E-System: Package Delivery Framework

We are living in the age of electronics where a vast range of devices-from small handheld mobile devices to super mainframe computers-have become commonplace. We are experiencing a move towards the vision suggested by Mark Weiser of the ¿computer everywhere,¿ and increasingly use computers as an essential part of our daily lives. With the advancement in electronic and networking devices at home or office and the availability of high speed broadband, there is an increasing demand for the control of and access to devices remotely across global networks, with devices communicating with each other irrespective of their location. In this paper we propose an architecture for accessing and controlling networked appliances in this way. We present a scenario to demonstrate our architecture showing how it can help in arranging daily home visit jobs such as engineer visits, receiving postal deliveries and so on, enabling the user to communicate with an engineer or postman while they are away from home.