| Reference | Claim Element / Subject Matter | Feature | Meaning | Claim Construction & Interpretation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1] |
1 . A system [1] |
system [1] |
[Meaning 1] systems [Meaning 2] method [Meaning 3] device [Meaning 4] communications system [Meaning 5] biometric system [Meaning 6] security system |
[Interpretation 1] method for providing secure access to an item controlled by an access system comprising the system [Interpretation 2] biometric access system for use in conjunction with an electronic computing device [Interpretation 3] biometric sensor system for use in an access control system |
| [2] | for providing (granting, managing, facilitating, establishing, obtaining) secure access [2] | access [2] |
[Meaning 1] accessibility [Meaning 2] entry [Meaning 3] control [Meaning 4] conditional access [Meaning 5] access control [Meaning 6] biometric access |
[Interpretation 1] access to an item of interest in an environment where the item of interest is proximate [Interpretation 2] controlled access to an item of interest to an individual who is seeking secure controlled access [Interpretation 3] control of an item of equipment by providing access to and control [Interpretation 4] access to an item of interest and for providing secure conditional access [Interpretation 5] electronic access to an electronic computing device and conditional access |
| [3] | to a controlled (protected, monitored, managed, locked, secured) item , the system [1] comprising (comprises, compromising, having, including, characterised by) : a database [3] | database [3] |
[Meaning 1] base [Meaning 2] library [Meaning 3] repository [Meaning 4] data base [Meaning 5] base database [Meaning 6] digital database |
[Interpretation 1] control sub system comprising an access control device for controlling access to the controlled item and comprising therein data base [Interpretation 2] controller sub system comprising an access control device and an access control device user interface for storing therein data base [Interpretation 3] server sub system comprising an access control system and means for maintaining and managing data base [Interpretation 4] processor sub system comprising an instruction set for maintaining an electronic database [Interpretation 5] database of biometric signatures comprising at least one data base |
| [4] | of biometric signatures [4] | signatures [4] |
[Meaning 1] credentials [Meaning 2] signs [Meaning 3] signature [Meaning 4] signal signatures [Meaning 5] access signatures [Meaning 6] signatures and attributes |
[Interpretation 1] signatures for storing at least one of the following information including at least one of an identifier and an instruction [Interpretation 2] signature data bases for storing biometric signatures of different biometric signals and for storing accessibility attributes of the controlled item [Interpretation 3] signals and data bases of biometric signatures associated with the biometric signals and associated with accessibility attributes of the item [Interpretation 4] data signatures for identifying the controlled item and for providing access attributes to the controlled item [Interpretation 5] signature data bases for storing biometric signatures of at least one person having an accessibility attribute [Interpretation 6] signatures comprising at least one of the following signatures biometric signature and non biometric signature data [Interpretation 7] signals and data base of biometric signatures associated with at least one of the biometric signals |
| [5] | ; a transmitter sub-system [5] | transmitter sub-system [5] |
[Meaning 1] transmitter [Meaning 2] system [Meaning 3] device [Meaning 4] transceiver [Meaning 5] transmitting subsystem [Meaning 6] transceiver subsystem |
[Interpretation 1] transceiver sub system for transmitting and receiving information dependent upon said database of biometric signatures the transmitter sub system further [Interpretation 2] transmitter sub system for providing access to the controlled item via the database of biometric signatures [Interpretation 3] remote transmitter sub system for access to the controlled item the system [Interpretation 4] transceiver sub system coupled to the database of biometric signatures [Interpretation 5] receiver sub system comprising an electronic transmitter sub system further |
| [6] | comprising : a biometric sensor [6] | sensor [6] |
[Meaning 1] receiver [Meaning 2] interface [Meaning 3] reader [Meaning 4] sensing device [Meaning 5] input device [Meaning 6] sensor adapted |
[Interpretation 1] data input device configured to receive biometric signals from the controlled item via the biometric data input device comprising means [Interpretation 2] sensor for sensing biometric signals from the controlled item and the database of biometric signatures to be populated and means [Interpretation 3] input device for receiving biometric signals from the controlled item to thereby output biometric signals in real time and means [Interpretation 4] input device for receiving an input of an identifier of the controlled item and further adapted [Interpretation 5] sensor for sensing an input of an individual to the transmitter sub system and output means [Interpretation 6] sensor for sensing biometric signals from the controlled item comprising input means [Interpretation 7] input device for input of biometric signals to be matched and means |
