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Electronic lock box using a biometric identification device

  • US 20070096870A1
  • Filed: 10/23/2006
  • Published: 05/03/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating an electronic lock box system, said method comprising:

  • providing an electronic lock box with a secure compartment therein, a shackle for attachment to a fixed object, a processing circuit, and a memory circuit;

    providing a biometric identification device that determines observed biometric identification data of a user;

    storing enrollment biometric identification data in said electronic lock box memory circuit identifying at least one authorized user of the electronic lock box;

    collecting said observed biometric identification data from a user of said electronic lock box, before at least one operation of the electronic lock box; and

    preventing operation of said electronic lock box if said observed biometric identification data does not sufficiently correlate to said enrollment biometric identification data stored for an authorized user of the electronic lock box.

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