Fujitsu Laboratories Develops ID Information Repository Technology

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of the world’s first ID information repository technology for Service Delivery Platforms (SDPs) (1), which provide the core platform for delivering network services. The new technology organizes data collected by sensors and other ubiquitous-networking technologies from the frontlines of a business, making it accessible from applications at the single object or individual person level. The technology is designed to make it easy for programmers to develop applications that use this field data, even if they have no specialized background dealing with sensor or network technology.

Details of this technology will be presented at the Communications Society Conference sponsored by the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE), to be held from September 16 at Meiji University’s Ikuta campus located in Kawasaki, Japan.

As networking technologies have grown more diverse, a variety of network services, such as fixed-line and mobile telephony as well as Internet services, have come into widespread use. In the past, each of these services was built as an independent system, making it difficult to link services across systems, for example such as delivering voicemail intended for one’s landline number to one’s e-mail address. There is heightened interest in SDPs, to enable the creation of a common platform for network functions to result in simpler system configurations, fewer lines of programming code, faster systems development, and greater efficiency.

In recent years, in addition to conventional network services, there has been a growing interest in new services such as services that assist in food safety, services that promote management efficiency by making employee resource allocation be visible, and services that improve business performance by tracking and analyzing the movements of customers on a retail floor. To deliver such services, which would require utilizing real-time data on individuals and objects collected on the front lines using ubiquitous networked devices equipped with temperature sensors or image sensors, the application of SDP technology is considered quite promising.

Founded in 1968 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Limited is one of the premier research centers in the world. With a global network of laboratories in Japan, China, the United States and Europe, the organization conducts a wide range of basic and applied research in the areas of Multimedia, Personal Systems, Networks, Peripherals, Advanced Materials and Electronic Devices.

Source: Fujitsu