Badge as a QR code
Every member has a badge in the app. Colleagues scan it to see the profile; at an event it is the check-in ticket.
Product
The badge, the business card and the event pass – on the phone
Every employee already carries the thing that identifies them. Door James uses it instead of printing another card.
In short
Door James gives every employee a digital badge: a QR code that shares the profile and checks people in at events, a digital business card that transfers contact details as a vCard to any phone, and an Apple Wallet pass. The Wallet pass is not a screenshot – it registers with Apple's pass update service and refreshes itself when a session, an event or an attendance changes.
- Badge
- QR code, verified against the server
- Business card
- vCard QR, scannable by any phone camera
- Wallet
- Apple Wallet pass with live updates
- Positioning
- identification and check-in, not door access
What the digital badge covers
Verified, not just displayed
The code carries a verification value the server checks. A screenshot passed around does not survive that check.
Digital business card
A second code holds a real vCard. Anyone can scan it with the camera and the contact lands in their address book – no app required on the other side.
Apple Wallet pass
Badge and event tickets go into Apple Wallet, where people actually look for them: on the lock screen, next to the boarding pass.
Passes that update themselves
Door James runs Apple's pass update web service. When a session moves or an event changes, the device is notified and refetches the pass. The one in the pocket is always the current one.
Event check-in at the door
Reception scans the badge, the attendee is checked in, and the attendance appears in the event dashboard immediately.
Withdrawn when it should be
If an attendee is removed in the Admin Panel, the pass is voided – on the device, not only in the database.
Nothing to print
New colleague, new role, new photo: the badge follows the profile. No card printer, no laminating pouch, no reprint cost.
Why the plastic card survived so long
Almost every organization has a card that does three unrelated jobs at once: it opens doors, it proves who you are, and it hangs on a lanyard at events. Because the first job needs hardware, the other two inherited the card – and with them the printer, the blanks, the reprint when someone changes team, and the inevitable morning when the card is at home.
Door James separates the jobs. Door access stays where it belongs, with the access control system. Identification and check-in move to the phone, where they cost nothing to issue, nothing to reissue, and nothing to throw away.
The part that usually goes wrong
Most "digital badges" are a picture. Someone renders a QR code, the employee screenshots it, and from then on it is a static image with no relationship to reality. When the event moves, the picture does not know.
Door James takes the harder route on both halves. The badge code is checked against the server rather than merely displayed, so a forwarded screenshot does not pass. And the Wallet pass is registered with Apple's update service: when a session is rescheduled or an attendee is removed, the device receives a silent push and refetches. What sits on the lock screen tomorrow morning is the current version, not yesterday's.
The business card nobody has to install anything for
The digital business card is the quiet favourite in practice. It holds a real vCard, so the person opposite does not need Door James, an account, or goodwill: they point their camera at the code and the contact is in their address book. At a trade fair stand or after a customer meeting that is the difference between an exchanged contact and a card in a jacket pocket.
How it works
- 1
Open the badge
The badge sits in the profile in the Door James app – on the phone, in the browser, on the Apple Watch.
- 2
Add it to Wallet
One tap adds the pass. From then on it is on the lock screen, and Door James keeps it current.
- 3
Scan it where it counts
At the event entrance, at reception, or in front of a colleague who wants your contact details.
Who it is for
For employees
One less thing to carry and one less card to forget at home on the day it matters.
For event teams
Check-in at the door in seconds, with the attendance list filling itself as people arrive.
For office management
No badge printer to maintain, no stock of blanks, no reprints when someone changes role.
Frequently asked questions
Does the digital badge open doors?
No, and we would rather say so plainly than imply otherwise. The badge identifies a person and checks them in – at an event, at reception, in the app. It is not an access credential and does not drive door hardware. Where you need doors to open, that stays with your access control system; Door James does not replace it.
What is the difference between the badge and the business card?
The badge is internal: it points at the Door James profile and works as an event ticket, and the server verifies it. The business card is external: it contains a plain vCard, so anyone can scan it with a normal phone camera and save the contact – they do not need Door James, an account or an app.
Do Wallet passes really stay up to date?
Yes. Door James implements Apple's pass update web service: the device registers after the pass is added, gets a silent push when something changes, and fetches the new version. A rescheduled session or a changed event updates within seconds. Passes issued from a development server are static – the app says so on the pass.
Is there an equivalent for Android?
The Wallet pass is currently an Apple Wallet feature. On Android the badge, the business card and the event ticket are available in the Door James app itself, including the QR code for check-in.
What happens when someone leaves the company?
The profile is deactivated through the user directory, and with it the badge. Event passes can additionally be voided individually from the Admin Panel, which removes them from the device rather than just from the list.
Can a badge be screenshotted and reused?
The code carries a verification value the server checks, so a copied image does not pass as a valid badge. For event check-in the attendance is recorded once; a second scan of the same badge is visible as such.
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