| [7] | for receiving (sensing, obtaining, producing, collecting, acquiring) a biometric signal [7] | signal [7] |
[Meaning 1] input [Meaning 2] signals [Meaning 3] signature [Meaning 4] signature signal [Meaning 5] signal therefrom [Meaning 6] input signal |
[Interpretation 1] signature from the controlled item and for output at least one of an electrical signal and an optical biometric signal [Interpretation 2] sensor signal from the controlled item and for output in response thereto of the biometric signal [Interpretation 3] input signal from an authorized user of the system and for output of the biometric signal [Interpretation 4] signature of an individual and output in response thereto the biometric signal [Interpretation 5] input signal from an individual to be authenticated by the biometric sensor [Interpretation 6] signal from an individual in the vicinity of the biometric sensor means [Interpretation 7] signature input from an individual and generating corresponding biometric signal |
| [8] | ; means for matching (comparing, processing, analyzing, evaluating, mapping) the biometric signal [7] against members [8] | members [8] |
[Meaning 1] entries [Meaning 2] contents [Meaning 3] data [Meaning 4] the signatures [Meaning 5] biometric signatures [Meaning 6] selected ones |
[Interpretation 1] said database of biometric signatures to thereby output an identity of the controlled item and means for evaluating an accessibility [Interpretation 2] one of the database of biometric signatures and for comparing the biometric signal with an accessibility attribute associated with one [Interpretation 3] data in the database of biometric signatures to thereby output an identity attribute and for matching the identity against data [Interpretation 4] one of the database of biometric signatures and for evaluating the one [Interpretation 5] said database of biometric signatures and for determining an accessibility to one [Interpretation 6] one or more of the plurality of stored biometric signatures [Interpretation 7] data stored in at least one of the biometric signatures |
| [9] | of the database [3] of biometric signatures [4] to thereby output [9] | output [9] |
[Meaning 1] determine [Meaning 2] identify [Meaning 3] derive [Meaning 4] establish [Meaning 5] arrive at [Meaning 6] determine therefrom |
[Interpretation 1] provide an access attribute for the controlled item and to thereby provide an accessibility attribute for the controlled item and [Interpretation 2] determine an accessibility attribute of the controlled item and to thereby provide information to the receiver sub system indicative of [Interpretation 3] provide an access attribute of the controlled item to be accessed by the biometric signal as [Interpretation 4] generate an access signal conveying information dependent upon said matching and wherein the controlled item has [Interpretation 5] derive an access attribute from the biometric signal and to thereby determine [Interpretation 6] determine an identity of the controlled item and to thereby further determine [Interpretation 7] generate an access signal indicative of the biometric signal and indicative of |
| [10] | an accessibility attribute [10] | accessibility attribute [10] |
[Meaning 1] attribute [Meaning 2] identifier [Meaning 3] instruction [Meaning 4] output [Meaning 5] access attribute [Meaning 6] availability attribute |
[Interpretation 1] access attribute associated with the biometric signal and with the controlled item [Interpretation 2] accessibility attribute associated with the members of the data base |
| [11] | ; and means for emitting (transmitting, issuing, producing, broadcasting, generating) a secure access signal [11] | access signal [11] |
[Meaning 1] communication [Meaning 2] access [Meaning 3] transmission [Meaning 4] signal [Meaning 5] control signal [Meaning 6] authorization signal |
[Interpretation 1] access signal in response to said accessibility attribute being within an accessibility threshold range of said database of biometric signatures [Interpretation 2] control signal in response to said accessibility attribute to thereby transmit the secure access signal for [Interpretation 3] access signal to the controlled item via an access signal transmitter for [Interpretation 4] request signal to the controlled item via an access point capable of [Interpretation 5] authorization signal to the controlled item via an access control system for [Interpretation 6] authorization signal to the receiver sub system via the internet |
| [12] | conveying (comprising, having, containing, bearing, incorporating) information [12] | information [12] |
[Meaning 1] data [Meaning 2] an information [Meaning 3] accessibility information [Meaning 4] information being [Meaning 5] information that is [Meaning 6] access to said item |
[Interpretation 1] an information relating to the controlled item to be accessed by the transmitter sub system and [Interpretation 2] access information for the controlled item to be accessed by the user [Interpretation 3] information relating to the controlled item and to the biometric signal and [Interpretation 4] access information to the controlled item wherein said information is [Interpretation 5] at least one of an access code and access information |
