RFID badge with authentication and auto-deactivation features

• US 8,130,078 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2008
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Tassy, Vincent, Xavier, Rey-Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILSON, BRIAN P
• Application Number:
  US12/134,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20090289762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,369 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 340/5.83
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/08 With time considerations, e.g. temporary activation, valid time window or time limitations
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass

Abstract

A radio frequency identification (RFID) badge is provided and includes a card, an authentication data acquisition and/or input device configured to receive inputted data unique to a holder of the card from the holder, an RFID tag having external system access information stored thereon, a controller configured to conduct an identification algorithm, during which the inputted data is compared with stored data, to thereby confirm that the holder is authorized to do so and to activate the RFID tag for a predetermined time upon such confirmation, a clip, which is structurally connected to the card and at least configured to cause the controller to conduct the identification algorithm and to deactivate the RFID tag, and a battery.

Claims

1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) badge comprising:

a card;

an authentication data acquisition and/or input device configured to receive inputted data unique to a holder of the card, including at least one of fingerprint data and a combination of fingerprint data and alphanumeric code data, from the holder;

an RFID tag having external system access information stored thereon which is readable for access granting only when the RFID tag is activated and which is un-readable when the RFID tag is deactivated;

a controller configured to conduct an identification algorithm, during which the inputted data is compared with stored data, to thereby confirm that the holder is authorized to do so and to activate the RFID tag for a predetermined time upon such confirmation or to otherwise deactivate the RFID tag;

a clip, including electrically conductive leads connected to mating parts thereof and to the controller, the mating parts being configured to clip to clothing of the holder, the clip being structurally connected to the card and at least configured to cause the controller to conduct the identification algorithm only when the mating parts are initially disengaged from one another and to deactivate the RFID tag when the mating parts are engaged with one another; and

a battery configured to provide power for the authentication data acquisition and/or input device, the RFID tag, the controller and the clip.