Patent ID: 8010686
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for issuing a digital certificate to a user having an electronic account on a network, comprising the steps of: receiving, at a proofing server, a request for a digital certificate from the user with the electronic account; sending, by the proofing server, an identification verification form to a physical address of the user; generating, by the proofing server, the digital certificate for the user; setting, by the proofing server, a status of the digital certificate to hold; sending, by the proofing server, the request for the digital certificate to a proofing workstation; after the identification verification form is sent, receiving at the proofing workstation the identification verification form from the user in person; after the identification verification form is received, verifying, at the proofing workstation, the identity of the user via the identification verification form with information provided by the user in person at the proofing workstation; when the identity of the user has been verified, sending by the proofing workstation an identification verification to the proofing server; in response to the identification verification, setting, by the proofing server, the status of the digital certificate to active; and storing at the proofing server, the digital certificate in the electronic account of the user.