finrafriend, It's good to see some optimism around here for a change. I'd like to understand this better. Are you envisioning a time when EVERYBODY who needs to get through a high security door in some place will use their cell phone to do so -- one that is enabled biometrically? Wouldn't it be easier to not rely on a bunch of different phones, but to rely on one biometric sensor/reader at each door? I'm having a hard time seeing how this could play out. Can you spell out a reasonable scenario that could be commonplace (ie not in just the highest security buildings, but say a guarded apartment/condiminium, etc.)? Is putting the technology in the users hands a viable approach?
The word 'biometric' isn't even in the PR release. It sounds more like you can the code with your phone and you get in because there is something that identifies your phone with you, but it doesn't say what that 'something' is. If someone steals your phone can they gain entry? The PR doesn't say.
The children safety in schools angle never resonated with me because it seems to rely too much on every child having and knowing how to use their smart phone..plus just not seeing the money in it.
I'm very open to ideas though..sure could use some around here.
EDIT: Ok, I see this part of the patent:
<<10. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to: receive biometric data from the user of the personal mobile electronic device, said biometric data having been obtained by the personal mobile electronic device; determine whether the biometric data corresponds to previous biometric data stored and related to the user in the database; and generate the TCP/IP packet additionally conditional upon the biometric data corresponding to the previous biometric data. >>
So, what is the competition? Are the patents surrounding biometric data transfer from a phone generic enough to cover using that data for door opening?
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