Patent ID: 8473735
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a digital certificate within an organization, by a computer system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at the computer system, a business request for a digital certificate from a requester within the organization; providing, by the computer system, the request for a digital certificate to an approver within the organization; receiving, by the computer system from the approver, an approval of the request for a digital certificate; providing, following approval of the request for a digital certificate by the approver, an approved request to a certificate manager within the organization; receiving, by the computer system from the certificate manager, a selection of an implementer within the organization; providing, by the computer system, the approved request to the selected implementer within the organization; receiving, by the computer system, from the implementer, technical information related to the approved request; generating a digital certificate comprising the technical information; transmitting, by the computer system, the digital certificate comprising the technical information to a certificate supplier for verification; transmitting, by the computer system, a first alert to the approver at a first predetermined time before an expiration date of the digital certificate; and determining, by the computer system, if the approver has responded to the first alert by a second predetermined time before the expiration date, and, if the approver has not responded, transmitting a second alert to another party.