Patent ID: 9038152
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed by one or more processing devices, comprising: receiving, from a system hosting a resource, a request for a quick response code associated with the hosted resource; responsive to receiving the request for the quick response code associated with the hosted resource, transmitting information indicative of the quick response code to the system hosting the resource; receiving, from a client device, a request for access to a resource, the request for access comprising a decoded version of the quick response code; determining a correspondence between (i) the decoded version of the quick response code received from the client device, and (ii) the generated reference code associated with the hosted resource; responsive to the determined correspondence, determining that access is requested for the hosted resource; matching (i) at least a portion of the contents of the request for access that is received from the client device and that comprises the decoded version of the quick response code for the hosted resource, to (ii) stored information specifying one or more users authorized to access the hosted resource; determining, based on the matching, that a user who is requesting access to the hosted resource is permitted to access the hosted resource; responsive to determining that the user is permitted to access the hosted resource, transmitting, to the system hosting the resource, a token for permitting the user to access the hosted resource; and transmitting, to the client device, a message specifying that the user is granted access to the hosted resource.