Patent ID: 8924714
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of obtaining a certificate, comprising: receiving a request for a certificate during an authentication process with a server, the authentication process being implemented using a security protocol that is modified to accept an untrusted certificate and automatically complete the authentication process; obtaining the untrusted certificate from at least one of a hardware based certificate device or a storage device, wherein the untrusted certificate does not chain up to a root certificate authority that is recognized by the server; transmitting the untrusted certificate to the server; receiving a guest registration as a guest when the untrusted certificate is not initially associated by the server with a trusted certificate authority, the guest registration having the security protocol set to a level associated with the untrusted certificate that is different from a level associated with a trusted certificate; storing the untrusted certificate; associating the stored untrusted certificate with a session and a client account; and converting the guest registration to a standard registration having the security protocol set to the level associated with the trusted certificate in response to matching the untrusted certificate to an existing user account.