Dynamic Multimedia Content Retrieval System in Distributed Environment

TL;DR

This paper presents WiCoM, a system that allows journalists to remotely capture, update, and manage multimedia content in real-time on web servers using mobile phones and GPRS technology.

Contribution

It introduces a mobile reporting application using J2ME and PHP that enables real-time multimedia content management for journalists in a distributed environment.

Findings

Real-time multimedia content upload and management

Effective use of GPRS for communication

Supports editing and removal of content remotely

Abstract

WiCoM enables remote management of web resources. Our application Mobile reporter is aimed at Journalist, who will be able to capture the events in real-time using their mobile phones and update their web server on the latest event. WiCoM has been developed using J2ME technology on the client side and PHP on the server side. The communication between the client and the server is established through GPRS. Mobile reporter will be able to upload, edit and remove both textual as well as multimedia contents in the server.