Patent ID: 7230519

Claim:
A device for registering an identification tag, the device comprising: a fingerprint scanner for acquiring fingerprint information from a user wearing the tag; an identification tag read/write component for writing identification information to the tag and reading the identification information from the tag; a first pulse sensor for acquiring pulse information from a first location on the user's arm, the first pulse sensor including a finger pulse sensor for acquiring pulse information from the user's finger; a second pulse sensor for acquiring pulse information from a second location on the user's arm, the second pulse sensor including a wrist pulse sensor for acquiring pulse information from the user's wrist; and a communications component for communicating the pulse information from the first pulse sensor and the pulse information from the second pulse sensor to an external electronic device, wherein the communications component includes a processor for comparing the pulse information obtained from the wrist pulse sensor with the pulse information obtained from the finger pulse sensor and communicating the identification information and the fingerprint information to the external device if the pulse information obtained from the wrist pulse sensor corresponds to the pulse information obtained from the finger pulse sensor.