document Sharing for Real-Time Review and E-Signing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional document signing tools require finalization of electronic documents before e-signing, making them cumbersome when revisions are needed during a signing session, as users must revise and re-upload the documents.
Innovation Solution
A document management system that allows real-time sharing and e-signing of documents during online sessions, enabling participants to review, edit, and sign documents electronically without the need for physical interaction or separate document uploads.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional document signing tools require document finalization before e-signing, then document integrity is ensured, but the signing process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming when revisions are needed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic document states that allow documents to transition between draft, review, and signed states during an online session. The system dynamically adjusts document editability and signing capability based on the current session context, allowing revisions without requiring document finalization beforehand. This resolves the contradiction by making the document signing process flexible and adaptive rather than rigid.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the document review, editing, and signing functions into a single integrated online session environment. Instead of separate processes for document preparation and signing, the system combines these functions so that documents can be reviewed, revised, and signed within the same session context, eliminating the need for separate upload and signing steps.
2Measurement precision
If documents are shared as images during online sessions, then display fidelity is maintained, but actual document editing and signing capabilities are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a virtual copy mechanism where the actual editable document is replicated and displayed within the online session environment. Instead of sharing static images, the system creates a virtual representation of the document that maintains full editability and formatting fidelity, allowing participants to interact with the live document rather than static images.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a document sharing intermediary layer that acts as a mediator between the source document and the online session display. This intermediary maintains the document in its native editable format while presenting it within the session context, enabling both faithful representation and full editing capability simultaneously.
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AI summary
A document management system manages documents. The documents are managed such that the documents may be shared with one or more users during an online sharing session for electronic signing. During the online sharing session, one or more documents are collaboratively reviewed by one or more participants of the online sharing session. The one or more documents are e-signed at least one of the participants of the online sharing session.