Abstract
Currently, users interact with computer systems at the level of applications or devices. In the reality of ubiquitous computing it is neither acceptable nor scalable to expect that users keep track of all their activities, explicitly migrate them, and configure resources as they need them. We conceptualize a user environment as an aggregation of the whole activity of a user in a ubiquitous system. In this paper we define a user environment in a ubiquitous system. We also propose a software architecture that maintains user environments, deploys and adjusts them to underlying computing spaces, as necessary.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Bailey, B., Konstan, J., Carlis, J.: Supporting multimedia designers: Towards more effective design tools. In: Proceedings of Multimedia Modeling, pp. 267–286 (2001)
Cohen, M.: A prototype intelligent environment. In: Streitz, N.A., Konomi, S., Burkhardt, H.-J. (eds.) CoBuild 1998. LNCS, vol. 1370, p. 41. Springer, Heidelberg (1998)
Garlan, D., Siewiorek, D.P., Smailagic, A., Steenkiste, P.: Project aura: Towards distraction-free pervasive computing. In: IEEE Pervasive Computing (April-June 2002)
Holmquist, L.E., Mattern, F., Schiele, B., Alahuhta, P., Beigl, M., Gellersen, H.-W.: Smart-its friends: A technique for users to easily establish connections between smart artefacts. In: Abowd, G.D., Brumitt, B., Shafer, S. (eds.) UbiComp 2001. LNCS, vol. 2201, p. 116. Springer, Heidelberg (2001)
Lin, M.T.J., Landsay, J.A.: A visual sketching language for sketching large and complex interactive designs. In: Proceedings of CHI 2002, pp. 307–314 (2002)
Page-Jones, M.: Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML. Addison-Wesley, Reading (1999)
Ponnekanti, S., Lee, B., Fox, A., Hanrahan, P., Winograd, T.: Icrafter: A service framework for ubiquitous computing environments. In: Abowd, G.D., Brumitt, B., Shafer, S. (eds.) UbiComp 2001. LNCS, vol. 2201, p. 56. Springer, Heidelberg (2001)
Román, M., Hess, C., Cerqueira, R., Ranganathan, A., Campbell, R.H., Nahrstedt, K.: Gaia: A middleware infrastructure to enable active spaces. In: IEEE Pervasive Computing (October-December 2002)
Tandler, P.: Software infrastructure for ubiquitous computing environments: Supporting synchronous collaboration with heterogeneous devices. In: Abowd, G.D., Brumitt, B., Shafer, S. (eds.) UbiComp 2001. LNCS, vol. 2201, p. 96. Springer, Heidelberg (2001)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2003 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Carvalho, D., Campbell, R., Belford, G., Mickunas, D. (2003). Definition of a User Environment in a Ubiquitous System. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z., Schmidt, D.C. (eds) On The Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2003: CoopIS, DOA, and ODBASE. OTM 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2888. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39964-3_74
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39964-3_74
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-20498-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-39964-3
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive