1. A method for electronic authentication comprising:
wirelessly receiving a biometric profile from a personal digital key (PDK), wherein the biometric profile is uniquely associated with an individual;
receiving a biometric input;
comparing the biometric profile to the biometric input; and
authorizing a transaction responsive to the biometric profile matching the biometric input.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An air compressor having a closed chamber for accumulating pressurized air, said chamber having an air inlet through which air may enter said chamber and an air outlet through which air may exit said chamber, said chamber being defined in part by a wall having an interior surface, a pressurizing pump located directly on said chamber and connected to said chamber air inlet for providing pressurizing air to said chamber and UV LED light source means mounted within said chamber, prior to said air outlet, for disinfecting said interior surface of said chamber wall.
2. The compressor of claim 1 wherein said light source means comprises a high power 365 nm UV LED.
3. The compressor of claim 1 wherein said light source means further comprises a UV LED and cover means for protecting said UV LED.
4. The compressor of claim 1 wherein said light source means comprises a UV LED and lens means for directing the light from said UV LED toward a portion of said interior surface.
5. The compressor of claim 1 wherein said interior surface of said chamber wall comprises a portion of said interior surface opposite to the portion of said interior wall where said UV LED light source means is mounted.
6. The compressor of claim 4 wherein said portion of said interior surface of said chamber wall comprises the bottom of said interior surface of said chamber wall.
7. The compressor of claim 1 comprising means for preventing particle buildup proximate said light source means.
8. The compressor of claim 1 further comprising means for directing air flow in the area proximate said light source means to prevent particle buildup on said light source means.
9. The compressor of claim 1 further comprising means for creating turbulence in the area proximate said light source means to prevent particle buildup on said light source means.
10. The compressor of claim 9 wherein said turbulence creating means comprises a member with an arcuate profile.
11. The compressor of claim 1 wherein said light source means comprises a plurality of high power UV LED light sources.
12. The compressor of claim 11 wherein said light sources are situated at spaced locations along said interior chamber wall.
13. The compressor of claim 11 wherein said light sources are situated in a row along said interior surface of said chamber wall.
14. The compressor of claim 1 wherein said light source means comprises a UV LED mounted to said interior surface of said chamber wall.
15. The compressor of claim 1 wherein said light source means comprises more than one UV LED mounted to said interior surface of said chamber wall.
16. An air compressor having a closed chamber for accumulating pressurized air, said chamber having an air inlet through which air may enter said chamber and an air outlet through which air may exit said chamber, said chamber being defined in part by a wall having an interior surface, a pressurizing pump connected directly to said chamber air inlet for providing pressurizing air to said chamber and UV LED light source means mounted within said chamber, prior to said air outlet, for disinfecting said interior surface of said chamber wall.
17. An air compressor having a closed chamber for accumulating pressurized air, said chamber having an air inlet through which air may enter said chamber and an air outlet through which air may exit said chamber, said chamber being defined in part by a wall having an interior surface, a pressurizing pump connected directly to said chamber for providing pressurizing air to said chamber air inlet and UV LED light source means mounted within said chamber, prior to said air outlet, for disinfecting said interior surface of said chamber wall.