Patent ID: 8401468

Claim:
A method for facilitating scheduling using a mobile device and near field communication (NFC), comprising the steps of: bringing a mobile device into proximity with a NFC station whereby a NFC connection is established; uploading from the mobile device to the NFC station via the NFC connection an access credential; downloading from the NFC station to the mobile device via the NFC connection a schedule web link for an entity; downloading to the mobile device a schedule web page for the entity using the schedule web link; and displaying on the mobile device the schedule web page, wherein the access credential is a security credential identifying at least one of the mobile device or a user of the mobile device as authorized to access the schedule web link, wherein the schedule web link is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) identifying a network location of the schedule web page remote from the NFC station, and wherein the schedule web page contains a schedule for the entity.