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Biometrically authenticated portable access device

US8232862B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 17, 2004
Grant dateJul 31, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C9/26
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A biometrically authenticated portable access device, includes a biometric sensor for measuring a live biometric parameter of an unverified user, an authenticator controlling a switch that enables and disables a conventional RFID tag and a stored biometric template corresponding to a previously measured biometric parameter of an authorized user. The authenticator compares the live biometric parameter of the unverified user to the stored biometric template and enables the RFID tag when the live biometric parameter matches the stored biometric template. The RFID tag is programmable in conventional RFID tag programmers that may be proprietary permitting the portable access device to be used with existing installed systems of proprietary and non-proprietary RFID tag programmers and readers.

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