To: Gator who wrote (525 ) 5/19/1999 2:23:00 PM From: Gator Respond to of 616
EI² INTRODUCES BREAKTHROUGH ELECTRONIC ID CARD TECHNOLOGY Alameda, CA, May 19, 1999. Electronic Identification, Inc. (EI²) (OTC: BB EISQ), developer of electronic identification issuing and authentication systems, announced a breakthrough electronic identification card technology for the issue of fraud and tamperproof ID cards. e*PICS (Electronic Personnel Identification and Control Systems), the Company's flagship product line, combines radio frequency technology and biometric identification technologies to create a proprietary identification system that not only identifies the user, but also guarantees their identity without passwords and PIN numbers. "We believe e*PICS to be highly effective in successfully controlling the flow of people across borders, within facilities such as prisons, and for other sensitive security applications," said Terry Kirby, Chairman and CEO of EI². The e*PICS architecture consists of registration, authentication and Intranet framework components: e*PICS Registration Station: A digital camera and ultrasonic fingerprint reader are integrated into a web enabled, thin client workstation that provides the operator a standard browser interface to create a digital profile of the target individual by capturing a digital fingerprint, photograph and personal details. This is converted into a digital signature (a reduction down to 1 KB) using proprietary, patented software compression technology, and then burned into a chip in the e*PICS ID card. The digital profile is printed upon its face. e*PICS Authentication Reader: e*PICS authenticates the validity of an e*PICS cardholder by extracting the digital signature from the card through a radio frequency reader. A network link can be automatically established to check against any recent updates to the cardholder's security file. e*PICS Intranet Framework: e*PICS registration and authentication readers, as well as third party security technologies, are integrated into back office applications using the e*PICS Intranet Framework. It allows the rapid tailoring of a wide variety of application specific security scenarios as well as integration with legacy systems. EI² is a Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and Bluestone Software partner, and markets its products globally. More information about EI² can be found at eisq.com . Gator