m:Ciudad · A Metropolis of Ubiquitous Services

Imagine what kind of applications become possible when our mobile devices not only present data but provide valuable information to other users. Suppose that you are able to create instant services with information, contents and knowledge with your mobile device and in your mobile device. And suppose that this knowledge can be used remotely by other users in a simple way, with their mobile and portable equipment. And now, imagine the amount of available knowledge of those services. Millions or perhaps billions of potential sources with valuable information: constantly updated, relevant to our instant interests and context aware information.<br/><br/>So, what are the required tools to let each user to become a service provider with a mobile device? In which way should the mobile platform behave to make it simple to use and efficient? How to reach to this type of distributed, volatile type of services and their associated knowledge or information? And, how to exploit businesses with that? <br/><br/>User-friendly creation tools in the mobile, optimised execution environment, a model for knowledge warehouse, a proposed specific searching engine and a set of business models for users, for service providers and for third parties. This is m:Ciudad´s scope.