eprintid: 736 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/07/36 datestamp: 2023-11-09 15:48:53 lastmod: 2023-11-09 15:48:53 status_changed: 2023-11-09 15:23:04 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Ahmad, R. creators_name: Kareem, S.A. title: A free-form database query language for mobile phones ispublished: pub keywords: Database queries; Database query languages; Query formulations; Query types; Resource restrictions; Usability tests, Display devices; Linguistics; Mobile devices; Mobile phones; Query languages; Telephone; Telephone sets, Mobile computing note: cited By 2; Conference of 2009 WRI International Conference on Communications and Mobile Computing, CMC 2009 ; Conference Date: 6 January 2009 Through 8 January 2009; Conference Code:75846 abstract: Due to the display area and resource restrictions of small mobile devices, currently, most reported database query systems developed for them are only offering a small set of pre-determined queries that can be posed by users. This not only limits the usage of such systems in their own domain of application, it also prevents them from being used to query other databases. Thus, the abilities to support different query types as well as unplanned queries are essential for these systems in order to make them generic. Hence, this paper presents a new free-form database query language that is suitable for these devices. The language which is used as the query formulation method in a database query system prototype for WAPenabled mobile phones has been found to be effective based on results from usability tests. © 2009 IEEE. date: 2009 official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-64749102455&doi=10.1109%2fCMC.2009.335&partnerID=40&md5=eaba7078f3ff9d50d7bed81cdd4f59d0 id_number: 10.1109/CMC.2009.335 full_text_status: none publication: Proceedings - 2009 WRI International Conference on Communications and Mobile Computing, CMC 2009 volume: 3 place_of_pub: Kunming, Yunnan pagerange: 279-284 refereed: TRUE isbn: 9780769535012 citation: Ahmad, R. and Kareem, S.A. (2009) A free-form database query language for mobile phones. In: UNSPECIFIED.