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Home Infotainment Platform – A Ubiquitous Access Device for Masses

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Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia Applications (UCMA 2010)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 75))

Abstract

There is tremendous need for a low-cost Internet-Enabled Platform for developing countries like India that uses TV as the display medium and can connect to Internet using various available connectivity solutions. The paper presents how a generic framework middleware can be used to create a Home Infotainment Platform that can support variety of value-added applications. It also talks about the innovative designs employed to bring about the low-cost solution keeping in mind both the limitations of TV as a display and non-availability of high quality-of-service networks. Finally the social, economic and environmental implications of wide-spread deployment of the proposed solution are outlined.

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  1. Innovation Labs – Kolkata, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Bengal Intelligence Park, 4th Floor Unit-D, Block EP , Salt Lake Electronic Complex, Kolkata, 700091

    Arpan Pal, M. Prashant, Avik Ghose & Chirabrata Bhaumik

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  1. Arpan Pal
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  1. VITM, Indore, India

    G. S. Tomar

  2. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Michigan – Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, 48128, Dearborn, MI, USA

    William I. Grosky

  3. Hannam University, 306-791, Daejeon, South Korea

    Tai-hoon Kim

  4. Department of Computer Science, Lakehead University, P7B 5E1, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

    Sabah Mohammed

  5. Computer Science and Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

    Sanjoy Kumar Saha

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Pal, A., Prashant, M., Ghose, A., Bhaumik, C. (2010). Home Infotainment Platform – A Ubiquitous Access Device for Masses. In: Tomar, G.S., Grosky, W.I., Kim, Th., Mohammed, S., Saha, S.K. (eds) Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia Applications. UCMA 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 75. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13467-8_2

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