隨著電子閱讀器(裝置)的逐漸普及，越來越多電子書平台以及電子書軟體被開發出來。然而，多數的電子書閱讀器仍屬廠商客製化的系統，造成了封閉之軟體分享市場，以及應用程式難以達到跨平台等缺點。本研究基於Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi)技術，建置一電子書取向的平台，並嘗試解決上述問題。
本電子書平台特色在於使用OSGi技術來建置一個整合目前電子書需求取向的開放平台，也設計出了一個適合運行在嵌入式系統上及發展的平台架構。在平台與外界的遠端溝通上，設計了一套電子書平台與遠端應用程式提供商的溝通協定，讓平台能夠藉由網際網路進行應用程式合法、安全的下載與分享，書籍/應用程式再作分享或轉賣的方式給另一平台使用。甚至能藉由TR-069通訊協定完成平台的更新及遠端狀態的監控。此外，平台上也支援一套安裝的認證機制，使得在分享應用程式時，只要能取得原本平台的認證，應用程式便可運行在另一個Java平台上，充分發揮了跨平台的特性。
此研究建構並實作出一個易於新增/更新/移除系統服務與應用程式的電子書平台。此平台的架構包含三層，核心層(Core)扮演著整個平台的管理者角色，負責平台上應用程式的溝通、分配系統資源給應用程式以及監看所有應用程式的執行狀態。系統服務層(System Service)則提供了平台上電子書基本運作的函式庫，同時也定義了平台上傳送的封包型態。另外，還有使用者介面的自動分配，可以縮短程式開發的時間與開發過程中的可調整性。
而在實作之電子書平台上，也已成功將許多Java應用程式改寫為OSGi的服務包(bundle)形式在平台上運行，如：文字編輯器、相簿管理程式、日曆、字典、多媒體播放器、虛擬鍵盤等。此結果顯示了此平台之穩定性與可用性。

With the fast development of the e-book market, more and more e-book readers, platforms and software have emerged. However, most of them are proprietary, which thus leads to difficulties in the software sharing and the portability of the software components. This thesis attempts to resolve these problems by presenting a novel e-book platform based on the Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) technique.

One characteristic this work is a remote communication protocol (mechanism) between the platform and the application provider on the Internet. It not only enables a secure and legal way to download applications from different application providers, but also provides a means to share/resell the applications/e-books between platforms. Moreover, the TR-069 protocol is integrated into our platform, which is useful for updating and monitoring the platform remotely. This platform also supports an install-validating policy, which enables applications to execute on another java-based platform as long as the target platform acquires the original platform’s permission.

By exploiting the OSGi framework that provides a complete registry procedure and well-defined developed APIs, the proposed platform can thus be a stable and reliable java-based platform, and the applications on this platform are easy to install, update and uninstall. The platform contains three layers in design. First, a Core layer is designed as a system manager that is responsible for handling the communication between applications, distributing system resources and monitoring all runtime status of the applications. Second, a System Service layer provides the required libraries for all the basic actions of the E-book requirements. We also define the packet type through the platform and an auto-assignment mechanism for GUI interfaces, which reduces the developing time and increases the flexibility when designing and modifying the platform.

In addition, a prototype of the proposed platform is designed and implemented. Since the platform is based on OSGi, several Java applications, such as text editor, photo management, calendar, dictionary, virtual keypad and media player, are rewritten as OSGi bundles for demonstration. The results show the feasibility and the reliability of the proposed platform.

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