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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
J Stuart Vaeth, Winchester, MA (US);
Charles S Walton, Wellesley, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE CyberTrust Solutions Incorporated, Needham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713201 ; 280 23 ;
Abstract
A method and system for creating and administering certificates digitally signed by a trusted entity (certificate authority) to ensure that certificated transactions are authenticated as that of a particular entity. Requests for a certificate, along with verification information, are directed to the certificate authority, where they are held and accessed by an entity having verification responsibilities (registration authority) and approved or disapproved.
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