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Date Posted: 09:18:12 10/19/02 Sat http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=222722 ----------------------------------------------------------- Smart cards to contain biometric data Laura Rohde, IDG News Service\London BureauFebruary 08, 2000, 09:24 ----------------------------------------------------------- LONDON - A smart card that can verify its owner through fingerprint verification or iris recognition has been developed by Keyware Technologies and Proton World International. ----------------------------------------------------------- The smart card, called e-purse, is being demonstrated at the Smart Card 2000 trade show in London, the companies said in a statement. ----------------------------------------------------------- The security technology on which the smart cards are based, known as biometrics, has been developed by Keyware Technologies as a way to combat fraud and other security issues, the companies said. Other examples of biometric technology that Keyware also develops include voice and face verification, as well as hand geometry. ----------------------------------------------------------- Keyware has licensed its biometric technology under the name Layered Biometric Verification (LBV). ----------------------------------------------------------- The biometric technology has been combined with Keyware's smart card technology to launch the Proton CEPS (common electronic purse specification)-based e-purse, the companies said. ----------------------------------------------------------- The biometrics can be used in conjunction with PINs (personal identification numbers) and passwords and cannot be duplicated by impostors, the companies said. ----------------------------------------------------------- The card holder's biography is stored within the smart card chip, which supplies the highest level of security for home banking and e-commerce, the companies said. ----------------------------------------------------------- Proton World was created by American Express, ERG, Interpay and Visa International to develop products for the smart card and electronic purse open standards. ----------------------------------------------------------- Proton World and Keyware did not give a release date for an introduction of the smart card onto the mass market, nor did they say how much such smart cards would cost consumers. ----------------------------------------------------------- Keyware Technologies, with dual headquarters, can be contacted at http://www.keyware.com/. Proton World, in Brussels, can be contacted at http://www.protonworld.com/. ----------------------------------------------------------- [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |