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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2006
Lawrence Smith, Concord, CA (US);
Richard Levenberg, Lafayette, CA (US);
Lawrence Smith, Concord, CA (US);
Richard Levenberg, Lafayette, CA (US);
Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Petach, IL;
Abstract
A public key authentication system and method for use in a computer system having a plurality of users. The system includes a virtual smart card server, storage connected to the virtual smart card server, and a virtual smart card agent connected to the virtual smart card server. The storage includes a plurality of virtual smart cards, wherein each virtual smart card is associated with a user and wherein each smart card includes a private key. The virtual smart card agent authenticates the user and accesses the authenticated user's virtual smart card to obtain the user's private key.