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Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kokil Bhalerao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Quentin Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Marc Williams, San Jose, CA (US);

Richard F. Andrews, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 9/3265 (2013.01); H04L 9/3268 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of combining digital certificates at a prescheduled time is provided. The method includes receiving, by a processor, data from a first certificate and data from a second certificate and determining a certificate combination date. The certificate combination date directs a combining of the first certificate and the second certificate to form a combined certificate. The method further includes detecting the occurrence of the certificate combination date and combining the first certificate and the second certificate to form the combined certificate in response to detecting the occurrence of the certificate combination date.


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