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Patent Inventor Names
Lawrence Smith0
Richard Levenberg0
Date of Patent
February 3, 2009
0Patent Application Number
114255360
Date Filed
June 21, 2006
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A public key authentication system and method for use in a computer system having a plurality of users. The system includes a virtual smart card server, storage connected to the virtual smart card server, and a virtual smart card agent connected to the virtual smart card server. The storage includes a plurality of virtual smart cards, wherein each virtual smart card is associated with a user and wherein each smart card includes a private key. The virtual smart card agent authenticates the user and accesses the authenticated user's virtual smart card to obtain the user's private key.
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