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Controlling multimedia players using NFC enabled mobile phones

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Multimedia content is commonly manipulated using a keyboard and a mouse. We propose an innovative way of controlling multimedia services using mobile phones equipped with NFC (Near Field Communication) compliant RFID readers. A user activates multimedia content by touching an RFID tag. This action configures the mobile phone as a remote control for the multimedia content. The user sends commands such as play, pause and stop, using the phone's UI. The multimedia content is shown on a wall display. This approach has several benefits: a common and easy-to-use user interface, off-the-self components, and lightweight implementation. We have not created any new technology, but our system makes use of widely used ones. The innovation of our system comes up on how all these technologies are glued together to get a light and flexible system. We present three prototypes: an interactive advertising catalogue, a video player and a slideshow viewer.

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    MUM '07: Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Mobile and ubiquitous multimedia
    December 2007
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    DOI:10.1145/1329469
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    1. HCI
    2. NFC
    3. RFID
    4. multimedia player
    5. multimedia services
    6. remote control

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