Patent ID: 8132722

Claim:
A method for using a smartcard issuer server to bind a smartcard having a plurality of credentials to a smartcard reader associated with a secure processor, comprising: (a) registering the smartcard reader with the smartcard issuer server, wherein registration includes cryptographically authenticating the secure processor to the smartcard issuer server; (b) receiving, at the smartcard issuer server, a message from the secure processor, wherein the message includes a request for a set of private keys associated with a set of credentials stored on the smartcard, one private key per credential; (c) retrieving the set of private keys associated with the set of credentials; and (d) transmitting, from the smartcard issuer server, the set of private keys to the secure processor, wherein a private key associated with a credential in the set of credentials cryptographically authenticates the smartcard reader to the smartcard.