Inventors:
Todd Carper - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Gardiner - San Diego CA, US
Assignee:
ELECTRONIC PLASTICS, LLC - Las Vegas NV
International Classification:
H04L 9/32
Abstract:
A biometric device, in one embodiment, comprising an interface for communicating with a device reader; a first processor coupled to the interface; a biometric acquisition device coupled to the first processor; a switch coupled to the interface; and a second processor coupled to the interface through the switch. A method, in one embodiment, comprising receiving power at a first processor within an embedded biometric device; authenticating a user of the embedded biometric device; activating a switch in response to the authentication of the user in order to provide power and input/output to a second processor within the embedded biometric device.