Patent ID: 11902276
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for accessing a physical resource comprising:
a client device comprising a processor and a memory; and
a physical access application executable by the client device, the physical access application causing the client device to at least:
initiate authentication of a user account with an identity provider associated with an enterprise;
in response to authentication of the user account, obtain a virtual badge credential on behalf of the user account;
store the virtual badge credential in storage accessible to the physical access application;
initiate a personal area network session with an access control reader associated with the physical resource; and
provide an encrypted virtual badge credential generated from the virtual badge credential to the access control reader over the personal area network session, wherein the access control reader determines that access to the physical resource is granted based upon the encrypted virtual badge credential.