The rapid progress of information technology has spurred development of various communication support systems. In particular, the importance of informal communication has lately d...
—Evolutionary development towards all-IP networks will have various kinds of devices connected to the Internet. In such the ubiquitous networking environment with the features of...
This paper describes a system that allows users who obtain a “wearable ID key” to personalize dynamically ubiquitous computers by simply touching them. We call the concept of ...
This paper considers the small-world phenomenon in two contexts: ubiquitous computing and security. We argue that small-world properties emerge in ubicomp systems due to their nat...
The overall purpose of this article is partly to give a brief overview of the TangO conceptual model, partly to explore the Jini technology as a means for support of pervasive syst...