Patent ID: 7356706

Claim:
A security device comprising: a proximity sensor to sense a proximity of the security device to at least a portion of a designated person's body; a transceiver to transmit and receive security data, the transceiver to communicate with an activation station, wherein the transceiver is to receive security data to activate the security device based on authorization from the activation station, and wherein the activation station has a biometric reader to take a biometric reading of the designated person, and wherein the activation station is to verify biometric readings of the designated person; and a circuit to automatically deactivate the security device if at least one condition occurs, the condition selected from the group of conditions consisting of a first condition that the security device fails to be put into close proximity to the at least a portion of the designated person's body within a predetermined time period, and a second condition that the security device ceases to be in close proximity to the portion of the designated person's body after the predetermined time period expires, wherein deactivation results in a denial of service to the person using the security device, and wherein the security device is separate and separable from the activation station.