GVU Technical Report Number:
GIT-GVU-99-23
Title:
An Architecture to Support Context-Aware Applications
Authors:
Anind K. Dey
Daniel Salber
Masayasu Futakawa
Gregory D. Abowd
Abstract:
Context is an important, yet poorly utilized source of information in
interactive computing. It is difficult to use because, unlike other
forms of user input, there is not common, reusable way to handle
context. Most context-aware applications have been built in an ad hoc
manner. We discuss the requirements for dealing with context and
present an architectural solution we have designed and implemented to
help application designers build context-aware applications more easily.
We illustrate the use of the architecture through a context-aware
application that assists conference attendees.
Keywords:
Context-aware computing, architecture, ubiquitous computing, toolkits,
application development
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