Patent ID: 8752155

Claim:
A removable communication card, comprising: an identification module operable to store identification data for users in a network, the identification data having data for authentication of the users in the network; a measurement device operable to capture a first and a second biometric feature of one user, the first biometric feature being different from the second biometric feature; and an analysis module having a processor unit, the analysis module being operable to attempt verification of a match between the first and the second biometric features of the one user and the identification data to authenticate the one user, wherein: the identification data comprises code for initialization of the identification data; biometric data of the one user is assigned to the identification data, during the initialization of the identification data; the measurement device captures the first biometric feature of the one user; in a case where the analysis module verifies a match between the first biometric feature and the identification data, the one user is authenticated in the network using the identification data; and in a case where the analysis module cannot verify a match between the first biometric feature and the identification data, the measurement device captures the second biometric feature of the one user and the analysis module verifies a match for the second biometric feature with the identification data, to authenticate the one user in the network using the identification data.