Patent ID: 8665062

Claim:
A method for communicating a request for authorization of access to a limited access area based on a personal identity of a registered user in a vehicle, comprising: A) authenticating said personal identity of said registered user when desiring access to said limited access area, wherein authenticating said personal identity of said registered user comprises: creating a communication link between a mobile phone of said registered user and a biometric detection device; transmitting at least one pre-stored biometric template of said registered user from a subscriber identity module associated with said mobile phone to said biometric detection device; wherein said at least one pre-stored biometric template of said registered user is stored into said subscriber identity module associated with said mobile phone upon said registered user registers to have access to said limited access area; detecting biometric data of said registered user at said biometric detection device; comparing said at least one pre-stored biometric template to said detected biometric data; and transmitting to said mobile phone an indication of whether said comparison resulted in a match; B) transferring said authenticated personal identity of said registered user from said mobile phone into a wireless communicating device upon receiving said indication, indicative of a presence of said registered user in said vehicle, wherein said wireless communicating device is an electronic plate said vehicle; C) storing said authenticated personal identity of said registered user on said wireless communicating device as a valid request for authorization of access to said limited access area; D) communicating said valid request for authorization of access through said wireless communicating device to an electronic access controller capable of being adapted to authorize access based on said valid request for authorization of access to said limited access area; and p 1 E) removing said authenticated personal identity of said registered user from said wireless communicating device after a time interval starting from storing of said authenticated personal identity of said register user into said wireless communicating device.