%0 Journal Article
%T AppBus: Mobile Device Application Collaboration via Short Term Memory
%A Craig Janssen
%A Michael Pearce
%A Shriram Kollipara
%A Nitya Narasimhan
%J Journal of Software
%D 2006
%I Academy Publisher
%R 10.4304/jsw.1.2.40-47
%X The increasing quality of computation and connectivity on mobile devices has motivated a need for data-sharing between resident services. Most such services rely on the user to transfer data manually between them. This approach is not only prone to input error but also creates a significant data-entry burden for the user on a mobile device. With AppBus, we envision a cooperative data- sharing facility that provides the equivalent of a ¡°short-term memory¡± for the mobile device. By leveraging this transient data store and event notification system, services can collaborate in a loosely-coupled manner that makes their combined operation appear more intuitive and seamless. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of AppBus for a mobile phone and initiate a discussion on both the utility and the limitations of this paradigm in mobile computing.
%K collaborative application frameworks
%K event notification
%K mobile devices
%K IPC
%K associative data
%U http://ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/jsw/article/view/1316