Privaris: Privaris Awarded Four Significant Security and Biometric Industry Patents

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA--(Marketwire - October 27, 2009) - Privaris, the leader in personal, wireless identity verification solutions, today announced the issuance of four significant industry patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office, bringing its total patent portfolio to twelve. The patents include: US Patent # 7,481,364 -- "Biometric Identification Device with Smartcard Capabilities" This patent relates to a smart card reader that is part of a separate portable device used for biometrically authenticating its user, prior to approving transactions involving a smartcard. The patent also discloses the biometric enrollment in a smartcard before its use with the smartcard reader. An example is Privaris' bioBase® -- a wearable smartcard reader that extends the capabilities of traditional smart cards by adding biometric... [read full story]                    

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