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To: David who wrote (19648)1/10/2001 12:00:41 PM
From: brad greene  Read Replies (1) of 26039
 
DOD Smart Card

David,

Happy "IDX is doing OK for a change" day!

If I understand you correctly......the person who is issued a card....puts down a fingerprint......and the print IS entered on the card....for future possible use?

Don't they need a data base to compare the fingerprint to?.....or a way to save the print for future reference?

From the text....I got the idea that these cards must be ready for future biometric uses.....doesn't this require the card maker to "build in" biometric functions? I would think it would.

I thought that's what our deals with Infinion and Motorola were all about. Are there no royalties for IDX if the IDX bio-engine is used in these cards?

So is the only revenue chance here in the hardware?

And doesn't the Army have a data base of fingerprints of their soldiers?......I would think so. Why would they not run a search of their master data base at the time of card issuance? Doesn't the Army run one to many searches?

Perhaps they keep a record of the prints at each issuance center?....of future reference?....on a $1000 Dell?

bg

ps. IBG did a study just a few weeks ago.......found out that people did not have a problem with finger-printing.....very cool study.

I'll post the report later....Makes Fowler look pretty smart...I think Motorola will find that consumers will go nuts over a biometric cell phone. Do you know the time-frame for these being on the shelves?

I guess I would be looking at next Christmas....and that perhaps the chance that the demand for these products may surprise just about everybody......except me. <g>

Last year....Techno-Dog...this year....Bio-Phone!
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