Credential technology

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
• maintaining, at a server, multiple credentials for a plurality of users;
• receiving, at the server and from a device of a first user, a request to validate a credential of a second user;
• identifying, by the server, the credential of the second user to validate from the multiple credentials maintained at the server;
• determining, by the server, that a cached version of the identified credential to validate is not available by,
• accessing credential information associated with the identified credential;
• comparing a current time information with a cache until time associated with the identified credential;
• and
• based on the comparison of the current time information with the cache until time associated with the identified credential, determining that the current time information exceeds the cache until time;
• based on the determination that a cached version of the identified credential to validate is not available, requesting, by the server, an updated version of the credential of the second user from a credential issuing organization;
• receiving, at the server and via an established communication network connection with the credential issuing organization, the updated version of the credential of the second user from the credential issuing organization;
• and
• validating, to the first user, the credential of the second user based on the received updated version of the credential,
• wherein validating, to the first user, the credential of the second user based on the received updated version of the credential comprises transmitting, to the device of the first user, an electronic notification that the credential of the second user is valid.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• maintaining, at a server, multiple credentials for a plurality of users;
• receiving, at the server and from a device of a first user, a request to validate a credential of a second user;
• identifying, by the server, the credential of the second user to validate from the multiple credentials maintained at the server;
• determining, by the server, that a cached version of the identified credential to validate is not available by,
• accessing credential information associated with the identified credential;
• comparing a current time information with a cache until time associated with the identified credential;
• and
• based on the comparison of the current time information with the cache until time associated with the identified credential, determining that the current time information exceeds the cache until time;
• based on the determination that a cached version of the identified credential to validate is not available, requesting, by the server, an updated version of the credential of the second user from a credential issuing organization;
• receiving, at the server and via an established communication network connection with the credential issuing organization, the updated version of the credential of the second user from the credential issuing organization;
• and
• validating, to the first user, the credential of the second user based on the received updated version of the credential,
• wherein validating, to the first user, the credential of the second user based on the received updated version of the credential comprises transmitting, to the device of the first user, an electronic notification that the credential of the second user is valid.