Patent ID: 8875996

Claim:
A method of activating a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, comprising: acquiring biometric data indicative of an identity of a user at the RFID tag, wherein the acquired biometric data comprises fingerprint biometric data, the acquiring including: scanning the fingerprint biometric data at the RFID tag, wherein the scanning includes placing a finger of the user over a fingerprint sensor of the RFID tag; comparing the acquired biometric data with biometric data of an authorised user at the RFID tag, the biometric data of the authorised user stored at the RFID tag; activating the RFID tag in the case that the acquired biometric data matches the biometric data of the authorised user, wherein the activating occurs only during simultaneously placing the RFID tag within an operational distance from an interrogator during the placing of the finger of the user over the fingerprint sensor; deactivating the RFID tag between successive scans of the finger of the user while the finger of the user remains on the fingerprint sensor of the RFID tag; and transmitting information prompting display of the user's personal information on a display external to the RFID tag immediately after activating the RFID tag.