Shared device voicemail access bypassing user-specific security credential
AssigneeZoom Video Communications, Inc.
InventorNick Swerdlow
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Abstract
A shared device voicemail box can be accessed from a device that is an unauthenticated device without a user-specific security credential. The device obtains an image via a camera of the device and transmits a request to a server. The request includes a unique code based on the image. The device accesses the voicemail box based on an access grant received from the server. Using the obtained image, a non-registered user of a telephony system can access a secured voicemail box.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- obtaining an image via an application and using a camera of a first device, the first device being an unauthenticated device without a user-specific security credential;
- transmitting, from the first device, a request to a server to access a voicemail box associated with a second device, the request including a unique code based on the image, the second device being a shared device between users;
- and
- responsive to receiving an access grant from the server, accessing the voicemail box from the application of the first device.
A system, comprising:
- a shared device that is shared between users;
- a mobile device that is an unauthenticated device without a user-specific security credential, the mobile device comprising:
- a processor configured to run an application;
- a camera configured to obtain an image using the application, the image associated with the shared device;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit a request to access a voicemail box associated with the shared device, the request includes a unique code based on the image;
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- a server configured to transmit an access grant to the mobile device to grant the mobile device access to the voicemail box associated with the shared device based on the unique code.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a memory configured to store instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining an image via an application and using a camera of a first device, the first device being an unauthenticated device without a user-specific security credential;
- transmitting, from the first device, a request to a server to access a voicemail box associated with a second device, the request including a unique code based on the image, the second device being a shared device between users;
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- responsive to receiving an access grant from the server, accessing the voicemail box from the application of the first device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.