{"title":"Analysis, specification and generation of mobile computer data synchronisation","authors":"Qingsong Ye, A. Sloane, Dominic R. Verity","doi":"10.1109/ICMB.2005.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMB.2005.19","url":null,"abstract":"In current technologies, mobile computer data synchronisation protocols are typically programmed at a low-level. The disadvantages of this are that they are error-prone and time consuming. This paper analyses current Palm OS data synchronisation problems and applies embedded domain-specific language (EDSL) techniques in the problem domain to improve the current situation. The key advantage is that domain developers can describe problems using their natural terms and concepts at high conceptual level. Our approach allows equivalent code to be generated automatically from higher-level specifications, enabling domain developers to express their ideas quickly and concisely, to work more productively and to avoid certain kinds of coding error.","PeriodicalId":275276,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB'05)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121109218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mishul Prasad, Eusebio Scornavacca, Hans P. Lehmann
{"title":"Using wireless personal digital assistants in a restaurant: impact and perceived benefits","authors":"Mishul Prasad, Eusebio Scornavacca, Hans P. Lehmann","doi":"10.1109/ICMB.2005.112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMB.2005.112","url":null,"abstract":"Applications of mobile technologies are diversifying. One area that is recently starting to exploit the benefits of using mobile technologies is the hospitality industry, more specifically restaurants. This research explores the perceived benefits of using personal digital assistants (PDAs) in a restaurant in a B2E context. The findings indicated that the most common perceptions are increased efficiency, speedier service, better usability and ease of use, enhanced reputation/image and increased accuracy. Most of the negative perceptions were related to the technical shortcomings of the technology such as unreliable transmission of data, system crashes, short battery life, and limited durability of the devices. The paper concludes with recommendations for future practice and research.","PeriodicalId":275276,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB'05)","volume":"2018 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120909491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mobile marketing: killer application or new hype?","authors":"P. McManus, Eusebio Scornavacca","doi":"10.1109/ICMB.2005.65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMB.2005.65","url":null,"abstract":"The developments in mobile marketing are enabling an extraordinary opportunity to marketers to explore this new channel of promotional marketing. This paper aims to discuss some emerging issues related to mobile marketing, and to provide a simple framework for understanding the potential and effectiveness of the usage of mobile phones as a promotional media. While examining some of the developments in mobile marketing, it details the core dimensions of the conceptual framework. In order to explore its utility, some recent case studies by a major Australian mobile marketing company are analysed using the conceptual framework. The paper finishes with a discussion, conclusions and directions of further research.","PeriodicalId":275276,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB'05)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129189059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impacts and cost of faults on services in cellular networks","authors":"Okuthe P. Kogeda, J. Agbinya, C. Omlin","doi":"10.1109/ICMB.2005.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMB.2005.44","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper faults are processed and models of faults in telecommunications networks are proposed in relation to services and revenues. The probability of faults occurring is estimated. Cost models are presented predicting the amount of revenue loss. We relate faults to services with detailed relationship between them being shown.","PeriodicalId":275276,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB'05)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122345307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spanish mobile banking services: an adoption study","authors":"F. J. M. Borreguero, Julián Chaparro-Peláez","doi":"10.1109/ICMB.2005.96","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMB.2005.96","url":null,"abstract":"This paper offers an adoption study of mobile information systems (MobIS) in the banking services for the general public in the Spanish market. The approach is done through the study of the interaction between these MobIS and banking organizations. An evaluation model of adoption of MobIS was applied in order to establish classifications of Spanish banks in function of their level of adoption of banking mobile services. Considering this study as a reference, a wider outlook of all the different mobile services offered by Spanish banks is shown and finally, as a case of study, a concrete application to the m-broker services is made. The different levels of adoption can be considered as different stages of a hypothetical adoption model. The main factors that determine further stages are studied, and how these factors imply greater levels of interaction between the organization (its different dimensions), its strategic level and the MobIS.","PeriodicalId":275276,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB'05)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126868023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ZoneIT: using short-range radios to control mobile device functionality","authors":"T. Moors, Marvyn Mei, Agus Salim","doi":"10.1109/ICMB.2005.119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMB.2005.119","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a prototype system, ZoneIT, for selectively controlling functionality of mobile devices, e.g. ringing of cellular telephones. ZoneIT exploits the fact that many such devices have short-range radio communication systems (e.g. Bluetooth) to allow these devices to communicate with base stations to learn what functionality is permissible in a zone. ZoneIT is secured by a process that enables mobile devices to authenticate base stations, and so protect against denial of service attacks.","PeriodicalId":275276,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB'05)","volume":"146 12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129783512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Hecker, A. Karol, C. Stanton, Mary-Anne Williams
{"title":"Smart sensor networks: communication, collaboration and business decision making in distributed complex environments","authors":"M. Hecker, A. Karol, C. Stanton, Mary-Anne Williams","doi":"10.1109/ICMB.2005.94","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMB.2005.94","url":null,"abstract":"Smart sensor networks are one of the most exciting research areas in information technology today; their potential for business applications is vast, but yet to be realised. In this paper we argue that intelligent sensor networks can only reach their potential for business applications if the network is grounded so as to support meaningful information sharing and knowledge generation as the basis for an effective business decision model. Our work is based on the idea that sensors extract information from their environment, which typically, must be fused with other sensor data and network knowledge so that effective business decision making is supported.","PeriodicalId":275276,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB'05)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130077742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MOSES - a mobile safety system for work clearance processes","authors":"W. Kurschl, Stefan Schmid, Christian Domscha","doi":"10.1109/ICMB.2005.72","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMB.2005.72","url":null,"abstract":"We present a system called MOSES, which is a mobile work clearance management system for complex and large-area industrial machines. Based on an extensive field study of current work clearance practices, MOSES shows how an enterprise application, like an enterprise resource planning system, can be extended to improve occupational safety for maintenance personnel. The presented solution consists of a work clearance management extension for several existing enterprise resource planning systems and a mobile work clearance management for mobile devices. The paper shows the design and implementation of a prototypical mobile work clearance system.","PeriodicalId":275276,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB'05)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134107987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WLAN communities and Internet access sharing: a regulatory overview","authors":"G. Camponovo, D. Cerutti","doi":"10.1109/ICMB.2005.118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMB.2005.118","url":null,"abstract":"The widespread adoption of wireless LAN has paved the way for the emergence of a compelling alternative to cellular networks for obtaining Internet access on the move. This has generated interesting opportunities to a variety of players to position in the mobile industry as wireless Internet service provider. Mobile network operators have insofar managed to take control of this sector through aggressive preemptive strategies. However, the rapid emergence of private WLAN networks and broadband Internet connections among households has raised the crucial issue of the sharing of Internet access through these networks. While most owners are unaware of this, some have consciously organized themselves to form free wireless communities aiming at providing free Internet access to members or even to the public. One fundamental concern about this conduct is whether these sharing practices are allowed from a regulatory point of view, determine the rights and obligations of the various parties involved and the sanctions that they may incur. The purpose of this paper is to investigate this important issue by considering two examples of regulation (the French and Swiss ones) and examines its implication for the various actors involved.","PeriodicalId":275276,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB'05)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134547665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compression scheme for faster and secure data transmission over networks","authors":"B. S. Shajeemohan, V. Govindan","doi":"10.1109/ICMB.2005.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMB.2005.29","url":null,"abstract":"The compression algorithms reduce the redundancy in data representation to decrease the storage required for that data. Data compression offers an attractive approach to reducing communication costs by using available bandwidth effectively. There has been an unprecedented increase in the amount of digital data transmitted via networks especially through the Internet and mobile cellular networks, over the last decade. Digital data represent text, images, video, sound, computer programs, etc. With this trend expected to continue, it makes sense to pursue research on developing algorithms that can most effectively use available network bandwidth by maximally compressing data. A strategy called intelligent dictionary based encoding (IDBE) in conjunction with Burrows Wheeler Transform (BWT) is discussed to achieve this. It has been observed that a preprocessing of the text prior to conventional compression will improve the compression efficiency much better. The intelligent dictionary based encoding provides some level of confidentiality. The experimental results of this compression method are also analyzed.","PeriodicalId":275276,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB'05)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131317415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}