METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED AUTHENTICATION, PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF DIGITAL CERTIFICATES
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1. A system comprising:
- at least one interface for receiving and providing information over the Internet; and
responsive to a request through the at least one interface for a digital credential for a domain name and responsive to receiving contact information for an approver including an email address that indicates an association with the domain name, a server for providing, through the at least one interface, information to the approver to approve the digital credential.
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Abstract
A computer system and process for automated identification, processing and issuance of digital certificates uses web server domain-control vetting to issue web server certificates. A requestor requests a web server certificate from a certificate authority and uses approver email address or addresses to request that the approver approve issuance of the certificate. If approved, the certificate authority accepts the request, creates and signs the certificate, and the signed certificate is sent to the requestor.
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33 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one interface for receiving and providing information over the Internet; and
responsive to a request through the at least one interface for a digital credential for a domain name and responsive to receiving contact information for an approver including an email address that indicates an association with the domain name, a server for providing, through the at least one interface, information to the approver to approve the digital credential. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer system comprising:
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means for an authority to receive a request from a requestor for a digital credential for an entity that includes a domain name;
means for the authority to obtain identifying information for the domain name;
means for generating contact information generated from the domain name for at least one approver;
means for the authority to contact a requestor-selected approver from approver contact information to request that the approver approve the issuance of the digital credential;
means for receiving from the approver a denial or approval of the request for issuance of the digital credential;
means for the authority to create and sign the credential; and
means for sending the signed credential to the requestor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer system comprising:
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processor;
a receiver coupled to the processor, wherein a first set of data from a requestor of a digital certificate is received for processing by the processor, and a confirmation signal and a denial signal may be received from an approver with respect to the issuance of a digital certificate by the computer system. a transmitter coupled to the processor, wherein the processor automatically identifies the approver based on domain name information as a contact with control over the domain name and transmits a second set of data to the approver for the approver to confirm or deny the approval for issuance of a digital certificate to the requestor. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A storage medium for storing a computer program that is executable by a processor for performing the following:
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receiving a request provided over the Internet for a digital credential for a domain name;
receiving contact information for an approver with an email address that indicates an association with the domain name; and
causing information to be provided to the approver over the Internet for the approver to approve the receipt of the digital credential. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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