Patent ID: 7903846
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: E05B,G06K,G07C

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an electronic lock box system, said method comprising: providing an electronic lock box with a secure compartment therein, a shackle for attachment to a fixed object, a processing circuit, and a memory circuit; providing a biometric identification device that determines observed biometric identification data of a user; storing enrollment biometric identification data in said electronic lock box memory circuit identifying at least one authorized user of the electronic lock box; collecting said observed biometric identification data from a user of said electronic lock box, before at least one operation of the electronic lock box; preventing operation of said electronic lock box if said observed biometric identification data does not sufficiently correlate to said enrollment biometric identification data stored for an authorized user of the electronic lock box; providing a portable computer that stores authorization data, said portable computer having a display; communicating an access code message from said electronic lock box to said portable computer if said observed biometric identification data sufficiently correlates to said enrollment biometric identification data stored for an authorized user of the electronic lock box; conditionally displaying a secure compartment access code on the display of said portable computer, after receiving said access code message from said electronic lock box; and entering said displayed secure compartment access code onto a keypad that is integral to said electronic lock box, and allowing access to secure compartment if said entered secure compartment access code is correct.