Method for communicating certificates to computers
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving at a first computer from a certificate issuer a new certificate which is to replace an old certificate associated with the first computer, wherein a given certificate enables communication between the first computer and a second computer when the given certificate is associated by both computers with the first computer, wherein the first computer has an email address book having information identifying the second computer as having received the old certificate;
associating by the first computer the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer;
in response to the first computer associating the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer, accessing by the first computer the email address book to determine from the information identifying the second computer that the second computer is to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer; and
in response to the first computer determining that the second computer is to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer, transmitting the new certificate from the first computer directly to the second computer along a communication path independent of the certificate issuer for the second computer to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer.
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Abstract
A method includes receiving at a first computer a new certificate which is to replace an old certificate associated with the first computer and associating by the first computer the new certificate with the first computer. In response to the first computer associating the new certificate with the first computer, the first computer accesses an email address book of the first computer having information identifying a second computer as having received the old certificate to determine from the information that the second computer is to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer. In turn, the first computer transmits the new certificate to the second computer for the second computer to associate the new certificate with the first computer.
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13 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at a first computer from a certificate issuer a new certificate which is to replace an old certificate associated with the first computer, wherein a given certificate enables communication between the first computer and a second computer when the given certificate is associated by both computers with the first computer, wherein the first computer has an email address book having information identifying the second computer as having received the old certificate; associating by the first computer the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer; in response to the first computer associating the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer, accessing by the first computer the email address book to determine from the information identifying the second computer that the second computer is to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer; and in response to the first computer determining that the second computer is to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer, transmitting the new certificate from the first computer directly to the second computer along a communication path independent of the certificate issuer for the second computer to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving, at an update engine in communication with a first computer, from a certificate issuer a new certificate which is to replace an old certificate associated with the first computer, wherein a given certificate enables communication between the first computer and a second computer when the given certificate is associated by both computers with the first computer, wherein the first computer has an email address book having information identifying the second computer as having received the old certificate; transmitting by the update engine the new certificate to the first computer for the first computer to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer; in response to the update engine receiving the new certificate, accessing by the update engine the email address book to determine from the information identifying the second computer that the second computer is to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer; and in response to the update engine determining that the second computer is to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer, transmitting the new certificate from the update engine directly to the second computer along a communication path independent of the certificate issuer for the second computer to associate the new certificate in place of the old certificate with the first computer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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