It's an idea sketch using web browser as an universal client for IoT application. How do you think about this idea ?

1. September 2016
Jonathan Jeon (hollobit@etri.re.kr)
ETRI

2. 1. Web As Interface
¤ RESTful, Data-JSON/XML …
2. Web As Integration
¤ Semantic Integration, Web Services, Linked Data …
3. Web As Internet Services
¤ Open Web API, Search/Commerce, Contents, Payment …
4. Web As Application Platform
¤ HTML5/Javascript, Device APIs, Offline …
5. Web As Protocol
¤ HTTP/2, WebSocket, SSE, XHR, WebRTC, WebPush …
6. Web As Identifier
¤ URI/IRI, URL …
7. Web As User Interaction
¤ O2O, Physical Web, Web Bluetooth …
8. Web As Universal Client
¤ Browser …

4. ¢For setup, control & management
¢For own application
¤Must install all of them
¢Platform dependent
¢Too many apps
Too many
Apps …

6. CAN WE FIND ANOTHER METHOD ?

7. >0.2B

8. 8B

9. ¢ Original RESTful client & navigator
¢ No installation
¢ Platform independent
¤Can use any devices
¢ Just need a Browser
¢ For basic functionality
¤Setup
¤check
¤control
¤management

10. There are hundreds of browsers for Android.

12. ¢ Basic functionality
¤ Browsing UX & UI – bookmarking, subscription, user preference …
¤ On boarding & Setup
¤ Web Bluetooth & Physical Web, Web NFC …
¤ Protocol support
¤ CoAP, HTTP
¤ Local Access & Control
¤ Thing browsing – View, navigation and bookmark
¤ Thing resource control – immediate / scheduled
¤ Virtual thing access
¤ Management
¤ Setup, Security management
¤ View & Monitoring
¤ Dash board, notification/alert management
¤ Group Management
¤ Group control, group management, grouping, zone management
¤ Cloud integration – Control, Manage, Monitoring …

13. ¢We need to find the way how web browser can act as an
universal IoT client
¤Required new functionality
¤Required implementation