NFC technology is currently mainly aimed at being used with mobile phones. There are three main use cases for NFC:
- card emulation: the NFC device behaves like an existing contact less card
- reader mode: the NFC device is active and read a passive RFID tag, for example for interactive advertising
- P2P mode: two NFC devices are communicating together and exchanging information.
Plenty of applications are possible, such as:
- Mobile ticketing in public transport — an extension of the existing contactless infrastructure.Such as Mobile Phone Boarding Pass.
- Mobile Payment the device acts as a debit/ credit payment card.
- Smart poster — the mobile phone is used to read RFID tags on outdoor billboards in order to get info on the move.
- Blue-tooth pairing — in the future pairing of Blue-tooth 2.1 devices with NFC support will be as easy as bringing them close together and accepting the pairing. The process of activating Blue-tooth on both sides, searching, waiting, pairing and authorization will be replaced by a simple "touch" of the mobile phones.
Other applications in the future could include:
- Electronic Ticketing — airline tickets, concert/event tickets, and others
- Electronic Money
- Travel Cards
- Identity Documents
- Mobile Commerce
- Electronic Keys — car keys, house/office keys, hotel room keys, etc.
- NFC can be used to configure and initiate other wireless network connections such as Blue-Tooth, Wi-Fi or Ultra wide band
A patent licensing program for NFC is currently under development by Via Licensing Corporation, an independent subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories.
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