Patent ID: 8260716

Claim:
A method for providing approval of a rule module execution request, the method, comprising: receiving at a terminal a rule module execution request and a biometric sample proffered by an individual via a biometric input apparatus, wherein the rule module execution request is an age-restricted access request; transmitting the biometric sample and the rule module execution request to a data processing center, wherein the data processing center has access to pattern data, wherein the pattern data includes registered biometric data and registered age information for the individual; making a first determination, at the data processing center, whether the transmitted biometric sample matches the registered biometric data; upon a successful match, whereby the individual is identified, accessing a stored User ID code associated with said individual, wherein said User ID code indicates a plurality of rule modules associated with said pattern data associated with said individual; making a second determination, at the data processing center, that the received rule module execution request is an age-restricted access request; upon determining the received rule module execution request is an age-restricted access request, identifying a rule module associated with the User ID code and customized for determining user eligibility to satisfy the received rule module access request, wherein the identified rule module indicates an execution command that includes a determination whether the age information included in said pattern data is indicative of permission for age-restricted access for the individual; executing at the data processing center said execution command indicated by the identified rule module; and transmitting from the data processing center to the terminal a message granting or blocking the rule module execution request per the determination of the execution command.