Context-aware Computing: a Survey Preparing a Generalized Approach

Present approaches utilizing awareness of context specialize on their unique domain of em- ployment. Although similarities between those ap- proaches exist, the concepts and systems utilized in this context are vastly heterogeneous. Our goal is the abstraction of the current situation in context- aware computing and the development of generalized concepts for approaching the development of context- aware systems. We put our focus on ubiquitous com- puting and mobile services, since those are especially suitable for employing awareness of contextual infor- mation. This paper presents the first step in this en- deavor, consisting of an in-depth survey of context- aware computing and the presentation of our future plans to proceed in this project.

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