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What is a smart card ?
This is a smart card.
Incidentally, it's an I-Card .
A smart card is a plastic card as large as a credit card embedded with an integrated circuit chip.
It is read by a card attached or built into a PC, an Internet terminal or Network Computer.
The chip holds various types of information in electronic form with sophisticated security mechanisms.
Smart cards give rise to an infinite variety of uses that will change many aspects of the way we live.
Why is it so smart ?
The chip stores information in the microprocessor which makes it much more secure than magnetic stripe cards, which carry information on the outside of the card and can be easily copied.
The intelligence of the chip also offers a read/write capability which allows new information to be added or processed.
For example, users can store digital signatures, e-mail addresses, URLs and other preferences and monetary value can be added and debited.
The smart card market will explode !!
Today there are approximately 1 billion smart cards produced annually for applications in telephony, healthcare, financial services and transportation.
Industry analysts predict that global market for smart cards will explode over the next few years with the introduction of interoperability standards and increased memory products.
Travelers carrying a plastic card instead of their portable computer to get connected to the web or other desktop applications .
University students or library users finding their personal PC environment each time they insert their card: favorite bookmarks, automatic e-mail checking, web browsing .
Hotels, airports, businesses, convention centres and shopping malls .
offering new profitable services through convenient card-enabled public terminals .
everywhere in the world .
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What is I-Card Access 2000 ?
I-Card Access is a smart-card based solution (and also a key-based solution) providing user-friendly and secure PC access to the general public.
Easy to install and manage, I-Card Access system keeps track of connection time automatically, making it simple for a public access location to earn additional revenues .
while providing a valuable service at the same time !!
It also secures the PC configuration and protects the contents of the hard disk.
Users will appreciate the hassle free convenience of I-Card Access' customization features.
Web browsing or electronic mail are made easy without having to remember or configure the PC with personal Internet information.
The I-Card Access (TM) system is composed of the following elements:
a) I-Card Access software
Software that provides the security and access control.
Each software package includes 1 licence.
Product licences are needed for as many PCs will have I-Card Access installed.
b) Card types
There are three card types, with different features which are explained below:
- Card type 'Administrator' (ADM)
- Card type 'Operator' (OPE)
- Card type 'User' (USER)
I-Card and smart card technology
I-Card uses smart card technology, the most secure means of accessing a PC or computer data network.
Both the access location and the consumer can be assured of their privacy and security.
Smart card technology provides a flexible and expandable platform that will allow I-Card to be easily adapted to the new and exciting uses of the Internet that are appearing everyday.
Already electronic commerce and e-cash companies are using smart cards.
I-Card will be able to provide the appropiate functionality to adapt these and other technologies to the Internet.
Some figures .
- Global smart card production will expand to two billion by the year 2000 up from 688 million in 95.
(According to the research firm Mentis Corporation, Durham, N.C.) .
- Smart card market will triple processing to 30 billion transactions by the year 2005, up from 250 million in 1995.
(According to the report Non Banks Smart Card Strategies: New Opportunities to Increase Sales and Profits -Killen&Associates) .
- Smart cards in the North American market totaled 13 million in 1996 according to Schlumberger Electronic Transactions.
That number is expected to grow 84 percent to 273 million by the year 2001.
The projection for 2005 is an estimated 543 million cards in North America and 3.75 billion cards worldwide.
- According to a report by International Data Corporation (Framingham, Mass.) , the growth in the number of online buyers and the amount of the average transaction will drive e-commerce up almost a hundredfold from $2.6 billion in 1996 to more than $220 billion in 2001.
The report indicates that the total number of Web access devices such as PCs and Internet TVs will grow from 32 million in 1996 to over 300 million by 2001.
All our software products have been designed for users with no particular prior training and offers a friendly user interface.
Whether it's private access in a company that wants to manage connection time, or multi-user access through a public terminal, I-Card Access makes it possible for any business to easily administer and charge for PC access.
Who may benefit from the I-Card Access 2000 system?
I-Card Access 2000's benefits can be adapted to many different locations wishing to control their PCs and provide Internet to their public.
Here are some of the many possible locations where I-Card Access 2000 can be placed advantageously:
- Libraries - Airports, train stations
- Hotel chains, hospitals - Arcades, amusement centres
- Business service centres - Student centres and dormitories
- Bars, cafes, restaurants - Post offices, banks
- Cybercafes - Sport arenas and movie theatres
- Trade shows and exhibitions - Video, book and music stores
- Department stores, shopping malls - Companies for internal multi-user environments
- Schools, universities
: ¿Cuántos puestos están ya equipados con el sistema I-Card Access ?
