Digital identity system

A method of creating a digital identity comprising:

• at a user device, capturing a data item from an identity document;
• creating an electronic message comprising the data item;
• transmitting the electronic message from the user device to a digital identity system;
• receiving at the user device from the digital identity system an electronic message comprising a credential, which is bound to a digital identity comprising the data item, the digital identity having been created at the digital identity system in response to the electronic message comprising the data item;
• and
• storing the credential at the user device, wherein later presentation of the credential to the digital identity system causes the data item of the digital identity to be rendered available to a device presenting the credential.

A user device comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• capture a data item from an identity document,
• create an electronic message comprising the data item,
• transmit the electronic message from the user device to a digital identity system,
• receive from the digital identity system an electronic message comprising a credential, which is bound to a digital identity comprising the data item, the digital identity having been created at the digital identity system in response to the electronic message comprising the data item;
• and
• store the credential in the memory, wherein later presentation of the credential to the digital identity system causes the data item of the digital identity to be rendered available to a device presenting the credential.

Non-transitory computer readable storage media including code executable on a user device to implement a method comprising:

• capturing a data item from an identity document;
• creating an electronic message comprising the data item;
• transmitting the electronic message from the user device to a digital identity system;
• receiving from the digital identity system an electronic message comprising a credential, which is bound to a digital identity comprising the data item, the digital identity having been created at the digital identity system in response to the electronic message comprising the data item;
• and
• storing the credential at the user device, wherein later presentation of the credential to the digital identity system causes the data item of the digital identity to be rendered available to a device presenting the credential.