System and method for supporting multiple certificate authorities on a mobile communication device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsHerbert Little, Michael Brown
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Abstract
A system and method for supporting operations with multiple certification authorities (CAs) on a communication device. A common CA interface is provided between a plurality of secure communication applications and a plurality of CA-specific components, each of which interacts with a particular CA. A further common interface may also be provided for operatively coupling the secure communication applications to cryptographic components in the device.
Claims21
(canceled)
A communication device, comprising:
- a common certification authority (CA) interface that communicates a security-related request to one of a plurality of CA provider components;
- the CA provider component configured to send the security-related request received from the common CA interface to its respective associated CA by wired or wireless electronic communication.
A multiple certification authority (CA) handler comprising instructions to:
- receive a security-related request from a first application;
- determine among a plurality of CA provider components which of the CA provider components are associated with the first application;
- and
- communicate the security-related request to the associated CA provider.
A method implemented on a mobile device, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a security-related request from a first application;
- determining among a plurality of CA provider components which of the CA provider components are associated with the first application;
- and
- communicating the security-related request to the associated CA provider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.