Dave and I are interested in building a foursquare checkin system for the SVA ixd studio using RFID or some other form of near field communication. We met last week to outline our approach. From what we can tell, we have 2 options.

1) Use the existing SVA ID card reader system that people use to unlock the doors. We’d either need to intervene at the controller or software level, make sense of the user ID numbers that are being passed in, and oAuth from there.

2) Create our own RFID reader, separate from the system. While this might be an extra behavior for people, we think it’d be better to have full control over the system. We won’t have to worry about getting the third party of the SVA security system, etc involved.

Whichever approach we decide on, we’ll need to create a system for people to easily OAuth their RFID identifier into foursquare. The first step will be getting people checked in. From there, we’re interested in creating a virtual guest book on the flat screen TV, and then possibly offering tangible benefits back, unique to each person, such as turning on their desk light, etc when they arrive.

Let’s do this.

Posted at 6:35pm and tagged with: foursquare, rfid, 4sqrfid,.