US 11,902,276 B2
Access to physical resources based through identity provider
Gerard Murphy, Lawrenceville, GA (US); Anantha Kalyan Kumar Mulampaka, Alpharetta, GA (US); Divyankitha Mahesh Urs, Milpitas, CA (US); and Yijia Zhao, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,155.
Application 17/452,155 is a continuation of application No. 16/677,129, filed on Nov. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,196,744.
Prior Publication US 2022/0046016 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 63/0884 (2013.01) [G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2115 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.