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How to Define the Communication Situation: Determining Context Cues in Mobile Telephony

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Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT 2003)

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Mobile telephony is increasing in use and is presently the most common mobile communication technology. Furthermore, the technological possibilities for context-aware features for mobile phones are increasing. The out-of-context communication that occurs from mobile telephony leads to a need for exploring how users deal with situational cues in order to evaluate proposed context-aware features. We present an exploratory case study of mobile telephone users where the communication situation is examined, in particular in relation to how users deal with context information. The study finds that users infer about context cues to a high degree and adapt accordingly. This indicates that context based features in mobile telephony should focus on the specific context measures when they are needed instead of focusing on general measures that are always available.

Currently visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, The Department of Engineering and Computer Science, working with Assistant Adjunct Professor Anind Dey.

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  1. Department of Design and Use of IT, The IT University of Copenhagen, Glentevej 67, DK-2400, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Louise Barkhuus

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  1. INRIA Lorraine, 615, rue du Jardin Botanique, 54602, Villers les Nancy Cedex, France

    Patrick Blackburn

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Chadwick Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZF, UK

    Chiara Ghidini

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Maine, 5752 Neville Hall, Orono, ME, 04469-5752, USA

    Roy M. Turner

  4. Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Trento, 38050, Povo, Trento, Italy

    Fausto Giunchiglia

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Barkhuus, L. (2003). How to Define the Communication Situation: Determining Context Cues in Mobile Telephony. In: Blackburn, P., Ghidini, C., Turner, R.M., Giunchiglia, F. (eds) Modeling and Using Context. CONTEXT 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2680. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44958-2_32

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