Exploiting space and location as a design framework for interactive mobile systems
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human InteractionPublished 1 September 2000Open access
Alan Dix, Tom Rodden, Nigel Davies, Jonathan Trevor, Adrian Friday, Kevin Palfreyman
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Abstract
This article considers the importance of context in mobile systems. It considers a range of context-related issues and focus on location as a key issue for mobile systems. A design framework is described consisting of taxonomies of location, mobility, population, and device awareness. The design framework inorms the construction of a semantic model of space for mobile systems. The semantic model is reflected in a computational model built on a distriuted platform that allows contextual information to be shared across a number of mobile devices. The framework support the design of interactive mobile systems while the platform supports their rapid development.
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