Patent ID: 8919645

Claim:
A method for granting a holder of an electronic device access to an area, comprising: receiving, from an electronic device, a unique electronic device identifier that identifies the electronic device; at least one computer processor comparing the unique electronic device identifier to a list of approved unique electronic device identifiers; if the unique electronic device identifier is on the list of approved unique electronic device identifiers: granting the holder of the electronic device access to the area; the at least one computer processor removing the unique electronic device identifier from the list of approved unique electronic device identifiers; the at least one computer processor adding the unique electronic device identifier to the list of approved unique electronic device identifiers upon the occurrence of a predetermined event; and the at least one computer processor charging a transaction account associated with the electronic device a fee for the granted access; and denying the holder of the electronic device access to the area if the unique electronic device identifier is not on the list of approved electronic device identifiers.