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On the challenges of building a web-based ubiquitous application platform

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Heiko Desruelle,

Simon Isenberg,

Frank GielenAuthors Info & Claims

UbiComp '12: Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing

Pages 733 - 736

https://doi.org/10.1145/2370216.2370377

Published: 05 September 2012 Publication History

Abstract

People use an increasing number of consumer electronic devices to access their mobile apps. To enhance the applications' immersive user experience, these devices often expose APIs for accessing a wide array of sensors and domain-specific capabilities. Existing mobile application environments, however, only provide limited support for cross-device access of such APIs. To address this limitation, the Webinos platform was designed. Webinos is a virtualized Web-based application platform, aiming to support the collaboration of multiple devices within a single mobile application. In this paper we elaborate on the Webinos platform design. We discuss the encountered design challenges regarding portability, scalability, and privacy, and how these were mitigated.

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Index Terms

On the challenges of building a web-based ubiquitous application platform
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management

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UbiComp '12: Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing

September 2012

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ISBN:9781450312240

DOI:10.1145/2370216

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Carnegie Mellon University
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National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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University of California, Irvine

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