I-Card Access fue lanzado comercialmente en septiembre de 1.996 y está instalado en más de 2.000 ordenadores conectados a Internet en 24 países.
65.000 tarjetas están actualmente en circulación.
P: ¿Es posible utilizar aplicaciones de escritorio con I-Card Access ?
Sí, I-Card Access es un sistema abierto que controla no sólo aplicaciones de Internet, sino también programas de escritorio o juegos que funcionen bajo MS DOS.
P: ¿Permite el sistema I-Card Access la impresión de documentos ?
Sí, los usuarios pueden imprimir desde cualquiera de las aplicaciones disponibles.
P: ¿Cuándo están las unidades bajo débito ?
El débito de unidades empieza desde el momentoque el usuario abre una aplicación.
La personalización de la tarjeta de usuario es gratuita y no consume unidades.
La tarjeta de usuario puede ser insertada en el lector de tarjetas inteligentes sin dejar bajo débito las unidades de su tarjeta, siempre y cuando el usuario no abra una aplicación.
P: ¿Se pueden ajustar las unidades de débito para cada aplicación ?
Sí, el administrador puede determinar exactamente la rapidez de las unidades de débito para cada aplicación que elija como disponible para sus usuarios.
De esta manera puede hacer más o menos caras según qué aplicaciones.
Es incluso posible dar de alta aplicaciones de forma gratuita (sin unidades a débito) .
P: ¿Quién recarga las unidades de las tarjetas y cómo lo hace ?
El operador puede recargar las tarjetas de los usuarios gracias a su tarjeta especial de operador con código PIN.
La recarga es muy sencilla y no requiere ningún conocimiento técnico.
Por ejemplo, se puede realizar desde el mostrador de un hotel.
- Instalar I-Card Access - Agregar unidades - Acceder a las aplicaciones
- Determinar el coste (nº de unidades) de cada aplicación - Fijar grupos de usuarios - Enviar y recibir e-mail
- Determinar las aplicaciones autorizadas - Cerrar el PC - Poseer un bookmark personal
- Acceder a Windows - Pagar el tiempo real de conexión
A cada tarjeta se le asigna un código de área que identifica a un cliente.
Así, las tarjetas son exclusivas de una instalación, no pudiendo ser utilizadas por ninguna otra, a no ser que el cliente así lo desee.
c) Lector de tarjetas
Pudiendo ser un lector de tarjetas inteligentes tanto interno (dentro del PC) como externo (periférico) .
Si quiere saber más sobre las características de I-Card Access 2000 .
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Kit Demo I-Card Access 2000
El Kit Demo es un paquete que incluye, con un precio especial, cada una de las partes necesarias para lanzar I-Card Access 2000:
- Software I-Card Access (1 licencia) .
- 1 tarjeta tipo 'Administrador', 1 tarjeta tipo 'Operador' y 1 tarjeta tipo 'Usuario'.
- 1 lector externo de tarjetas inteligentes.
I-Card Access 2000 con iKey
Además del sistema de tarjetas inteligentes, nuestro software también ha sido diseñado para el uso mediante las llaves iKey (TM) ,que se conectan al propio PC, permitiendo las siguientes opciones:
1) Con sólo una llave, podemos englobar, de una forma separada, exactamente las mismas funciones de las tarjetas anteriores: 'Administrador', 'Operador' y 'Usuario'.
2) Podemos utilizar una llave para cada cliente:
a) Llave 'Administrador'
b) Llave 'Operador'
c) Llave 'Usuario'
Para más información sobre I-Card Access 2000 y las llaves iKey, contacte con nosotros
Otro producto I-Card: I-Card Format
El sistema I-Card Format le permitirá craer sus propias tarjetas.
Necesita dos tarjetas 'Administrador', cuatro 'Operador' y diez 'Usuario', éste es el paquete que le interesa.
Sin límite de creación de tantas tarjetas como necesidades le vayan surgiendo.
Para más información sobre I-Card Format, contacte con nosotros
¿Cuáles deben ser las especificaciones de sus PCs ?
All our software products have been designed for users with no particular prior training and offers a friendly user interface.
Whether it's private access in a company that wants to manage connection time, or multi-user access through a public terminal, I-Card Access makes it possible for any business to easily administer and charge for PC access.
Who may benefit from the I-Card Access 2000 system?
I-Card Access 2000's benefits can be adapted to many different locations wishing to control their PCs and provide Internet to their public.
