RFID Applications II

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RFID Applications (II)

• Vlad Krotov
• DISC 4397 Section 12977
• University of Houston
• Bauer College of Business
• Spring 2005

Source Finkenzeller, 2003
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Nokia Mobile RFID Kit

• The Nokia Mobile RFID Kit allows the user to
  launch services and access phone functions such
  as dial or send messages by touching an RFID tag
• Tasks, such as browsing the latest service
  instructions or logging time stamped data like
  meter readings, can be automated and initiated
  with just a touch.

Source http//www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,55738,00.htm
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Nokia Mobile RFID Kit
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Nokia Mobile RFID KitPotential UsesTouch and
Browse

• Service Professional Touch the item to be
  serviced and you will get up to date service
  information.
• Machine Operator Touch a tag attached to the
  machine and a new work order is available from a
  web page.
• Database Search Touch a tag to automate
  extensive search strings.
• Report Failure Reasons Touch a tag and get
  linked to a page to enter the reason for failure.
  
• Report Materials Used Touch a tag and get linked
  to a page to enter the materials used.

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Nokia Mobile RFID KitPotential UsesTouch and
Record

• Meter Reading Touch a tag attached to a meter
  and the meter readings are recorded in the phone.
  Time stamp and tag information is available
  automatically.
• Security Attach tags to sites that are visited
  by security guards. Get accurate time stamps and
  proof of work done.
• Recording Travel Expenses Attach a tag to the
  dashboard of a car. Touch and enter beginning and
  ending mileage to have time stamped data for a
  travel expense form.

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Nokia Mobile RFID KitPotential UsesTouch and
Send Automated Message

• In a Car Place a tag on the dashboard and order
  operator text message services such as finding
  the nearest restaurant, florist, bank, post
  office, etc. Receive weather, traffic or news
  reports or information such as restaurant menus.
• Report Activities Back to Office Report work
  done by sending confirmation back to office -
  e.g., confirm cargo delivery by having a tag at
  the customer premise. Preventative maintenance
  touch the serviced machine/object and report work
  done.
• Time and Attendance System Build your own time
  and attendance system. For example, personnel
  could use personal tags to touch a single phone
  in the office, at a construction site or filed
  office to clock in and out.

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Nokia Mobile RFID KitPotential UsesTouch and
Call

• Visual Phone Directories Attach a tag behind a
  person's photo to initiate a call to them.
  Simplify making phone calls for those not used to
  mobile phones or those who have physical
  limitations. Create a personal directory for
  children or the elderly.
• Distress Assistance Touch a tag on your clothing
  such as a belt, and the phone initiates an
  emergency call.

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ExxonMobil Speedpass

• Paying for gas
• Paying for other purchases inside the store
• Speedpass hacked
• http//rfidanalysis.org/

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CVS Stores Offer ExpressPay

• In 2004 CVS announced that ExpressPay, American
  Express's contactless payment program, will be
  available to customers at all CVS locations by
  mid-2005
• To pay for goods, ExpressPay users wave a
  contactless payment device, in the form of a key
  fob or American Express credit card embedded with
  a passive RFID tag, in front of a at the payment
  counter

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RFID Vending Machines

• Accelitec is about to unveil the AcceliStation,
  the first self-service automated transponder
  dispenser

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RFID and Credit Card Companies

• In Malaysia, Visa is testing a system called
  VisaWave, a credit card with both a magnetic
  strip and an embedded RFID chip
• In Singapore, American Express is testing a card
  in the same form factor, as well as key fobs, for
  use as a credit, debit or stored-value card
• In Japan, MasterCard is testing its PayPass card
  system, also for credit, debit or stored value.
  MasterCard is also partnering with a mobile phone
  provider, Motorola, to offer consumers PayPass
  through their mobile phones

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• The UK-based vehicle licence plate manufacturer,
  Hills Numberplates Ltd, has chosen long-range
  RFID tags and readers from Identec Solutions to
  be embedded in licence plates that will
  automatically and reliably identify vehicles in
  the UK

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Tracking Prisoners

• Technology originally developed by Motorola for
  the U.S. Department of Defense
• Now licensed by Technology Systems International,
  the TSI PRISM

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National IDs

• By the end of 2005, all Malaysian citizens over
  the age of 12 will be carrying a dual interface
  contact/ contactless smart card as their national
  ID

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Tracking Athletes TIme

• ChampionChip by TI
• Boston Marathon (1996)