US 11,792,020 B2
Systems and methods for secure certificate management
Brian A. Scriber, Lafayette, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,028.
Application 17/677,028 is a continuation of application No. 16/569,447, filed on Sep. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,258,615.
Application 16/569,447 is a continuation of application No. 15/345,427, filed on Nov. 7, 2016, granted, now 10,454,688, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/252,155, filed on Nov. 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0329441 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/3263 (2013.01) [H04L 9/321 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A certificate management authority (CMA) system for managing certificates issued to a client electronic device by a first certificate authority (CA) and a second CA, comprising:
a portal in operable communication with the client computing device and the first and second CAs;
a processor; and
a memory having computer executable instructions stored therein, which, when executed by the processor, enable the CMA system to:
(i) receive, through the portal over an electronic network, a first certificate request from the client electronic device;
(ii) establish, based on receipt of the first certificate request, a first interaction of the certificate management portal with an electronic interface of the first CA;
(iii) generate, based on the first certificate request and the first interaction, a CMA certificate request, from the portal and through the electronic interface to the first CA;
(iv) receive, from the first CA through the electronic interface, a first aggregated certificate package generated according to the CMA certificate request;
(v) enable a download of a first certificate of the delivered first aggregate certificate package directly from the first CA based on the CMA certificate request;
(vi) receive, through the portal over the electronic network, a second certificate request from the client electronic device; and
(vii) automatically establish, based on the second certificate request, a second interaction between the portal and the second CA to enable a download to the client electronic device of a second aggregate certificate package directly from the second CA.