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Tuesday March 7, 8:49 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: SAFLINK Corporation
SAFLINK Granted U.S. Patent For e-Commerce Conducted From Television Set-Top Boxes
REDMOND, Wash., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- SAFLINK Corporation (Nasdaq: eSAF - news) announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark office has issued to SAFLINK, U.S. Patent 6,028,950, Fingerprint Controlled Set-Top Box, which discloses a method for securing electronic commerce transactions initiated via a television set-top box. This invention is a continuation of SAFLINK's earlier issued U.S. Patent 5,920,642, Ergonomic Fingerprint Reader Apparatus, which discloses a method for managing set-top box service level settings and user preferences.
Together, these SAFLINK inventions provide for an unprecedented level of user convenience and security for this important home appliance. The SAFLINK inventions give set-top manufacturers and service providers the means to enable an individual user to customize his or her viewing experience, regardless of whether the provided content is television, movies, audio, Internet, or a combined media presentation. With the touch of a finger on a TV remote or on the set-top box itself, service level settings can be automatically adjusted to each user's volume, contrast, and other viewing preferences including customized menus, email, and parental controls. Using SAFLINK's technical advances, financial transactions can also be more conveniently and securely conducted for home banking, movie purchases, on-line trading, and other popular e-commerce transactions that are presently protected by passwords that can be easily hacked, forgotten, or shared between family members and friends.
SAFLINK has also been assigned U.S. Patent 5,596,454, Uneven Surface Image Transfer Apparatus, which discloses a method for a high performance miniaturized optical system for the capture of fingerprint images and U.S. Patent 5,546,471, Ergonomic Fingerprint Reader Apparatus, which discloses a method for reliably capturing fingerprint images through an ergonomically designed device such as a cellular telephone, computer mouse, personal digital assistant (PDA), TV remote, and a wide variety of other hand-held devices used in wireless and networked environments. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office recognition of these inventions expands SAFLINK's intellectual property portfolio for commercial applications of fingerprint identification technology to include uses with a variety of peripheral devices that we expect will be used to deliver future electronic commerce functionality.
``SAFLINK's strategy for enabling e-commerce through positive identification technologies places us in a key position to take our existing desktop solutions for the Internet and incorporate them into the next generation of Internet access devices,' said Greg Jensen, Chief Technology Officer. ``Our continued investment in our patent portfolio is closely linked to our vision for the future of fingerprint identification and other biometric technologies in the emerging world for ubiquitous electronic commerce conducted from the home, office, and mobile markets. We intend to leverage this investment by establishing strong strategic relationships with manufacturers and service providers for our SAF software solutions.'
For more information about SAFLINK Corporation's positive identification technology solutions for the Web and e-Commerce, please contact SAFLINK CTO Greg Jensen gjensen@saflink.com.
About SAFLINK
SAFLINK Corporation, based in Redmond, Washington, brings the Power of Positive Identification(TM) to the Internet Economy and enterprise networks through biometrics. The Company provides cost-effective multi-biometric software solutions to verify individual identity, to protect business and personal information, and to replace passwords and PINs in order to safeguard and simplify access to electronic systems and enable new online services for customers. The company's Secure Authentication Facility (SAF)(TM) family of multi-biometric network security products delivers secure access control to a range of Internet and enterprise network platforms, including Microsoft© Windows NT© and Internet Information Server©, Novell NetWare©, and Computer Associates' Unicenter© TNG(TM) and its Single Sign-On(TM) option. Further information is available through the company's World Wide Web site (http://www.saflink.com).
SECURE AUTHENTICATION FACILITY, SAF, SAFsite, SAF2000 and Power of Positive Identification are trademarks of SAFLINK Corporation. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
The aforementioned remarks contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, those related to industry trends, the development and implementation of technology, competition and expansion plans. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed above.
SOURCE: SAFLINK Corporation |
