Authors:
Jochen Streicher
;
Orwa Nassour
and
Olaf Spinczyk
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
Keyword(s):
Privacy, Energy Management, Execution Platform, Collective Apps, Internet Queries.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Mobile and Pervasive Computing
;
Security and Privacy
;
Telecommunications
;
Ubiquitous Computing Systems and Services
Abstract:
Smartphones are becoming the predominant mobile computing device of the decade. By end of 2012 more than 150 million devices have already been sold and the yearly market growth is about 40%. The ubiquity of the smartphone creates tremendous opportunities for collecting and mining data from end users. Smartphones are becoming a global sensor network that could answer questions about user (customer) behavior and their interests, device status, security threats, and a vast amount of derived information such as CO2 footprints, traffic conditions, etc. However, so far only very few market-leading companies, such as Apple and Google, are able to exploit this data source. Even though technologically possible, end user concerns such as privacy protection, energy consumption, and the general lack of incentives, make it difficult for smaller companies and private app developers to make use of the smartphone network. This paper will present the vision of an open system support platform for runn
ing flexible “Internet Queries” and “Collective Apps” in the global smartphone network. We analyze the problems of the current state of the art, derive platform requirements, and sketch the envisioned platform's architecture. The discussion will culminate in a list of important research directions to be followed.
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