Electronic postmarking without directly utilizing an...

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Multiple computer communication using cryptography – Particular communication authentication technique

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C713S178000, C713S181000

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ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods for performing electronic postmarking of data, without directly utilizing a regular electronic postmark (EPM) server (110), including receiving data from a data acquisition device (102), generating a MicroEPM data structure (106) comprising a time stamp, a digital signature, and the received data and transferring the MicroEPM data structure (106) to a regular EPM server (110).

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