For e-business in the PC world to flourish,
users need a highly secure and easy-to-use
solution for accessing information, purchasing
and banking on-line. e-gate is a smart card
technology combining ISO and USB (Universal
Serial Bus) versatility with leading-edge
security functionality in a plug and play
format that will transform security across
the PC world.
Versatility
with built-in USB interface
e-gate incorporates the USB interface electronics
normally found in a smart card reader on the
card itself, enabling it to plug directly
into the USB port on a computer via a simple
connector. It reduces the time and investment
cost of buying, deploying and installing smart
card readers.
Incorporating the conventional ISO 7816-3
smart card interface, means that e-gate can
be used across the global infrastructure of
public terminals (eg ATMs, POS, parking meters,
payphones) giving individuals a truly universal
smart card at home in both the ISO and USB
worlds.
e-gate features and benefits
- offers all the ease and convenience of
self-powered hot-pluggable, plug & play
operations in the PC
- automatically recognised by the PC as
USB peripheral and dynamically installed
- exploits the communications speed of USB
(from 1.5 Mb/s to 12 Mb/s and ability to
connect 127 devices)
- ISO compatibility enables e-gate cards
to be used in whole range of conventional
smart card terminals - the card recognises
automatically which protocol to use
- e-gate cards as conventional smart cards
can be personalised in an industrial manner
taking advantage of the USB protocol
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