Mobile Agent to User Interaction (MAUI)

The flexibility and convenience of use, offered by mobile wireless hand-held devices has opened up both new opportunities and challenges in the development of next generation mobile network applications. One of the main opportunities lies in the development of highly customizable e-commerce applications that are not written for a specific hand-held device, rather they have the ability to evolve in both appearance and functionality, depending upon the underlying hand-held computing platform. A significant challenge in this endeavor is both the limited processing and storage capabilities of hand-held devices, which places constraints on both the level of appearance and functionality of applications. If applications are developed to meet the lowest hand-held computing platform, then users with diverse platforms will not be able to fully utilize the underlying computing resources available to them. In this paper we propose a framework based on mobile agent technology to provide highly customizable e-commerce applications.