The anatomy of a context-aware application

被引：306

作者：

Harter, A

Hopper, A

Steggles, P

Ward, A

Webster, P

机构：

[1] AT&T Labs Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QA, England

[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Engn, Commun Engn Lab, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, England

来源：

WIRELESS NETWORKS | 2002年 / 8卷 / 2-3期

关键词：

mobile computing; sentient computing; context-aware computing; location sensors; resource monitoring; middleware; spatial indexing; CORBA; visualisation; HCI;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1013767926256

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

We describe a sensor-driven, or sentient, platform for context-aware computing that enables applications to follow mobile users as they move around a building. The platform is particularly suitable for richly equipped, networked environments. The only item a user is required to carry is a small sensor tag, which identifies them to the system and locates them accurately in three dimensions. The platform builds a dynamic model of the environment using these location sensors and resource information gathered by telemetry software, and presents it in a form suitable for application programmers. Use of the platform is illustrated through a practical example, which allows a user's current working desktop to follow them as they move around the environment.

引用

页码：187 / 197

页数：11

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