METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GATED ACCESS FOR A THIRD PARTY TO A SECURE ENTITY OR SERVICE

摘要

The security system comprises a portable biometric device (102) and a receiving module (104) connected over a transmission channel. Biometric data in dependence upon a biometric characteristic such as a fingerprint of an authorized person is stored in memory (112) of the portable biometric device. Biometric information of the person is captured, encoded and biometric data in dependence thereupon is provided to a processor (110). Using the processor the captured biometric data is then compared with the stored biometric data to produce a comparison result. If the comparison result is indicative of a match the first person is enabled to initiate provision of a gating signal for enabling signals provided by the third party to access the secure entity or service.