WebCall – A Rich Context Mobile Research Framework

Zhigang Liu; Hawk Pang; Jun Yang; Guang Yang; Péter Boda

Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. First International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, October 26-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

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WebCall – A Rich Context Mobile Research Framework

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-12607-9_8,
    author={Zhigang Liu and Hawk Pang and Jun Yang and Guang Yang and P\^{e}ter Boda},
    title={WebCall -- A Rich Context Mobile Research Framework},
    proceedings={Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. First International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, October 26-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={MOBICASE},
    year={2012},
    month={10},
    keywords={Mobile social networking user context location based services phonebook},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-12607-9_8}
}

Zhigang Liu
Hawk Pang
Jun Yang
Guang Yang
Péter Boda
Year: 2012
WebCall – A Rich Context Mobile Research Framework
MOBICASE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12607-9_8

Zhigang Liu¹^,*, Hawk Pang¹^,*, Jun Yang¹^,*, Guang Yang¹^,*, Péter Boda¹^,*

1: Nokia Research Center

*Contact email: zhigang.c.liu@nokia.com, hawk-yin.pang@nokia.com, jun.8.yang@nokia.com, guang.g.yang@nokia.com, peter.boda@nokia.com

Abstract

The ever-increasing capability of mobile devices enables many mobile services far beyond a traditional voice call. In this paper, we present WebCall, a research framework on how to share and utilize the rich contextual information about users, such as phonebook, indoor and outdoor location, and calendar. WebCall also demonstrates a few services (e.g. human powered questions and answers) that can be built on top of user context. Third-party services can be integrated with WebCall through a simple API and potentially benefit from context filtering. An invitation mechanism is introduced to enable bootstrapping user base. Privacy concern is addressed by giving full control to users on how to share their information.

Keywords: Mobile social networking user context location based services phonebook

Published: 2012-10-26

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12607-9_8