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The concept of the Personal Server is reshaping our understanding of ubiquitous computing. This innovative device offers extensive mobile affordances while maintaining high storage density and communication capabilities. With features like a large display, a full-sized keyboard, and portability, it changes how users engage with information. The implementation of mobile platforms and system architecture enables seamless web browsing and wireless file access. This paper explores architectural issues, privacy concerns, and the future directions of personal servers in enhancing the mobile user experience.
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Roy Want, et al. / Intel Research UBICOMP 2002 Nov. 21. 2005 Seungjae Lee sjlee@mmlab.snu.ac.kr The Personal ServerChanging the Way We Think About Ubiquitous Computing
The Personal Server Mobile Affordance Display/Input Capability Device capability and Mobile affordance Cell phones PDAs Laptops Desktops 2 / 13
The Personal Server The Personal Server • Features • Large display • Full-sized keyboard • Small enough to carry • How this can be done? Large-screen PCs are everywhere! an airport a commercial district a trade show 3 / 13
The Personal Server • No display • Very limited input method • High-density storage • Low-power communication • Short-range wireless capability 4 / 13
Contents • Introduction • Implementation < • Mobile Platform • System Architecture • Applications and Usage Models • Architectural Issues & Future Work • Conclusion 5 / 13
Mobile Platform • No real display or keyboard • The device is only accessible via the wireless link High densitystorage High performanceprocessor Low powershort range radio 6 / 13
System Architecture PERSONAL SERVER(Linux) ACCESS HOST (Windows XP) WEBSERVER WEBDAV FILE VIEWER HTTP Transactions IEXPLORER DISCOVERY DISCOVERY LINUX WINDOWS XP PAN PROFILE PAN PROFILE TCP/IP Connectivity BLUETOOTH BLUETOOTH RADIO RADIO Wireless Baseband 7 / 13
Applications and Usage Models • Web browsing • Mobile personal webpage • Bookmarks, address book, … • Wireless file access • Operates like an USB memory device • Remote control • E.g. Presentation sourced from a personal server 8 / 13
Architectural Issues & Future Works • Discovery delay • Privacy & security • Adaptive user interfaces • Usage models • Power management • Distributed file systems • Mobile execution • Industrial design 9 / 13
Conclusion • Utilizing computers in the local environment • Considerably improves the mobile user experience • Allows the mobile device itself to disappear from a users interaction • Enabling factors • High-density portable storage devices • Low-power, high-performance processors • Short-range, low power wireless standards • Extensive public computing infrastructure 10 / 13
energy deployment The Personal Server, Practically • Main limitation • Computers must be equipped with wireless device. • The alternatives An energy barrier! 13 / 13