Patent ID: 9245157
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07C,G07F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of restricting access to an area to authorized individuals comprising: providing access to a remote database containing identification information relating to a set of personal identification credentials; providing a wireless reading device for reading personal identification credentials; using the wireless reading device to read machine readable information from personal identification credentials possessed by a person requesting access to the area; reading information from the person possessing the personal identification credentials, wherein the information read from the person possessing the personal identification credentials includes biometric information; querying the remote database using the information read from the personal identification credentials; in response to the query, receiving a reply from the remote database, wherein the reply contains information relating to the validity of the personal identification credentials; and providing the person access to the area based on the information relating to the validity of the personal identification credentials.