information delivery for mobile business

1. Information
Delivery for Mobile
Business:
Architecture for
Accessing Large
Documents through
Mobile Devices
Lecture 4

2. Introduction
• Access to the Internet through mobile devices is
growing significantly in recent years.
• Mobile computing should be extended to
decision support in an M-Commerce
organization. With a fast-paced economy,
organizations need access to large documents
or other information sources for fast decision
making.
• As a result, there is an urgent need of a tool for
browsing large documents on mobile devices.

3. Constraints of mobile devices
• Low bandwidth
• Small resolution
• Information overloading
• Visualization of information on small
screen

4. Summarization
• Automatic summarization summarizes a
document for users to preview its major
content.
• Users may determine if the information
fits their needs by reading their
summary instead of browsing each
whole document one by one.

5. Summarization on Mobile Devices
• The document summarization on mobile
devices must make use of a “tree view” or
“hierarchical display”
• Similar techniques have been applied to
Web browsing : an outline processor
organizes the Web page in a tree structure,
and the user clicks the link to expand the
subsection and view the detail.
• Hierarchical display is suitable for
navigation of a large document, and it is
ideal for small area display.

6. Document browsing
with summarizer

7. Top word processing applications
• Pages (free) – iOS
• Google Docs (free) – iOS, Android
• iA Writer ($4.99) – iOS, Android
• WPS Office (free) – iOS, Android
• Microsoft Word (free to download,
requires Microsoft Office 365
subscription) – iOS, Android

8. Pages
• Pages, part of Apple's iWork suite of mobile
productivity apps, is fully integrated with Apple's
iCloud online storage platform, so you can access
and edit your documents from any web-connected
device.
• It lets you create new documents and add text,
images, shapes and other elements with a few taps.
• It also features some advanced editing tools so you
can track changes to individual documents, add
comments, and tweak styles and fonts.
• Pages comes pre-installed on all iPhones and iPads.

9. Google Docs
• Google Docs is available on iOS as well as Android.
It's fully integrated with Google Drive, the
company's cloud storage platform; sign in using
your Google account credentials and every
document you create or edit will automatically be
uploaded to the cloud.
• The app offers tools to insert tables, images, charts
and other complex elements into your documents,
and it's compatible with Microsoft Office files so
you can seamlessly transition between your
desktop computer and your mobile device.
• All editing takes place offline, so you never need to
worry about losing service.

10. iA Writer
• The iA Writer app is a minimalist word processor
with some enticing features for iOS or Android
users. It features a touchscreen keyboard with a
row of special punctuation characters, allowing
more fluid typing and editing.
• Meanwhile, Focus Mode zooms in to show you just
three lines so you can concentrate on what you're
typing.
• Syncing your documents is easy; iA Writer has
options to upload your files to both iCloud and
Dropbox. Formatting options, however, are limited.

11. WPS Office
• WPS Office, created by Kingsoft Office Software, is
a free, multiplatform productivity suite that's
available for iOS and Android. It stands up to
competing apps thanks to a solid feature set and an
easy-to-use interface.
• The suite's word processor lets you write, edit and
save files with relative ease, and email integration
lets you send and receive documents as
attachments.
• Editing features include the ability to change fonts
and colors, tweak text alignment, and insert tables.
• Kingsoft Office's file backup feature lets you save
and retrieve your documents from almost any
device using Google Drive, Dropbox or Box.com.

12. Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Word, available for iOS or Android, lets
you create and edit documents, as long as you have
an Office 365 subscription.
• Mobile documents look like their desktop
counterparts, complete with any charts, tablets and
graphics that were present in the originals.
• When you make edits or add comments to a
document, those changes will appear next time you
access the same file on your desktop computer.
• You can also create new documents right within the
app. It can even read PDFs.