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Dynamic 2D-barcodes for multi-device Web session migration including mobile phones

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This article introduces a novel Web architecture that supports session migration in multi-device Web applications, particularly the case when a user starts a Web session on a computer and wishes to continue on a mobile phone. The proposed solution for transferring the needed session identifiers across devices is to dynamically generate pictures of 2D-barcodes containing a Web address and a session ID in an encoded form. 2D-barcodes are a cheap, fast and robust approach to the problem. They are widely known and used in Japan, and are spreading in other countries. Variations on the topic are covered in the article, including a possible migration from a mobile device to a computer (opposite direction), and between two or more mobile phones (possibly back and forth). The results show that this HCI approach is inexpensive, efficient, and works with most camera-phones on the market; the author does see any other mature technique with such assets.

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  1. URI: Uniform Resource Identifier.

  2. URL: Uniform Resource Locator.

  3. http://tag.microsoft.com (beta version since January 2009).

  4. http://homepages.nyu.edu/~dc788/conqwest/

  5. http://map.elp.or.jp/umm.html

  6. http://www.google.com/adwords/printads/ads/barcode/

  7. http://mobilecodes.nokia.com

  8. http://alexandre.alapetite.net/divers/mobile-paste/

  9. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/2780

  10. Ajax: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.

  11. CSS3 Media Queries: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/

  12. http://www.opera.com/mini/

  13. http://www.iata.org/stbsupportportal/bcbp

  14. The <video> tag is standardised in HTML5. For older browsers, requires a plug-in such as Flash or Java.

  15. The <audio> tag is standardised in HTML5. For older browsers, requires a plug-in such as Flash or Java.

  16. In February 2009, none of the newest 36 mobile phones models of Sony Ericsson (since model z250i released in September 2007) have infrared, nor has the newest Apple iPhone, and the young Google Android platform does not support IrDa either. A mobile phone comparison Web site (lesmobiles.com) shows that out of 190 available models with 3G, only 31 have infrared capabilities (i.e. ~16%). Finally, none of the current laptops from e.g. Dell or Apple have an IrDa port.

  17. http://openid.net

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Alapetite, A. Dynamic 2D-barcodes for multi-device Web session migration including mobile phones. Pers Ubiquit Comput 14, 45–52 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-009-0228-5

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