Ubiqitous computing for university announcements

Abstract

The aim of this project is to propose a solution for the problems of traditional announcement systems by using available and cheap technologies. Users of the proposed system can view their own announcement {LGJ; FL % $JH{DN{ %W%GDHDKK system using their mobile phones which should be equipped with Bluetooth device. The system has two parts: The first is a web-based application which enables an administrator to make and manipulate the announcements. The second system is desktop application which is responsible of detecting the users and the displaying their announcement. The system aims to provide flexible signing up and succeeded to offer a user friendly interface for the announcements that can support large number of users. The system can be used in many areas, where the privacy of the information is not required. In our case, it was implemented for the announcement for the students and staff inside the Palestine Polytechnic University.