WEBSIGN: A looking glass for e-services

Author

Brignone, Cyril ; Pradhan, Salil ; Grundbäck, John ; McReynolds, Alan ; Smith, Mark

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

311

Lastpage

312

Abstract

Desktop browsers are excellent for browsing web sites but they keep users tethered. Wireless browsing technologies such as WAP and i-mode untether nomadic users by making these services available on the move. However, it is not clear if users will be satisfied with free form browsing offered by these wireless technologies. We believe that in addition to free form web browsing, nomadic users will choose to interact with e-services in their environment, if the interaction is transparently setup. Based on this belief, we have created a PDA based system that essentially provides nomadic users with a digital looking glass for viewing and interacting with e-services associated with physical objects and places . In this paper, we present an overview of this system-Websign

Keywords

mobile computing; online front-ends; PDA based system; Websign; e-services; looking glass; nomadic computing systems; web browsers; web browsing; Broadcasting; Digital cameras; Glass; Laboratories; Personal digital assistants; Space technology; Uniform resource locators; Web pages; Wireless application protocol; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2001. WET ICE 2001. Proceedings. Tenth IEEE International Workshops on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

ISSN

1080-1383

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1269-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENABL.2001.953433

Filename

953433