Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for utilizing visual authentication tokens as cross-platform credentials
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Application No.: US14839480Application Date: 2015-08-28
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Publication No.: US09800564B2Publication Date: 2017-10-24
- Inventor: Weiqun Jack Zheng , Robert Frederick Myrick
- Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/04
- IPC: G06F7/04 ; H04L29/06 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06F21/33

Abstract:
An apparatus is provided for facilitating cross-platform authentication. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor configured to detect that a visual token includes data indicating one or more authentication credentials for accessing a communication device in response to scanning the visual token. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to communicate the authentication credentials of the detected visual token to the communication device to request the communication device to determine whether the authentication credentials are valid for a user. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable access to the communication device in response to receiving an indication from the communication device that the authentication credentials of the detected visual token are valid. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.
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