Mobile IT Support for

Multisport

Steinar Kristoffersen, Manish Shrestha

Østfold University College

Research QuestionI. What are the ways that the athletes and their

supporter can communicate and exchange their information with each other to make the support more effective.

II. What technology or the combination of technologies is appropriate for the mobile support in Multisport Competitions?

III. How can the interaction for the triathlon application be designed to be usable in the hostile environment?

IV. How can the race information be shared to the general people?

Apache httpd

Tomcat(web app)

Open fire(XMPP server)

Web browser

Mobile

submit data(via restful service)

receive notification(xmpp client)

proxy for web app

http bind(bosh service)

normal web app

receive notification

Apache httpd

Open fire(XMPP server)

Web browser

Mobile

submit data(via restful service)

receive notification(xmpp client)

normal web app

receive notification

Pusher API

Spring webMVC

RestFulService

Service XMPPservice

BusinessService

HibernateDAO, POJO, mapping file

Database

Web browser Mobile

Open fire(XMPP server)

submit data

Broadcastnotification

receive notification

receive notification

normal web app

Results/Findings