METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BOOKING RESOURCES AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT OF BOOKED RESOURCES

摘要

A computer implemented method for booking a resource and providing access to the booked resource. The method is implemented on a resource management system configured to communicate with one or computing devices and one or more resource booking systems across a communications network. The method comprises receiving, at the resource management system, a request to book a resource from a computing device of the one or more computing devices, the request comprising a resource identifier and a mobile computing device identifier and creating a booking based on the resource identifier. The method further comprises determining a virtual key associated with the resource identifier, wherein the virtual key is configured to cooperate with an access device co-located with the resource to permit access to the resource; and providing a confirmation message to a mobile computing device of the one or more computing devices associated with the mobile computing device identifier, wherein the confirmation message comprises one of (i) the virtual key and (ii) a confirmation code related to the virtual key to allow the virtual key to be retrieved.