Transcript Towards a Person-Centric Context Aware

Extending Instant Messaging to
Provide Pervasive Personal
Communication
Wei Li, Fredrik Kilander and Carl Gustaf Jansson
{liwei, fk, calle}@dsv.su.se
Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
Stockholm University/Swedish Royal Institute of Technology
Orange County, California, September 17
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The Evolution of Internet-based Personal
Communication
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E-mail (convenient and economical)
Instant Messaging (IM)
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Real-time communication
User status presentation (auto-captured presence)
Lively emotion expression (Smileys)
Animation, audio and video features
More functions are expected, e.g., interfacing home
appliances, E-Business etc.
IM will probably become an dominant feature for
future personal communication.
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Problems with the Existing IM Systems
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Interoperability
Mobility Support
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Singular online instance (per account)
No adaptation support
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Privacy and Security
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Changing bandwidth (e.g., presence with no messages)
IM server can know everything (comm. address, parties
and even the content).
Other problems
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NAT
Breakdowns
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Rethink the IM Services
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Main Purpose: to stay in contact with family
members, friends and colleagues.
The main tasks of IM Servers:
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A directory service
User authentication
Address resolution
Messaging routing
No need to be dependent on a 3rd party server as
all other works are handled by the user’s computers
already.
A user controllable server is a better solution (similar to
hosting a personal web server).
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A Personal Communication System
Architecture
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Peer-to-Peer Buddy Network
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Constructing the Personal Communication
System
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SIP & SIMPLE based communication PCS
(an extended SIP proxy using NIST JAIN-SIP)
Various SIP clients can be used as client
applications
PCS also acts as a bridge to different IM
networks
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PCS Implementation
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Problems Solving related to SIP
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Providing Value-added Features
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Interoperability
NAT Traverse
Media Format Compatibility
Transparent Cross-Network Access
Location Enhanced User Presence
Communication Delegation
Pervasive Contact to Buddies
Other Useful Features
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Remote Monitoring
Combining Different Clients
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Location Enhanced Presence Seen by
Buddies from Different IM Networks
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Map Enhanced User Location Presence
(a) Google Satellite Map
Text: My Home! (extra 4 map links)
Comviq Cells: 16618, 16619
(b) Map with Multimap.com
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Conclusion and Future Work
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Future mobile computing applications can be
integrated into IM-based personal communication
systems
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Open standard should be used
User should have full control of his/her personal information
as well as the communication.
Future Work
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Enable context-awareness
Performance evaluation mobile settings
Resource consumption concerns
Adaptive context acquisition, communication
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Thanks & Questions?
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