Patent ID: 8707022

Claim:
A method for distributing access control clients, comprising: tracking distribution statuses of a plurality of access control clients that are stored within a secure repository; uniquely encrypting for a target mobile device a first access control client of the plurality of access control clients, wherein the target mobile device is configured to download the encrypted first access control client from any one of two or more distribution entities; transmitting the encrypted first access control client to each of the two or more distribution entities; removing the first access control client from the secure repository; updating a distribution status that corresponds to the first access control client to indicate: the removal of the first access control client from the secure repository, and the transmission of the encrypted first access control client to the two or more distribution entities; and in response to determining that the target mobile device has downloaded the encrypted first access control client from one distribution entity of the two or more distribution entities: removing the encrypted first access control client from each of the two or more distribution entities, and updating the distribution status to reflect the removal of the encrypted first access control client from each of the two or more distribution entities.