US 12,255,883 B2
Remote certificate authority management
Jonathan Proch, Independence, OH (US); Edward Shorter, Munroe Falls, OH (US); and Rex Edward Wheeler, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Keyfactor, Inc., Independence, OH (US)
Filed by Keyfactor, Inc., Independence, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/583,946.
Application 18/583,946 is a continuation of application No. 17/528,353, filed on Nov. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,973,751.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,085, filed on Dec. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0195796 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0823 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4843 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving user input at a user device via a certificate lifecycle management (CLM) application installed on the user device, wherein the user input comprises information associated with task details;
generating, by the user device via the CLM application, a task request based on the information associated with the task details, wherein the task request specifies a requested task and an identifier specifying a location for task execution;
providing, by the user device via the CLM application, the task request to a remote certificate authority (CA) gateway plug-in module via a remote CA gateway core, wherein a request task data entry that links the task request to the location for the task execution is stored in a data storage device on the remote CA gateway plug-in module in response to determining, via an on-premises CA gateway, that the requested task and the location of the task execution are at an on-premises CA device, and wherein the remote CA gateway plug-in module maintains a constant communication connection with the on-premises CA gateway via a persistent client-initiated communication protocol; and
receiving, by the user device via the CLM application, task results from the remote CA gateway core based on a task execution by the on-premises CA device.