An advanced search interface for mobile devices

An advanced search interface for mobile devices is presented. The search interface employs the query-by-object (QBO) approach which enables end users to obtain information in a database without using SQL. So far, the QBO approach has been employed in a number of applications. The aim of this research is to develop a visual user interface on mobile devices so that the users can more intuitively manipulate the objects for information retrieval. In this paper, the user interface, an algorithm of SQL generation, and the system architecture are presented. A framework to generalize the QBO approach with the interface for different databases is also considered.

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