User-specific security credential bypass for shared device voicemail
AssigneeZoom 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 transmits a request to a server. The request includes a unique code based on an image. The device accesses the voicemail box based on an access grant received from the server. Using the image, a non-registered user of a telephony system can access a secured voicemail box.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- transmitting, via an application using a camera of an unauthenticated device,
- a request to a server to access a voicemail box associated with a shared device,
- the request including a unique code based on an image obtained at the unauthenticated device;
- receiving an access grant from the server based on the request;
- and
- accessing the voicemail box from the application of the unauthenticated device.
A system, comprising:
- a shared device that is shared between users;
- an unauthenticated device comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit, via an application using a camera,
- a request to access a voicemail box associated with the shared device,
- the request includes a unique code based on an image obtained at the unauthenticated device;
- and
- a server configured to transmit an access grant based on the request to the unauthenticated device to grant the unauthenticated device access to the voicemail box associated with the shared device.
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:
- transmitting, via an application using a camera of an unauthenticated device,
- a request to a server to access a voicemail box associated with a shared device,
- the request including a unique code based on an image obtained at the unauthenticated device;
- receiving an access grant from the server based on the request;
- and
- accessing the voicemail box from the application of the unauthenticated device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.