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SDMW
2009
Springer
13 years 12 months ago
Longitude: Centralized Privacy-Preserving Computation of Users' Proximity
A “friend finder” is a Location Based Service (LBS) that informs users about the presence of participants in a geographical area. In particular, one of the functionalities of ...
Sergio Mascetti, Claudio Bettini, Dario Freni
WWW
2011
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
Open and decentralized access across location-based services
Users now interact with multiple Location-Based Services (LBS) through a myriad set of location-aware devices and interfaces. However, current LBS tend to be centralized silos wit...
Yiming Liu, Rui Yang, Erik Wilde
HUC
2004
Springer
14 years 22 days ago
The NearMe Wireless Proximity Server
Abstract. NearMe is a server, algorithms, and application programming interfaces (APIs) for clients equipped with 802.11 wireless networking (Wi-Fi) to compute lists of people and ...
John Krumm, Ken Hinckley
NOMS
2006
IEEE
129views Communications» more  NOMS 2006»
14 years 1 months ago
A Framework for the Decentralisation and Management of Collaborative Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environments
—When deploying collaborative applications such as Instant Messaging in ubiquitous computing environments significant enhancements can be afforded by offering additional context ...
Karl Quinn, Austin Kenny, Kevin Feeney, David Lewi...
MDA
1999
Springer
179views Communications» more  MDA 1999»
13 years 11 months ago
Cache Coherency in Location-Dependent Information Services for Mobile Environment
Abstract. Caching frequently accessed data at the client is an attractive technique for improving access time. In a mobile computing environment, client location becomes a piece of...
Jianliang Xu, Xueyan Tang, Dik Lun Lee, Qinglong H...