Patent ID: 8085126

Claim:
A system for controlling access by a person at secure facilities to locations and assets contained in those locations, comprising: a location at a secure facility that a person accesses or leaves through an access point controlled by a lock mechanism; a biometric reader fixedly located proximate to the access point and positioned such that the person interacts with the biometric reader to produce at least one new biometric feature reading; a personal RFID tag storing data comprising personal tag data wherein the personal RFID tag is carried by the person and wherein the biometric reader passes the new biometric feature reading to the personal RFID tag; an RFID receiver that queries the personal RFID tag to obtain the personal tag data and the new biometric feature reading; a prior biometric feature reading that was previously obtained; and a comparator that compares the prior biometric feature reading and the new biometric feature reading and wherein the locking mechanism permits the person to transit the access point only when the prior biometric feature reading matches the new biometric.