1. Mobile IT Support for Multisport Steinar Kristoffersen, Manish Shrestha Østfold University College

2. Research Question I.What are the ways that the athletes and their supporter can communicate and exchange their information with each other to make the support more effective. II.What technology or the combination of technologies is appropriate for the mobile support in Multisport Competitions? III.How can the interaction for the triathlon application be designed to be usable in the hostile environment? IV.How can the race information be shared to the general people?

3. Apache httpd Tomcat (web app) Tomcat (web app) Open fire (XMPP server) Open fire (XMPP server) Web browser Mobile submit data (via restful service) receive notification (xmpp client) proxy for web app http bind (bosh service) normal web app receive notification

4. Apache httpd Open fire (XMPP server) Open fire (XMPP server) Web browser Mobile submit data (via restful service) receive notification (xmpp client) normal web app receive notification Pusher API

5. Spring web MVC Spring web MVC RestFul Service RestFul Service XMPP service XMPP service Business Service Business Service Hibernate DAO, POJO, mapping file Hibernate DAO, POJO, mapping file Database Web browser Mobile Open fire (XMPP server) Open fire (XMPP server) submit data Broadcast notification receive notification normal web app

6. Results/Findings