Smart tags with multiple interactions

A device, comprising:

• an NFC communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more NFC tags;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing processor-executable codes, wherein the processor is configured to implement the following operations upon executing the processor-executable codes stored by the memory:
• cause reading an electromagnetic signal of one of the NFC tags;
• cause retrieving an identifier of the one of the NFC tags from the electromagnetic signal;
• based on the identifier, cause generating a first command, wherein the first command is configured to cause performing one or more of the following:
• change at least one setting of the device, switch at least one of operating modes of the device, activate at least one of applications, deactivate at least one of the applications, enable at least one feature of at least one of the applications, disable at least one feature of at least one of the applications, and send a first instruction to at least one of remote electronic devices;
• cause identifying a qualifying event, the qualifying event being:
• the device being located within a first predetermined distance from the one of the NFC tags for a predetermined period, the device being orientated substantially upside down, the device being locked, the device being unlocked, or the device being located within a second predetermined distance from a predetermined geographical location associated with the identifier of the one of the NFC tags;
• and
• based on the identification of the qualifying event, cause generating a second command, wherein the first command is suppressed based on the identification of the qualifying event, and wherein the second command is configured to cause performing one or more of the following:
• change at least one of the settings of the device, deactivate at least one of the applications, enable at least one feature of at least one of the applications, disable at least one feature of at least one of the applications, and send a second instruction to at least one of the remote electronic devices.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement a method for NFC based interaction, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a device, an electromagnetic signal of an NFC tag;
• retrieving, by the device, an identifier of the NFC tag from the electromagnetic signal of the NFC tag;
• based on the identifier, generating, by the device, a first command, wherein the first command is configured to cause performing one or more of the following:
• change at least one setting of the device, switch at least one of operating modes of the device, activate at least one of applications, deactivate at least one of the applications, enable at least one feature of at least one of the applications, disable at least one feature of at least one of the applications, and send a first instruction to at least one of remote electronic devices;
• identifying, by the device, a qualifying event, the qualifying event being:
• the being device located within a first predetermined distance from the NFC tag for a predetermined period, the device being orientated substantially upside down, the device being locked, the device being unlocked, or the device being located within a second predetermined distance from a predetermined geographical location associated with the identifier of the NFC tag;
• and
• based on the identification of the qualifying event, generating, by the device, a second command, wherein the first command is suppressed based on the identification of the qualifying event, and wherein the second command is configured to cause performing one or more of the following:
• change at least one of the settings of the device, activate at least one of the applications, deactivate at least one of the applications, enable at least one feature of at least one of the applications, disable at least one feature of at least one of the applications, and send a second instruction to at least one of the remote electronic devices.