Method and system for creating and operating biometrically enabled multi-purpose credential management devices

US8144941B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• URU Technology Incorporated · US

Inventors

• William Mark Adams · Worksop, GB
• John Coyne · Santa Monica, US
• Raymond Munson Wallace · Great Falls, US
• Christopher Coyne · Paxton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2012
• Expiry date: May 7, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C9/26
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system used to integrate and control multiple secure credentialing approaches including magnetic stripes, bar codes, contact and contactless SmartCard chips, Short Message Systems (SMS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), vicinity type Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID), and proximity type RFID, into compact, self-powered, biometrically-protected devices.