Context is an important, yet poorly understood and poorly utilized source of information in
interactive computing. It will be of particular importance in the new millennium as users …

Context-aware computing is a mobile computing paradigm in which applications can
discover and take advantage of contextual information (such as user location, time of day …

A common focus shared by researchers in mobile, ubiquitous and wearable computing is
the attempt to break away from the traditional desktop computing paradigm. Computational …

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 no common, reusable way …

The Context Toolkit (Dey, Abowd, and Salber, 2001 [this special issue]) is only one of many
possible architectures for supporting context-aware applications. In this essay, we look at the …

Computing devices and applications are now used beyond the desktop, in diverse
environments, and this trend toward ubiquitous computing is accelerating. One challenge …

Context-aware systems offer entirely new opportunities for application developers and for
end users by gathering context data and adapting systems behaviour accordingly …

Context-aware computing enriches the capabilities of intelligent devices complemented with
smart applications and helps establish smart ecosystems in fields such as Ambient …

Current hardware developments are making mobile computing increasingly attractive. An
important class of mobile applications are context-aware applications: applications that …

Smart phones are a particularly tempting platform for building context-aware applications
because they're programmable and often use well-known operating systems. There's a gap …