Design of a mobile client for the AIDA auction service

We show the main characteristics of both the AIDA auction service and a client for that service running on a mobile device. The AIDA system supports responsive and available auction services in a large scale distributed environment, such as the Internet. The AIDA service allows for fast evolving auctions on the Internet. In this paper we present the main architectural challenges to implement a mobile client for AIDA. We propose the design of a client that can run on a mobile device, such as a smartphone. Moreover, our system provides the auctioneers with a simple mechanism to switch between computing platforms, such as mobile devices and desktop computers. The auctioneer can switch between several devices as long as those those can exchange a single and small file.