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To: Keith Fauci who wrote (4622)	10/29/1997 10:51:00 PM
From: Buck	Respond to of 26039

The difference is in the software, not the reader as I understand it. IDX has a patent on Pattern recognition where all others use a public domain alogrythem. When the say reader, they are talking about the whole package, not just a scanner. The difference is as large as the difference between gold (IDX) and lead (the others). When they are using the system for law enforcement It would be my accounting that they load software compatable with law enforcement systems. For everything else, they would use software that is entirely non-compatable. Once more from the way I understand it, the pattern is never the same. Meaning it can't be copied. Randy said in a previous news conferance that their computer could pick up a copy because the pattern would never be the same twice. If it was, then it would be picked up as a perfect copy and rejected for that reason. I think that about covers it, if I am wrong about anything, Brad or someone else can come to the rescue.

To: Keith Fauci who wrote (4622)	10/29/1997 11:26:00 PM
From: brad greene	Respond to of 26039

Keith, Buck is darn right......He has learned alot in a very short time. The INS machines use minutia algorithms.....so that prints can be run against law enforcement data-bases. (TouchView, TouchPrint, PalmPrint) The TouchNet,TouchSafe and TouchLock products use Pattern Recognition algorithms......These can't be used by law enforcement. (different language) These products are for employee Time and Attendance, Oracle, and Internet Commerce. Identix has taken the position that people will feel more comfortable knowing that the prints that they give can't be used by law enforcement as part of some other agenda. As you know, fingerprinting is a sensitive issue with people. I agree with Identix......I think the forces that will choose the standard for internet commerce are well aware of the situation and will not want to introduce a standard that is compatible with law enforcement. It would be much easier to go with pattern recognition. Pattern recognition takes away the major fear that people have.....that fear being Big Brother tracking their every move. There are some other technical advantages of pattern recognition also. bg ps. Same sorts of concerns also apply to Time and Attendance.