(COMTEX) B: AcSys US and Global TeleMedia Create Worlds First Smart-e
B: AcSys US and Global TeleMedia Create Worlds First Smart-e-Card
TORONTO, Jan 19, 2001 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- January 19, 2001.
Heritage Concepts International Inc. (HCI) (TSE:HCI) announces that its US
affiliate AcSys Biometrics US, has entered into a reciprocal technology
contribution agreement with Global TeleMedia International, Inc., a
California-based company. (OTCBB:GLTI).
The agreement provides that AcSys US, which owns the exclusive worldwide
Holographic Quantum Neural Technology (HNeT) license for face and speech
recognition applications through its parent AcSys Biometrics Inc., will
contribute HNeT to Global's majority-owned subsidiary, BentleyTel.com for use in
the BentleyTel Smart-e-Card to create the BentleyTel AcSys Card.
Jerry Janik, AcSys' president, said about this alliance, "We are very pleased
about this agreement. To create the first card of its kind is very exciting. The
combination of these two technologies is powerful and we believe only the
beginning of things to come. We look forward to developing further breakthrough
products with BentleyTel in the Smart Card industry."
The BentleyTel AcSys Card is expected to be sold via the Internet, telemarketing
and provided to large employers and government departments. Once purchased,
initial enrolment can occur through the BentleyTel Smart-e-Cash machine, which
has a built-in camera. HNeT recognition begins when the cardholder approaches a
Smart-e-Cash machine at a distance of about six to ten feet. By the time the
member has reached the machine he is recognized and a swipe of the card grants
access. In the event the cardholder is not the true owner of the card, access is
denied. The system is also successful in differentiating twins.
No file is stored on the BentleyTel AcSys Card and the HNeT file takes only 2k
of memory. Initial enrolment takes only 60 seconds and recognition thereafter
will take less than one second. The HNeT system, which updates an individual
file for changes in appearance or age every time the card is used, is patented
or has patents pending in over 20 countries.
Jonathon Bentley-Stevens, president of Global TeleMedia, said, "We have been
searching for the perfect security solution for our Smart-e-Card and believe
we've accomplished this with AcSys' technology. When we saw the HNeT technology,
we understood that this could make the BentleyTel Smart-e-Card unique."
Global TeleMedia International, Inc., located in Newport Beach, California,
through its BentleyTel.com subsidiary, (www.bentleytel.com) is a leading
developer of interactive software for complex E-commerce solutions, multi-media
and high speed Internet and wireless communication systems, including
international & long distance Voice over IP, LAN VPN (Virtual Private Network),
ISP, Virtual ISP, and PC-PC, PC-Phone transmission of data and voice. It also
owns manufacturing and telecom, ISP, and software development facilities in
Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
AcSys Biometrics US is a wholly owned subsidiary of AcSys Biometrics Inc., which
is a subsidiary of HCI. AcSys Biometrics is the leading-edge provider of facial
recognition through its exclusive worldwide license for Quantum Holographic
Neural Technology (HNeT) with applications for the financial, manufacturing,
security and medical sectors. HCI is a diversified, Burlington, Ontario-based,
Canadian-controlled company operating in this new economy through autonomous
subsidiaries and partnerships. HCI trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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CONTACT: For further information: Heritage Concepts International Inc.
Darlene
Marks, Director, Communications, 399 Pearl Street, Burlington
Ontario,
L7R 2M8, Phone: (905) 634-4111, Fax: (905) 634-1101, Email: i
vest(at)hci.ca;
Global TeleMedia International Inc.: Action Stocks, Phone: 80
-801-5181,
Email: glti(at)actionstocks.com
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