Products and Services for RFID

• D Kicker for RFID Windows Edition v0.9c - Minor update - The following two modes are supported.
• Kick Only Once - If this mode is specified, ID Kicker starts the web brwoser only once after application launch when the first card is swiped. After that, only card ID notificatin is done. See detail.
  If this mode is not specified, ID Kicker opens a new page per card swipe.
• Minimize or Hide - If this mode is specified, ID Kicker is minimized or hidden on startup. The operator sees only the web browser starts up on card swipe and does not see the ID Kicker log screen. See detail.
  If this mode is not specified, the ID Kicker window opens.
• Here comes the ID Kicker for Smartphones -> Detail
• Digital book of "Java Programming with Mifare and ACR120" in English will be published soon. See detail

Easy integration of RFID cards and Web server application.

ID Kicker is a middleware for utilizing contactless card readers. Place a card on a reader, your web browser automatically starts and connects to a Web site with the ID as a parameter to the application.

 

 

• Enables network-wide integration with RFID cards and web applications.
• User can freely develop a server-side application.
• User can easily embed ID-management feature in an existing application.
• No PC-side development required to incorporate ID feature.
• Only ID of a card is used; all other personal information is stored on the server.
• No information leak on card loss
• A card that the user already has can be used; no dedicated card is required
• No worry to break a user's card since no write is done to it

ID Kicker can support any Web server application that is launched by card's ID as a start parameter.

• Customer service cards (loyalty - mileage points and reservations)
• Ticketing
• Patient information management
• Employee's application access management
• Physical access management

It is possible to run application in standalone mode if you install Web application server such as Tomcat on the same PC to which a card reader is attached.

• ACR120 Contactless Card Reader/Writer for Mifare cards from Advanced Card Systems, a listed company in Hong Kong specialising in smart cards
• PC/SC-Compliant Contactless Card Reader/Writer
• SONY PaSoRi Felica reader/writer

The demo version of ID Kicker connects to a demo application running on Kobu.Com site.
(You can try them now although it's not through ID Kicker: Demo)

Read the release note (readme.htm) for how to use ID Kicker after unpacking the ZIP file.

A server-side Web application compatible with ID Kicker runs in a Java Servlet execution environment such as Tomcat Web application server. With the server-side development kit, you can easily create a server application that works with ID Kicker even if you have no knowledge of programming ID cards.

The development kit includes:

• Application Developers' Guide
• Source and binary code of demo applications running under Kobu.Com web site
• ID Connector

Contact Kobu.Com if you are interested in developing an ID Kicker-compatible application.

Training courses for Mifare cards are provided:

• Programming language: Java or C++
• Programming interface: ACR120 proprietary or PC/SC
• Reader used: ACR120 (mifare only) or ACR122 (NFC-compliant)

See the List of Courses about technical training courses.

Certlet is a tool for building a digital ticketing system using mini public-key certificates.

• Issuance and approval of a limited-time ticket digitally signed by issuer
• Java-based; distrite tickets through Web or e-mail; store tickets in PC file or USB memory

Applications

• Tickets for various events
• Software license key
• Viewing of audio-visual contents

See -> Details about Certlet.

Memory card support as ticket storage is in development. Enquiery welcome.

 

One of the important advantages of ID cards and ID tags are they provide a world-wide unique ID (serial number embedded by manufactuer). Unique IDs allow us to develop variety of applications that are impossible without ID cards.

Kobu.Com recommends Mifare marketed by NXP (a Philips subsidiary) in addition to Felica. Mifare cards and tags are used in world wide and have been shipped ten times more than Felica which is popular in East Asia (Japan's Suica or Edy cards and Hong Kong's Metro cards).

One of Mifare advantages is cost due to many suppliers and plenty of supply (1K memory card is US$1.00 or so). Also for ordinary programmers, it is attractive that you can program reading/writing of encrypted data yourself as well as reading/writing of plain data and reading of ID because technical specifications of cards are publicly available. In contrast with this, it is difficult for ordinary programmers to handle encrypted data with Felica.

Contact Kobu.Com if you are interested in RFID and Web server application integration. We are ready to assist you in consultation and development.