Patent ID: 8564678

Claim:
A communication system comprising: i) a plurality of hand-held mobile communication units, said units comprising a camera means configured to capture an image of a human identification characteristic, and a transmission means for transmitting image data representing said captured image, and including a time and date stamp data associated with said image data, to a secure remote receiving station; and a display for displaying an image obtained by the camera means; ii) a receiving means, located at the receiving station, provided to receive image data from at least one of said plurality of hand-held mobile communication units, the image data is time and date stamped upon receipt of the image data at the receiving station; iii) an identification means, operative automatically to recognize human identification characteristics from said captured image data; iv) an identification memory located at said remote receiving station that is operative to store a plurality of human identification characteristics; v) a comparison means is operative to compare the captured image data with each of said plurality of said human identification characteristics so as to indicate a match therebetween; and vi) a transmitter at the receiving station for transmitting information indicative of said match, to at least said mobile communication unit which captured said image.