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Date Posted: 10:17:32 11/09/02 Sat In reply to: anonymous 's message, "Re: Outline of Proton. pages 13 and 14" on 10:14:09 11/09/02 Sat Page 15 ------------------------------------------------------------ The ProductBased on PROTON WORLD technology, the Europhone is the result of extensive engineering and styling by CPS Europe to create a low-cost, user friendly, highly functional design. It perfectly unites the core competencies of PROTON WORLD in implementing Proton technology and CPS skills in developing low-cost consumer devices. The Europhone features a 4-line, 40-character LCD screen with white LED back lighting and incorporates an ISO 7816-compatible smart card reader, a built-in modem and an alphanumeric keyboard. The user is guided through the built-in applications via the simple navigation and control of the unit's five function-specific keys and three screen-labeled soft-keys. The easy-access smart card reader supports value loading into the electronic purse of Proton smart cards which can then be used for on-line payment of various electronic commerce services or to provide authenticated access to home banking services. Available in three distinctive color schemes, the unit offers all the functions expected of a modern feature phone, including: Hands-free speakerphone operation, Mute, Flash, Last Number Redial, simple Voice Mail access and support of Caller ID* and Caller ID on Call Waiting* notification. The smart phone's 100-entry electronic directory supports name and street address as well as email address, fax and phone numbers. The 50-entry Call Log captures both incoming and outgoing calls and supports automatic name and number matching on incoming calls with Caller ID*. http://www.cardsetc.com/news/pressreleases/pr19990503.htmAmerican Express Licenses Smart Card Mutiple Application Framework to Leading Industry PlayersNew York, May 3, 1999- American Express today announced the licensing of its smart card multiple application framework to more than a dozen industry leaders. This represents a significant step toward promoting interoperability among a wide range of smart card applications, especially in the travel and entertainment industry. The multiple application framework is being licensed to: Cards Etc., Continental Airlines, De La Rue, Discover Card, Europay International, HTEC Ltd., IBM Corporation, MasterCard International, Microsoft Corp., Orga Card Systems, Proton World, Sun Microsystems and Tesa Entry Systems (a Williams company). In addition, Visa International has expressed its intent to license the multiple application framework. American Express also announced today the formation of the Interoperability Consortium, an independent and open body that will govern the multiple application framework standard. The American Express developed framework is well positioned to become the de facto standard, because of the diversity of the initial licensees and the strong support the licensees represent across multiple smart card platforms, including MULTOS, Java Card and Smart Card for Windows. In addition, the licensing agreement allows companies to easily extend their licenses to other customers, members, developers and suppliers. "We are pleased with the breadth of support the framework continues to gain," said Glenn Weiner, Vice President, Smart Card Technologies at American Express. "The licensing of our framework to other companies, including some of our competitors, demonstrates our steadfast commitment to achieving global and open interoperability for multiple application smart cards. It also shows our commitment to creating a stable environment in which companies can safely invest their time and resources to build innovative smart card solutions." "This is an important development in the smart card industry," said Duncan Brown, a smart card expert with analyst group, Ovum (http://www.ovum.com),, and lead author of Ovum's new report, Smart Card Systems: Multi-Application Technologies and Strategies. "Interoperability is the key to smart card adoption on a global scale. By opening its multi-application framework, American Express is demonstrating that interoperability should transcend competitive differences." American Express has used the multiple application framework in its smart card pilots with American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Hilton Hotels Corporation and IBM. In each of these pilots, corporate business travelers used their smart cards to speed through check-in points at airports and Hilton hotels. The smart cards also offered enhanced loyalty and rewards programs. The American Express smart card framework contains a detailed description of the data, files and structure of the multiple functions and applications contained on a smart card. The framework currently supports the following functionality: personal profile, corporate/government agency profile, airline, hotel, car rental, charge, credit and physical access. The multiple application framework builds on the global specifications put in place by EMV and incorporates relevant smart card standards, such as ISO and IATA. