Ubiquitous access to site specific services by mobile devices: the process view.

Kerridge, Jon; Chalmers, Kevin

Abstract

The increasing availability of tri-band mobile devices with mobile phone, wi-fi and Bluetooth capability means that the opportunities for increased access by mobile devices to services provided within a smaller locality becomes feasible. This increase in availability might, however, be tempered by users switching off their devices as they are overloaded with a multitude of messages from a variety of sources. A wide range of opportunities can be realised if we can provide a managed environment in which people can access wireless services specific to a particular physical site or location in a ubiquitous manner, independent of the service, and they can also choose from which services they are willing to receive messages. These opportunities range from retail promotions as a person walks down the street, to shopper specific offers as people enter stores that utilise reward card systems, to information about bus arrivals at a bus stop, additional curatorial information within a museum and access to health records within a hospital environment. The CPA paradigm offers a real opportunity to provide such capability with mobile processes, rather than the current approach that, typically, gives users access to web pages.

• Conference Name: Communicating Process Architectures 2006- Wotug 29
• Start Date: Sep 17, 2006
• End Date: Sep 13, 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Deposit Date: Apr 22, 2010
• Publisher: IOS Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 64
• Pages: 41-58
• Book Title: Communicating Process Architectures 2006 - WoTug 29
• ISBN: 1-58603-671-8
• Keywords: tri-band devices; mobile phone; wI-fI; bluetooth; managed environment; wireless services; CPA paradigm
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3409