the personal server changing the way we think about ubiquitous computing
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Roy Want, et al. / Intel Research UBICOMP 2002 Nov. 21. 2005 Seungjae Lee [email protected]. The Personal Server Changing the Way We Think About Ubiquitous Computing. The Personal Server. Mobile Affordance. Display/Input Capability. Device capability and Mobile affordance. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Personal ServerChanging the Way We Think About Ubiquitous Computing
Roy Want, et al. / Intel ResearchUBICOMP 2002
Nov. 21. 2005Seungjae [email protected]
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Device capability and Mobile affordance
Display/Input Capability
Mobile
Aff
ord
an
ce
The Personal ServerCell phones
PDAs
Laptops
Desktops
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The Personal Server
Features Large display Full-sized keyboard Small enough to carry
How this can be done?Large-screen PCs are everywhere!
an airport a trade showa commercial district
The Personal Server
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The Personal Server
No display Very limited input method High-density storage Low-power communication Short-range wireless capability
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Contents
IntroductionImplementation <
Mobile Platform System Architecture Applications and Usage Models
Architectural Issues & Future WorkConclusion
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Mobile Platform
No real display or keyboardThe device is only accessible via the wireless
link
High performanceprocessor
Low powershort range radio
High densitystorage
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System Architecture
FILE VIEWER
IEXPLORER
PERSONAL SERVER(Linux)
ACCESS HOST (Windows XP)
TCP/IP Connectivity
WEBSERVER
WEBDAV
DISCOVERY
BLUETOOTH
WINDOWS XP
PAN PROFILE
RADIO
LINUX
DISCOVERY
BLUETOOTH
PAN PROFILE
RADIO
HTTP Transactions
Wireless Baseband
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Applications and Usage Models
Web browsing Mobile personal webpage Bookmarks, address book, …
Wireless file access Operates like an USB memory device
Remote control E.g. Presentation sourced from a personal
server
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Architectural Issues & Future WorksDiscovery delayPrivacy & securityAdaptive user interfacesUsage modelsPower managementDistributed file systemsMobile executionIndustrial design
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Conclusion
Utilizing computers in the local environment Considerably improves the mobile user
experience Allows the mobile device itself to disappear
from a users interaction
Enabling factors High-density portable storage devices Low-power, high-performance processors Short-range, low power wireless standards Extensive public computing infrastructure
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This paper was published in
JUNE 2002
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Then how’s the personal server
NOWADAYS?
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The Personal Server, Practically
Main limitation Computers must be equipped with wireless device.
The alternatives
energy
deployment
Environment Solution
Without Internet access USB drive
With Internet access Web Service
With RICH Internet access Windows Terminal Service
An energy barrier!