Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Muhlbauer, Adam
• Zelinsky, Timothy
• Kanhere, Salil S.

Titel

Platform zero: a step closer to ubiquitous computing

Ist Teil von

• Concurrency and computation, 2016-03, Vol.28 (3), p.688-706

Ort / Verlag

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Full Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Summary Ubiquitous computing is predicted to be the next major paradigm shift in computing since the personal computing revolution. The past 5–10 years has seen the development and adoption of fast mobile devices and widely available data networks, enabling a new generation user and device interaction. However, without understanding the context in which they operate, devices cannot truly adapt to humans or the environment in which they operate. We present a real‐time, context‐aware platform that promotes information‐centric, natural interactions between many different personal computing devices. Our system allows devices to intelligently interpret the context they operate in to better serve the user. Moreover, our platform supports a rapidly emerging trend in computing, wherein a single user simultaneously uses multiple devices in unison (computer, smartphone and tablet) to complete a particular task. Our platform can use current device context to sense collaboration between devices and users, automatically annotating information to improve future retrieval. Through removing the perceived borders between devices, our system aims to create a seamless information sharing experience in a multi‐device, multiuser environment. Our reference implementation supports Apple iOS devices and OSX computers. Moreover, we present extensive evaluations to demonstrate its efficacy. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.