Patent ID: 8700902
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to validate a request to certify a digital signature, the apparatus comprising: a data transceiver to receive the request to certify the digital signature from a user and to receive first information about a first physical characteristic of the user; a biometric authenticator to compare the first information about the first physical characteristic of the user to first stored physical characteristic information; a location authenticator to verify a second geographical location identified in the request by retrieving a first geographical location associated with an identification number identified in the request and associated with a network device from a first database, comparing the first geographical location associated with the identification number to the second geographical location, and determining that the first geographical location matches the second geographical location; and a certificate issuer to certify the digital signature to indicate an authenticity of the digital signature based on the comparison of the first information about the first physical characteristic to the first stored physical characteristic information and the verification of the second geographical location.