RFID Cellphone NFC Hotel Checkin Scenario

Mobile RFID scenario by VingCard ...

RFID Mobile Phone Enables NFC Payments

Mobile phone incorporates near field communications, NFC, and RFID technology to support contactless playment and identification with mobility. ...

... "Explore mobile weather and news by touching your phone to radio frequency identification (RFID) tags ... " ...

Via Nokia Europe: Nokia 6131 NFC

Mobile NFC Contactless Smart Solutions Through Joint Venture

NXP and Sony combine to form Moversa joint venture. The JV will create contactless smart card applications using Near Field Communication (NFC) in the mobile phone space. Moversa will commercialize the Universal Secure Access Module which will support the MIFARE and FeliCa systems. ...

... "When used together with an NFC chip, Moversa's U-SAM will create a universal contactless IC platform for mobile phones that can be used globally. The formation of Moversa will accelerate the adoption of NFC on a global level. Since its co-inventors, NXP and Sony, introduced the short-range wireless technology to the market in 2002, NFC has proven popular in numerous trials, opening up new opportunities for commercial mobile services around the world. Moversa paves the way for consumers to use mobile handsets for various contactless applications such as mobile payments and transport ticketing, anytime, anywhere. The U-SAM products will provide mobile device manufacturers with the technology to design global products compatible with different contactless protocols and operating systems deployed in different countries. " ...

Via NXP: Moversa, a joint venture for universal contactless solutions

MIFARE: "MIFARE is a technology, which is used for contactless smart card systems consisting of card and reader components with a typical read/write distance of 10 cm (4 inch). "

FeliCa: "FeliCa is a contactless IC card technology developed by Sony. ... The system was born to make daily living easier and more convenient. "

MOVERSA: "Universal Secure Access Module (U-SAM) is a new type of secure chip for portable devices, which supports both MIFARE and FeliCa as well as any third party operating systems. "

RFID Touch Project

Research project will design and test icons that explain aspects of RFID-based interactions using near-field communications. ...

... "The project might also consider the physical form of RFID readers and writers in the environment. How might we redesign a ticketing machine or payment terminal with an NFC interface rather than traditional payment and selection interfaces? " ...

Via Touch Research Project: Graphic Language for RFID

RFID Sensors: NFC Tech Reads

Gentag receives patent number 7,148,803 for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Based Sensor Networks ...

... "This broad patent covers the uses of personal wireless devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and laptops as low-cost wireless readers for RFID sensors and the creation of RFID-sensor networks for consumer, industrial, and government applications. " ...

Via Yahoo! Finance: Gentag NFC Technology Reads RFID Sensors

RFID Starter Kit

Kanda offers RFID starter kit. The kit has a combined reader and programmer. It supports ISO15693 RFID Tags and will also read ISO14443A RFID tags. ...

... "Apart from a programmer and reader unit, the Kanda RFID kit includes an RF detector that gives an indication of the RF field strength near a reader, which helps both in development and in the siting of units. However, the most important part of the starter kit is the software package. The protocol used is very flexible to allow engineers to design their own systems to suit their needs, rather than being constrained by the limitations of the software. As well as the standard read, write and lock functions, the protocol allows for continuous read, and includes anticollision algorithms that deals with multiple tags in the reader field. " ...

Via Kanda: RFID Made Easy; New Starter Kit Simplifies Process of Creating Applications Using RFID Systems

HighSpeed RFID Read Rates: Pharma Cases

Impinj discusses results of live demonstration of RFID technology in pharmaceutical packaging application with Owens-Illinois (O-I) at the RFID Health Care Industry Adoption Summit in D.C. ...

