Title :
Removing The Barriers to Ubiquitous Services : A User Perspective
Author :
Bush, John ; Irvine, James ; Dunlop, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow
Abstract :
An emerging challenge to the realization of ubiquitous, mobile telecommunications is not ostensibly based on any underlying transport or network protocol but on the sheer complexity of technology presented to the user. Common scenarios of future mobile telecommunications often involve multiple devices with varied characteristics and rich and diverse multimedia applications delivered over heterogeneous wireless environments. Most users, however, cannot be expected to appreciate these technologies or participate in its configuration. To address this issue, a user-centric system is proposed that aims to hide complexity from the user. Incorporating concepts of the personal distributed environment, the proposed system uses a personal assistant agent to interact with, and react to, the environment and a personal content manager to be aware of content types, device capabilities and manage a user´s digital content on behalf of the user
Keywords :
content management; ubiquitous computing; distributed personal assistant agent; heterogeneous wireless environment; mobile telecommunication; multimedia application; personal content manager; ubiquitous service; user-centric system; Casting; Content management; Context awareness; Environmental management; Manufacturing; Packaging; Pervasive computing; Streaming media; Telecommunication computing; Transport protocols; Content Management; Context Aware Computing; Heterogeneous Access; Ubiquitous Services; component;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking & Services, 2006 Third Annual International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0498-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0499-1
DOI :
10.1109/MOBIQ.2006.340414