METHOD FOR CREATING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL KEY, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

A method for creating and managing a virtual key, an apparatus, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: if it is determined that a distance between a user equipment unit and a car is less than a predetermined value, sending, to the user equipment unit, a request to install a car key application, the user equipment unit being associated with the car; if it is detected that the car key application has been installed in the user equipment unit, sending an authentication request to the user equipment unit by means of the car key application; obtaining, from the user equipment unit, authentication information with respect to the authentication request; and if it is determined that the authentication information with respect to the authentication request matches information pre-stored in a server, creating a car key in the car key application in the user equipment unit, the car key being used to control the car. The above solution enables a car key to be created and shared quickly and safely.