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RFID στα τηλέφωνα σπουδαστών

Σάββατο, 7η Ιουλίου 2007

Το πανεπιστήμιο της Πενσυλβανίας δίνει έξω τις παθητικές ετικέττες 13.56 MHZ RFID για να συνδεθεί με τα κινητά τηλέφωνα, επιτρέποντας στους συμμετέχοντες για να πληρώσει για μια σειρά των αγαθών και των υπηρεσιών, και στην πανεπιστημιούπολη και μακριά.

Από Claire Swedberg

Αρχικός τον Αύγουστο, Ολισθηρό πανεπιστήμιο βράχουοι» σπουδαστές και τα μέλη κάθε ένας του s 8.500 σχολής θα λάβουν παθητικά 13.56 MHZ Ετικέττα RFID μπορούν να συνδεθούν με τα τηλέφωνα κυττάρων τους. Αυτό ετικέττα θα επιτρέψει σε τους για να πληρώσει για όλα από τις υπηρεσίες πλυντηρίων και αντιγραφέων στους κινηματογράφους και τα παντοπωλεία στην περιβάλλουσα πόλη του ολισθηρού βράχου, που βρίσκεται περίπου 50 λεπτά βόρεια του Πίτσμπουργκ.

Επιχείρηση λύσεων καρτών πληρωμής Συστήματα πληρωμής ενδοχωρών παρέχει RFID σύστημα, το οποίο χρησιμοποιεί επικοινωνία κοντινός-τομέων (NFC) η τεχνολογία και συμμορφώνεται με ISO 14443 πρότυπα.


Robert Smith

Οι ολισθηροί σπουδαστές βράχου μπορούν αυτήν την περίοδο να κάνουν τις αγορές με τη βοήθεια των καρτών ταυτότητας φωτογραφιών, οι οποίες περιέχουν ένα μαγνητικό λωρίδα που κωδικοποιείται με τον αριθμό ταυτότητας κάθε χρήστη. Οι σπουδαστές χρησιμοποιούν ήδη τις κάρτες ταυτότητάς τους για να πληρώσουν για τα αγαθά και τις υπηρεσίες στο σχολείο. Επάνω στην εγγραφή στο πανεπιστήμιο, οι σπουδαστές ανοίγουν έναν τραπεζικό λογαριασμό fDIC-ασφαλισμένων δολαρίων βράχου, στον οποίο αυτοί (ή οι γονείς τους) μπορούν να καταθέσουν τα χρήματα εξόδων. Το MAG-λωρίδα της κάρτας ταυτότητας μπορεί να είναι στα τερματικά σημείο--πώλησης ή τις μηχανές πώλησης, με τα χρήματα που αφαιρούνται αυτόματα από τον απολογισμό δολαρίων βράχου.

Οι σπουδαστές μπορούν να πάνε on-line οποιαδήποτε στιγμή να ακολουθήσουν τα έξοδά τους και, εάν επιθυμούν έτσι, επιτρέπουν στους γονείς τους την ίδια πρόσβαση. Οι γονείς τους μπορούν έπειτα να δουν όπου τα χρήματα ξοδεύονται, και προσθέτουν τα χρήματα στον απολογισμό.

Το σχολείο υιοθετεί το σύστημα RFID για να επιτρέψει στους σπουδαστές για να ξοδεψει τα χρήματα ακόμα κι αν αφήνουν το πορτοφόλι τους και την κάρτα ταυτότητας στο σπίτι. «Θελήσαμε να παρέχουμε τις πρόσθετες υπηρεσίες στους σπουδαστές μας,» λέει Robert Smith, Πρόεδρος του ολισθηρού πανεπιστημίου βράχου, «και έχουμε πάρει πάντα μια ορισμένη υπερηφάνεια στο γεγονός ότι νοθευόμαστε τεχνολογικά στην πανεπιστημιούπολή μας.» Πριν από την επέκταση του συστήματος, Smith μίλησε διευθυντής με των ενδοχωρών» της ΤΠ, Barry Welsch, σχετικά με μια ανέπαφη λύση πληρωμής. Το Welsch πρότεινε το ένα βασισμένο στην επικοινωνία κοντινός-τομέων.

