Cloud-assisted mobile desktop search

—With the advent of the Internet, searching for information became a fundamental part of our daily computing. When large storage devices were integrated to our personal computers, desktop search solved the problem of locating information. With larger storage integrated into mobile devices, a solution for the problem is required in the mobile environment. Users often possess multiple devices, such as laptops, PDAs and smartphones, making information synchronization more important. The Dessy desktop search and synchronization system for mobile devices strives to answer these challenges. This paper introduces some of Dessy’s features and demonstrates the Dessy prototype for mobile devices.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: PERCOM
• Authors: Eemil Lagerspetz, Sasu Tarkoma
• Keywords: Computer Networks, Desktop Search, Large Storage Devices, Mobile Devices, PERCOM 2010