Patent ID: 8261080

Claim:
A computer workstation for managing a digital certificate associated with a remote device comprising: a processor; a communication interface for providing digital communication between the processor and a remote device via a first network; and a workstation digital certificate management (WKSDCM) software module included on a workstation and further including a series of programmable instructions executable by the processor forming a Web Service Application Programming Interface (API) written in a language that is universal to an architecture and operating system of the processor and to a programming language used by applications that are executed by the processor that the API interfaces with, the WKSDCM module being adapted to: transmit a request to the remote device for creating a certificate via the first network; in response to receiving the certificate from the remote device via the first network, relay via a second network the certificate to an associated third party with a request for a signature; in response to receiving the certificate signed by the associated third party via the second network, upload the certificate to the remote device via the first network.