Managing access to physical areas based on captured digital data and a database

A method for managing access to a physical area, the method comprising:

• receiving a digital file from a mobile device that generated the digital file based on a physical document;
• extracting first data from the digital file;
• based on identification data within the first data, searching a database and identifying, in the database, a record associated with a user that matches the identification data;
• associating the first data with the record;
• after associating the first data with the record, generating code data;
• generating encoded data that encodes the code data;
• causing the encoded data to be sent, over a computer network, to a mobile device, or an account, of a user that is associated with the record;
• wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

One or more storage media storing instructions for managing access to a physical area, the instructions, when processed by one or more processors, cause:

• extracting first data from a digital file;
• based on identification data within the first data, searching a database and identifying, in the database, a record that matches the identification data;
• associating the first data with the record;
• after associating the first data with the record, generating code data comprising a unique identifier of a user that is associated with the record;
• generating encoded data that encodes the code data;
• causing the encoded data to be sent, over a computer network, to a mobile device, or an account, of a user that is associated with the record.