Title :
NAMBA: location-aware collaboration system for shopping and meeting
Author :
Yoshino, T. ; Muta, T. ; Munemori, J.
Author_Institution :
Wakayama Univ., Wakayama City, Japan
Abstract :
This paper proposes new services that exchange location information and the participants´ present situation to one another We have developed a location-aware collaboration system called NAMBA that supports the proposed services using PDA with built-in PHS and GPS in real time. We found that location information and chats were important for communication with separated participants. NAMBA was effective for meeting at any places.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; cellular radio; client-server systems; groupware; mobile computing; notebook computers; personal communication networks; GPS; NAMBA; PDA; PHS; chatting communication; location-aware collaboration system; meeting; real time services; shopping; Cellular phones; Cities and towns; Collaboration; Global Positioning System; Information science; Information systems; Prototypes; Real time systems; Systems engineering and theory; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics, 2002. ICCE. 2002 Digest of Technical Papers. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7300-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE.2002.1013941
