Employing electronic certificate workflows
First Claim
1. A method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a request for a certificate related action for a user; and
(b) retrieving a workflow for responding to said request from a set of workflows, wherein said workflow corresponds to said certificate related action and a set of characteristics for said user.
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Abstract
An Identity System manages certificate related actions for organization members and affiliates. Examples of certificate related actions include certificate enrollment, renewal, and revocation. The Identity System maintains and employs different certificate related workflows for different organization members and affiliates. After receiving a request for a certificate related action, the Identity System retrieves a workflow for responding to the request. The Identity System selects the workflow from a plurality of workflows for responding to the type of certificate related action being requested. Each workflow in the plurality corresponds to a different set of user characteristics. The Identity System selects the workflow that corresponds to the requested certificate related action, as well as the type of user for which the request is made.
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52 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a request for a certificate related action for a user; and
(b) retrieving a workflow for responding to said request from a set of workflows, wherein said workflow corresponds to said certificate related action and a set of characteristics for said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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16. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied on said processor readable storage devices, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a request for a certificate related action for a user; and
(b) retrieving a workflow for responding to said request from a set of workflows, wherein said workflow corresponds to said certificate related action and a set of characteristics for said user.
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more communications interfaces;
one or more storage devices; and
one or more processors in communication with said one or more storage devices and said one or more communication interfaces, said one or more processors perform a method comprising the steps of;
(a) receiving a request for a certificate related action for a user; and
(b) retrieving a workflow for responding to said request from a set of workflows, wherein said workflow corresponds to said certificate related action and a set of characteristics for said user.
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38. A method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a request for a certificate related action for a user; and
(b) retrieving a workflow for responding to said request from a set of workflows, wherein said workflow corresponds to said certificate related action and a set of characteristics for said user, wherein said set of workflows includes a plurality of workflows for responding to said certificate related action, and wherein each workflow in said plurality of workflows corresponds to a different set of characteristics for a user.
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43. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied on said processor readable storage devices, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a request for a certificate related action for a user; and
(b) retrieving a workflow for responding to said request from a set of workflows, wherein said workflow corresponds to said certificate related action and a set of characteristics for said user, wherein said set of workflows includes a plurality of workflows for responding to said certificate related action, and wherein each workflow in said plurality of workflows corresponds to a different set of characteristics for a user. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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48. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more communications interfaces;
one or more storage devices; and
one or more processors in communication with said one or more storage devices and said one or more communication interfaces, said one or more processors perform a method comprising the steps of;
(a) receiving a request for a certificate related action for a user; and
(b) retrieving a workflow for responding to said request from a set of workflows, wherein said workflow corresponds to said certificate related action and a set of characteristics for said user, wherein said set of workflows includes a plurality of workflows for responding to said certificate related action, and wherein each workflow in said plurality of workflows corresponds to a different set of characteristics for a user.
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