... "In pharmaceutical manufacturing and fill-line demonstrations, a near-field UHF Gen 2 RFID solution, comprising Impinj's Speedway reader and O-I's item-level embedded RFID tags powered by Impinj's Monza chips, achieved 100% reliability when reading and writing tags at high speed on pharmaceutical bottles. In the first demonstration, the UHF Gen 2 system programmed 96-bit EPC numbers at rates exceeding 600 tags per minute on bottles containing the four most common dose types - liquids, gel caps, solids and powder. In the second demonstration, the system developed by Impinj and O-I flawlessly read 600 tags per minute on cases containing 48 individually tagged bottles and a case-level tag. " ...

Via Impinj: Impinj-Powered UHF Gen 2 RFID Solution Delivers Exceptional Results for Item Tagging of Pharmaceuticals

Mobile Phone RFID NFC Trial France ...

A trial of mobile phones interacting with RFID objects through near-field communication (NFC) is planned in France. ...

Mobile Phone RFID NFC Trail France: Via Contactless News: Caen France hosts world's premier NFC trial with mobile phones enabling host of contactless applications ...

... "Philips is working with France Telecom R&D, mobile phone network operator Orange, handset manufacturer Samsung, and French retailers Groupe LaSer and Vinci Park, along with the City of Caen, which is allowing some of its tourist attractions to be tagged with RFID chips. " ...

RFID NFC Near Field Communication Transform Commerce ...

RFID NFC Near Field Communication Transform Commerce: Via ABI Research: ABI Research Sees Three Critical Years for Near-Field Communications ...

... "Near Field Communications (NFC) applications will transform consumer commerce, connectivity and content consumption, beginning with trials through 2006 and volume deployments into 2007, according to a new study from ABI Research. NFC, a short-range contactless communications protocol, enables easy-to-use, secure Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity between devices. It provides high-bandwidth content acquisition and transfer, contactless payment capability and smart object interaction. That means, for instance, interactive advertising posters and kiosks, instant ticketing, and transmitting audio, video and pictures. NFC brings convenience to increasingly connected digital consumers. " ...

RFID NFC MIFare Module ...

RFID NFC MIFare Module: SYSCAN, ARYGON ANNOUNCE WORLD’S FIRST NFC/MIFARE CORE MODULE ...

NFC RFID technology introduced by partners Syscan Intl and Arygon ...

... "Syscan International Inc. and Arygon AG today announced the September launch of the world’s first NFC/Mifare® Core Module. Delivering convenient wireless connectivity, NFC’s intuitive operation will change the way people interact with technology, ensuring that they can make the most of their environment and reap the full benefits of total connectivity. The universally applicable Module is based on the latest Philips RFID technology and combines all the technical requirements for use in multiple market segments for traditional RFID-based applications. It supports both MIFARE® family (ISO 14443A) and Near Field Communication (NFC) based on ISO18092. " ...

Syscan is a unique supply chain solution provider delivering integrated real time tracking and tracing systems through radio frequency identification (RFID) that help to improve client’s results. Its standardized supply chain solutions include traceability, temperature monitoring and quality control methodologies for the food, pharmaceutical and health care sectors.

Arygon is an innovative German based RFID hard- and software component supplier with in-depth market experience supporting core applications such as access control, electronic payment, logistics, time management and e-ticketing. Next to those traditional RFID applications Arygon focuses on new means of RFID communication.

RFID SDK Application Development

RFID SDK Application Development: Software Development Kit for Nokia RFID application developers now available ...

... "The Nokia Field Force Solution is specifically designed for a variety of industry sectors such as security, services, utilities, health care, and government branches. The companies within these areas are presently looking for new ways to mobilize and automate their field operations with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. The field operations can be automated, for example, in asset management, maintenance, repair, manufacturing, item tracking, delivery scheduling, customer billing data collection, and work order management. The information exchange starts by touching the RFID tag placed on objects, such as assets, billboards, meters or other equipment, with the Nokia RFID or Nokia NFC (Near Field Communications) enabled mobile phone. " ...

Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations.

Home RFID Product: Long Range RFID Reader for Home Automation ...

