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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106 Claims
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93. A method for processing a request for a digital certificate from a user having an electronic account on a network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a proofing workstation, user information for the user with the electronic account, including an identification verification form previously sent to a physical address of the user; after receiving the user information, verifying at the proofing workstation, identification information from the user in person at the proofing workstation based on the identification verification form; matching, at the proofing workstation, the user information to the identification information; and sending by the proofing workstation to a proofing server, an identification verification when the user information has been matched to the identification information received from the user in person. - View Dependent Claims (94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99)
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100. A system for processing a request for a digital certificate from a user having an electronic account on a network, comprising:
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a user information receiving component configured to receive user information for the user with the electronic account including an identification verification form previously sent to a physical address of the user; a verifying component configured to verify identification information from the user in person at a proofing workstation based on the identification verification form after the user information receiving component receives the user information; a matching component configured to match at the proofing workstation the user information to the identification information; and a verification sending component configured to send, via the identification verification form, an identification verification from the proofing workstation to a proofing server, when the user information has been matched to the identification information received from the user in person. - View Dependent Claims (101, 102, 103, 104)
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105. A computer readable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for processing a request for a digital certificate from a user having an electronic account on a network, the computer readable code comprising:
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an information receiving module configured to receive user information for the user with the electronic account; a verifying module configured to verify identification information from the user in person at a proofing workstation based on an identification verification form previously sent to a physical address of the user; a matching module configured to match at the proofing workstation the user information to the identification information; and a sending module configured to send, via the identification verification form, an identification verification from the proofing workstation to a proofing server, when the user information has been matched to the identification information received from the user in person.
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106. A system for processing a request for a digital certificate from a user having an electronic account on a network, comprising:
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means for receiving, at a proofing workstation, user information for the user with the electronic account, including an identification verification form previously sent to a physical address of the user; means for verifying at the proofing workstation identification information from the user in person at the proofing workstation based on the identification verification form after the user information is received; means for matching, at the proofing workstation, the user information to the identification information; and means for sending, via the identification verification form, an identification verification from the proofing workstation to a proofing server, when the user information has been matched to the identification information received from the user in person.
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