Internet appliance

About: Internet appliance is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1974 publications have been published within this topic receiving 43571 citations.

Internet activity rating system

Abstract: The Internet Activity Rating System provides a system that allows for collection, representation, analysis, rating and the distribution of the Internet user's activity information. As the user browses the Internet, by selecting the Uniform Resource Locator (URL), and interacts with the commercial and the non-commercial sites, the user activity is sent to the Internet Activity Persistence Broker, which stores it in the Internet Activity Information Domain. The format of the activity persistent storage is defined by the Internet Activity Format definition. The main purpose of the Internet Activity Format is the aggregation and the rating of the Internet activity information. The Internet Activity Information Domain makes the activity information and its rating available to other Internet sites that request the information as well as to individuals who wish to verify and perhaps modify their activities. This information is available in the form of the Internet Activity Reports as well as in the form of the Internet Activity Rating.

RFID-Based Ubiquitous Learning Environment for School Students

Abstract: In recent years, with the advancements in mobile, wireless and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, invisible computers are embedded in one ' s life and working environment, and also with the growing of home internet appliances and wide use of RFID tags, it will be possible to realize the intelligence exchange with surrounding matters. When these technologies are used in educational settings, new learning opportunities arise, but new issues also emerge, and one of the issues is how learning can be managed across contexts such as home and school. In this paper we propose a Ubiquitous Learning Environment with Educational Resources (ULEER) based on ubiquitous computing, RFID and the Internet to assist school students to improve their learning effect. With using the ULEER, students can learn at any time, any where. And the ULEER also provides suitable learning support to help the students focus on the learning behaviors by collecting the data regarding their behaviors. Also, we present a validation scenario application, which includes a series of learning activities.

A Taxonomy of Internet Appliances

Abstract: The world is evolving from one in which almost all access to the Internet comes from personal computers (PCs) to one in which so-called Internet appliances (IAs) will make up a greater share of end-user equipment. Today's PC is a general-purpose, highly configurable and extensible device - an "intelligent end-node" of the sort the Internet's designers had in mind. As such, it allows users much freedom of choice (such as which service provider to use, which Web sites to visit, and which new software to download) in exchange for dealing with associated complexity. An IA is a device connected to the Internet, but beyond that there is little consensus on functionality and target markets. There is, however, general agreement that it reduces the level of complexity seen by the user. A variety of approaches to reducing complexity are being pursued. These fall on a spectrum from totally fixing the function of devices, to automating the configuration of more general purpose systems. In the middle are devices whose functions appear more or less fixed to the user, but which retain some limited capability for upgrade through their Internet connection. We argue that truly fixed-function Internet-connected appliances make no sense unless they are extremely cheap, throwaway devices. We speculate that general-purpose end-user equipment will endure but evolve into a more modular form, driven by user frustration with a proliferation of devices with overlapping functionality and the desire for consistency across multiple environments (such as home, car and office). Finally, we observe that most appliances being developed today fall into the middle category. These vary in the degree to which they bind users to particular service providers, both technically and through their business model. Our analysis suggests that appliances in and of themselves do not introduce new opportunities for walling the Internet garden, but that industry players seeking to consolidate control over potential Internet choke points, such as broadband access networks or WAP gateways, may attempt to leverage appliances toward this goal. To the extent that appliances provide services already available over the PC-based Internet, we speculate that such efforts will fail.

Would you like your Internet with or without video

Abstract: According to Cisco's VNI forecast, "consumer Internet video traffic will be 85 percent of all consumer Internet traffic in 2020, up from 76 percent in 2015," and the majority of this traffic will be entertainment-oriented video. Many might view this as the (near) realization of the promised convergence of digital broadband delivery platforms that has been coming since first generation broadband services started becoming available in the mid-1990s. A question we should ask is whether this is the Internet we want? Even if one concludes that the marriage between entertainment media and the Internet is a foregone conclusion, it is worthwhile to consider what this may mean for the design, regulation, and economics of the Internet.In this paper, we critically examine the proposition that the conventional wisdom that convergence toward “everything over IP,” or even stronger, “everything over the Internet,” is efficient, inevitable, or desirable may be wrong. Convergence means different things in technical, economic, and policy terms. Building a single network that is optimized for 80% entertainment video traffic might disadvantage other services. Moreover, the economics of media entertainment are distinct from, and potentially in conflict with, the economics motivating many of the usage cases most often cited as justification for viewing the Internet as an essential infrastructure. Finally, separately managing the traffic for Internet and video services may be advantageous in addressing regulatory agenda items such as performance measurement, set-top boxes, universal service, OVD reclassification, and Internet interconnection. While most of the traffic may share the same physical (principally, wired) conduit into homes, it may be more efficient and flexible to segregate traffic into multiple logically distinct networks; and doing so may facilitate technical, market, and regulatory management of the shared resources.