Method and apparatus for determining dynamic access tokens for location-based services

摘要

An approach is provided for a mechanism to determine dynamic information for generating dynamic access tokens to a location-based service. The approach includes a method for determining one or more dynamic information items associated with at least one location in which at least one service is available. The approach also includes a method for determining at least one procedure for generating one or more access tokens associated with the at least one service. The approach further includes a method for processing and/or facilitating a processing of the one or more dynamic information items using, at least in part, the at least one procedure to cause, at least in part, a generation of the one or more access tokens.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining one or more dynamic information items associated with at least one location in which at least one service is available; determining at least one procedure for generating one or more access tokens associated with the at least one service; processing the one or more dynamic information items using the at least one procedure to cause a generation of the one or more access tokens, wherein the at least one procedure for generating the one or more access tokens is determined via (i) a location services application of a user equipment receiving the at least one procedure from another application and/or from one or more modules of the user equipment, (ii) one or more messages/notifications that may be requested and/or received by the user equipment from POI services, navigation services, search engines, or other service providers, (iii) utilizing the user equipment to capture an image of a graphical representation that may include encoded information on the procedure and/or on how to obtain the procedure, (iv) using the user equipment to interface with a memory tag for retrieving the procedure and/or information associated with the procedure, or (v) combination thereof; determining one or more attributes associated with a user, a user device, or a combination thereof that is requesting an access to the at least one service; and further generating the one or more access tokens based on the one or more attributes.