Long Range RFID Reader for Home Automation

... "Custom manufactured for iAutomate.com and home automation applications, the HA Edition R500 Long Range RFID Reader is used in conjunction with HomeSeer Software or Crestron Systems and is specifically designed for detection (or absence) of people, vehicles, and personal assets. The R500 RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) Reader provides near field or long range coverage for real-time detection of people, pets, vehicles or anything else you can identify with one of the various RFID tags." ...

HomeSeer is an advanced home automation and remote access software package that works with inexpensive wireless Z-Wave devices as well as conventional powerline based X-10 devices.

RFID Radio Frequency Cellphone Integration ...

RFID Radio Frequency Cellphone Integration: The Cellphone of the Future - A World of Radios, According to ABI ...

ABI Research discusses the convergence of radio, such as RFID, into the cellphone form factor ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... It may also include Near Field Communications (NFC), Ultrawideband (UWB), radio frequency identification (RFID), and maybe even Zigbee. ...

... Today's mobile phone includes the components and software for multiple cellular standards such as GPRS, EDGE and UMTS. In addition, there is usually a personal area technology such as Bluetooth. But according to ABI Research, the number of radios in the cellphone is set to rise exponentially, in the quest to make the handset a multifunction, multimode communications, information and entertainment device. It will incorporate GPS for location based services, FM radio and broadcast/satellite based television for entertainment, various flavors of Wi-Fi and eventually WiMAX for data and VoIP communications. It may also include Near Field Communications (NFC), Ultrawideband (UWB), radio frequency identification (RFID), and maybe even Zigbee. ...

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research maintains global operations that support annual research programs, quarterly intelligence services and market reports in wireless, automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy. Their market research products can be found on the Web at www.abiresearch.com, or by calling 516.624.2500.

Micropayment Contactless Reader Solutions Have Global Reach ...

Micropayment Contactless Reader Solutions: OTI Subsidiary ASEC SA Receives Follow-On Order for Additional ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... (OTI) (Nasdaq: OTIV; Prime Standard (Frankfurt): OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security ...

... On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (Nasdaq: OTIV; Prime Standard (Frankfurt): OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, micropayments, petroleum payments and other applications, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, ASEC S.A., received a follow-on order for 1500 additional Verifone's Omni 3750 terminals with contactless reader solutions for micropayments to be located in one of the largest kiosk chains across Poland. The order follows an earlier announced initial order for 1000 terminals, and creates one of the largest infrastructure for contactless payments in the market, which can support additional applications to meet the needs of stores, hypermarkets, and other commercial enterprises. ...

Established in 1990, OTI (Nasdaq: OTIV, Prime Standard: OT5) designs, develops and markets secure contactless microprocessor-based smart card technology to address the needs of a wide variety of markets. Applications developed by OTI include product solutions for petroleum payment systems, homeland security solutions, electronic passports and IDs, micropayments, mass transit ticketing, parking, loyalty programs and secure campuses. OTI has a global network of regional offices to market and support its products. The company was awarded the prestigious ESCAT Award for smart card innovation in both 1998 and 2000. Major clients include: MasterCard International, Atmel, BP, Scheidt & Bachmann, EDS, Repsol, and the Government of Israel.

Additional resources on contactless reader solutions for micropayment management ...

Emerging Payments: NFC technology, which complements our contactless-payment strategy ... and vending machine card readers that access ... from proprietary niche solutions to applications ...

Quarterly Report: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... the transition from contact to contactless seamless ... that combine smart cards, readers,
related applications ... g Micropayment Solutions: Teaming up with financial ...

Smart Cards: can also operate through a reader terminal installed ... specifies similar characteristics for contactless cards ... By limiting to specific solutions, these standards ...

ONE MICROPAYMENT AT A TIME: with contactless readers and thePoS terminal software to the ... ... with easy-to-use, secure software solutions for ... ... The M4e reader uses software-defined radio ...

