Appeal No. 2004-0960
Application No. 09/750,394
system, is illustrative:
1. A system for maintaining access control to a
plurality of high security zones by at least
one controlled door and in the vicinity of said at least
one door, and by at least one local decision-making
computer for controlling access to said at least
one door, a one of said at least one doors and a one
of said at least one decision-making computers being
associated with each of said plurality of high security
zones, all within a high security facility system, said
system for maintaining access control comprising;
a. an enrollment authority which may be in at least
one secure facility, for obtaining and maintaining on a
secure computer system biometric data files for each
individual who may be allowed access to any said
high security zone within said high security facility
system,
b. a direct tentative identifier device associated
with a one of said doors and an associated one
of said decision-making computers, for reading an ID
token of a presenting individual and for sending
an ID code related to said ID token to said
associated one of said decision-making computers,
c. a biometric reader associated with said one
of said doors and said associated one of said decision-
making computers, for reading a live biometric from said
presenting individual, said biometric reader being
connected to said associated decision-making computer
so as to enable the comparing of live biometric data
read from said presenting individual with biometric
data maintained on said secure computer system,
d. a secure communication path for secure communication
of biometric data from said local decision-making
computer providing control over said door to said
secure computer system of said enrollment authority,
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