| [13] | dependent upon said accessibility attribute [10] ; and a receiver sub-system [13] | receiver sub-system [13] |
[Meaning 1] receiver [Meaning 2] recipient [Meaning 3] controller [Meaning 4] responder [Meaning 5] receiver subsystem [Meaning 6] controlled item |
[Interpretation 1] responder sub system for receiving the secure access signal and for providing conditional access thereto to the controlled item and [Interpretation 2] receiver sub system for receiving the transmitted secure access signal and further [Interpretation 3] controlled item associated with the transmitter sub system and further [Interpretation 4] control system for the controlled item the control system further [Interpretation 5] receiving sub system coupled to the transmitter sub system and [Interpretation 6] receiver system for receiving the controlled item the receiver system |
| [14] | comprising : means for receiving the transmitted (emitted, said, remotely transmitted, emitted said, thus emitted) secure access signal [11] ; and means for providing conditional access [2] to the controlled item dependent upon said information [12] , wherein the transmitter sub-system [5] further comprises (includes, comprising, including, incorporates, provides) means for populating (updating, flooding, population, generating, querying) the data base [14] | data base [14] |
[Meaning 1] library [Meaning 2] database [Meaning 3] base data base [Meaning 4] database with entries [Meaning 5] biometric sensor with the database |
[Interpretation 1] database of biometric signatures to thereby output the accessibility attribute as an entry in the database [Interpretation 2] transmitter sub system with at least one biometric signature from the database [Interpretation 3] data base according to the biometric signal and members of the database [Interpretation 4] biometric sensor with at least one member of the database |
| [15] | of biometric signatures [4] , the population [15] | population [15] |
[Meaning 1] latter [Meaning 2] said [Meaning 3] pop generating [Meaning 4] data base [Meaning 5] data base filling [Meaning 6] said pop up |
[Interpretation 1] transmitter sub system further comprising means for generating the data base of biometric signatures and the data base pop generating [Interpretation 2] data base being characterised according to at least one of the number of said signatures and their duration and said [Interpretation 3] pop populated data base being adapted to be transmitted to the receiver sub system and wherein the transmitter further comprises [Interpretation 4] data base being adapted to be updated by the biometric signal received thereby and the updating [Interpretation 5] means for pop pop up comprising program means for executing the program [Interpretation 6] data base being associated with the controlled item and the pop generating [Interpretation 7] transmitter sub system further comprising the data base pop up |
| [16] | means comprising : means for receiving a series [16] | series [16] |
[Meaning 1] number [Meaning 2] plurality [Meaning 3] sequence [Meaning 4] time series [Meaning 5] series consisting [Meaning 6] continuous series |
[Interpretation 1] plurality of entries of the biometric signal in time series and for generating said time series from said received plurality [Interpretation 2] sequence of entries of the biometric signal from the biometric sensor and for output as said accessibility attribute said series [Interpretation 3] biometric signal from the biometric sensor and for generating an input signal indicative of the series [Interpretation 4] plurality of biometric signals from the biometric sensor and generating respective series [Interpretation 5] signal indicative of the biometric signal and means for identifying the series |
| [17] | of entries [17] | entries [17] |
[Meaning 1] entry [Meaning 2] portions [Meaning 3] inputs [Meaning 4] consecutive entries [Meaning 5] sequential entries [Meaning 6] data entries |
[Interpretation 1] entries from the biometric sensor in response to the biometric sensor being activated to initiate receipt [Interpretation 2] entry of the biometric signal from the biometric sensor for each of at least two characteristics [Interpretation 3] successive entries of the biometric signal from the biometric sensor for each of multiple successive instances [Interpretation 4] data entries from the biometric sensor in response to each successive receipt [Interpretation 5] successive entries of the database of biometric signatures corresponding to successive portions [Interpretation 6] successive entries of the biometric signal from an initial entry [Interpretation 7] data entries from the biometric sensor indicative of the receipt |
| [18] | of the biometric signal [7] , said series [16] being characterised (ordered, categorized, ranked, sorted, grouped) according (relative, responsive, by reference, at least, substantially according) to at least one of the number [18] | number [18] |
[Meaning 1] sequence [Meaning 2] order [Meaning 3] frequency [Meaning 4] sequence order [Meaning 5] respective number [Meaning 6] following number |
