Patent ID: RE45087

Claim:
A method of Certificate (Cert) management and transfer between a computer system having a first data transfer interface and a wireless communication device enabled for communications in a wireless communication network and having a second data transfer interface compatible with the first data transfer interface, the method comprising: establishing communications between the computer system and the wireless communication device via the first data transfer interface and the second data transfer interface; checking status of Certs stored at one of the computer system and the wireless communication device; receiving user input to select one or more Certs from the valid Certs stored at the one of the computer system and the wireless communication device for transfer to the other of the computer system and the wireless communication device; and transferring the selected one or more Certs from the one of the computer system and the wireless communication device to the other of the computer system and the wireless communication device, wherein the transferred one or more Certs are used to handle messages communicated via the wireless communication network that are received from or to be transmitted to one or more remote entities whose communications are associated with the transferred one or more Certs.