Patent ID: 8186580

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a biometric sensor configured to receive a biometric input; a physical enclosure with an aperture, the physical enclosure configured to receive a smartcard through the aperture; a smartcard reader coupled to the physical enclosure, the smartcard reader being coupled to a smartcard when the smartcard is received in the physical enclosure through the aperture, the smartcard reader being configured to read information from and write information to the smartcard when the smartcard is coupled to the smartcard reader; and a processor disposed within the physical enclosure, the processor coupled to the biometric sensor and the smartcard reader, the processor configured to output a biometric template to the smartcard when the biometric input is authenticated by the processor based on the biometric template and when the smartcard is received in the physical enclosure through the aperture such that the biometric template is authenticated by the smartcard.