Title :
iZone: A Location-Based Mobile Social Networking System
Author :
Cheng, Rui ; Yang, Zhuo ; Xia, Feng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Software, Dalian Univ. of Technol., Dalian, China
Abstract :
The rapid development of wireless technology, the extensive use of mobile phones and the availability of location information are facilitating personalized location-based applications. Easy to carry, easy to use and easy to buy, smart phones with certain software are of great advantage. Consequently, mobile social networking (MSN) systems have emerged rapidly, being a revolution for our everyday life. Based on the analysis of general requirements of MSN and location-based services (LBS), this paper presents the design of iZone, a mobile social networking system, as well as a prototype implementation. This platform exploits mobile GIS (Geographic Information Systems), LBS and J2ME technologies, combining geographical data to display map on mobile phones. It can provide a number of social networking services via smart phones.
Keywords :
Java; geographic information systems; mobile computing; social networking (online); J2ME technologies; iZone; location based services; mobile GIS; mobile social networking; Information services; Internet; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Social network services; Web sites; location-based services; mobile geographic information systems; mobile social networking; smart phone;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Programming (PAAP), 2010 Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9482-8
DOI :
10.1109/PAAP.2010.67
