RFID meets bluetooth in a semantic based u-commerce environment

ABSTRACT

We present a novel resource discovery framework for u-commerce. Both the original RFID data exchange protocol and the Bluetooth Service Discovery Protocol have been extended in order to enable support for the semantic annotation of products and goods. Given a request, the approach we propose allows an enhanced discovery process exploiting the semantics of resource descriptions available in a u-marketplace. The enhancement is backward compatible with both the original discovery protocols, thus allowing the smooth coexistence of the resource discovery and/or identification approaches. We present and motivate our approach in an innovative u-commerce framework, and show its benefits.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.m Miscellaneous

Additional Classification:
  E. Data
  E.2 DATA STORAGE REPRESENTATIONS
      Subjects: Object representation

General Terms:
Algorithms, Standardization

Keywords:
RFID, bluetooth, matchmaking, semantic web