Building a contactless university examination system using NFC

Near Field Communication (NFC) is one of the latest wireless communication technologies, making possible variety of novel services on mobile equipments. At Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) a generalized approach for NFC application development has been elaborated, where applications can be implemented and executed in a common environment. We have developed the prototype of an application framework based on the generalized approach that provides the possibility of rapid implementation of any kind of the business logic and the user interface as well as the opportunity to create a new skin for the already existing application. Based on this framework we have implemented a system which aims to support the examination process at a university. This system covers large part of the examination process by utilizing the benefits of both the mobile and NFC technologies. By the use of the proposed system the examination process become significantly faster and requires less administrative work. The current paper provides a detailed description on the implemented examination system covering the identified roles and the technical business processes.