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INTRODUCTION
This project is aimed to automate the operations of Mobile Service Providers
The project will create innovative tools addressing the specific needs of mobile users and making it easier for individuals and small businesses
If mobile services are to repeat the success of the Web they have to be simple to find, simple to use, simple to trust and simple to set up. These are our design goals for Project.
Users cannot find the services they need, many services are difficult to use, users do not trust them, services are difficult to design and deploy (especially for “small” service providers.
Mobile services have not matched the success of the Web. There are many reasons:
e.g.
local government departments, NGOs, individuals.
A new service concept
The project has three strategic objectives.
First, the project proposes to specify requirements for a new class of services, meeting the specific needs of mobile users.
We call these services web Mobile Services (WMS).
Second, it will develop a software engineering methodology and a set of tools, based on open standards, allowing individuals and organizations to develop, deploy and manage their own WMS.
Third, as proof of concept, it will develop and deploy a number of SMS in real-life environments.
To achieve these goals, it is necessary to address the limitations of current services.
The World Wide Web offers a practically infinite range of universal services.
But these services mainly target users working from fixed locations (the home, the office).
With a few exceptions they fail to address the specific needs of mobile users.
Unaware that they exist, find them hard to use and are unwilling to trust them.
Providers do not invest in services for which there is little demand.
Current mobile services do not satisfy users’ need for rapid results, in “minimal attention situations”.
To address this problem, the WMS proposal focuses on simplicity.
2) Simple to find
Unlike current universal services, each Simple Mobile Service will have a scope :
It will target specific environments of interest to specific classes of mobile user performing specific activities.
This means that WMS will be simple to find. Instead of “Googling” for services,
users will choose from a small set of services appropriate to the activities and environment that currently interest them.
2) Simple to use
WMS will be easy to use. Authentication and configuration will be automatic. User interfaces and content will be automatically adapted to the characteristics of the terminal. Services will maintain the same basic logic as users move between environments and networks, even though the resources (sub-services/content) used to provide the service are dynamically discovered and exploited. Like the services provided by the Web, SMS will provide technology and operator- independent end-to-end connectivity. SMS will be terminal and network independent, working with a broad range of mobile devices (e.g. PDAs, Laptops) and network smartphones, infrastructures (e.g. UMTS, Wi-Fi)
To support a wide range of mobile devices it is necessary to develop web applications and user interfaces that are independent from the underlying operating systems.
Therefore a Thin Client approach based on a classical web browser
Customers/Company representatives logging in may also access/search any information of mobile related services.
The Mobile Agent Model
Mobile agent receives client request and moves into fixed network
Mobile agent acts as a client to the server
Mobile agent performs transformations
INTRODUCTION
This project is aimed to automate the operations of Mobile Service Providers
The project will create innovative tools addressing the specific needs of mobile users and making it easier for individuals and small businesses
If mobile services are to repeat the success of the Web they have to be simple to find, simple to use, simple to trust and simple to set up. These are our design goals for Project.
Users cannot find the services they need, many services are difficult to use, users do not trust them, services are difficult to design and deploy (especially for “small” service providers.
Mobile services have not matched the success of the Web. There are many reasons:
e.g.
local government departments, NGOs, individuals.
A new service concept
The project has three strategic objectives.
First, the project proposes to specify requirements for a new class of services, meeting the specific needs of mobile users.
We call these services web Mobile Services (WMS).
Second, it will develop a software engineering methodology and a set of tools, based on open standards, allowing individuals and organizations to develop, deploy and manage their own WMS.
Third, as proof of concept, it will develop and deploy a number of SMS in real-life environments.
To achieve these goals, it is necessary to address the limitations of current services.
The World Wide Web offers a practically infinite range of universal services.
But these services mainly target users working from fixed locations (the home, the office).
With a few exceptions they fail to address the specific needs of mobile users.
Unaware that they exist, find them hard to use and are unwilling to trust them.
Providers do not invest in services for which there is little demand.
Current mobile services do not satisfy users’ need for rapid results, in “minimal attention situations”.
To address this problem, the WMS proposal focuses on simplicity.
2) Simple to find
Unlike current universal services, each Simple Mobile Service will have a scope :
It will target specific environments of interest to specific classes of mobile user performing specific activities.
This means that WMS will be simple to find. Instead of “Googling” for services,
users will choose from a small set of services appropriate to the activities and environment that currently interest them.
2) Simple to use
WMS will be easy to use. Authentication and configuration will be automatic. User interfaces and content will be automatically adapted to the characteristics of the terminal. Services will maintain the same basic logic as users move between environments and networks, even though the resources (sub-services/content) used to provide the service are dynamically discovered and exploited. Like the services provided by the Web, SMS will provide technology and operator- independent end-to-end connectivity. SMS will be terminal and network independent, working with a broad range of mobile devices (e.g. PDAs, Laptops) and network smartphones, infrastructures (e.g. UMTS, Wi-Fi)
To support a wide range of mobile devices it is necessary to develop web applications and user interfaces that are independent from the underlying operating systems.
Therefore a Thin Client approach based on a classical web browser
Customers/Company representatives logging in may also access/search any information of mobile related services.
The Mobile Agent Model
Mobile agent receives client request and moves into fixed network
Mobile agent acts as a client to the server
Mobile agent performs transformations