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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Mahinda K. de Silva, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Atul Tulshibagwale, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xinhong Yuan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
VeriSign, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A local server ( ) locally hosts the provision of digital certificate services to a client ( ); while a central server ( ) provides the actual digital certificate services. The local server ( ) transmits ( ) a custom entry form ( ) to the client ( ). In response to the client's ( ) use of the custom entry form ( ), the client ( ) transmits ( ) a standard request for digital certificate services to a central server ( ), possibly via the local server ( ). The central server ( ) fulfills ( ) the request, generating a standard response. The standard response is transmitted ( ) to the local server ( ), which generates ( ) a custom display of the results contained in the standard response. The custom display is transmitted ( ) to the client ( ), fulfilling the client's request. Information is provided ( ), enabling the local server ( ) to create ( ) appropriate custom entry forms ( ) and to generate ( ) the custom display from the standard response. The communications between local server ( ) and central server ( ) preferably are secured.