PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS SENSING USER VICINITY
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1. A method comprising:
- sensing whether or not a security device is in close proximity to a portion of an authorized person'"'"'s body, the security device when activated to enable the authorized person access to a place, machine or information, and when deactivated results in a denial of access to a person using the security device;
receiving security data from an activation station separate from the security device, wherein the activation station is also separate from the place, machine or information to be accessed;
activating or deactivating the security device based on the security data received from the activation station and whether the security device is in close proximity to the authorized person'"'"'s body; and
automatically deactivating the security device if the security device ceases to be in close proximity to the authorized person'"'"'s body.
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Abstract
A security device restricting access to various machines, places or data, using a security device that is kept in close proximity to a portion of the body of a person and is activated by an activation station to provide access to those machines, places or data to that person only when that person is confirmed to be an authorized person, and which is automatically deactivated when it ceases to be in close proximity to that person'"'"'s body.
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1. A method comprising:
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sensing whether or not a security device is in close proximity to a portion of an authorized person'"'"'s body, the security device when activated to enable the authorized person access to a place, machine or information, and when deactivated results in a denial of access to a person using the security device; receiving security data from an activation station separate from the security device, wherein the activation station is also separate from the place, machine or information to be accessed; activating or deactivating the security device based on the security data received from the activation station and whether the security device is in close proximity to the authorized person'"'"'s body; and automatically deactivating the security device if the security device ceases to be in close proximity to the authorized person'"'"'s body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A security device comprising:
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a proximity sensor to sense a proximity of the security device to at least a portion of a person'"'"'s body; a transceiver to transmit and receive security data, the transceiver to communicate with an activation station separate from the security device, wherein the transceiver is to receive security data to activate the security device based on authorization from the activation station, wherein activation enables the person to gain access to a place, machine or information corresponding to the authorization from the activation station, the place, machine or information being separate and separable from both the security device and the activation station, and wherein failure to receive authorization from the activation station results in the security device remaining in a deactivated state; and a circuit to automatically deactivate the security device if at least one condition occurs, the condition selected from the group of conditions consisting of a first condition that the security device fails to be put into close proximity to the at least a portion of the person'"'"'s body within a predetermined time period, and a second condition that the security device ceases to be in close proximity to the portion of the designated person'"'"'s body after the predetermined time period expires, wherein deactivation results in a denial of service to the person using the security device, and wherein when the security device is activated, the security device to send a signal to a receiver communicatively coupled to the place, machine or information to be accessed to provide authorization information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein that when executed on a security device, cause the security device to:
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sense whether or not the security device is in close proximity to a portion of an authorized person'"'"'s body, the security device when activated to enable the authorized person access to a place, machine or information, and when deactivated results in a denial of access to a person using the security device; receive security data from an activation station separate from the security device, wherein the activation station is also separate from the place, machine or information to be accessed; activate or deactivate the security device based on the security data received from the activation station and whether the security device is in close proximity to the authorized person'"'"'s body; and automatically deactivate the security device if the security device ceases to be in close proximity to the authorized person'"'"'s body. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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