<s>
Ubiquitous	B-Operating_System
Commerce	I-Operating_System
also	O
known	O
as	O
U-Commerce	B-Operating_System
,	O
u	B-Operating_System
commerce	I-Operating_System
or	O
uCommerce	O
(	O
not	O
'	O
U.Commerce	O
'	O
)	O
,	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
goods	O
and/or	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sometimes	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
wireless	O
,	O
continuous	O
communication	O
and	O
exchange	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
and	O
information	O
between	O
and	O
among	O
retailers	O
,	O
customers	O
,	O
and	O
systems	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
applications	B-Application
)	O
regardless	O
of	O
location	O
,	O
devices	O
used	O
,	O
or	O
time	O
of	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sometimes	O
,	O
U-Commerce	B-Operating_System
is	O
taken	O
as	O
the	O
generic	O
term	O
for	O
all	O
business	O
transactions	O
through	O
or	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
information	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
communications	I-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
(	O
ICT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Richard	O
T	O
.	O
Watson	O
,	O
U-Commerce	B-Operating_System
includes	O
four	O
major	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Uniqueness	O
=	O
stands	O
for	O
the	O
unique	B-Application
identification	I-Application
of	O
each	O
customer	O
or	O
user	O
regarding	O
his	O
identity	O
,	O
current	O
context	O
,	O
needs	O
and	O
location	O
resulting	O
in	O
an	O
individual	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unison	O
=	O
constitutes	O
the	O
data	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
across	O
applications	B-Application
and	O
devices	O
to	O
provide	O
users	O
consistent	O
and	O
fully	O
access	O
to	O
required	O
information	O
independent	O
of	O
device	O
and	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
U-Commerce	B-Operating_System
is	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
evolution	O
of	O
E-Commerce	O
and	O
M-Commerce	B-Application
also	O
combining	O
the	O
areas	O
of	O
V-commerce	O
,	O
Television-Commerce	O
(	O
T-commerce	B-Application
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Silent-Commerce	B-Application
(	O
S-Commerce	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubiquitous	B-Operating_System
Commerce	I-Operating_System
is	O
thus	O
based	O
on	O
various	O
ICT	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
also	O
technologies	O
regarding	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
Ubiquitous	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
which	O
are	O
and	O
will	O
be	O
the	O
main	O
driving	O
forces	O
for	O
the	O
Ubiquitous	B-Operating_System
Commerce	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
methods	O
for	O
the	O
automatic	B-General_Concept
identification	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
capture	I-General_Concept
(	O
Auto-ID	B-General_Concept
)	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
conjunction	O
of	O
the	O
evolution	O
of	O
ubiquitous	B-Operating_System
commerce	I-Operating_System
in	O
daily	O
life	O
and	O
the	O
approaching	O
pervasiveness	B-Architecture
,	O
a	O
few	O
opportunities	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
threats	O
can	O
be	O
identified	O
.	O
</s>
