Supporting global user profiles through trusted authorities
ACM SIGMOD Record
Mastering Web Services Security
Mastering Web Services Security
Offering User Profile as an XML Web Service
Proceedings of the Baltic Conference, BalticDB&IS 2002 - Volume 1
Modular Content Personalization Service Architecture for E-Commerce Applications
WECWIS '02 Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Issues of E-Commerce and Web-Based Information Systems (WECWIS'02)
Data Communications and Networking
Data Communications and Networking
A Three-Tier Architecture for Ubiquitous Data Access
AICCSA '01 Proceedings of the ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications
Architecture for the development of context-sensitive mobile applications
Mobile Information Systems - Mobile Systems and Applications
Adaptive user preference modeling and its application to in-flight entertainment
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A Framework and Tool for Personalisation of Mobile Services Using Semantic Web
MDM '07 Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Mobile Data Management
Self-adaptive approximate queries for large-scale information aggregation
International Journal of Web and Grid Services
Mobile Peer-to-Peer data dissemination in wireless ad-hoc networks
Information Sciences: an International Journal
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Mobile Information Systems
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A user profile is a structured representation of an individual user's characteristics and personal preferences with respect to a software application or computing device. As the variety and complexity of applications and mobile devices increase, there is a growing need and interest in personalisation. This necessitates methods of managing user profile content such that it can be accessed, updated and potentially shared over communication networks. This research investigates User Profile Management (UPM) as a network-based service for managing user profile content. The major requirements for a good UPM service are defined. A reference model is proposed that includes an architecture, profile data schema, a protocol, basic command functions and security mechanisms. A prototype UPM service and four client applications based on the reference model are developed using Java and web services technologies. Scenarios are constructed to demonstrate the value of the UPM reference model and the web services implementation. We conclude that the proposed reference model provides a solid foundation for developing UPM services and that web services technologies are suitable for implementing the reference model in a distributed network environment.