Near Field Communication: Chip makers still uncertain about NFC

From Electronic Buyers News ... If anyone wants to use an NFC-capable mobile phone for payment and ticketing, for example, "incorporating an RFID antenna and a dual SIM [subscriber identity ...

RFID NFC: Nokia Mobility Conference 2004: Opportunities Abound

From Yahoo News (press release) ... Networks converge with Nokia Nokia launches consultancy service to spawn new mobile services Nokia Unveils the world's first NFC product - Nokia NFC shell for ...

... The Nokia Mobility Conference commenced in Monaco today, with an autumn harvest of new products and technologies. The event shone light on recent trends, among them increasing product diversity, cross-industry collaboration and evolution in network infrastructure. Several new products were introduced, including the powerful Nokia 7710 widescreen multimedia smartphone, the Nokia 3230 megapixel smartphone and the business-oriented Nokia 6020 camera phone. ...

Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations.

RFID Software: ICS Acquires Equential Technologies, Extends the RF-SMART Mobile ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... 16, 2004--ICS, developers of the RF-SMART(R) brand of wireless, mobile and RFID software solutions for PeopleSoft(R) enterprise software, today announced it ...

... ICS, developers of the RF-SMART(R) brand of wireless, mobile and RFID software solutions for PeopleSoft(R) enterprise software, today announced it has acquired Equential Technologies and its market-proven line of mobile enterprise applications for users of PeopleSoft. By acquiring the leader in field-based mobile solutions for PeopleSoft, ICS instantly offers the broadest and deepest line of mobile solutions to complement RF-SMART's leading line of wireless automated data collection (ADC) solutions for Distribution, Manufacturing, RFID, Transportation, Warehouse Management and Pallet/Container Management. ...

ICS is the award-winning developer of RF-SMART, the leading line of wireless and mobile solutions for PeopleSoft (formerly J.D. Edwards), and LogiMax, the powerful suite of third-party warehouse and logistics management software. ICS also provides software sales, implementation and consulting services for PeopleSoft enterprise software solutions as a Distributor Channel Partner. Since 1982, ICS has built a very positive reputation by delivering flexible, powerful solutions and providing service that results in customer satisfaction ratings near 100%.

Equential Technologies is the leading provider of field-based mobile solutions for field service management, sales force automation, and warehouse/inventory control for users of PeopleSoft enterprise software. Equential's full-featured solutions deliver and validate data from enterprise systems to mobile professionals to enable increased levels of accuracy, productivity and efficiency. Equential's solutions take advantage of wireless networks when available but also operate in a completely disconnected mode.

Smart Card: Near Field Communication in High Street by 2005?

From UsingRFID.com, UK ... a phone near a street poster advertising an event, and being instantly connected to a web site to buy tickets using stored credit from the handset's smart card ...

RFID NFC Reader: Reader Size Dips Below a Dime

From RFID Journal ... market for readers and tags using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, as well as its existing transportation and healthcare RFID designs, Innovision ...

Innovision R&T provides a complete portfolio of engineering skills and services to release the potential of low-cost electronic innovation across the RFID sector. An end-to-end involvement in the design and development processes, from concept generation through to production, ensures the cost-effective and time-efficient delivery of solutions.

The io RFID module reads and writes to industry-standard 13.56MHz RFID tags and smart labels. Consuming very little power and optimised for a 2.8V battery operation, io is ISO compliant and future-proofed to allow rapid integration of the forthcoming NFC standard. It can, therefore, be used to read Innovision R&T’s Jeweltm RFID tag (which has recently been released for use in mass transit ticketing applications) as well as Philips Mifare Ultralight tags.

RFID Reader: New RFID reader module smaller than a dime

From UsingRFID.com, UK ... The UK-based RFID specialist, Innovision R&T, has unveiled what it describes as the world's smallest, lowest-cost 13.56MHz RFID reader. ...

The UK-based RFID specialist, Innovision R&T, has unveiled what it describes as the world's smallest, lowest-cost 13.56MHz RFID reader. The company expects the module, simply named "io", to help accelerate RFID adoption in the healthcare, consumer goods, transport and logistics industries.

