Patent ID: 8949597
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for remotely managing security certificates on a mobile device that subscribes to a telecommunications provider, the method comprising: at the mobile device, communicating with a certificate distribution server that is maintained by the telecommunications provider to which the mobile device subscribes; receiving, at the mobile device, a security certificate from the certificate distribution server, wherein the security certificate is received over a wireless interface on the mobile device by way of a radio access network that is controlled by the telecommunications provider, and wherein the security certificate is associated with a content provider; storing the security certificate in a data store located on the mobile device; receiving a request to authenticate a communication session using the security certificate; communicating to a source of the request a response to the request using the security certificate; and determining that storing the security certificate conforms to certificate-management rules in place for the mobile device that are customized by a user, wherein the certificate-management rules specify at least wherein the authorized certificate authorities are particular authorities from which new certificates are allowed to be received.