Here are some of the many possible locations where I-Card Access 2000 can be placed advantageously:
- Libraries - Airports, train stations
- Hotel chains, hospitals - Arcades, amusement centres
- Business service centres - Student centres and dormitories
- Bars, cafes, restaurants - Post offices, banks
- Cybercafes - Sport arenas and movie theatres
- Trade shows and exhibitions - Video, book and music stores
- Department stores, shopping malls - Companies for internal multi-user environments
- Schools, universities
Q: What happens when the administrator or the operator loses the card or it is stolen ?
Being protected by a confidential code (PIN number) defined by the owner, in case of loss or theft the card is useless.
When having a maximum of three attempts to guess the pin, it is disabled on the third invalid attempt.
This way the information is left protected.
Q: What happens when the user loses the card or it is stolen ?
In case of loss or theft, the units saved on the card will be lost, since the card does not come protected by the pin code.
Nevertheless, the access to the electronic mail will be left protected by the personal password of the mail server.
Q: How do you install the smart-card reader ?
The card reader is installed like a mouse in port PS/2 or serial.
Different internal and external models are also available.
Q: Are there royalties to pay on the consumption of units when acquiring the I-Card Access 2000 system ?
No, There are no royalties bound to the consumption of units.
In addition, the administrator is free to fix the sale price of the units.
Q: What time of life has a user card ?
The user card is valid until it is physically damaged.
Q: Do I-Card Access 2000 cards function for every client who has bought the I-Card system ?
No, every client is identified by their own PIN.
For instance, cards sold to a cybercafe with a client's code XXX could not be used by a hotel with a client's code YYY.
This way, private networks of I-Card access could be set up, being, for example, ideal for hotel chains with the same client's code.
Viajeros llevando tarjetas de plástico en vez de sus ordenadores portátiles para poder conectarse a Internet o bien a otras aplicaciones de escritorio .
Estudiantes o usuarios de bibliotecas con sus especificaciones personales de PC cada vez que insertan su tarjeta: bookmarks favoritos, archivos Word, control automático de su correo e-mail, navegación por la red .
Hoteles, aeropuertos, centros de negocios y convenciones, centros comerciales .
ofreciendo servicios nuevos y provechosos mediante terminales públicos controlados mediante tarjetas inteligentes .
por todo el mundo .
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¿Qué es I-Card Access 2000 ?
I-Card Access es una solución basada en tarjetas inteligentes (y también con llaves inteligentes) que proporciona un acceso seguro y cómodo a los PCs al público en general.
Fácil de instalar y administrar, el sistema I-Card Access hace un seguimiento automático del tiempo de conexión, haciendo que de una manera simple una terminal de acceso público tenga ingresos adicionales .
¡¡ además de proporcionar a la vez un valioso servicio !!
Además de asegurar que la configuración del PC y el contenido del disco duro están protegidos.
Los usuarios sabrán apreciar la conveniencia de las opciones de personalización de I-Card Access.
La navegación por la red y el correo electrónico están diseñados de tal manera que no se tiene que recordar o reconfigurar el PC con información particular sobre Internet.
El sistema I-Card Access (TM) se compone de los siguientes elementos:
a) Software I-Card Access
Software que proporciona la seguridad y el control de accesos.
Con la compra del producto se obtiene una licencia.
Se necesitan tantas licencias del producto como equipos donde instalemos I-Card Access.
b) Tipos de tarjetas
Existen tres tipos de tarjetas, con características diferenciadas que se explican a continuación:
- Tarjeta tipo 'Administrador' (ADM)
- Tarjeta tipo 'Operador' (OPE)
- Tarjeta tipo 'Usuario' (USER)
What is a smart card ?
This is a smart card.
Incidentally, it's an I-Card .
A smart card is a plastic card as large as a credit card embedded with an integrated circuit chip.
It is read by a card attached or built into a PC, an Internet terminal or Network Computer.
The chip holds various types of information in electronic form with sophisticated security mechanisms.
Smart cards give rise to an infinite variety of uses that will change many aspects of the way we live.
Why is it so smart ?
The chip stores information in the microprocessor which makes it much more secure than magnetic stripe cards, which carry information on the outside of the card and can be easily copied.
The intelligence of the chip also offers a read/write capability which allows new information to be added or processed.
For example, users can store digital signatures, e-mail addresses, URLs and other preferences and monetary value can be added and debited.
The smart card market will explode !!
Today there are approximately 1 billion smart cards produced annually for applications in telephony, healthcare, financial services and transportation.
Industry analysts predict that global market for smart cards will explode over the next few years with the introduction of interoperability standards and increased memory products.
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