Understanding and Using Context

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Understanding and Using Context (2001)

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by Anind K. Dey

Venue:	Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
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@ARTICLE{Dey01understandingand,
    author = {Anind K. Dey},
    title = {Understanding and Using Context},
    journal = {Personal and Ubiquitous Computing},
    year = {2001},
    volume = {5},
    pages = {4--7}
}

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Context is a poorly used source of information in our computing environments. As a result, we have an impoverished understanding of what context is and how it can be used. In this paper, we provide an operational definition of context and discuss the different ways that context can be used by context-aware applications. We also present the Context Toolkit, an architecture that supports the building of these context-aware applications. We discuss the features and abstractions in the toolkit that make the task of building applications easier. Finally, we introduce a new abstraction, a situation, which we believe will provide additional support to application designers. 1. Introduction Humans are quite successful at conveying ideas to each other and reacting appropriately. This is due to many factors: the richness of the language they share, the common understanding of how the world works, and an implicit understanding of everyday situations. When humans talk with humans, they are able...

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using context context-aware application new abstraction different way building application common understanding computing environment introduction human application designer context toolkit implicit understanding impoverished understanding additional support operational definition everyday situation many factor

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