According to Cyrius director Alan Geddes, the solution would be ideal for the conference and exhibitions industry, where one of the key problems is seamlessly capturing the details of visitors or delegates, and showing whether they were present and which stands they visited.
Capturing data manually is time-consuming and open to human error and manipulation, says Geddes, adding that a biometric solution could both simplify and expedite the process.
"When you do biometric look-ups, the fastest way is by two reference points, for example, user ID and fingerprints. Usually you punch in a code and the fingerprint is matched against this. My system only looks at the fingerprint.
"For those not recognised, the system will inform them that it cannot find them on the database and asks them to go and register at the desk."
The Cyrius solution captures all the delegates` details in an e-mail file that can be sent via a laptop computer to the office, allowing the exhibitor to start the communication process with the delegate more speedily and efficiently.
Geddes concedes that there is a similar solution available on the market, but says the difference lies in the fact that the other solution is not fully integrated, nor is it based on open source software.
The solution runs on a Linux Red Hat platform, which means a cost reduction, as there are no licence fees. "I was also told that a Windows-based system similar to this was still a year away."
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