PORTABLE ACCESS DEVICE

• US 20090167491A1
• Filed: 12/29/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bloomberg Finance LP (Bloomberg LP)
• Original Assignee: Bloomberg Finance LP (Bloomberg LP)
• Inventors: Ozolins, Helmars E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,203,423 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.520
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly

Abstract

Portable devices, methods, and systems for controlling access to computers and other secure systems such as systems protecting secure premises, by processing data supplied by the individual seeking access to the system and data supplied by the system to which the prospective user seeks access, to determine whether access by the individual is to be authorized or enabled. In one embodiment the invention provides a device for providing a code that may be used to access a system such as a computer or security system. The device comprises an output device and at least one processor. The processor processes data representing a biometric characteristic of a prospective user of the system and a signal provided by the system, and, depending upon a result of the processing, provides to the output device a code that may be used to access the system.

Claims

1. A device for providing a code that may be used to access a system such as a computer system, the device comprising:

an output device; and

at least one processor for processing 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, providing to the output device a code that may be used to access the system.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein providing to the output device a code that may be used to access the system is conditioned upon a correlation between the information representing the biometric characteristic and stored biometric information.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the correlation between the information representing the biometric characteristic and the stored biometric information is established by the at least one processor.

4. The device of claim 2, comprising memory for storing the stored biometric information.

5. A portable device for providing a code that may be used to access a system such as a computer system, the device comprising:

at least one sensor for receiving a wireless signal from a system to be accessed;

a biometric sensor for acquiring biometric information representing a biometric characteristic of a person seeking access to the system;

an output device; and

at least one processor for processing the biometric information and the signal, and for providing to the output device an access code.