Abstract
In this paper we pursue the context-aware paradigm in a distributed mobile environment. Context-awareness plays a significant role in the domain of implicit human computer interaction and we present an intelligent context-aware meeting room application. The distributed mobile application consists of multiple mobile operating system clients, a Google Android based presenter that, through proximity technology, communicates with a server in the meeting room, and a Google Cloud backend server. Over 40 users have evaluated the application. Results show that the context aware meeting room was well received by users who displayed a strong positive bias towards cloud integration and, in particular, automatic meeting-note push. We conclude that our context-aware meeting assistant can provide valuable assistance to end users and that there is promise for such use of heterogeneous mobile context-aware platforms.
Highlights
Context-sensitive applications have, in recent years, moved from the realm of possibilities to that of ubiquity
In respect of user interface, performance, user features, context-aware information, application features and overall impression our results show a strong positive bias (Table III)
We will remark that a one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) found no statistically significant differences in the answers to questions where the operating systems used in the mobile device was the independent variable
Summary
Context-sensitive (or aware) applications have, in recent years, moved from the realm of possibilities to that of ubiquity. One exciting research area that is still very much in the realm of possibilities is that of cloud computing. In this paper we present our work, which explores the overlap of these two research areas, through the prism of an application integrating heterogeneous mobile devices in a meeting room scenario. There are several contributions that focus on context aware applications in a meeting. The services include presentation-, lighting control- and greeting service, where Bluetooth is used to register the participants that are in the meeting room. Another research contribution investigating the aspects of localization and identification is that of Bourcier et al [2], who focus on the notion of service oriented computing in the meaning of automated discovery and connection to devices. Bourcier et al [2] highlight the importance of connecting heterogeneous devices through a generic protocol and strategy
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