SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING AND MAINTAINING BIOMETRIC SECURE SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES, AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS AND FACILITIES

摘要

A method for commissioning a collection of electronic locks by inserting the same electronic key into each of the locks and recording in the electronic key an internal code unique to that lock which identifies the lock and is needed to open the lock and a method for biometrically permitting controlled secure access to a container having one of the commissioned electronic locks.

主权项

1. A method for biometrically electronically permitting only simultaneous controlled access to a container secured by an electronic lock, comprising the steps of: a) electronically biometrically identifying a first potential user to be given access on a simultaneous dual access basis to the container secured by the lock; b) electronically biometrically identifying a second potential user to be given access on a simultaneous dual access basis to the container secured by the lock; c) inserting an electronic key into the lock and recording an internal code which is needed to open the lock and which identifies the lock; d) transferring the internal code for that lock into a data processing machine; e) maintaining the internal code for the lock of interest in the data processing machine; f) electronically coupling data for the first and second potential users to be given simultaneous access on a dual access basis to the container secured by the lock; g) electronically concurrently comparing the identified first potential user and the second identified potential user to a previously generated list of biometrically identified users authorized to have simultaneous access to the secured container to determine whether the first and second identified potential users are authorized to have such simultaneous access; h) providing the internal code to the first and second potential users identified concurrently as being authorized to simultaneously access the container secured by the lock, by encoding the internal code into an electronic key usable by the identified authorized simultaneous users.