Jini Surrogate Architecture: Middleware Platform for Social Networking

Abstract

This paper deals with various issues which arise in case of smart device use for social networking. In recent years both the popularity of social networking applications and the adoption of mobile devices, notably smart phones, are growing very fast. The current generation of smart phones is pocket computers that, compared to their predecessors, are relatively well resourced. This paper deals with the study of various issues for connecting different devices independent of their architecture over a single network. The concept "surrogate" plays important role for such connectivity.