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Distributed Context-Aware Systems

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Abstract

This chapter introduces some basic definitions related to context-aware systems and presents a taxonomy for such systems. Both are useful in the following sections. The taxonomy is well suited for guiding the architectural decisions of application developers; it is built around the four main layers found in context-aware systems considering context data from the moment it is acquired by sensors in raw format to the moment it is consumed by the end-user application: capture, infer, distribution, and consume. In this chapter we address each one of such layers.

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Notes

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    The device where user’s activity was last detected.

  2. 2.

    For example, by tapping on the information button.

  3. 3.

    In fact, Elvin is not specific to context-aware applications and quenching can be applied to any publish-subscribe system.

  4. 4.

    Context from people outside the vicinity would not be received at all, but this falls into the selective scope approach.

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