System and method for providing secured electronic transactions
First Claim
1. A method for a secured electronic communication in a network, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for a digital certificate from a user at a registration station, the request including account information associated with the user, the registration station comprising a first storage and a second storage, the first storage containing a request module and a certification authority module, the second storage containing a database;
storing the account information associated with the user in the database of the second storage;
sending a message to the user, the message including the account information;
receiving the message and identification information from the user;
comparing the account information in the message with the identification information to determine whether the message properly identifies the user;
based on the comparison, sending a request to generate the digital certificate to the request module in the first storage of the registration station;
retrieving, by the request module in the first storage of the registration station, the account information associated with the user from the database in the second storage;
formatting, by the request module, the account information associated with the user into an internal digital certificate request and sending the internal digital certificate request to the certification authority module;
generating, by the certification authority module, the digital certificate if no errors exist;
following generation of the digital certificate, storing the digital certificate in the database of the second storage and removing the digital certificate from the first storage.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a secured electronic communication in a network that includes a verification station, a registration station, and a authentication station. At the registration station, a request for a digital certificate is received from a user. The registration station instructs the verification station to forward to the user a message associated with the request. The message is compared against the user at the authentication station to determine whether the message properly identifies the user. A first signal indicating the result of the comparison is sent to the verification station. If the first signal indicates that the message properly identifies the user, a second signal is sent to the registration station. Based on the second signal, the registration system then generates a digital certificate.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for a secured electronic communication in a network, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for a digital certificate from a user at a registration station, the request including account information associated with the user, the registration station comprising a first storage and a second storage, the first storage containing a request module and a certification authority module, the second storage containing a database; storing the account information associated with the user in the database of the second storage; sending a message to the user, the message including the account information; receiving the message and identification information from the user; comparing the account information in the message with the identification information to determine whether the message properly identifies the user; based on the comparison, sending a request to generate the digital certificate to the request module in the first storage of the registration station; retrieving, by the request module in the first storage of the registration station, the account information associated with the user from the database in the second storage; formatting, by the request module, the account information associated with the user into an internal digital certificate request and sending the internal digital certificate request to the certification authority module; generating, by the certification authority module, the digital certificate if no errors exist; following generation of the digital certificate, storing the digital certificate in the database of the second storage and removing the digital certificate from the first storage. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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2. A system for a secured electronic communication, the system comprising:
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a registration computer station configured to; receive a request for a digital certificate from a user, the request including account information associated with the user, the registration computer station comprising a first storage and a second storage, the first storage containing a request module and a certification authority module, the second storage containing a database; and receive a request to generate the digital certificate after comparison of the account information in the message with the identification information from the user to determine whether the message properly identifies the user; and a verification computer station configured to send a message to the user, the message including the account information; wherein the request module in the first storage of the registration station is further configured to retrieve the account information associated with the user from the database in the second storage, format the account information associated with the user into an internal digital certificate request, and send the internal digital certificate request to the certification authority module; wherein the certification authority module generates the digital certificate if no errors exist, wherein the registration station is further configured to store the digital certificate in the database of the second storage and remove the digital certificate from the first storage. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, implemented using a computer system, for a secured electronic communication in a network, comprising:
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receiving a request for a digital certificate from a user at a registration station, the request including account information associated with the user, the registration station comprising a first storage and a second storage, the first storage containing a request module and a certification authority module, the second storage containing a database; storing the account information associated with the user in the database of the second storage; sending a message to the user, the message including the account information; receiving the message and identification information from the user; comparing the account information in the message with the identification information to determine whether the message properly identifies the user; based on the comparison, sending a request to generate the digital certificate to the request module in the first storage of the registration station; retrieving, by the request module in the first storage of the registration station, the account information associated with the user from the database in the second storage; formatting, by the request module, the account information associated with the user into an internal digital certificate request and sending the internal digital certificate request to the certification authority module; generating, by the certification authority module, the digital certificate if no errors exist; transmitting, using the computer system, the digital certificate to the user; and following generation of the digital certificate, storing the digital certificate in the database of the second storage and removing the digital certificate from the first storage. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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