Patent ID: 7969280

Claim:
A portable security apparatus, comprising: a transmitter for wirelessly communicating an active security code to a security code receiver, said transmitter responsive to a mode signal to transmit a particular one of a set of a plurality of prerecorded security codes as said active security code; a biometric sensor for extracting a biometric characteristic from a user; an actuating system for indicating a particular one security transmission mode of a plurality of security transmission modes; and a controller, coupled to said transmitter, said sensor, and said actuating system, for determining when said user is an authorized user responsive to said biometric characteristic, said controller communicating said mode signal to said transmitter responsive to said particular one security transmission mode when said user is determined to be said authorized user, wherein said set of a plurality of prerecorded security codes is associated with a first user and wherein the portable security apparatus further includes a second set of a plurality of prerecorded security codes associated with a second user, said first set and said second set including at least one different prerecorded security code and wherein said controller determines which set to associate with said actuator system responsive to said biometric characteristic.