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In order to broaden the potential for FeliCa functionality implemented on mobile phones, VIVID Touch offers a framework for developing services linking mobile applications and other devices with FeliCa compatibility. Felica provides the medium between mobile phones and other devices, and VIVID Touch takes care of this connectivity easily with its SDK.
The capability extends beyond simple data collection on the mobile phone; this interactive tool can communicate all kinds of data between mobile phones and other compatible devices at all sorts of occasions. As a Solutions Partner of FeliCa Networks, Acrodea will receive the latest updates on the technology, and actively participate in seminars to gather the latest expertise for the development of new ideas.

These examples connect mobile games and arcade games in amusement facilities. An application to train a character is downloaded to the mobile phone with an electronic wallet ("Osaifu-keitai") from a fighting game unit in the arcade. The mobile app provides enjoyment at home as the character is trained. Later, the character in the mobile app can be brought back to the arcade and re-enter the fighting game via electronic wallet. As another example, digital camera shots on a mobile phone can be transferred to an arcade's "purikura" photo booth. The booth can permit the insertion of frames and text as decorations, and print out the photos.

This usage case manages data from fitness machines and a body fat scale in a fitness facility with a mobile application. The FeliCa interface on a treadmill or body fat scale, for example, provides connectivity to allow monitoring of exercise load, weight, exercise performance, etc., comprehensively on a mobile application with graphical analyses. In addition to managing the data, the mobile phone can interact with the fitness machines to recommend training regimens based on the accumulated data.

This case links a mobile app to a vehicle navigation system. Instead of inputting destinations in the navigation system after getting into a car, the mobile app allows destination inputs in advance for downloading. This is convenient for pleasure travel. Plus, actual route data and shops located incidentally while driving, for example, can be uploaded to the mobile app before leaving the car to review later.