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G06F 17/30 (2006.01) G06Q 10/00 (2006.01)
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CA 2047886
DA9-90-026 ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC CORROBORATION OF DOCUMENTS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM The method and apparatus of the present invention permit the electronic corroboration of the existence of a document within a data processing system. A selected document is identified and a document profile is created, including at least an identification of the technical or functional area disclosed within that document. Thereafter, the document and document profile are transmitted to an evaluation facility where a unique identifier is assigned to the document and the document is then automatically distributed to a preselected list of users, in accordance with the technical or administrative area information contained within the document profile. Each recipient of the document is then prompted to enter an indication of having read and understood the document at his or her computer terminal. Positive responses to this prompt are then stored in association with the uniquely identified document so that the document may be electronically corroborated at a subsequent time by a reference thereto. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, this method and apparatus may be utilized to electronically "witness" an invention disclosure document to corroborate the date of conception of an invention.
Forrest Bradley Albert
Hager Dean Joseph
Rose Curtis Grover
International Business Machines Corporation
Saunders Raymond H.
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