Mobile version (wml)
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WebBee allows you to access the Web from hand-held devices, such as cell phones, faster by scraping away unneccessary information and by localizing interactions on your hand-held device so as to minimize network round-trips. It uses a client-proxy architecture that combines a web scraping proxy with a Java client to make a platform-independent gateway between small mobile devices and the vast information available on the World Wide Web.
Example WebBee local directory application (using Google Local)If you'd like to know more about how WebBee works, please consult our: 
[Paper] [Viewgraphs] [QuickTime Demo] (German) [Windows Demo] (German)
WebBee is currently under developement. However, we do have some applications that you can try out. These include weather reports, book searches, local as well as
U of M directory services , maps, driving directions, etc.To try our WebBee applications, you need mobile device that supports Java MIDP 1.0 (most modern cellular phones do). If you are a cellular phone user, you also need a subscription plan that allows for Internet access. If this is your first time using an Internet application on your phone, please be aware that your carrier may charge a fee for Internet access.
You may check if your phone or PDA is in the list of devices and network providers that have been tested with WebBee. If you get WebBee to work on a device or provider not listed, please let us know.
Download:
[WAP/WML] [HTML] If you are unsure which page to view on your mobile device, please try the WML page first (enter http://webbee.eecs.umich.edu/index.wml into your mobile device's browser. Try the HTML page (http://webbee.eecs.umich.edu/apps.html) if the WML page does not load. Then click on the UM Directory link (some older devices may require you to click on the "jar" link to download).
- Krian Upatkoon, Wenjie Wang, Sugih Jamin, "WebBee: An Architecture for Web Accessibility for Mobile Devices" Proc. of the 10th IFIP International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications, August 2005, Colmar, France.
- Krian Upatkoon, Wenjie Wang, Sugih Jamin, "On the Design and Implementation of a Proxy-Based Architecture for Web Access on Mobile Devices" Technical Report
WebBee is University of Michigan Electrical Engineering and Computer Science research project funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
P.I.s:Graduate research assistants:
- Sugih Jamin (University of Michigan)
- Z. Morley Mao (University of Michigan)
- Sarit Mukherjee (Lucent Bell Labs)
- Jignesh Patel (University of Michigan)
- Limin Wang (Lucent Bell Labs)
Undergraduate research assistants:
- Yun Chen
- Jeffrey Powers
- Patrick Turley
- Soren Dreijer
- Joe Flint
- Neil Pankey
If you have any questions or comments about our work, or are having any difficulties using the WebBee applications, please use our feedback form.
