Mobile driver's license reader

A method of reading government-issued identifications, the method comprising:

• using a wireless communication module disposed within a handheld housing of an electronic identification reader to communicate wirelessly with a mobile electronic device storing a government-issued electronic identification to receive the government-issued electronic identification from the mobile electronic device;
• in response to a first input from at least one touch-sensitive control disposed on the handheld housing, using a camera disposed in the handheld housing to capture an image of a code of a physical identification;
• using at least one processor disposed in the handheld housing to:
• in response to a second input from the at least one touch-sensitive control, trigger the mobile electronic device to prompt a user of the mobile electronic device with a request for approval to transmit the government-issued electronic identification from the mobile electronic device;
• upon receiving the approval to transmit the government-issued electronic identification from the mobile electronic device, request the government-issued electronic identification;
• perform the receiving the government-issued electronic identification from the mobile electronic device;
• and
• obtain identification information from the government-issued electronic identification;
• using a physical connection between the electronic identification reader and a vehicle-mounted docking system to transfer the identification information from the government-issued electronic identification to the vehicle-mounted docking system,
• after using the physical connection to transfer the identification information from the government-issued electronic identification to the vehicle-mounted docking system, using the at least one processor to delete the identification information from the government-issued electronic identification from the electronic identification reader.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out:

• using a wireless communication module disposed within a handheld housing of an electronic identification reader to communicate wirelessly with a mobile electronic device storing a government-issued electronic identification to receive the government-issued electronic identification from the mobile electronic device;
• in response to a first input from at least one touch-sensitive control disposed on the handheld housing, using a camera disposed in the handheld housing to capture an image of a code of a physical identification;
• using at least one processor disposed in the handheld housing to:
• in response to a second input from the at least one touch-sensitive control, trigger the mobile electronic device to prompt a user of the mobile electronic device with a request for approval to transmit the government-issued electronic identification from the mobile electronic device;
• upon receiving the approval to transmit the government-issued electronic identification from the mobile electronic device, request the government-issued electronic identification;
• perform the receiving the government-issued electronic identification from the mobile electronic device;
• and
• obtain identification information from the government-issued electronic identification;
• using a physical connection between the electronic identification reader and a vehicle-mounted docking system to transfer the identification information from the government-issued electronic identification to the vehicle-mounted docking system,
• after using the physical connection to transfer the identification information from the government-issued electronic identification to the vehicle-mounted docking system, using the at least one processor to delete the identification information from the government-issued electronic identification from the electronic identification reader.