移動社交網絡框架
ART/087CP
20100517 - 20110816
6225
趙盛章博士
There will be six deliverables in this project. They are listed as follows:
* A Mobile Social Networking Framework
In this framework, it includes several major components to be built to make mobile content sharing in the Personal Content Web (PCW) possible. They are listed as follows:
+ A PCW formation framework that includes leveraging relationships built from IM network, public social networking services, ad hoc group, etc.
+ A framework that allows the users to manage their contents, such as formulating content indices for searching, assigning access permissions, etc.
+ A location-triggering engine that triggers search queries to one’s PCW friends based on locations.
+ The necessary modules built at the client side to support NAT traversal.
The mobile social networking client based on this framework will be implemented on three mobile platforms, namely, Android, Symbian and iPhone.
* A content management tool
A tool will be developed for the users to select, de-select, and organize the contents to share, and determine whom to share the contents with. This content management tool will be available as a stand-alone client on the Android platform, as well as in form of web pages on Windows PC or other mobile devices.
* A Location-triggered content pushing software
The location-triggered software will be available on the client side, and enabling of pushing of contents to the mobile client based on where it is located. This deliverable also includes server support of this feature.
* Infra-structure support NAT
There will be several approaches to deal with accessing contents inside a home NAT, including manual pin-hole punching at one’s home router, UPnP, media-relay, etc. We will first investigate these three options and implement the one that would offer the most natural user experience, not only for tech-savvy users but also for non-tech users.
* Explore business opportunities with multiple customers
The technologies developed in this project are targeted for licensing to multiple customers, such as service providers and mobile device vendors. The potential business partnerships that ASTRI will explore include service providers that will offer this type of service, and device vendors that will incorporate this social networking function in their product offerings.
* Patent application
上海無距科技有限公司 [贊助機構]
在互聯網領域，社交網路是網絡用戶中的新一代的潮流應用，特別在新生代用戶中更為流行。如Facebook，MySpace，Flick，YouTube之類的互聯網服務成為網絡上最熱門的網址，其主要原因就是這些服務為互聯網用戶提供了一種新機制以創建和共享內容，完美的契合了Web 2.0的模式。 在此項目中研發的技術，即移動社交網絡框架，主要目的就是為社交網絡增加移動性的新元素。此框架使得社交網絡不再局限于家中的PC之上，而是擴展到了移動裝置上，從而令用戶可以在任何時間和任何地點進行社交網絡的活動。社交網絡的一個顛覆性的手段就是在既有的互聯網架構之外實現對社交網絡活動的支持，這將導致一個重要的模式轉變，即社交網絡活動和分享活動能夠以非集中的方式完成。