Paper Info
Title
m-links: An infrastructure for very small internet devices
Abstract
In this paper we describe the Mobile Link (m-Links) infrastructure for utilizing existing World Wide Web content and services on wireless phones and other very small Internet terminals. Very small devices, typically with 3-20 lines of text, provide portability and other functionality while sacrificing usability as Internet terminals. In order to provide access on such limited hardware we propose a small device web navigation model that is more appropriate than the desktop computer's web browsing model. We introduce a middleware proxy, the Navigation Engine, to facilitate the navigation model by concisely displaying the Web's link (i.e., URL) structure. Because not all Web information is appropriately “linked,” the Navigation Engine incorporates data-detectors to extract bits of useful information such as phone numbers and addresses. In order to maximize program-data composibility, multiple network-based services (similar to browser plug-ins) are keyed to a link's attributes such as its MIME type. We have built this system with an emphasis on user extensibility and we describe the design and implementation as well as a basic set of middleware services that we have found to be particularly important.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1145/381677.381689
MobiCom
Keywords
Field
DocType
navigation engine,navigation model,internet terminal,small device web navigation,web information,middleware service,existing world wide web,small internet device,middleware proxy,small internet terminal,small device,world wide web,web browsing,web navigation,wireless,proxy,middleware
Web development,Web design,Web API,Web page,Computer science,Computer network,Web modeling,Web navigation,Mobile Web,Web service,Multimedia
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-422-3
31
3.15
References 
Authors
13
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bill N. Schilit12797650.38
Jonathan Trevor221722.97
David M. Hilbert351642.84
Tzu Khiau Koh41049.02