Patent ID: 7724137

Claim:
A reader device comprising: a first interface; a second interface; said first interface being adapted to be brought into an operable relationship with an authorization device; and said second interface being adapted to be brought into an operable relationship with an information device; wherein while said first interface is brought into said operable relationship with said authorization device and said second interface is brought into said operable relationship with said information device, simultaneously: said reader device is adapted to communicate with said authorization device so as to obtain authorization to access information stored in said information device; wherein the reader device obtains authorization to access information stored in the information device by obtaining authorization information from the authorization device, submitting the authorization information to the information device such that the information device determines, based on the authorization information, whether to permit access by the reader device to the information stored in the information device thereby obtaining access to the information stored on the information device if, based on the determination, the information device permits the reader device to access the information.