Patent ID: 6774796
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G06F,G08B,H04W

Abstract:
A master authenticator, wearable by a plurality of users, for wireless transmission of information associated with each user, comprising:a sensor for automatically sensing whether one of the plurality of users is wearing the master authenticator; a log in means, functioning in response to the sensor sensing that one of the plurality of users is wearing the master authenticator, wherein the log in means uniquely identifies each user, and further wherein the log in means uniquely verifies authorization for the master authenticator to transmit the information associated with the user wearing the master authenticator, thereby providing an authorized user when the authorization verification is successful; and a transmitting means, responsive to the log in means, for wirelessly transmitting the information associated with the authorized user to an electronic device in the proximity of the master authenticator, wherein the information comprises an authentication for the authorized user to perform one or more operations utilizing the electronic device.