Methods and systems for proofing identities using a certificate authority
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Abstract
A digital certificate is provided to a customer having an electronic account linked to the customer'"'"'s physical address. Using the digital certificate, the customer performs electronic transactions with a third party. A proofing workstation receives a request from a third party to validate the digital certificate. The proofing workstation communicates with a proofing server that maintains a list of valid certificates and a list of revoked certificates. The proofing server sends a response to the proofing workstation, where it is received by the third party.
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108 Claims
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93. A method for issuing a digital certificate to a user having an electronic account on a network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a proofing server, a request for a digital certificate from the user with the electronic account; sending, by the proofing server, user information to a proofing workstation via the network; generating, by the proofing server, the digital certificate for the user; setting, by the proofing server, a status of the digital certificate to hold; receiving, by the proofing server, an identification verification from the proofing workstation when the identity of the user has been verified in person at the proofing workstation based on an identification verification form previously sent to a physical address of the user; setting by the proofing server the status of the digital certificate to active in response to the in person identification verification; and storing at the proofing workstation, the digital certificate in the electronic account of the user. - View Dependent Claims (94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99)
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100. A system for issuing a digital certificate to a user having an electronic account on a network, comprising:
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a request receiving component configured to receive, at a proofing server, a request for a digital certificate from the user with the electronic account; a user information sending component configured to send by the proofing server user information to a proofing workstation via the network; a certificate generating component configured to generate the digital certificate for the user; a hold setting component configured to set, by the proofing server, a status of the digital certificate to hold; a verification receiving component configured to receive, by the proofing server, an identification verification from the proofing workstation when the identity of the user has been verified in person at the proofing workstation based on an identification verification form previously sent to a physical address of the user; an active setting component configured to set by the proofing server the status of the digital certificate to active in response to the in person identification verification; and a storing component configured to store at the proofing server the digital certificate in the electronic account of the user. - View Dependent Claims (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106)
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107. A computer readable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for issuing a digital certificate to a user having an electronic account on a network, the computer readable code comprising:
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a request receiving module configured to receive, at a proofing server, a request for a digital certificate from the user with the electronic account; a user information sending module configured to send by the proofing server user information to a proofing workstation via the network; a generating module configured to generate the digital certificate for the user; a hold setting module configured to set, by the proofing server, a status of the digital certificate to hold; a verification receiving module configured to receive, by the proofing server, an identification verification from a proofing workstation when the identity of the user has been verified in person at the proofing workstation based on an identification verification form previously sent to a physical address of the user; an active setting module configured to set by the proofing server the status of the digital certificate to active in response to the in person identification verification; and a storing module configured to store at the proofing server the digital certificate in the electronic account of the user.
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108. A system for issuing a digital certificate to a user having an electronic account on a network, comprising:
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means for receiving, at a proofing server, a request for a digital certificate from the user with the electronic account; means for sending by the proofing server user information to a proofing workstation via the network; means for generating, by the proofing server, the digital certificate for the user; means for setting, by the proofing server, a status of the digital certificate to hold; means for receiving, by the proofing server, an identification verification from the proofing workstation when the identity of the user has been verified in person at the proofing workstation based on an identification verification form previously sent to a physical address of the user; means for setting, by the proofing server, the status of the digital certificate to active in response to the in person identification verification; and means for storing at the proofing workstation the digital certificate in the electronic account of the user.
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