CASE STUDY OF VEHICLE PARKING MOBILE PAYMENT APPLICATION: DATA STORAGE AND SYNCHRONIZATION SOLUTION
Jekaterina Smirnova, Nikolajs Bumanis, Gatis Vītols · 2014
Various mobile applications can be used by mobile devices. It is possible to perform various transaction type operations with those applications, for example, make payments. However, possibilities of single application are often limited. New solutions which allow creating mobile applications without any special programming knowledge are being developed in the world now. These solutions give a possibility to develop new application using the existing components. Each component may be individual application by itself, with the ability to perform one simple task, for example, authorization or payment. Other components fulfill the role of dynamic (buttons, textboxes) and static content (logo, information text). Components are being stored in the data storage cloud maintained by a particular company. It is required to monitor the usage of components; therefore, log of activity is being utilized. Problems occur if the mobile device is lost or a new one is purchased. The task is to restore user settings and history of services that were active in the previous device. The mechanism to solve this problem must be created. A possible solution is data storage cloud maintenance within which each user has a profile. This profile will store the necessary information to restore the applications and settings in their current state. This profile serves as an intermediary between the service provider and the mobile device.