Patent ID: 9743217
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for making near field communication (NFC) tags available to end users of NFC-related software applications, the method comprising: receiving tag framework data of an NFC tag associated with an NFC-related software application being developed from an application developer device at a tag store system, the tag framework data of the NFC tag including a physical size of the NFC tag, a type of the NFC tag, an integrated circuit (IC) type of the NFC tag, memory content of the NFC tag and front and back printing options for the NFC tag; generating a tag ordering webpage for each tag framework data received at the tag store system by the tag store system, including a particular tag ordering webpage for the NFC tag using the tag framework data, wherein the particular tag ordering webpage comprises a plurality of features that allow an end user to personalize the NFC tag; creating a webpage link to access the particular tag ordering webpage by the tag store system; providing the webpage link to the application developer device by the tag store system to be included in the NFC-related software application; uploading the NFC-related software application with the webpage link onto an application store, the application store being accessible to download software applications stored therein, including the NFC-related software application with the webpage link; downloading the NFC-related software application from the application store to an end user device; installing and running the NFC-related software application on the end user device, the NFC-related software application providing the webpage link to the particular tag ordering webpage to order a particular NFC tag for the NFC-related software application from the tag store system, the particular NFC tag being defined by the tag framework data; in response to an activation of the webpage link to the particular tag ordering webpage when the NFC-related software application is running, providing the particular tag ordering webpage to the end user device that is specific to the particular NFC tag for the NFC-related software application by the tag store system, the particular tag ordering webpage being configured to allow the particular NFC tag to be personalized; and producing the personalized NFC tag by making physical inlays of the personalized NFC tag, printing the personalized NFC tag, and programming a physical memory of the personalized NFC tag.