Patent ID: 9730065
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, performed by a user device including one or more processors, comprising: transmitting, a request for a requested credential to a credential issuing organization system, the requested credential providing access to a physical location, the request for the requested credential comprising a digital certificate which includes a public key and a unique identifier for the user, wherein the public key is associated with a credential management account of the user that is maintained by a credential management system; receiving a token, different from the digital certificate, identifying the requested credential and a location of the public key from the credential issuing organization system; transmitting a request to retrieve the requested credential to the credential management system, the request to retrieve the requested credential comprising the token and information identifying the credential management account; receiving data encoding a portion of a badge representing the requested credential from the credential management system; in response to validating the badge, providing the user access to the physical location.