Patent ID: 8144941
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A portable, hand-held, programmable device for integrating and controlling multiple secure credentialing applications and for interacting with external systems, comprising: (a) a biometric sensor; (b) control circuitry; (c) a microprocessor; (d) a memory storing personnel data, biometric data, a credentialing application, operational software and a plurality of credentials, each of the plurality of credentials being associated with personnel data; (e) a power source; (f) a plurality of distinct interfaces interacting with external credential-receiving systems; (g) the operational software executing on the microprocessor, and associating the biometric data with the credentialing application and the plurality of credentials; (h) the credentialing application executing on the microprocessor, requesting a credential from the memory based on input from the biometric sensor, selecting one of the plurality of distinct interfaces for credential distribution and presenting the credential to an external credential-receiving system through the selected one of the plurality of distinct interfaces; and (i) wherein the biometric sensor, the control circuitry, the microprocessor, the memory, the power source, the plurality of distinct interfaces interacting with external credential-receiving systems, the operational software, and the credentialing application are integrated on the device.