Middleware for Context Sensitive Mobile Applications

Contextual information such as spatial location can significantly enhance the utility of mobile applications. We introduce the concept of active preferences that represent a combination of user preference information and choices combined with spatial or temporal information. Active preferences set the policy on how a mobile application should customise its behaviour not just for a particular user but as that user moves to different locations and interacts with other mobile users or with fixed location base stations. We discuss technical issues for establishing a middleware infrastructure to aid experimentation and describe our prototype testbed.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ACSW
• Authors: Kenneth A. Hawick, Heath A. James
• Keywords: ACSW 2003, ACSW 2007, Active Preferences, Mobile Application, User Preference Information