Unique Identifier Tracking Analysis: A Methodology to Capture Wireless Internet User Behaviors

  • Authors:
  • Toshihiko Yamakami

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ICOIN '01 Proceedings of the The 15th International Conference on Information Networking
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

Rapid penetration of Internet-enabled cellular phones is witnessed in worldwide. Cellular phone-based Internet has significantly different behaviors. Wireless Internet users have rather short and transient behaviors. This paper discusses the distinguished characteristics of cellular phone-based Internet users. Issues to understand the user behaviors are presented. A new methodology, unique user analysis, is proposed to cope with the issues of personal user behavior. A case study is presented using unique user analysis. The methodology is effective to capture the characteristics of growing wireless Internet users.