Sports Collectibles

Sirit Plug-n-Play Readers Authenticate Sports Memorabilia

Reuters
Thu Nov 29, 2007

“Sirit Inc. (“Sirit”) (TSX: SI),a leading provider of radio frequency identification (“RFID”) technology,announced today that Prova Group, Inc. (“Prova”) has selected Sirit’s Plug-n-Play SDIO reader as the RFID platform for their sports memorabilia authentication application. The portable reader solution will be used exclusively at the Football Spectacular Show, a large sports collectibles exhibition starting today at the Dallas Convention Center.

…This will be the first time Prova will use the “mobile authentication”system during autograph sessions at this week’s Football Spectacular Show featuring NFL icons including Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Gayle Sayers, Earl Campbell, Thurman Thomas and many others. The Prova system records the exact time of the signature, the celebrity’s secure identification code and where the signature occurred. ”

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