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

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
authenticating, by a certification authority computer of a certification authority, an issuing authority;
receiving, by the certification authority computer, an issuing authority public key from an issuing authority computer of the issuing authority;
digitally signing, by the certification authority computer, the issuing authority public key using a certification authority private key;
generating, by the certification authority computer, a digital certificate associated with the issuing authority, wherein the digital certificate includes the digitally signed issuing authority public key;
transmitting, by the certification authority computer, the digital certificate to a recipient to associate the digital certificate with a digital license generated by the issuing authority; and
sharing, by the certification authority computer, 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.