Patent ID: 11870919
Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A certification authority computer associated with a certification authority, the certification authority computer comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
authenticate an issuing authority;
receive an issuing authority public key from the issuing authority;
digitally sign the issuing authority public key using a certification authority private key;
generate a digital certificate associated with the issuing authority, wherein the digital certificate includes the digitally signed issuing authority public key;
transmit the digital certificate to a recipient to associate the digital certificate with a digital license generated by the issuing authority; and
share a certification authority public key with one or more parties adapted to receive the digital license and the associated digital certificate from a holder of the digital license.