Patent ID: 8028083

Claim:
A method for activating and/or managing at least one Personal Security Device with at least a first Remote Computer System over a first network using at least one Client as a host to said at least one Personal Security Device, comprising: retrieving proprietary information by said at least first Remote Computer System from a remote storage location; establishing at least one communications pipe over said first network between said at least one Personal Security Device and said at least first Remote Computer System; transmitting said proprietary information from said at least first Remote Computer System to said at least one Personal Security Device through said at least one communications pipe by: generating a request including said proprietary information on said Remote Computer System, converting on said first remote computer system said request into Personal Security Device-formatted messages, wherein the Personal Security Device-formatted messages are readable by the at least one Personal Security Device, encapsulating on said first remote computer system said Personal Security Device-formatted messages producing encapsulated messages, incorporating said encapsulated messages into outgoing message packets, transmitting said message packets over said first network using a packet based communications protocol, receiving by said client said message packets sent over said first network, processing said message packets on said client to extract said Personal Security Device-formatted messages, and routing, on said client, said Personal Security Device-formatted messages, through a hardware device port assigned to a Personal Security Device Interface which is in processing communication with said Personal Security Device, to a secure domain of said Personal Security Device, wherein the Personal Security Device-formatted messages are not modified by the client; processing the Personal Security Device-formatted messages at the at least one Personal Security Device to extract the proprietary information; and storing the proprietary information in the at least one Personal Security Device.