Method and system for remote activation and management of personal security devices

A Client for activating and/or managing at least one Personal Security Device with at least a first Remote Computer System over a first network using said Client as a host to said at least one Personal Security Device, wherein said Client comprises a device to receive proprietary information sent from said Remote Computer System to said at least one Personal Security Device through at least one established communications pipe, said device comprising:

• a network interface for receiving message packets sent over said first network, wherein said message packets include a request including said proprietary information converted into Personal Security Device-formatted messages, wherein the Personal Security Device-formatted messages are readable by the at least one Personal Security Device;
• a processor for extracting said Personal Security Device-formatted messages from said message packets;
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• a hardware device port assigned to a Personal Security Device Interface which is in processing communication with said Personal Security Device, for routing said extracted Personal Security Device-formatted messages to a secure domain of said Personal Security Device, wherein the Personal Security Device-formatted messages are not modified by the Client, wherein the Personal Security Device receives and processes the Personal Security Device-formatted messages to extract the proprietary information and stores the proprietary information in the Personal Security Device.

A method for managing a personal security device, comprising:

• retrieving, by a remote computer system, proprietary information from a remote storage location;
• establishing a communications pipe over a network between the personal security device and the remote computer system;
• generating, at the remote computer system, a personal security device-formatted (PSD-formatted) message that includes the proprietary information, wherein the PSD-formatted message is readable by the personal security device;
• generating, at the remote computer system, an encapsulated message that encapsulates the PSD-formatted message;
• transmitting the proprietary information from the remote computer system to the personal security device through the communications pipe by:
• transmitting the encapsulated message to a client device;
• processing, at the client device, the encapsulated message to extract the PSD-formatted message;
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• routing the PSD-formatted message to the personal security device, wherein the PSD-formatted message is not modified by the client device;
• processing, at the personal security device, the PSD-formatted message to extract the proprietary information;
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• storing the proprietary information in the personal security device.