Examining Fifth Generation Messaging Systems
Michelle Mutu-Grigg
Inherent in life is the need for communication. As time has passed communication methods and systems have expanded and developed. This paper examines a fifth generation messaging system proposed by Jihong Li in her Master’s thesis A fifth generation messaging system. It discusses four problems identified in this thesis and then redefines and examines the “persona problem” or the identification and uses of a person’s various “personalities” in a messaging system. This problem is refined and examined in the concept of persona identification.
To help provide understanding of this concept an electronic mailing system design that would be able to identify “persona” is discussed. A current graphical user interface electronic mailing system is examined before a user interface that could be integrated with a fifth generation messaging system is presented. This paper then discusses possible implementations of this persona concept through manipulation of existing filters and methods. Through this discussion the validity of the inclusion of persona identification features in a fifth generation system is established.
This paper also examines relevant models and literature that was not cited by Li in her thesis. The two key areas this paper examines are persona and presence awareness.