Patent ID: 9608970
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06K,G07C,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media including instructions, which upon execution by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: receiving, by one or more servers and from a first client device associated with a user account of a first user, a request to share a key associated with the user account of the first user, wherein the key permits access to a resource; in response to receiving the request to share the key, determining, by the one or more servers, whether the first user is authorized to share, with another user, the key associated with the user account of the first user; in response to determining that the first user is authorized to share, with another user, the key associated with the user account of the first user, generating, by the one or more servers, one or more representations of the key; transmitting the one or more representations of the key from the one or more servers to the first client device; receiving, by the one or more servers and from a second client device associated with a user account of a second user, a request to access the key, the request being derived from one of the one or more representations of the key; and communicating, from the one or more servers to the second client device, a message indicating whether access to the key has been granted.