Patent ID: 8103761

Claim:
A method, comprising the steps of: a) receiving a request, via one or more input fields displayed to a subscriber via one or more software functions executed on one or more computer resources shared by one or more coordinated business entities, create an account for the subscriber; b) receiving a selection for the subscriber to receive a credit in the account for a security certificate configured to verify, by a trusted third party recognized by a browser, the subscriber or a subscriber website; c) responsive to the subscriber affirmatively acknowledging wanting the security certificate, sending a certificate signing request for the security certificate, comprising a public key and a distinguished name for the subscriber or the subscriber website, to a certificate authority software function executed on the one or more computer resources, d) receiving the security certificate, signed and issued, from the certificate authority software function; e) installing and configuring the security certificate on the subscriber website, via direct communication between the certificate authority software function and a hosting software function executed on the one or more computer resources.