Certificate management apparatus and a method thereof

A certificate management system comprising:

• an FoD purchase server configured to receive information, provided by a user, on purchase and cancellation of purchase of an FoD service;
• an FoD certification server configured to generate a FoD certificate for the FoD service;
• and
• a certificate management apparatus configured to transmit the FoD certificate to a vehicle based on information received from the FoD purchase server and the FoD certification server,
• wherein the FoD purchase server is configured to:
• transmit subscription information for the FoD service to the certificate management apparatus based on receiving the subscription information from the user, and
• receive a result regarding whether the FoD certificate according to the subscription information has been generated, from the certificate management apparatus, and
• wherein the FoD certification server is configured to:
• receive a request to generate the FoD certificate according to the subscription information from the certificate management apparatus,
• generate the FoD certificate based on the request to generate the FoD certificate, the FoD certificate including at least one of a serial number, a tag, or information on the vehicle, or any combination thereof, and
• transmit the FoD certificate to the certificate management apparatus.

A certificate management method comprising:

• generating a first target Feature on Demand (FoD) certificate according to first subscription information for a FoD service based on receiving the first subscription information;
• generating a second target FoD certificate according to second subscription information different from the first subscription information based on receiving the second subscription information;
• and
• determining whether to transmit the second target FoD certificate to a vehicle based on determining whether the first target FoD certificate has been transmitted to the vehicle.