Patent ID: 8708230

Claim:
An apparatus including: a housing defining an aperture configured to receive therein a removable card having an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit storing electronic data including a first user identification credential; a biometric sensor at least partially disposed in the housing, the biometric sensor configured to receive a biometric input; a memory disposed in the housing, the memory configured to store a plurality of identification credentials; a processor disposed within the housing, the processor configured to determine whether the first user identification credential of the integrated circuit matches a first identification credential from the plurality of identification credentials; and a transceiver coupled to and at least partially disposed in the housing, the transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit the first identification credential from the plurality of identification credentials to an external device when (1) the card is received in the aperture of the housing, (2) the processor determined that the first user identification credential of the integrated circuit matches the first identification credential from the plurality of identification credentials, and (3) at least one of the card or the processor has determined that the biometric input matches a stored biometric input.