SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT USES CRYPTOGRAPHIC CERTIFICATES TO DEFINE GROUPS OF ENTITIES - Patent 2300940

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EP 2 300 940 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	30.03.2011 Bulletin 2011/13

(21)	Application number: 08767782.9

(22)	Date of filing: 16.05.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 17/30^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2008/006346

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2009/139750 (19.11.2009 Gazette 2009/47)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA MK RS

(71)	Applicant: Objective Interface Systems, Inc.
	Herndon, VA 20170 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BECKWITH, R. William Great Falls Virginia 22066-13563 (US) MARSHALL, Jeffrey G. Herndon VA 20171 (US) CHILTON, Jeffrey W. Reston Virginia 20191 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hutchinson, Glenn Stanley
	Harrison Goddard Foote Fountain Precinct Balm Green Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 2JA Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 2JA (GB)

(54)	SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT USES CRYPTOGRAPHIC CERTIFICATES TO DEFINE GROUPS OF ENTITIES