ComSense Announces Pilots of Reader-free Internet Cards in Japan.Business & Technology Editors TEL AVIV Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001 ComSense today announced plans in conjunction with Marubeni Corporation, who serves as its distribution partner in Japan, to commence Japan's first trials of the ComSense ComDot(TM) card technology. ComDot-powered cards are the world's first reader-free Internet cards. Nippon Shinpan Company, one of Japan's largest credit card issuers, and Sofmap, one of Japan's largest consumer electronics and online retailers, will be among the leading Japanese companies This is a list of companies from Japan. Note that 株式会社 can be (and frequently is) read both kabushiki kaisha and kabushiki gaisha (with or without a hyphen). See that article for more details. participating in these trials. In the trials, Marubeni and Marubeni Information Systems will issue cards with ComDot technology and operate an e-commerce system that uses ComDot technology to identify and authenticate (1) To verify (guarantee) the identity of a person or company. To ensure that the individual or organization is really who it says it is. See authentication and digital certificate. (2) To verify (guarantee) that data has not been altered. customers. What makes ComDot unique is that it is reader-free, meaning it works without requiring a card reader attached to the consumer's PC. "Card issuers and merchants in Japan are always looking at new technologies like the ComSense ComDot system that will increase convenience and security for cardholders and customers," said Alon Atsmon, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ComSense Ltd. "Start-up simplicity and convenience for users are essential to success. Our clients recognize that ComDot-powered cards are easy to begin using because they are reader-free, and they eliminate the complexity of reader-installation required with smart card technology. Any Internet-connected PC can be ComDot-enabled in seconds. "We see many possibilities with ComDot for reader-free access and security with the Internet, information systems, telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. , and networks in Japan," continued Mr. Atsmon. Self-powered ComDot cards are both active and reader-free, meaning they communicate with server-based applications by means of the PC, mobile phone, telephone, and other devices without requiring a card reader. This is achieved by using sound, a capability that is standard in these and many other personal electronic devices. ComDot-powered cards provide a standard, ubiquitous means for easy and secure account access and Internet transactions for online health care, network access, membership, loyalty, and e-commerce. ComDot technology extends beyond access and security, in that each Web page can carry different instructions that are activated activated a state of being more than usually active. In biological systems this is usually brought about by chemical or electrical means. Commonly said of pharmaceutical and chemical products. when the consumer squeezes the button on a given ComDot-powered card. Since ComDot-powered cards are ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 7810/7816 compliant, they can also be credit cards. About ComSense ComSense is the maker of ComDot(TM) -- the world's first self-powered reader-free ISO card technology. ComDot-powered card systems create value for card issuers and providers of online or phone-based services through their unique user authentication See authentication. and loyalty functionality. For end users, ComSense cards introduce unprecedented ease, security, and privacy to shopping, banking, and information access over telephone and computer networks. Founded in mid-1998, ComSense Technologies Ltd. has its research and development office at its international headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, with business offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , and manufacturing development in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . For additional information please visit our Web site: www.com-sense.com. ComDot is a mark of ComSense. All other marks are property of their respective owners. |
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