System and method for handling electronic mail mismatches
First Claim
1. A method, by a wireless communication device, to resolve address mismatches when searching for a public key certificate of a user, the method comprising:
- searching for the public key certificate using an email address of the user, the email address having a first username and a first domain name;
receiving a canonical or generic domain name;
substituting the canonical or generic domain name in the email address of the user to form a second email address; and
searching for the certificate using the second email address,wherein the canonical or generic domain name is supplied to the wireless communication device according to an IT policy in place on a system for the device.
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Abstract
A system and method for handling e-mail address mismatches between the address contained within a user'"'"'s certificate or certificate chain, and the account address actually being used is disclosed. In order to resolve address mismatches a canonical or generic domain name or user name may, for example, be used as a lifelong address of a user that is contained in the user'"'"'s certificate. Upon detection of an address mismatch, the system and method disclosed herein may automatically re-check the certificate or search for a certificate containing the canonical or generic domain name and/or user name to attempt to resolve the mismatch.
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12 Claims
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1. A method, by a wireless communication device, to resolve address mismatches when searching for a public key certificate of a user, the method comprising:
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searching for the public key certificate using an email address of the user, the email address having a first username and a first domain name; receiving a canonical or generic domain name; substituting the canonical or generic domain name in the email address of the user to form a second email address; and searching for the certificate using the second email address, wherein the canonical or generic domain name is supplied to the wireless communication device according to an IT policy in place on a system for the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A wireless communication device configured to resolve address mismatches when searching for a public key certificate of a user, wherein a processor of the device is configured to:
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search for the public key certificate using an email address of the user, the email address having a first username and a first domain name; receive a canonical or generic domain name; substitute the canonical or generic domain name in the email address of the user to form a second email address; and search for the certificate using the second email address, wherein the canonical or generic domain name is supplied to the wireless communication device according to an IT policy in place on a system for the device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions for resolving address mismatches when searching for a public key certificate of a user, the instructions for execution by a processor of a wireless communication device, wherein the instructions configure the processor to:
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search for the public key certificate using an email address of the user, the email address having a first username and a first domain name; receive a canonical or generic domain name; substitute the canonical or generic domain name in the email address of the user to form a second email address; and search for the certificate using the second email address, wherein the canonical or generic domain name is supplied to the wireless communication device according to an IT policy in place on a system for the device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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