Title: Semantic-enhanced Bluetooth discovery protocol for m-commerce applications

Authors: Michele Ruta, Tommaso Di Noia, Eugenio Di Sciascio, Francesco Maria Donini

Addresses: Laboratorio di Sistemi Informativi (SisInfLab), Facolta di Ingegneria, Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica (DEE), Politecnico di Bari, via Re David 200, I-70125 Bari, Italy. ' Laboratorio di Sistemi Informativi (SisInfLab), Facolta di Ingegneria, Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica (DEE), Politecnico di Bari, via Re David 200, I-70125 Bari, Italy. ' Laboratorio di Sistemi Informativi (SisInfLab), Facolta di Ingegneria, Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica (DEE), Politecnico di Bari, via Re David 200, I-70125 Bari, Italy. ' Facolta di Scienze Politiche, Universita della Tuscia, via San Carlo 32, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy

Abstract: In this paper, we present a novel resource discovery framework for m-commerce. We extend the original Bluetooth service discovery protocol by integrating a semantic layer within the application level of the standard. Given a request, this layer makes possible an enhanced discovery process exploiting the semantics of the resource descriptions exposed by a hotspot. The enhancement is compatible with the basic discovery protocol, thus allowing the smooth coexistence of the service discovery approaches. We present and motivate our semantic-based discovery protocol in an innovative m-commerce framework and show its benefits.

Keywords: ubiquitous computing; e-commerce; Bluetooth; resource discovery; semantic web; matchmaking; pervasive computing; m-commerce; mobile commerce; electronic commerce; service discovery protocols; semantics; web services.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWGS.2006.011713

International Journal of Web and Grid Services, 2006 Vol.2 No.4, pp.424 - 452

Published online: 16 Dec 2006 *

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