Oracle Application Server Wireless Administrator's Guide 10g (9.0.4) Part Number B10188-01 |
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Oracle Application Server Wireless (Wireless) is the wireless and voice platform of Oracle Application Server (OracleAS), which enables enterprises to realize their mobile strategy through the development and deployment of wireless browsing applications, voice applications, asynchronous applications, J2ME applications, and notifications.
Wireless is also the voice and wireless platform for the mobile extensions of the Oracle E-Business Suite, the wireless and voice components of the Oracle Collaboration Suite, and the foundation for custom and partner wireless and voice solutions.
Through the Oracle Application Server Wireless platform, devices can use any protocol to receive and deliver requests as well as and deliver content to any device. The request types handled by Wireless include:
Many devices with gateway support request applications through the HTTP protocol. These devices include WAP phones with WAP gateways and fixed voice lines with VoiceXML gateways. Wireless executes this request as follows:
The Wireless server can also process requests from non-HTTP based devices, such as SMS device, Pager, or Email. The request is handled as follows:
The Wireless platform can also push any message to any device using different protocols. Out-of-the-box, any message can be pushed out as an SMS message, an email, a voice mail, a fax, or it can be pushed to the Oracle Mobile Message Gateway. The request is handled as follows:
Wireless provides a complete set of Web-based tools, which provide functions for developing and publishing mobile applications, creating mobile users, providing help desk support to mobile users, and managing the Wireless server. These tools each include step-by-step wizards, which enable users to quickly accomplish any task. The wizard pages include inline hints and tips which provide information for new users to quickly learn the tools. In addition, the online help enables experienced users to utilize the advanced features.
Out of the box, Wireless provides the following tools:
Wireless also provides the Wireless Customization Portal, which enables end-users to personalize Wireless applications and manage their personal profiles, including their devices and Location Marks. The Customization Portal can be used as the out-of-box Web-based portal along with the device-based portal.
The Wireless Tools are role-specific;Wireless users can only access the tool which corresponds to the role or roles that they have been granted. These user roles, which are described in Table 1-1, span all of the Wireless resources, from server management, application development, application publishing, and help desk to subscription to the Wireless applications. Because these tools are Web-based, they require no client-side installation. After installing and starting the Wireless server, multiple users can access the Wireless tools through normal desktop browsers.
You do not need to manually configure any server files or code with APIs to access the out-of-box features of the Wireless server, unless you want to expand the Wireless server functions.
OracleAS Wireless includes pre-built Wireless module applications. These are applications which you configure using the Content Manager, include the following:
The PIM (Personal Information Management) applications (also known as Collaboration Applications) enable customers to integrate corporate email, directory, address book, calendaring and instant messaging applications into their mobile enterprise portals.
There are Location Based applications include the Location Picker, Driving Directions, Maps, and Biz Directory (business directory).
The Location Picker application enables users to pick and manage their frequently-accessed locations. Other pre-configured applications, such as Driving Directions and Maps applications, use the Location Picker to acquire a location from the user.
The Oracle m-Commerce applications securely store user profiles, and supply information authorized by users of third-party applications. These applications communicate with on-line payment mechanisms to complete transactions.
This guide describes how to get Wireless running by using the Wireless tools to configure the underlying Wireless stack and the module applications.
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