Easishop - agent-based cross merchant product comparison shopping for the mobile user

Author

Keegan, Stephen ; O´Hare, Gregory

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Coll. Dublin, Ireland

fYear

2004

fDate

19-23 April 2004

Firstpage

491

Lastpage

492

Abstract

In this paper, onboard client-side Easishop system is described. The role of intelligent mobile shopping system is presented. To bootstrap the system, the user provides a composite set of preferences, profile and shopping list information. The EH is an active Bluetooth broadcast area, strategically positioned at the foyer of the store. The agents in the system are implemented by using agent factory. AF is a cohesive framework that supports a structured approach to the development and deployment of agent-oriented applications. In order to facilitate interagent data coordination, a standardized product description is required. The product ontology selected is based upon the United Nations standard products and services code (UNSPSC).

Keywords

client-server systems; mobile agents; mobile computing; ontologies (artificial intelligence); product customisation; Bluetooth broadcast area; UNSPSC; agent-based cross merchant product; cohesive framework; intelligent mobile shopping system; interagent data coordination; mobile agents; mobile user; onboard client-side Easishop system; product ontology; standardized product description; system bootstrap; united nations standard products and services code; Bluetooth; Business; Computer science; Educational institutions; HTML; Mobile agents; Mobile computing; Ontologies; Protocols; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8482-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTTA.2004.1307846

Filename

1307846