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On Integrating Heterogeneous Locating Services

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This paper presents a unified locating service, KULOCS, which horizontally integrates the existing heterogeneous locating services. Focusing on technology-independent elements [when], [where] and [who] in querying locations of objects, KULOCS integrates data and operations of the existing services. In the data integration, we propose a method where the time representation, the locations, the namespace of user are consolidated by Unix time, the location labels and the alias table, respectively. We then propose KULOCS-API that integrates operations by all possible combinations of [when], [where] and [who]. Since KULOCS works as a seamless façade to the underlying locating services, clients can consume location information easily and efficiently, without knowing concrete services actually locating target objects. Also, we examine feasibility of two practical value-added services with KULOCS.

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Acknowledgements

This research was partially supported by the Japan Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture [Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Nos. 26280115, 15H02701), Young Scientists (B) (No. 26730155), and Challenging Exploratory Research (15K12020)].

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  1. Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

    Hiroki Takatsuka, Sachio Saiki, Shinsuke Matsumoto & Masahide Nakamura

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  1. IBM Research , Haifa, Israel

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  2. CONNECT Centre, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Johann Marquez-Barja

  3. GTA/PEE-COPPE/DEL-Poli, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Miguel Elias Mitre Campista

  4. Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Trnava, Slovakia

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  5. Institut Télécom SudParis , Evry, France

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  6. College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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  7. College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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  9. DICIEAMA Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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  10. CREATE-NET , Trento, Italy

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  11. University of Trento , Trento, Italy

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Takatsuka, H., Saiki, S., Matsumoto, S., Nakamura, M. (2016). On Integrating Heterogeneous Locating Services. In: Mandler, B., et al. Internet of Things. IoT Infrastructures. IoT360 2015. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 170. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47075-7_6

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