Patents Assigned to GTE CyberTrust Solutions Incorporated
  • Virtual certificate authority
    Patent number: 6308277
    Abstract: A method and system for creating and administering certificates digitally signed by a trusted entity (certificate authority) to ensure that certificated transactions are authenticated as that of a particular entity. Requests for a certificate, along with verification information, are directed to the certificate authority, where they are held and accessed by an entity having verification responsibilities (registration authority) and approved or disapproved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: GTE CyberTrust Solutions Incorporated
    Inventors: J. Stuart Vaeth, Charles S. Walton
  • Virtual certificate authority
    Patent number: 6035402
    Abstract: A method and system for creating and administering certificates digitally signed by a trusted entity (certificate authority) to ensure that certificated transactions are authenticated as that of a particular entity. Requests for a certificate, along with verification information, are directed to the certificate authority, where they are held and accessed by an entity having verification responsibilities (registration authority) and approved or disapproved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: GTE CyberTrust Solutions Incorporated
    Inventors: J. Stuart Vaeth, Charles S. Walton