Patent ID: 8850188
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A data server comprising a processor and a memory, the processor configured to execute instructions of one or more application modules, the execution of the one or more application modules causing the processor to: receive a certificate search request from a wireless communication device; initiate a certificate search on one or more certificate servers remote from the wireless communication device, wherein at least one query is submitted to the one or more certificate servers to request retrieval of certificates satisfying the certificate search request; retrieve one or more certificates from the one or more certificate servers; for each of the one or more retrieved certificates, for at least one of the one or more retrieved certificates, maintain, on the data server, a copy of at least one certificate stored on the wireless communication device; automatically re-verify, periodically, at least one status property of the at least one certificate stored on the wireless communication device for which a copy is maintained on the data server, to determine updated status data for the at least one certificate stored on the wireless communication device for which a copy is maintained on the data server, wherein the re-verifying is not initiated by the wireless communication device; and for each of the at least one certificate stored on the wireless communication device for which a copy is maintained on the data server,