Daniel Patrick Corcoran

US Patent:

20020032665, Mar 14, 2002

Filed:

Jul 17, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/906857

Inventors:

Neal Creighton - Alpharetta GA, US
Christopher Bailey - Atlanta GA, US
Daniel Corcoran - San Jose CA, US
Kefeng Chen - Duluth GA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/076000, 705/064000, 705/075000

Abstract:

The present invention relates generally to methods and systems that enable organizations to make secure a wide array of electronic transactions such as business-to-business transactions over corporate extranets. One aspect of the present invention, allows companies to work through an extranet with existing and new business partners. The new business partners are directed to obtain certification from a certification authority, which takes corporate information from the business partners and verifies them. If the corporate information is verified against third party sources, a digital certificate is automatically issued.

US Patent:

20020035686, Mar 21, 2002

Filed:

Jul 16, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/906460

Inventors:

Neal Creighton - Alpharetta GA, US
Christopher Bailey - Atlanta GA, US
Daniel Corcoran - San Jose CA, US
Kefeng Chen - Duluth GA, US

International Classification:

H04L009/00

US Classification:

713/156000, 705/076000

Abstract:

The present invention relates generally to methods and systems that enable organizations to make secure a wide array of electronic transactions such as business-to-business transactions over corporate extranets. One aspect of the present invention allows companies to create an extranet with business partners that they know. The extranet host provides to a certification authority a shared secret and the names of the business partners that are authorized to access the corporate extranet. If the requestor's shared secret and name matches a digital certificate is automatically issued. The invention allows a business to issue secured socket layer (SSL), Object Signing, Client authorization and secure email certificates to internal employees as well as issuing client authentication certificates to business partners.