University – Intelligent student cards

Universities can benefit from an intelligent student card in various form factors that can be used by students to pay at the canteen, to register class room presence, to access buildings, to work as library cards, to serve as sports center loyalty card etc

Services:

• Contactless intelligent student card or sticker for various campus services
• Prepaid solution for various campus services

Opportunities:

• Increased revenues for campus services like vending machines, canteen, sports center via the prepaid mechanism
• Cost reduction via streamlining services, crowd control, cashless operations, automation of services
• Innovative image of the university

Critical success factors:

1. Extensible multi-application card/sticker: Touchatag’s architecture ensures that multiple applications can be linked to one card and that new services can be added to a contactless card over time without drastic logistical impacts.
2. Flexible rule and workflow engine: Creation of various rules for loyalty programs and coupon services can be tuned to work for specific student segments, outlets and contexts. Touchatag’s Application Correlation Service manages these capabilities.
3. Application developer network: providing the ability for students to create their own contactless applications on top of the intelligent student card will be instrumental for the fast student adoption. Touchatag’s application developer program and open APIs enable students to create their auxiliary services.