Patent ID: 9490979
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, by an information processing system, for providing credentials, the method comprising: receiving, from a first correspondent that is external to the information processing system, a request to issue a first certificate securely identifying the first correspondent, wherein the first certificate is to conform to a first specified certificate format supported by the first correspondent, wherein the request is absent any certificates; generating, based on receiving the request, the first certificate in the first specified credential format; incorporating supplementary information comprising a second certificate into the first certificate, the second certificate conforming to a second specified credential format, the supplementary information permitting the first correspondent to subsequently extract the second certificate and communicate with a second correspondent using the second certificate according to the second specified credential format, wherein the second specified certificate format is different from the first specified credential format, the supplementary information further comprising information permitting a construction of a private key by the first correspondent to be used with the second certificate in the second specified credential format; and issuing the first certificate to the first correspondent, the first certificate being issued in the first specified credential format and comprising the supplementary information in conformance with the second specified credential format, the first certificate providing the first correspondent with an option to communicate with the second correspondent utilizing one of the first certificate and the second certificate according to the first specified credential format and the second specified credential format, respectively.