Patent ID: 7430663
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for searching and retrieving certificates comprising: a) performing a search on each of one or more certificate servers for a respective plurality of certificates, wherein at least one query is submitted to the certificate server to request retrieval of the respective plurality of certificates; b) for each certificate server that returns all of the respective plurality of certificates as a result of the search performed thereon, downloading the respective plurality of certificates to a computing device; c) for each certificate server that does not return all of the respective plurality of certificates as a result of the search performed thereon, performing a plurality of substeps comprising d) storing at least a subset of certificates downloaded to the computing device in one or more certificate stores comprising a certificate store on a mobile device, wherein the at least a subset of certificate is transmitted from the computing device to the mobile device.