Remote User Tracking Life Cycle Objectives By Nathan Ratliff and Adrienne Noble

Operational Concepts Allows people use their cell phones to find out where their friends are using UNIX computers Implements personalized lists of friends and groups Aimed at UW Computer Science and Engineering community

System Requirements Sign up on secure web page Step through flow of pages to get information on where friends are logged into computers.

System and Software Architecture Midlet Side Architecture Requests specific information from servlet using J2ME Servlet Side Architecture Executes the “finger” command at midlet’s request Sends parsed data to midlet Uses Java servlet technology

Lifecycle Plan Designed for UW CSE students and faculty Currently use finger command frequently Accessibility through cell phone will be welcome development Very little support needed Administrator with access to CSE computers needs to start process

Feasibility Rationale Able to produce a servlet that obtains “finger” information Implemented secure CSE authentication for a web page Prototypes showed that this project is very feasible