Innovision R&T provides a complete portfolio of engineering skills and services to release the potential of low-cost electronic innovation across the RFID sector. An end-to-end involvement in the design and development processes, from concept generation through to production, ensures the cost-effective and time-efficient delivery of solutions. Innovision Research and Technology plc, the RFID design services specialist, has worked with blue-chip customers in this area for a number of years and is a market leader in the development of low-cost near-field 13.56Mhz RFID technologies.

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Walmart RFID Pilot Update: The Tests Begin...

BENTONVILLE, Ark., April 30, 2004 - A new era in supply-chain management begins this morning as Wal-Mart and eight product manufacturers begin testing electronic product codes, or EPCs, at select Supercenters and one regional distribution center in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

"This pilot is the next step in Wal-Mart's addition of radio frequency identification, also known as RFID, to improve product availability for Wal-Mart customers. The real-world trial follows extensive testing at the company's RFID lab and months of collaborative preparation by Wal-Mart and its suppliers. Field equipment testing has been underway in Texas since mid-month but nothing with an RFID tag was placed on store shelves.

"It is imperative that we have the merchandise the customer wants to buy when they want to buy it," said Linda Dillman, executive vice president and Chief Information Officer. "We believe RFID technology is going to help us do that more often and more efficiently. This will help us increase customer satisfaction in the near-term and ultimately play an important role in helping us control costs and continue offering low prices."

Wal-Mart has set a January 2005 target for its top 100 suppliers to be placing RFID tags on cases and pallets destined for Wal-Mart stores and SAM'S CLUB locations in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex area. Since announcing that initiative nearly a year ago, 37 additional suppliers have voluntarily chosen to meet that same milestone. The implementation beginning today will pave the way for achieving this goal...

... Field Test Synopsis
Initially, a total of 21 products out of the more than 100,000 products carried in a typical Supercenter will be included in the trial. Cases and pallets containing these products will feature EPCs when delivered to Wal-Mart's Sanger, Texas regional distribution center where RFID readers installed at dock doors will automatically let Wal-Mart's operations and merchandising teams as well as suppliers know this exact shipment of products has arrived and is inside the building. Cases will then be removed from pallets and processed as usual through the distribution center.

Wal-Mart is targeting 100 percent readability of pallet tags through dock doors and 100 percent readability of case tags on distribution center conveyor belts.

At seven pilot stores in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex - specifically in the communities of The Colony, Decatur, Denton, Hickory Creek, Lewisville and Plano, RFID readers at dock doors will replicate the process from the distribution center by automatically confirming that this particular shipment is now in the store's back room. Individual products will then be stocked as needed.

During the initial test, tagged cases and pallets may be distributed to stores throughout North Texas and South Central Oklahoma - the geographical area served by the Sanger, Texas distribution center. As suppliers expand their efforts to meet the requirements of multiple retailers, it is possible that tagged cases and pallets will arrive at Wal-Mart stores around the country. However, readers will not be installed in stores outside the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex so those cases and pallets would be handled as usual.

Although Wal-Mart and its suppliers are focusing on case and pallet level tagging, there are instances where a case can also be a product's individual consumer packaging. This is especially true for electronic items. In the test beginning today, three products - two HP Photosmart photo printers and an HP ScanJet scanner - may feature RFID tags on the outer packaging consumers see on store shelves. That outer packaging will be marked with an EPCglobal symbol...

About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and SAM'S CLUB locations in the United States. Internationally, the company operates in Puerto Rico, Canada, China, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom, Argentina, and South Korea. The company's securities are listed on the New York and Pacific stock exchanges under the symbol WMT.

In Texas alone, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. employs more than 130,000 Associates and operates 92 Wal-Mart discount stores, 196 Supercenters, 26 Neighborhood Markets, 69 SAM'S CLUB locations and 12 distribution centers.