DocumentCode :
2231764
Title :
A System of Secure Virtual Coupons Using NFC Technology
Author :
Aigner, Manfred ; Dominikus, Sandra ; Feldhofer, Martin
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Appl. Inf. Process. & Commun., Graz Univ. of Technol.
fYear :
2007
fDate :
19-23 March 2007
Firstpage :
362
Lastpage :
366
Abstract :
Coupons are a very well established way of providing a benefit to a customer for a specific activity to improve the business (e.g. looking at an advertisement). They represent a small value, but a high number of uncontrolled copies of coupons can result in a significant loss. Compared to paper based coupons, systems of virtual coupons differ significantly by the fact that unprotected data is easily copied or modified without significant costs by anyone. In this paper, we propose a system of virtual coupons (so-called mCoupons) that is protected against illicit use. NFC in combination with inexpensive passive tags is used to prevent attacks in a decentralized approach. The paper motivates the use of NFC for such a system and gives a short list of possible attacks. The underlying protocol to prevent attacks is shortly described and the requirements for all major components of such a system are defined. From a user´s perspective, the system is based on the very intuitive usability of NFC, by simply touching NFC targets with a mobile device for pick-up and cash-in of mCoupons
Keywords :
mobile radio; radiofrequency identification; telecommunication security; NFC technology; decentralized approach; mobile device; paper based coupons; passive tags; user perspective; virtual coupon security; Business communication; Communication standards; Costs; Information processing; Mobile communication; Passive RFID tags; Protection; Protocols; Usability; Wireless communication;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, 2007. PerCom Workshops '07. Fifth Annual IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
White Plains, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2788-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PERCOMW.2007.15
Filename :
4144858
Link To Document :
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