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 16 ----------------------------------------------------------- The Interoperability Consortium will ensure an open process for proposing and considering changes to the framework, certify compliance, and promote the specification. One of the Consortium's first steps will be to create a set of common commands for multiple applications based on the framework. These commands will help ensure interoperability, allowing applications to work on any smart card platform, such as MULTOS, Java Card and Smart Card for Windows. American Express Company is a diversified worldwide travel, financial and network services company founded in 1850. It is a leader in charge and credit cards, Travelers Cheques, travel, financial planning, investment products, insurance and international banking. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.americanexpress.com.. Quotes From The Licensees Of The American Express Smart Card Multiple Application FrameworkCards Etc: "The release of this specification allows organizations, particularly those operating in the travel and entertainment industry, to develop and launch a wide range of innovative products which better serve their customers, in the knowledge that their investment will be interoperable across a broad and rapidly developing infrastructure globally," said Michael Walters, CEO of Cards Etc. "Cards Etc. will be able to provide such organizations with a flexible and robust management system supporting American Express' multi-application framework, interconnecting existing and emerging systems." Cards Etc. is a provider of card, device and product management solutions for multi-application smart card programs. Continental Airlines: "As airline alliances expand and compete for business customers worldwide, it becomes essential to adopt a set of common standards that enable seamless customer processing, joint loyalty applications, and flexible financial transactions. By licensing the American Express multi-application framework, combined with the largest airline read/write smart card network, Continental Airlines is well positioned to provide valuable applications for our frequent and business travelers," said Olav Unger, Manager, Distribution Planning. Continental Airlines is the fifth largest airline in the U.S., offering more than 2,200 departures daily to 127 domestic and 79 international destinations. Visit http://www.continental.com.. De La Rue: [Since acquired by Sophie Escand, Business Manager, Financial Services, comments: "De La Rue has always been committed to open standards and we welcome American Express' initiative to introduce a smart card standard for the travel and entertainment industry. Standards are key to mass multi-application card roll out and recent research from De La Rue has shown that consumers see such cards as a convenient, secure way to carry out transactions and this announcement will help drive this forward." De La Rue is a leading provider of smart card solutions to customers in banking, telecoms, loyalty, transport, health, Pay TV and identification. The company's vision is "That by 2005, 10% of the world's population will possess a De La Rue smart card." Europay International: "After having been a charter member of EMV, the de facto standard which forms the cornerstone of global smart card interoperability in the financial world, Europay International is very pleased to support this initiative that builds on the strengths of EMV," said Marc Dutriex, Senior Management, Smart Card Development. "We believe that the adoption of the multi-application file structure as a de facto standard in the area of T&E applications will dramatically increase the value proposition of smart cards through superior convenience for cardholders and real benefits for merchants. Furthermore, it will foster competition on creativity and innovation." Europay International, headquartered in Waterloo, Belgium, is the European banks' leading provider of personal payment and related services. For more information, visit http://www.europay.com.. HTEC Ltd: Barrie Brinkman, managing director of HTEC, part of Card Clear Pie, comments: "HTEC is very pleased to give full support to this structure. By providing an open smart card framework, HTEC has the opportunity to combine its customer loyalty schemes with other applications, such as payment products, access control and membership identification. It also opens the way forward to combine services from multiple providers on a single card. The ability to enable several applications to co-exist addresses the consumer desire to carry fewer cards, ensuring the early success of this next generation of card technology." HTEC Ltd is the largest provider of loyalty systems in Europe. Responsible for the processing of over 1 billion loyalty transactions per year, HTEC offers the total "one stop shop" for customer loyalty, from polling, to database analysis, installation and maintenance. Visit http://www.htec.co.uk IBM: "This is an important development in the evolution of multi-application smart cards. It focuses attention on the information element of business solutions, which is essential, rather than the historical focus on smart card technology," said Jerry Smith, smart card opportunity manager for IBM North America. "This file structure establishes a critical standard and enables the interoperability needed to unleash the potential of smart card technology, particularly in the T&E industries. The formation of this consortium will allow broad industry support for protecting the file structure as an open standard." