US 11,870,919 B2
Method and system for authentication credential
Andreas Aabye, San Mateo, CA (US); Christopher McMillan, Castle Rock, CO (US); Adam Clark, Bristow, VA (US); Christian Aabye, Redwood City, CA (US); and Simon Hurry, Foster City, CA (US)
Assigned to Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/029,068
Filed by VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION, San Francisco, CA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/063703
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/133026, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/225,313, filed on Jul. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,515, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0308295 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 9/3268 (2013.01) [G06F 21/105 (2013.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
authenticating, by a certification authority computer of a certification authority, an issuing authority;
receiving, by the certification authority computer, an issuing authority public key from an issuing authority computer of the issuing authority;
digitally signing, by the certification authority computer, the issuing authority public key using a certification authority private key;
generating, by the certification authority computer, a digital certificate associated with the issuing authority, wherein the digital certificate includes the digitally signed issuing authority public key;
transmitting, by the certification authority computer, the digital certificate to a recipient to associate the digital certificate with a digital license generated by the issuing authority; and
sharing, by the certification authority computer, a certification authority public key with one or more parties adapted to receive the digital license and the associated digital certificate from a holder of the digital license.