Οι αναγνώστες NFC απαιτούν μια ετικέττα για να είναι πολύ κοντά ανάκριση- μέσα σε μερικούς εκατοστόμετρο-για να συλλάβει τον αριθμό ταυτότητάς του. Υπό αυτήν τη μορφή, NFC μπορεί να είναι μια προτιμητέα λύση όσον αφορά τις μεθόδους πληρωμής, επειδή προσφέρει τη μεγαλύτερη ασφάλεια. The university set up a focus group, polling select students as to their spending behavior. It found the students were more likely to have a cell phone in their pocket than to carry even one dollar in cash.

The resulting solution will be available to students and faculty at the start of the fall semester, in conjunction with the ID cards. Supplied by RFID systems provider On Track Innovations (OTI), the tag is affixed to a cell phone, preferably on the inside cover of the battery compartment. When presented to an RFID interrogator at a merchant’s sales terminal, it transmits an ID number linked to the tag holder’s Rock Dollar account. Heartland is providing RFID-enabled point-of-sale terminals for deployment on the college campus. In addition, Welsch says, the company is signing up merchants in town, and also in neighboring communities.

At the first meeting with merchants, expected to take place next week, Welsch hopes to sign up 50 to 100 merchants initially. Whether on campus or off, he explains, the merchants must purchase the point-of-sale device, manufactured by VeriFone and cabled to an RFID interrogator and PIN keypad made by Heartland. The device will be able to read regular payment media, such as mag-stripe credit cards and student ID cards, as well as RFID tags in cell phones. Welsch estimates the cost of the device will be similar to that of a POS device without the reader: about $500. Merchants must use the specific VeriFone credit-card terminals, with an RFID reader and PIN pad attached. The devices can also accept Visa and MasterCard contactless cards.

Welsch reports that unattended food and beverage vending machines, clothes washers and driers, and photocopiers on campus will each have a Heartland RFID reader installed, which will communicate directly with Heartland’s host system via an Internet connection. Dining halls, the bookstore and other on-campus merchants will use VeriFone POS terminals, in combination with the Heartland interrogators and PIN keypads.

When a student uses the cell-phone NFC option, merchants enter the amount of the transaction and the student “taps” the phone within an inch of the reader, entering a PIN to verify identity. The readers have an Internet connection to a server hosted by Heartland, which verifies the account number of the tag holder, as well as the payment amount, before authorizing the transaction. Once the purchase is complete, the cost is deducted from the owner’s account. Welsch doubts the system will save time on each transaction, but predicts its convenience will be an incentive for students to obtain the tag. “Certainly it is easy technology,” he notes, “and the tag always stays in the consumer’s hand—in this case, it’s a phone.”

According to Welsch, initial interest from Slippery Rock-area merchants has been enthusiastic. Heartland has built the technology and has also provided RFID tags for some university summer-school students. During the fall semester, it is prepared to distribute the tags to all students. The company is also installing 122 readers in vending, laundry and photocopy machines, as well as at on-campus retail facilities.

Although the vendor declines to disclose the price Slippery Rock pays for the RFID tags, Welsch points out that RFID cards and tags typically cost about $1 apiece. The university will make the cards and tags available for free to all its students.

“In the focus-group research, we found that students considered their cell phone a device they would always have with them, and which they expected greater use from,” Smith says. “Originally, we thought of embedding the tags in the phone, but decided to give the plastic card [the existing ID card with mag-strip and photo] and a separate chip with the intent to attach to the phone.” (Technology is not yet available or affordable that would allow the tag to replace the card.) Students use the picture on the card, for example, to verify their identity.

Smith says he already has the chip attached to his own phone, and fully expects most of the faculty and students to do the same. “We already know students are incredibly excited about this,” he states. “We found students want to be able to make a statement about Slippery Rock [and its technology].” By using their phones to make payments in public places, Smith adds, they are making that statement to students of other public universities, who must dig cash or credit cards out of their wallets.

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