Patent ID: 9154490
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting, via a first device, that a visual token comprises data indicating one or more authentication credentials for accessing a communication device in response to scanning the visual token; communicating, via the first device, 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; enabling access to the communication device, via the first device, in response to receiving an indication from the communication device that the authentication credentials of the detected visual token are valid; and utilizing, via the first device, the visual token, in part, to retrieve previously saved session information from the communication device in response to receipt of the indication that the authentication credentials are valid, the session information corresponding to shipment data for shipment of at least one item.