There are various possible types of MQe applications, many of which are
expected to be custom applications developed for particular user groups. The
following list gives some examples:
- Retail applications
- Trickle feeding till transactions to host systems, such as message brokers
- Consumer applications
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- Supermarket shopping from home using a PDA
- Gathering traveller preferences on airlines
- Financial transactions from a mobile phone
- Control applications
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- Collection and integration of data from oil pipeline sensors transmitted
via satellite
- Remote operation of equipment (such as valves) with security to guarantee
the validity of the operator
- Mobile workforce
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- Visiting professionals, for example an insurance agent
- Rapid publication of proof of customer receipt for parcel delivery companies
- Information exchange between kitchen and waiting staff
- Golf tournament score keeping
- Secure mobile systems messaging for the police
- Job information for utility workers in situations where communication
is frequently lost
- Domestic meter reading
- Personal productivity
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- Mail and calendar replication
- Database replication
- Downloading to laptops