Patent ID: 8816819

Claim:
A dynamic information radio-frequency identification (RFID) card, comprising: a RFID card medium comprising: a RFID chip positioned in the RFID card medium for enabling RFID-based authentication of the user; a smart chip positioned in the RFID card medium for enabling further authentication of the user based on data stored in the smart chip; and a fingerprint scanner positioned on the card medium for receiving an analog fingerprint reading from a user, and for authentication, at a reader, of the user based on the analog fingerprint reading, the fingerprint scanner comprising: a sensor array for capturing the analog fingerprint reading as analog fingerprint image data, the sensor array comprising a series of addressable sensor elements in a column-row format; a controller for processing the analog fingerprint image data into digital fingerprint image data; and an RF block and an antenna for communicating the digital biometric image data to the reader for the authentication.