Magnetic card authentication system which can protect magnetic card from being duplicate and provide an audit trail to card abuse. It is developed by extracting a unique and non-duplicable feature, Digital Fuzzy Information (DFI), from the magnetic medium. This protection technology can provide secure, versatile and cost-effective solutions in many areas of magnetic card usage.

Technology

• Uneven distribution of magnetic particles on the magnetic stripe
• Particles are scattered randomly which can form a unique signature
• The signature formed Fuzzy Digital Information (FDI)

Applications

• ATM Cards, Credit Cards
• Prepaid Cards
• Access Control Cards, Hotel Lock Cards
• Membership Cards, Discount Cards
• ID Cards

Patents

• Patent Granted by USA on 6th May 1997 Number 5627357
• Patent Granted by China 10 Jan 1998 Number ZL 95 1 08048.2
• Patent Granted by UK July 1998 No. GB2290897B
• Patent Granted by Republic of South Africa Oct. 1998 No.98/125