DESC:DETAILED DESCRIPTION
In the present document, the word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration”. Any embodiment or implementation of the present subject matter described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiment thereof has been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail below. It should be understood, however that it is not intended to limit the disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternative falling within the spirit and the scope of the disclosure.
The terms “comprises”, “comprising”, or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a setup, device or method that comprises a list of components or steps does not include only those components or steps but may include other components or steps not expressly listed or inherent to such setup or device or method. In other words, one or more elements in a system or apparatus proceeded by “comprises… a” does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other elements or additional elements in the system or method.
In the following detailed description of the embodiments of the disclosure, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the disclosure may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the disclosure, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The following description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense.
Figure.1 illustrates environment with Video Signature System 102 for recording a video consent to a document by a consent provider.
The environment 100 comprises a dynamic streaming system 102, an audio-visual device 114, a communication channel 116 and audio-visual output 118. The dynamic streaming system 102 may include a Processor 104, a Memory 106, an I/O interface 108, a database 110 which may be coupled together by bus 112.
The audio-visual device 114 may capture live events. In an embodiment the audio-visual device 114 may be an internet protocol camera.
The communication channel 116 may be a transmission medium such as a wire or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel in telecommunications and computer networking. The communication channel 116 may be used to convey an information signal, for example a digital bit stream, from one or several senders (or transmitters) to one or several receivers. The communication channel 116 may have a certain capacity for transmitting information, often measured by its bandwidth in Hz or its data rate in bits per second.
The audio-visual output 118 device may be any piece of hardware equipment which converts information into human-readable form such as text, graphics, tactile, audio, and video.
The Processor 104 may manage the operation and interaction between Memory 106, an I/O interface 108, a data historian 110. The Processor 104 may include specialized processing units such as integrated system (bus) controllers, memory management control units, floating point units, graphics processing units, digital signal processing units, etc. The Processor 104 may include a microprocessor, such as AMD Athlon, Duron or Opteron, ARM’s application, embedded or secure processors, IBM PowerPC, Intel’s Core, Itanium, Xeon, Celeron or other line of processors, etc. The Processor 104 may be implemented using mainframe, distributed processor, multi-core, parallel, grid, or other architectures. Some embodiments may utilize embedded technologies like application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), etc.
Processor 104 may be disposed in communication with one or more input/output (I/O) devices via I/O interface 108. The I/O interface 108 may employ communication protocols/methods such as, without limitation, audio, analog, digital, monoaural, RCA, stereo, IEEE-1394, serial bus, universal serial bus (USB), infrared, PS/2, BNC, coaxial, component, composite, digital visual interface (DVI), high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), RF antennas, S-Video, VGA, IEEE 802.n /b/g/n/x, Bluetooth, cellular (e.g., code-division multiple access (CDMA), high-speed packet access (HSPA+), global system for mobile communications (GSM), long-term evolution (LTE), WiMax, or the like), etc.
The memory 106 may comprise one or more tangible storage media, such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, CD-ROM, floppy disk, hard disk drive(s), solid state memory, DVD, or other memory storage types or devices, including combinations thereof, which are known to those of ordinary skill in the art. The memory 106 may store one or more non-transitory computer-readable instructions of this technology as illustrated and described with reference to the examples herein that may be executed by the one or more processor(s) 104.
The database 110 may record and retrieve production and process data. The database 110 may be an organized collection of data, generally stored and accessed electronically from a computer system.
Figure.2 illustrates Memory 106 comprising Receiving Module 202, Identification Validation Module 204, Consent Recorder 206 and Endorsement Generator 208.
The Receiving Module 202 receives a document for which the consent is required. The document may be an agreement, an undertaking, a letter or any other similar document for which consent of a party is required. In an exemplary embodiment the document is an agreement. Along with the document, one or more key points of the document and the details of the consent provider are also received by the Receiving Module 202. The document along with the one or more key points of the document and the details of the consent provider are stored in the database 110 for later user by the system.
Identification Validation Module 204 validates the identification of the consent provider. Upon receiving the notification, the consent provider may upload to the Identification Validation Module 204, an identification document that contains the details of the consent provider. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention the identification document uploaded by the consent provider is a PAN Card (Permanent Account Number) issued by the tax authorities in India. After the receiving the identification document, the Identification Validation Module 204 may extract the details of the consent provider from the identification document using optical character recognition, text recognition technologies, natural language processing and / or face recognition techniques. In an exemplary embodiment, the face of the consent provider is extracted from the identification document.
Thereafter, the details of the consent provider received by the Identification Validation Module 204 are compared with the details extracted from the identification document. Based on a predetermined threshold of the resemblance between the details of the consent provider received by the Video Signature System 102 and the details extracted from the identification document, the identification document may be verified, approved and accepted.
After the identification document is verified and approved, a live video transmission of the consent provider is received by the Identification Validation Module 204. During the live video transmission, the Identification Validation Module 204 captures a frame of the video transmission, wherein the frame consists of the face of the consent provider. The captured frame is thereafter compared with the face of the consent provider extracted from the identification document. Based on a predetermined threshold of identical the facial features between the face of the consent provider captured in the frame and extracted from the identification document, the live video transmission of the consent provider is validated, and the consent provider may be allowed proceed to the next step.
