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Credential management

US9397980B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 2013
Grant dateJul 19, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W12/77
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include receiving a registration request from a mobile device to create a credential management account for a user associated with the mobile device; generating a public key and a paired private key associated with the credential management account; transmitting a certificate signing request to a certificate authority system; receiving a digital certificate from the certificate authority system; receiving a request to retrieve a credential for the user from a credential issuing organization; transmitting a request for the credential for the user to the credential issuing organization system; receiving, from the credential issuing organization; transmitting the decrypted data to the credential issuing organization; receiving data for the credential for the user from the credential issuing organization system; and transmitting data encoding a portion of a badge representing the credential.

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