Patent ID: 6789189
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of managing in a database, by an account authority, a plurality of accounts, comprising the steps of:(a) recording information pertaining to each of the accounts in the database; (b) assigning a respective unique identifier to each account such that information pertaining to each respective account is retrievable from the database based on its unique identifier; (c) associating the same public key of a public-private key pair with a plurality of unique identifiers such that the public key is retrievable based on any one of the plurality of unique identifiers, but not associating the private key of the public-private key pair with the plurality of unique identifiers, whereby the private key is not retrievable, the private key residing within a device used to generate a digital signature of an electronic message; (d) receiving, by the account authority, one of the plurality of unique identifiers; and (e) retrieving from the database, by the account authority, said recorded information and said associated public key based on said received unique identifier.