Methods, apparatuses & computer program products for utilizing visual authentication tokens as cross-platform credentials

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
• receive a visual token from first device, the visual token comprising authentication credentials for accessing a communication device;
• determine that the authentication credentials of the visual token are valid for a user;
• and
• responsive to the determination that the authentication credentials of the visual token are valid for the user, provide the first device access to data associated with the user.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions stored therein, the computer-computer-readable instructions comprising:

• computer-readable instructions configured to receive a visual token from a first device, the visual token comprising data indicating authentication credentials for accessing a communication device;
• computer-readable instructions configured to determine that authentication credentials are valid for the user;
• and
• computer-readable instructions configured to provide the first device access, via the communication device, to data associated with the user.