DigitalPerson offers fingerprint recognition for Java-based point-of-sale terminals

(11/01/2008)

Retail businesses, POS equipment suppliers and system integrators are combining time-and-attendance, anti-theft and fraud prevention applications with fingerprint biometrics to boost profitability by eliminating several employee-facing problems. These include the elimination of time cards to prevent “buddy punching” and “lollygagging” when punching into work and then taking time before arriving at the workstation.

Additionally, biometric technology reduces cash register shrink from improper voids and customer returns. Audit trails that track - who has access and when - hold employees accountable for cash in the till as well as help retailers meet financial and secure identity compliance requirements.

Unified Point of Service (UPOS) is a retail industry standard enabling retailers, POS terminal vendors, peripheral equipment and application developers to:
- Simplify application development via standards
- Enable plug-and-play interaction between POS terminal peripherals and applications
- Give a broad choice of software and hardware implementations

DigitalPersona is now offering fingerprint recognition software and hardware for a new generation of Java-based point-of-sale (POS) terminals.

The company’s new U.areU® UPOS for JavaPOS products enable POS terminal developers to quickly and easily add accountability and security capabilities. This improves the profitability of their retailer customers by enabling employee time-and-attendance and anti-theft features to be built into cash registers and check-out terminals. DigitalPersona’s software and hardware products have achieved the largest installed base of fingerprint biometric readers in the retail, hospitality and restaurant industries because of their accuracy, reliability and durability.

JavaPOS enables UPOS-compliant devices such as DigitalPersona’s to be used with POS terminal applications that are developed in Java.

The DigitalPersona U.are.U UPOS for JavaPOS products are created specifically for point-of-sale applications and integration suppliers who want to deploy fingerprint biometrics with their associated products. They are compatible with the UPOS 1.11 standard and include the following features:

- JavaPOS (Java-compliant) reader and module that will work with any UPOS compliant POS terminal.
- Plug-and-play fingerprint biometric compatibility with the UPOS 1.11 standard.
- Plug-and-play fingerprint biometric compatibility with Linux 2.6 and Windows operating systems running Java environments and UPOS.
- The industry’s most accurate and highest-performing fingerprint verification and identification system.

The DigitalPersona U.are.U UPOS for JavaPOS products are available January 31, 2008. The JavaPOS product is priced at €99. The JavaPOS software that accompanies the fingerprint reader includes one JavaPOS wrapper, fingerprint biometric software, documentation and a demo file.

Related topics:  Crime and Fraud Prevention   Fingerprint biometrics   Smart card 

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