Security Framework for Context Aware Mobile Web Services

Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) could be served as a good platform for the growth of Context Aware Mobile applications with the multi-functionality smart mobile devices. The other key drivers for the evolution of these location aware systems are ease-of-use, convenience, social interactions and anytime-anywhere availability. Additionally, the Context Aware Mobile Applications facilitates day-to-day activities such as search services, business, entertainment, advertising, marketing, shopping, ticket purchasing, payment and mobile banking live and smarter. These applications utilize services as fundamental elements that support rapid, low-cost, loosely connected and dynamic services in heterogeneous environment. Service Computing (SC) promises the development of a world of services with cheaper and agile distributed applications. Underneath the hype and publicity over these new technologies, the design specifications and the physical properties of the involving devices define the capabilities and limitations for many distributed enterprise computing applications.