Cocam: Real-Time Photo Sharing Based On Opportunistic P2p Networking

We describe a mobile application for sharing user-authored photo content in realtime called CoCam. CoCam is a collaborative content sharing framework based on opportunistic P2P proximal networking. CoCam users who are located in the same physical space can automatically share the photos they create as well as receive photos from other users around them. Since CoCam is based on an opportunistic P2P network middleware, users are not required to know each other in advance. It is also not necessary for them to agree on the same service provider nor coordinate the network configuration, infrastructure and security settings. This middleware automatically discovers other peers and handles the organization of ad-hoc network connections. With CoCam, we demonstrate that users are able to share and enjoy shared photos and video streams without the effort of manual setup and cost associated with the 3G/4G network.