Integrating Internet Services in a Converged Home Environment
Elyes Lehtihet, Zahid Iqbal, Nazim Agoulmine, Josef Noll Member, Torbjørn Sund · 2008
Abstract—The advent of ubiquitous computing, intelligent devices and increasing connectivity with Internet services brings integration aspects into the focus of research. This paper ad-dresses issues of personalised service provisioning in a content environment. It introduces the mobile phone as authentication device, context-sensor, service enabler, and service end-point in a converged home environment. Focus is on provisioning of personalised services to the mobile device, while joining a TV-centric content session. The paper provides a set-top box centric service provision, where semantic technologies are used to establish the context-dependent and personalised services. Experiences from the real-world implementation conclude the paper. Index Terms—Internet services and content, set-top box, Blue-tooth connectivity, personalised services I.