| Recently, the emergence of wireless and mobile networks has made possible the admission of electronic commerce to a new application and research subject: mobile commerce, defined as the exchange or buying and selling of commodities, services, or information on the Internet through the use of mobile handheld devices. In just a few years, mobile commerce has emerged from nowhere to become the hottest new trend in business transactions. However, the prosperity and popularity of mobile commerce will be brought to a higher level only if information is securely and safely exchanged among end systems (mobile users and content providers). Advances in Security and Payment Methods for Mobile Commerce includes high-quality research papers and industrial and practice articles in the areas of mobile commerce security and payment from academics and industrialists. It covers research and development results of lasting significance in the theory, design, implementation, analysis, and application of mobile commerce security and payment.
With the introduction of the World Wide Web, electronic commerce has revolutionized
traditional commerce and boosted sales and exchanges of merchandise and information.
Recently, the emergence of wireless and mobile networks has made possible the
admission of electronic commerce to a new application and research subject: mobile
commerce, which is defined as the exchange or buying and selling of commodities,
services, or information on the Internet through the use of mobile handheld devices. In
just a few years, mobile commerce has emerged from nowhere to become the hottest
new trend in business transactions. In fact, the growth of mobile handheld devices has
been more rapid than the growth in any previous technology.
Yet, one of the biggest impediments to the growth of mobile commerce has been a lack
of consistency in security and payment methods and an absence of consensus on
technology standards. Various wired or electronic commerce security and payment
methods have been modified and applied to mobile commerce, but experience shows
that simply adapting those solutions to mobile commerce is not feasible. Different
methods and approaches must be taken to enforce mobile commerce security and secure
payment methods. Many novel security and payment technologies, therefore,
have been proposed and applied to mobile commerce and they are highly diverse and
broad in application. This book attempts to provide a comprehensive study of mobile
commerce security and payment methods and address the complex challenges facing
the mobile commerce industry.
This book contains high-quality research, and industrial and practical articles in the
areas of mobile commerce security and payment methods from both academics and
industrialists. It includes research and development results of lasting significance in
the theory, design, implementation, analysis, and application of mobile commerce security
and payment methods. It could be used for a textbook of an advanced computer
science (or related disciplines) course and would be a highly useful reference book for
IT professionals. |
