Patent ID: 8203423

Claim:
An access control device for providing a code that can be used to access a system, the device comprising: an output device; at least one processor that processes, using application programming, information representing a biometric characteristic of a person seeking access to the system and information provided by the system, and, depending on a result of the processing, provides to the output device a code that can be used to access the system; rewritable, non-volatile memory that stores at least a portion of the application programming; a sensor that senses the biometric characteristic of the person and provides the information representing the biometric characteristic of the person used by the at least one processor; a first wireless input device by which the information provided by the system can be wirelessly input to the access control device; and a second wireless input device by which, data or updates, or both relating to the application programming can be wirelessly input to the access control device and provided to the rewritable memory for storage therein.