Patent ID: 8364953
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for a secured electronic communication in a network, the method comprising: receiving a request for a digital certificate from a user at a registration station, the request including account information associated with the user, the registration station comprising a first storage and a second storage, the first storage containing a request module and a certification authority module, the second storage containing a database; storing the account information associated with the user in the database of the second storage; sending a message to the user, the message including the account information; receiving the message and identification information from the user; comparing the account information in the message with the identification information to determine whether the message properly identifies the user; based on the comparison, sending a request to generate the digital certificate to the request module in the first storage of the registration station; retrieving, by the request module in the first storage of the registration station, the account information associated with the user from the database in the second storage; formatting, by the request module, the account information associated with the user into an internal digital certificate request and sending the internal digital certificate request to the certification authority module; generating, by the certification authority module, the digital certificate if no errors exist; following generation of the digital certificate, storing the digital certificate in the database of the second storage and removing the digital certificate from the first storage.