Title: Cloud backup: an enhanced smartphone app designed with cross-platform approach

Authors: Yu-Teng Jacky Jang; Shuchih Ernest Chang; Wei-Cheng Shen; Sheng-Wen Wang

Addresses: Department of Business Administration, Tainan University of Technology, No. 529, Zhongzheng Road, Yongkang District, Tainan City 710, Taiwan ' Institute of Technology Management, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road, South District, Taichung 402, Taiwan ' Institute of Technology Management, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road, South District, Taichung 402, Taiwan ' Institute of Technology Management, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road, South District, Taichung 402, Taiwan

Abstract: With the increase of mobile application usage, more information is stored in the phone nowadays. Once the storage on the phone is lost or broken, all of the information might be gone at a time. Thus, backing up data is very important for mobile phone users. However, storing information in other devices is still risky, and it is inconvenient to transfer data between devices. Therefore, it is better to upload our mobile data up to the cloud service. In this research, based on the concept of service-oriented computing (SOC), a cross-platform mobile service architectural framework is presented and implemented. The proposed cloud backup application enables users to synchronise mobile data to cloud storages among different mobile platforms. Hence, the cross-platform-ability of the data would be enhanced. Furthermore, if we synchronise all the information from mobile phones to the cloud, each phone can be considered as a unique personal cloud fulfilling various personal requirements.

Keywords: smartphones; personal cloud; cross-platform design; service-oriented computing; SOC; cloud services; cloud backup; smartphone apps; cloud computing; mobile applications; mobile phones; cell phones; mobile services; m-services; cloud storage; data backup.

DOI: 10.1504/IJES.2016.076111

International Journal of Embedded Systems, 2016 Vol.8 No.2/3, pp.174 - 184

Received: 25 Sep 2014
Accepted: 04 Nov 2014
Published online: 26 Apr 2016 *

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