Mobile Content Sharing Utilizing the Home Infrastructure

Mobile content sharing, as a practical concept, has had limited user acceptance. There is, though, a need for improving the communication and social interaction of people, and content sharing practices can prove to be a significant factor for creating a communication culture. Current available technologies for mobile content creation and sharing impose functionality and usability obstacles and are not widely used by mobile phone users. We propose a solution to ease and automate mobile content creation and sharing using a client-server system, in which client software runs on mobile device whereas server software runs on home PC. This solution principally automates mobile content sharing by reusing endusers´ smart homes resources, such as storage and the Internet connections, without other parties´ interventions or risks that might lead to privacy concerns. The system allows a group of mobile devices to create an alliance for the sake of content sharing. A prototype implementation proved the feasibility and usability of the concept, setting the baseline for further functionality enhancements in future research and development.