A RF-ID based wireless terminal has shortened session set-up and user identification
time for conducting transactions with interactive service applications. The wireless
terminal includes a terminal identification number and a user identification as
a RF-ID tag. A RF-ID reader transmits a RF field for detecting the RF-ID tag in
the terminal and provides an output signal when the terminal is within the reader
field. The output signal establishes a connectionless communication to an access
point or other terminal which initiates a wireless paging operation, in lieu of
conducting a terminal discovery process, based upon the content of the RF-ID tag.
The terminal initiates a wireless session between the terminal and the access point
or terminal for conducting transactions with a service application linked to the
access point or terminal.