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 17 IBM's Global Travel and Transportation Industry Solutions unit provides a broad range of products, services and integrated solutions to airlines, airports, hotels and other travel-related services. Additionally, IBM places specific focus on building smart card solutions and e-business/e-commerce solutions across many industries. Visit http://www.ibm.com,, http://www.ibm.com/solutions/travel and http://www.chipacard.ibm.com.. MasterCard International: "MasterCard is pleased to work with other smart card leaders to develop an industry-wide standard for T&E applications on smart cards," said Mike Harris, VP of Chip Delivery at MasterCard International. "This is another example of MasterCard's strategy to help member financial institutions take advantage of the superior power of the MULT0S chip technology to deliver value-added smart card solutions." MasterCard International has the most comprehensive portfolio of payment brands in the world. With 23,000 member financial institutions, serving consumers in 220 countries and territories, MasterCard is the industry leader in quality and innovation. Visit http://www.mastercard.com.. Microsoft Corp.: "American Express' multiple application file structure is an outstanding example of what will strengthen the smart card industry," said Mike Dusche, director of smart card marketing at Microsoft. "This file structure allows customers to gain confidence in the long term viability of smart card solutions, since it enhances the interoperability between different manufacturers." Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of products and services for business and personal use, each, designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing every day. Orga Card Systems: "The advent of the smart card multiple application structure represents a significant step forward in the realization of truly interoperable card-enabled applications. The creation of this object-oriented smart card framework makes the current hype and rhetoric on 'Smart Card platforms' a mute point," said Gerald W. Smith, Director of New Business Applications, Orga Card Systems. "Orga is extremely excited over the prospect of utilizing American Express' groundbreaking smart card-based file structure in the development of innovative travel and entertainment applications for our growing customer base around the world," said Siegfried Eichinger, President, Orga Card Systems. Orga Card Systems, the North American subsidiary of Orga Kartensysteme GmbH Germany, has been a pioneer in the development of microprocessor-based smart card technology since 1985. Application areas include: health care, telecommunications, retail/loyalty, banking and e-commerce. Orga enjoys a worldwide presence. Visit http://www.orga.com.. Proton World: Armand Linkens, Managing Director of Proton World said: "We welcome this development from our shareholder, American Express, who already holds a worldwide license for the Proton multiple-application smart card technology. Proton World has licensed the American Express travel & entertainment file structure to integrate it into the Proton technology platform, and to allow issuers of Proton-based cards to add travel and entertainment to the multiple applications already available, including e-purse, security access, loyalty, telephony, public transport and secure Internet payments. This extra convenience for cardholders represents increased added-value for issuers, and strengthens the attractiveness of the Proton offering in these rapidly-developing key market sectors." Proton World was created by major smart card players (American Express, Banksys, ERG, Interpay and Visa International) to give a boost to common smart card and electronic purses standards. Proton World continues the development and licensing of Proton smart card applications. Visit http://www.protonworld.com.. Sun Microsystems: "We are committed to providing developers with the best Java technology solutions for the smart card industry," said Patrice Peyret, Director, Sun Microsystems Consumer and Embedded. "Java Card technology provides developers with enhanced productivity, security, robustness, tools, and portability for smart card applications. We will continue to meet the needs of the card industry by supporting industry standards, such as American Express' smart card multiple application framework." Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer(TM)" has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of high quality hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. Visit http://www.sun.com.. Tesa Entry Systems (a Williams company): "The combination of the American Express smart card framework and the Tesa electronic lock present new horizons in access management. Tesa is proud to be associated with the American Express smart card program," said Pascal Metivier, Vice President of Global Marketing. Atlanta-based Tesa Entry Systems is the worldwide leader of the electronic lock industry. SOURCE American Express [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |