Service modeling method for machine-to-machine businesses to overcome difficulties

With the popularization of high-speed and high-capacity communication networks, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication has received significant attention. However, although the related technologies have been actively investigated, creating new businesses based on M2M communication is difficult. The information and communication technology community should take not only system modeling but also business modeling into account for monetization. This study proposes a service design and modeling method of M2M businesses based on the SCAI (Share-Connect-Analyze-Identify) model, which was proposed in PICMET 2014 [10]. The proposed method is explained using a trial application to smart home M2M services.