Remote actuation system, device and method

A method of operating a wireless portable terminal for communicating with a controller within a property, upon a presentation of a user's biometric characteristic thereto, comprising the steps of:

• accepting a biometric information having been presented by a user;
• generating a digital data representative of the biometric information;
• storing the digital data having been generated;
• and,
• responsive to the digital data having been stored and after an interval of time corresponding to a time for the user of the entry terminal to have traveled a distance, broadcasting a signal, at a predetermined frequency being modulated based on the stored digital data for reception by the controller, such that the user may present a predetermined biometric characteristic at a convenient place and time prior to the time of a consequent effect thereof at said property.

A wireless portable terminal for operation in concert with a controller within a property, the terminal comprising:

• a transducer for accepting input data provided by a user and for generating digital data based on the input data;
• a data store for storing the digital data generated by the biometric transducer;
• and,
• a transmitter being responsive to the digital data having been stored in the data store for transmitting a signal, at a predetermined frequency and modulated based on the stored digital data for reception by the controller, after an interval of time corresponding to a time for the user carrying the wireless portable terminal to have traveled a distance, such that the user may present a predetermined biometric characteristic at a convenient place and time prior to the time of a consequent effect thereof at said property.