Patent ID: 8653970
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G07C,G08B

Abstract:
1. A security method, comprising: defining one or more rules specifying permitted movements of passengers in a transportation terminal; issuing to a passenger entering the terminal a boarding pass having a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag attached thereto; measuring a location of the RFID tag by using a transceiver, wherein the transceiver can detect the RFID signal from several meters or more; responsively to the measured location of the RFID tag, detecting a violation of at least one of the rules performed by the passenger; and invoking an action with respect to the detected violation, wherein at least one of the rules specifies a region in which the passengers are expected to be in motion, and wherein detecting the violation comprises detecting that the passenger is located in the specified region but is not in motion, and wherein issuing the boarding pass comprises uploading information regarding the passenger into the RFID tag, wherein measuring the location comprises extracting the uploaded information from the RFID tag through the transceiver.