[Interpretation 1] following criteria of the database of biometric signatures and the controlled item and comprising an order [Interpretation 2] characteristics of the biometric signal and the biometric sensor used for receiving said entries and number [Interpretation 3] database of biometric signatures and the controlled item and further comprising at least one of number [Interpretation 4] following parameters comprising an order of said entries and an entry frequency [Interpretation 5] database of biometric signatures and the biometric sensor and comprising an order [Interpretation 6] characteristics of the biometric signal and at least one of the number [Interpretation 7] following parameters comprising at least one of an average number |
| [19] | of said entries [17] and a duration [19] | duration [19] |
[Meaning 1] characteristic [Meaning 2] feature [Meaning 3] property [Meaning 4] time [Meaning 5] biometric characteristic [Meaning 6] characteristic attribute |
[Interpretation 1] sequence of said entries in the biometric signal and said series being characterised according to at least one biometric characteristic [Interpretation 2] time interval between each said entry and the entry prior to it and the biometric signature [Interpretation 3] time interval between each said entry and the time of the receipt [Interpretation 4] length of each said entry and at least one of an identity [Interpretation 5] sequence of said entries in the series and according to the identity [Interpretation 6] sequence of said entries and being independent of the identity |
| [20] | of each said entry ; means for mapping [20] | mapping [20] |
[Meaning 1] translating [Meaning 2] processing [Meaning 3] converting [Meaning 4] transforming [Meaning 5] abstract transforming [Meaning 6] character representing |
[Interpretation 1] translating the series of entries into an instruction or for translating at least one entry of [Interpretation 2] determining an accessibility attribute of the biometric signal by translating at least one said entry of [Interpretation 3] transforming the biometric signal received by the biometric sensor and contained in [Interpretation 4] processing the series of entries to convert at least one entry of |
| [21] | said series [16] into an instruction [21] | instruction [21] |
[Meaning 1] order [Meaning 2] instructions [Meaning 3] indication [Meaning 4] associated instruction [Meaning 5] accessibility instruction [Meaning 6] executable instruction |
[Interpretation 1] instructions for pop pop the data base of biometric signatures according to the number of entries received in said series [Interpretation 2] associated instruction in the database of biometric signatures to thereby output an instruction corresponding to the series of biometric entries [Interpretation 3] executable instruction to be executed by the transmitter sub system upon receipt [Interpretation 4] instruction comprising at least one of an alphanumeric string and an integer [Interpretation 5] associated instruction to be executed by the transmitter biometric sensor [Interpretation 6] executable instruction for pop the data base of biometric signatures [Interpretation 7] instructions indicative of the accessibility attribute of the biometric signal |
| [22] | ; and means for populating the data base [14] according to the instruction [21] , wherein the controlled item is one of : a locking mechanism [22] | locking mechanism [22] |
[Meaning 1] door [Meaning 2] portion [Meaning 3] lock [Meaning 4] gate [Meaning 5] lockable door [Meaning 6] physical door |
[Interpretation 1] person or an object of interest to the person and wherein the receiver sub system is one of an element [Interpretation 2] computer system or an electronic computing device and wherein the system is configured to provide secure access to the use [Interpretation 3] physical access structure and an electronic lock and wherein the system is configured to be installed in at least one [Interpretation 4] computer system or an electronic computing device and wherein the conditional access means is either one [Interpretation 5] physical access structure or an electronic lock or an application enabling control [Interpretation 6] person or an object and wherein the conditional access means is one [Interpretation 7] person in the vicinity of the system or an element |
| [23] | of a physical access structure [23] | access structure [23] |
[Meaning 1] structure [Meaning 2] item [Meaning 3] device [Meaning 4] lock [Meaning 5] lock system [Meaning 6] storage device and |
[Interpretation 1] item or an electronic lock on an electronic key or smart card [Interpretation 2] lock on an access control system of an entity [UNK] |
| [24] | or an electronic lock on an electronic computing device [24] | computing device [24] |
[Meaning 1] device [Meaning 2] card [Meaning 3] product [Meaning 4] apparatus [Meaning 5] access structure [Meaning 6] security system |
[Interpretation 1] lock system and wherein the system is configured to provide secure access to the controlled item based upon said instruction [Interpretation 2] device and wherein the system further comprises means for providing access to the controlled item dependent upon said accessibility attribute [Interpretation 3] device and wherein the system is configured to provide secure access to the physical access structure [Interpretation 4] key and wherein the system is configured to operate in real time [Interpretation 5] lock system and wherein the system is configured to be battery powered [Interpretation 6] lock system for controlling access to the physical access structure [Interpretation 7] key for access to an area of an electronic device |
| [25] | . |