After the live video transmission of the consent provider has been validated, Consent Recorder 206 publishes each of the one or more key points associated with the document before the consent provider along with audio recitation of the each of the one or more key points. Once the Consent Recorder 206 publishes and recites a key point associated with the document, the consent provider may agree or disagree with the key point. After each key point is recited, a pop up is generated by the Consent Recorder 206 to receive and record the decision of the consent provider. The decision of the consent provider on each of the one or more key points associated with the document is recorded by the Consent Recorder 206. In the event the consent provider disagrees with a key point associated with the document, the Consent Recorder 206 may prompt the consent provider to provide the reason for such disagreement. The recorded decision of the consent provider on each of the one or more key points associated with the document is stored in the database 110 by the Consent Recorder 206 for future use.
After the recorded decision of the consent provider on the one or more key points associated with the document is recorded, Endorsement Generator 208 generates the endorsed version of the document. The Endorsement Generator 208 coverts the recorded decision of the consent provider into a certificate of consent. The certificate of consent is then attached to the last page of the document, thereby generating the endorsed version of the document. The endorsed document is shared with consent provider and the counter party to the document. The certificate of consent may contain the verified details of the consent provider as well as the decisions made by the consent provider.
Figure.3 illustrates the method of recording a video consent to a document by a consent provider.
At step 302, a document for which the consent is required, may be received by the Video Signature System 102. The document may be an agreement, an undertaking, a letter or any other similar document for which consent of a party is required. In an exemplary embodiment the document is an agreement. Along with the document, one or more key points of the document and the details of the consent provider are also received by the Video Signature System 102. The document along with the one or more key points of the document and the details of the consent provider are stored in the database 110 for later user by the system.
After the document has been received by the Video Signature System 102, the consent provider is sent a notification that the document is available for providing consent.
At step 304, the identification of the consent provider is validated by the Video Signature System 102. Upon receiving the notification, the consent provider may upload to the Video Signature System 102, an identification document that contains the details of the consent provider. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention the identification document uploaded by the consent provider is a PAN Card (Permanent Account Number) issued by the tax authorities in India. After the receiving the identification document, the Video Signature System 102 may extract the details of the consent provider from the identification document using optical character recognition, text recognition technologies, natural language processing and / or face recognition techniques. In an exemplary embodiment, the face of the consent provider is extracted from the identification document.
Thereafter, the details of the consent provider received by the Video Signature System 102 at step 302 are compared with the details extracted from the identification document at step 304. Based on a predetermined threshold of the resemblance between the details of the consent provider received by the Video Signature System 102 and the details extracted from the identification document, the identification document may be verified, approved and accepted.
After the identification document is verified and approved, a live video transmission of the consent provider is received by the Video Signature System 102. During the live video transmission, the Video Signature System 102 captures a frame of the video transmission, wherein the frame consists of the face of the consent provider. The captured frame is thereafter compared with the face of the consent provider extracted from the identification document. Based on a predetermined threshold of resemblance of the facial features between the face of the consent provider captured in the frame and extracted from the identification document, the live video transmission of the consent provider is validated, and the consent provider may be allowed proceed to the next step.
At step 306, after the live video transmission of the consent provider has been validated, each of the one or more key points associated with the document may be published before the consent provider along with audio recitation of the each of the one or more key points. Once a key point associated with the document is published and recited by the Video Signature System 102, the consent provider may agree or disagree with the key point. After each key point is recited, a pop up is generated by the Video Signature System 102 to receive and record the decision of the consent provider. The decision of the consent provider on each of the one or more key points associated with the document is recorded by the Video Signature System 102. In the event the consent provider disagrees with a key point associated with the document, the Video Signature System 102 may prompt the consent provider to provide the reason for such disagreement. The recorded decision of the consent provider on each of the one or more key points associated with the document is stored in the database 110 by the Video Signature System 102 for future use.
At step 308, after the recorded decision of the consent provider on the one or more key points associated with the document is recorded, the Video Signature System 102 generates the endorsed version of the document. The recorded decision of the consent provider may be converted into a certificate of consent by the Video Signature System 102. The certificate of consent is then attached to the last page of the document, thereby generating the endorsed version of the document. The endorsed document is shared with consent provider and the counter party to the document. The certificate of consent may contain the verified details of the consent provider, the consent provider’s IP address and GPS location, as well as the decisions made by the consent provider.
Advantages
Some of the advantaged of the present invention over the state of the art are as follows:
1. The invention provides a low-cost mechanism for document verification, wherein the traveling cost of the parties and printing the costs of the document can be avoided.
2. The invention reduces the turn-around time of document verification.
3. The invention provides an audit trail of the verification of the document which can be registered using block chain technologies.
4. The invention facilitates videographic evidence of the signatures and consent on the document.
5. The verification certificate records the consent provider’s IP address and GPS location, in addition to the identification details and the consent to the document.
,CLAIMS:We Claim:
1. A system for recording video consent to a document, wherein the system comprises of:
an environment 100;
a video signature system 102; and
a memory module 202.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the environment 100 further comprises of a dynamic streaming system 102, an audio-visual device 114, a communication channel 116 and audio-visual output 118.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the dynamic streaming system 102 may include a Processor 104, a Memory 106, an I/O interface 108, a database 110 which may be coupled together by bus 112.

4. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the audio-visual device 114 captures live events.

5. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the audio-visual device 114 is an internet protocol camera.

6. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the communication channel 116 is a transmission medium such as a wire or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel in telecommunications and computer networking.

7. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the audio-visual output 118 device is a piece of hardware equipment which converts information into human-readable form such as text, graphics, tactile, audio, and video.

8. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the Processor 104 manages the operation and interaction between Memory 106, an I/O interface 108, a data historian 110.

9. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the memory 106 may comprise one or more tangible storage media, such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, CD-ROM, floppy disk, hard disk drive(s), solid state memory, DVD, or other memory storage types or devices, including combinations thereof.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the Memory 106 comprises of Receiving Module 202, Identification Validation Module 204, Consent Recorder 206 and Endorsement Generator 208.

11. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the Receiving Module 202 receives a document for which the consent is required.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the Identification Validation Module 204 validates the identification of the consent provider.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the details of the consent provider received by the Identification Validation Module 204 are compared with the details extracted from the identification document.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the identification document may be verified, approved and accepted by the Identification Validation Module 204 based on a predetermined threshold of the resemblance between the details of the consent provider received by the Video Signature System 102 and the details extracted from the identification document and thereafter, a live video transmission of the consent provider is received by the Identification Validation Module 204.

15. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the Identification Validation Module 204 captures a frame of the video transmission.

16. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the frame consists of the face of the consent provider which is thereafter compared with the face of the consent provider extracted from the identification document and the consent provider may be allowed proceed to the next step.

17. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the Consent Recorder 206 publishes one or more key points associated with the document before the consent provider along with audio recitation of the each of the one or more key points.

18. The system as claimed in claim 18, wherein a pop up is generated by the Consent Recorder 206 to receive and record the decision of the consent provider.

19. The system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the Consent Recorder 206 may prompt the consent provider to provide the reason in case of any disagreement.

20. The system as claimed in claim 19, wherein recorded decision of the consent provider on each of the one or more key points associated with the document is stored in the database 110 by the Consent Recorder 206 for future use.

21. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein Endorsement Generator 208 generates the endorsed version of the document and coverts the recorded decision of the consent provider into a certificate of consent which is shared with consent provider and the counter party to the document.

22. A method of recording a video consent to a document by a consent provider, wherein the method consists of:
Receiving 302 the document alongwith one or more key points associated with the document;
Validating 304 the identification of the consent provider of the document;
Recording 306 the consent of the consent provider; and
Generating 308 the endorsed document based on the recorded consent.

23. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the document for which the consent is required, may be received by the Video Signature System 102.

24. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein along with the document, one or more key points of the document and the details of the consent provider are also received by the Video Signature System 102.

25. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the document along with the one or more key points of the document and the details of the consent provider are stored in the database 110 for later user by the system.

26. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein on receiving the document by the Video Signature System 102, the consent provider is sent a notification that the document is available for providing consent.

27. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein during the validation process of the document, the identification of the consent provider is validated by the Video Signature System 102 and the consent provider may upload to the Video Signature System 102, an identification document that contains the details of the consent provider.

28. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the details of the consent provider received by the Video Signature System 102 at step 302 are compared with the details extracted from the identification document at step 304 and thereafter the identification document may be verified, approved and accepted.

29. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein a live video transmission of the consent provider is received by the Video Signature System 102 after the identification document is verified and approved.

30. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the Video Signature System 102 captures a frame of the video transmission, which consists of the face of the consent provider and the captured frame is thereafter compared with the face of the consent provider extracted from the identification document.

31. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein after the live video transmission of the consent provider has been validated, one or more key points associated with the document may be published before the consent provider along with audio recitation of the key points.

32. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the decision of the consent provider on each of the key points associated with the document is recorded by the Video Signature System 102 and the Video Signature System 102 may prompt the consent provider to provide the reason for such disagreement where the consent provider disagrees with a key point.

33. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the recorded decision of the consent provider on each of the one or more key points associated with the document is stored in the database 110 by the Video Signature System 102 for future use.

34. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the Video Signature System 102 generates the endorsed version of the document and the recorded decision of the consent provider is converted into a certificate of consent by the Video Signature System 102.

35. The method as claimed in claim 34, wherein the certificate of consent may contain the verified details of the consent provider including the consent provider’s IP address, GPS location and the decisions made by the consent provider.