BlueFriend: Using Bluetooth technology for mobile social networking

Patricia  Tamarit; Carlos T.  Calafate; Juan-Carlos  Cano; Pietro  Manzoni

6th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services

Research Article

BlueFriend: Using Bluetooth technology for mobile social networking

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.MOBIQUITOUS2009.6904,
    author={Patricia  Tamarit and Carlos T.  Calafate and Juan-Carlos  Cano and Pietro  Manzoni},
    title={BlueFriend: Using Bluetooth technology for mobile social networking},
    proceedings={6th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS},
    year={2009},
    month={11},
    keywords={},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.MOBIQUITOUS2009.6904}
}

Patricia Tamarit
Carlos T. Calafate
Juan-Carlos Cano
Pietro Manzoni
Year: 2009
BlueFriend: Using Bluetooth technology for mobile social networking
MOBIQUITOUS
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.MOBIQUITOUS2009.6904

Patricia Tamarit¹^,*, Carlos T. Calafate¹^,*, Juan-Carlos Cano¹^,*, Pietro Manzoni¹^,*

1: Department of Computer Engineering, Technical University of Valencia, Spain.

*Contact email: patricia.tamarit@gmail.com, calafate@disca.upv.es, jucano@disca.upv.es, pmanzoni@disca.upv.es

Abstract

In this paper we present BlueFriend, a novel application for mobile devices that takes advantage of Bluetooth functionalities to create mobile social networks. Our application runs on PDAs and smart phones equipped with a Bluetooth adapter. BlueFriend periodically scans the environment in search of other members of the BlueFriend community; when found, ldquovirtual personal cardsrdquo (VPCs) are exchanged with information about user profile, user preferences and likes/dislikes to assess the degree of matching among nearby users. High degrees of matching result in the exchange of personal information and contact details so that connected users are aware of how to reach each other in the future.

Published: 2009-11-10
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.MOBIQUITOUS2009.6904