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StoLPaN
Type
applied research project
Start Date
17 January 2007
End Date
18 January 2007
URI
Status
completed
Keywords
NFC
RFID
Payment
Banking
Mobile Services
Mobile Devices
Description
StoLPaN is a pan-European consortium supported by the European Commission's IST program. StoLPaN will examine the as yet untapped potential for bringing together the new kind of local wireless interface, NFC and mobile communication.
The project is expected to define the Business Rules and Technical Specifications required for the successful commercial deployment of third party applications into the Secure Chip in an NFC-enabled mobile device. These will be submitted to the relevant trade bodies for adoption by the payment, mobile, transit and ticketing industries to create a standardized NFC ecosystem. The project will establish a smart retail environment including support devices and business processes to demonstrate the new solutions.
The project is expected to define the Business Rules and Technical Specifications required for the successful commercial deployment of third party applications into the Secure Chip in an NFC-enabled mobile device. These will be submitted to the relevant trade bodies for adoption by the payment, mobile, transit and ticketing industries to create a standardized NFC ecosystem. The project will establish a smart retail environment including support devices and business processes to demonstrate the new solutions.
Leader contributor(s)
Thiesse, Frederic
Member contributor(s)
Wiechert, Thomas
Partner(s)
Motorola, SafePay Systems, Deloitte, Budapest Tech, Bull, Consult Hyperion, Fornax, NXP, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, First Morgage Commercial Bank, Libri Bookstores, Baker &McKenzie, Consorzio Triveneto, SUN Microsystems, T-Systems Hu
Funder(s)
Topic(s)
NFC
RFID
Payment
Banking
Mobile Services
Mobile Devices
Method(s)
process redesign
desk research
hardware development
software development
social studies
interviews
Range
HSG Internal
Range (De)
HSG Intern
Principal
EU FP6
Division(s)
Eprints ID
34063
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PublicationNFC based service innovation in retail: An explorative study(Università di Verona, Facoltà di Economia, Departimento de Economia Aziendale, 2009-06-08)
;Wiechert, Thomas ;Schaller, AndreasNewell, SusanThis paper presents the results of a questionnaire based survey conducted amongst European retailers on their plans and perceptions with regard to novel applications based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. Whilst the survey showed that retailers did evaluate the possible applications differently, none of them clearly stood out as the most beneficial one. NFC based services were on average conceded to be able to accelerate the checkout process at the point-of-sale. This is an important acknowledgment, as 65% of the respondents consider waiting lines which can occur at the checkout to hold the largest potential for an improvement of their customers' shopping experience. While the rate of agreement is somewhat smaller than in the case of process acceleration, retailers also concede that NFC applications could make shopping more convenient for their customers. On the other hand, none of the NFC-based applications seemed to yield cost saving potentials to the responding retailers. The most surprising result of the survey was the respondents' low expectations in regards to customer acceptance. This is in clear contrast to the reports on NFC trials which generally describe participants as enthusiastic about the technology.Type: conference paper -
PublicationConnecting the Mobile Phone with the Internet of Things - Benefits of EPC and NFC Compatibility(n/a, 2007-03-13)
;Wiechert, ThomasMichahelles, FlorianThis paper presents the Near Field Communication (NFC) and Electronic Product Code (EPC) technologies. While both are Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies, there are several compatibility issues which could prevent both technologies from achieving their full potential. This paper describes the technologies' common potentials, open issues, and finally the necessary steps to achieve the compatibility of both technologies. According to the ABI Research several billion NFC compatible devices will be shipped to consumers within the next 5 years. This would make them the largest RFID reader infrastructure world wide. A lack of compatibility of item level RFID tags could prevent consumers from reading these tags. The paper can be downloaded from the conference website: http://www.rfidconvocation.eu/papers%20not%20presented.htmType: conference paper -
PublicationA quantitative Evaluation of NFC based contactless Payment Systems in Retail(Università di Verona, Facoltà di Economia, Departimento de Economia Aziendale, 2009-06-08)
;Wiechert, Thomas ;Thiesse, FredericNewell, SusanNear Field Communication (NFC) technology allows for the implementation of novel contactless payment systems in stationary retail. In this paper, we quantitatively analyze the impact of such systems on a retailer's payment costs on the example of real-world data from a Swiss food retailer. Our results indicate that the introduction of contactless payment under current card fee models would in virtually any case significantly increase the payment costs due to the substitution of low cost cash payments for expensive card payments. This increase might be balanced out by a substantial growth in sales, a reduction in operating costs, or a reduction of card transaction fees.Type: conference paper -
PublicationNFC applications for stationary retail - lessons from the EU project StoLPaN( 2007-11-26)Wiechert, ThomasNear Field Communication (NFC) offers the technical basis to implement many interesting applications for the use in retail stores. The smart card emulation mode offers the possibility to accelerate the payment part of the checkout process, which according to an IBM study constitutes the biggest potentials in customer service improvement for 95% of the retailers. The use of NFC devices as loyalty cards not only accelerates the checkout process further, but gives retailers a new momentum to increase the number of program participants. The increasing saturation of wallets through an increasing number of credit cards has somewhat limited the possibility of these programs to grow.Type: presentation
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PublicationNear Field Communication Use in Retail Stores : Effects on the Customer Shopping Process(Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), 2009-03-03)
;Wiechert, Thomas ;Schaller, Andreas ;Thiesse, FredericBick, MarkusThis paper explores NFC based applications adequate for the use in retail stores and analyses the influence that these could have on the prevailing customer shopping process. It emphasizes the fact that NFC could provide shoppers with more benefits beyond faster payments. On the one hand, NFC based rebate coupons and loyalty cards could further accelerate the check-out process. On the other hand, NFC devices could be used to support customers with more information on available products. This could also reduce the customers' need for store personnel assistance. The paper concludes that NFC would not fundamentally change the customer shopping process but merely support it. This research was partially funded by the European Union through the FP6 project StoLPaN.Type: conference paper -
PublicationConnecting Mobile Phones to the Internet of Things: A Discussion of Compatibility Issues between EPC and NFC(Association for Information Systems, 2007-08-09)
;Thiesse, Frederic ;Michahelles, Florian ;Schmitt, PatrickSorensen, C.Near Field Communication devices and Electronic Product Code tags are two important RFID based solutions which have matured to market-readiness within the last years. Though both standards are based on the same technological foundation, there are some significant differences as to the goals that their patrons intend to achieve through their use. Mobile phones are the most popular personal devices world wide, with roughly three billion units in operation as of 2006. Market researchers are anticipating that by 2011 30% of all sold phones will be NFC enabled. With 450 million NFC phones sold in 2011, mobile phones would become the largest infrastructure of RFID readers world wide. On the other side, EPC tags will steadily become more available on logistical units and consumer products. The fact that 2 billion consumers might be equipped with NFC enabled mobile phones by 2015 raises the question whether the compatibility of EPC item level tags to these devices does not offer significant benefits. Against this background, this contribution investigates the drivers and barriers of a fusion of NFC and EPC technology, and discusses the resulting potential from a business perspective.Type: conference paper