Patent ID: 7113071

Claim:
A method of using an electronic locking system to access one of a plurality of lockers, the method comprising: programming said electronic locking system by recording at least one biometric characteristic of a user when said user is located at said plurality of lockers, storing said recorded at least one biometric characteristic of said user in memory, and associating said recorded at least one biometric characteristic of said user with said one of a plurality of lockers so that said user is authorized to access said one of a plurality of lockers; locking said one of a plurality of lockers; re-recording said at least one biometric characteristic of said user; after the re-recording step, comparing said re-recorded at least one biometric characteristic of said user with said recorded at least one biometric characteristic of said user; unlocking said one of a plurality of lockers if said re-recorded at least one biometric characteristic of said user matches said recorded at least one biometric characteristic of said user; re-programming said electronic locking system using at least one biometric characteristic of a second user so that said at least one biometric characteristic of said second user is associated with said one of a plurality of lockers and so that said second user is authorized to access said one of a plurality of lockers and said first user is no longer authorized to access said one of a plurality of lockers.