Touch & Control: Interacting with Services by Touching RFID Tags

We suggest controlling local services using an NFC capable mobile phone and RFID tags placed in the local environment behind control icons. When a user touches a control icon, a control event is sent to the corresponding service. The service processes the event and performs the requested action. We present a platform realizing this control approach and a prototype service playing videos on a wall display. We compare this touch-based control with controlling the same service using the mobile phone's keypad.

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