Mobile Content Sharing Utilizing the Home Infrastructure

Mobile content sharing, as a practical concept, has had limited user acceptance. There is, though, a need for improving the communication and social interaction of people, and content sharing practices can prove to be a significant factor for creating a communication culture. Current available technologies for mobile content creation and sharing impose functionality and usability obstacles and are not widely used by mobile phone users. We propose a solution to ease and automate mobile content creation and sharing using a client-server system, in which client software runs on mobile device whereas server software runs on home PC. This solution principally automates mobile content sharing by reusing endusers' smart homes resources, such as storage and the Internet connections, without other parties' interventions or risks that might lead to privacy concerns. The system allows a group of mobile devices to create an alliance for the sake of content sharing. A prototype implementation proved the feasibility and usability of the concept, setting the baseline for further functionality enhancements in future research and development.