Patent ID: 8943306
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for designating a transport security level for a communications link between wireless devices, the method comprising: designating, by a content issuer server, a wireless transport security level for each of a plurality of electronic certificates, wherein the wireless transport security level is defined in a metadata field in each of the plurality of electronic certificates; sending, by the content issuer server, the plurality of electronic certificates to a first wireless device, wherein each of the plurality of electronic certificates includes an electronic based softcard associated with a monetary value; establishing, at a second wireless device, a wireless communications link to transfer electronic certificate data associated with one or more electronic certificates stored on the first wireless device to the second wireless device via a wireless transaction, wherein the stored electronic certificates includes at least the plurality of electronic certificates from the content issuer server; determining, for each of the one or more stored electronic certificates, a respective wireless transport security level previously designated at the content issuer server; determining, at the first wireless device, a highest wireless transport security level from among the respective wireless transport security levels associated with the one or more stored electronic certificates; and transferring the electronic certificate data associated with the one or more electronic certificates from the first wireless device to the second wireless device via the wireless communications link in accordance with a security measure that corresponds to the determined highest wireless transport security level.