Granted Patent B2

US 9,229,626 · App. 13/048,801 · Granted Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

Claims (62)

1. A method comprising:

collecting status information for a plurality of certificates of a secure communication protocol within a certificate management tool that manages the plurality of certificates;

causing a display of the status information in a management window of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the certificate management tool;

receiving, via the GUI, a user selection of a subset of certificates from the plurality of certificates within the status information displayed in the management window;

causing a display of a notification window in the GUI layered over at least a portion of the management window, the notification window comprising a plurality of recipient fields and a plurality of expiration notice fields;

automatically populating the plurality of recipient fields of the notification window with recipient data corresponding to the subset of certificates selected in the management window;

receiving input, via the plurality of expiration notice fields in the notification window, changing an expiration parameter for sending a notification to recipients in the plurality of recipient fields for the subset of certificates selected in the management window, wherein changing the expiration parameter comprises changing a time frame for sending the notification to another time frame;

updating, by a processor, corresponding expiration parameters in the status information in the management window displayed in a layer beneath the notification window for the selected subset of certificates based on the input changing the expiration parameter; and

causing the notification window in the GUI to be removed in response to user interaction with the notification window.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving user input via a sub window displayed with the notification window to change the plurality of recipient fields, wherein the change comprises adding or removing a recipient field; and

updating the plurality of recipient fields in the notification window based on the change.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving user input via a sub window to change the plurality of expiration notice fields in the notification window, wherein the change comprises adding or removing an expiration notice field; and

updating the plurality of expiration notice fields in the notification window based on the change.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface of the management tool is a web-based graphical user interface in a web browser, wherein the graphical user interface of the notification tool is a web-based graphical user interface in the web browser, and wherein causing the display of the notification window occurs without any of leaving, removing, or navigating away from a context of the management window within the web browser.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of certificates comprises secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating notification instructions to send a notification message to at least one recipient, the notification message comprising at least one of an email, an in-console communication, a short message service (SMS) communication, or an instant message.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to user interaction with the notification window, displaying an alternative window of a notification tool.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

collecting status information for a plurality of certificates of a secure communication protocol within a certificate management tool that manages the plurality of certificates;

causing a display of the status information in a management window of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the certificate management tool;

receiving, via the GUI, a user selection of a subset of certificates from the plurality of certificates within the status information displayed in the management window;

causing a display of a notification window in the GUI layered over at least a portion of the management window, the notification window comprising a plurality of recipient fields and a plurality of expiration notice fields;

automatically populating the plurality of recipient fields of the notification window with recipient data corresponding to the subset of certificates selected in the management window;

receiving input, via the plurality of expiration notice fields in the notification window, changing an expiration parameter for sending a notification to recipients in the plurality of recipient fields for the subset of certificates selected in the management window, wherein changing the expiration parameter comprises changing a time frame for sending the notification to another time frame;

updating, by the processor, corresponding expiration parameters in the status information in the management window displayed in a layer beneath the notification window for the selected subset of certificates based on the input changing the expiration parameter; and

causing the notification window in the GUI to be removed in response to user interaction with the notification window.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

receiving user input via a sub window displayed with the notification window to change the plurality of recipient fields, wherein the change comprises adding or removing a recipient field; and

updating the plurality of recipient fields in the notification window based on the change.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

receiving user input via a sub window to change the plurality of expiration notice fields in the notification window, wherein the change comprises adding or removing an expiration notice field; and

updating the plurality of expiration notice fields in the notification window based on the change.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the graphical user interface of the management tool is a web-based graphical user interface in a web browser, wherein the graphical user interface of the notification tool is a web-based graphical user interface in the web browser, and wherein causing the display of the notification window occurs without any of leaving, removing, or navigating away from a context of the management window within the web browser.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the plurality of certificates comprises secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

generating notification instructions to send a notification message to at least one recipient, the notification message comprising at least one of an email, an in-console communication, a short message service (SMS) communication, or an instant message.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

in response to user interaction with the notification window, displaying an alternative window of a notification tool.

15. A system comprising:

a memory to store status information for a plurality of certificates of a secure communication protocol within a certificate management tool that manages the plurality of certificates;

a processor to communicate with the memory to:

cause a display of the status information in a management window of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the certificate management tool;

receive, via the GUI, a user selection of a subset of certificates from the plurality of certificates within the status information displayed in the management window;

cause a display of a notification window in the GUI layered over at least a portion of the management window, the notification window comprising a plurality of recipient fields and a plurality of expiration notice fields;

automatically populate the plurality of recipient fields of the notification window with recipient data corresponding to the subset of certificates selected in the management window;

receive input, via the plurality of expiration notice fields in the notification window, changing an expiration parameter for sending a notification to recipients in the plurality of recipient fields for the subset of certificates selected in the management window, wherein changing the expiration parameter comprises changing a time frame for sending the notification to another time frame;

update corresponding expiration parameters in the status information in the management window displayed in a layer beneath the notification window for the selected subset of certificates based on the input changing the expiration parameter; and

causing the notification window in the GUI to be removed in response to user interaction with the notification window.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further to:

receive user input via a sub window displayed with the notification window to change the plurality of recipient fields, wherein the change comprises adding or removing a recipient field; and

update the plurality of recipient fields in the notification window based on the change.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further to:

receive user input via a sub window to change the plurality of expiration notice fields in the notification window, wherein the change comprises adding or removing an expiration notice field; and

update the plurality of expiration notice fields in the notification window based on the change.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein the plurality of certificates comprises secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further to:

generate notification instructions to send a notification message to at least one recipient, the notification message comprising at least one of an email, an in-console communication, a short message service (SMS) communication, or an instant message.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further to display an alternative window of a notification tool in response to user interaction with the notification window.

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