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Obtaining and maintaining real time certificate status

  • US 7,415,607 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2001
  • Issued: 08/19/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising the steps of:

  • retrieving a certificate and a real time status for the certificate from a certificate authority;

    storing the certificate and said real time status in an identity system, wherein the certificate authority is external to the identity system;

    storing validation information for said certificate in the identity system, wherein said validation information includes an identifier of a time said real time status was retrieved and a validation interval for said real time status;

    receiving at the identity system a request to export the certificate;

    determining with the identity system whether to check a status for said certificate, wherein determining whether to check the status for the certificate comprises querying a parameter field in the identity system; and

    in response to determining to check the status for said certificate, determining with the identity system whether to check the status for the certificate in real time, wherein determining whether to check the status for the certificate in real time comprises querying a parameter field in the identity system.

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