Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Licentiate Degree |
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| Place of Publication | Espoo |
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| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| MoE publication type | G3 Licentiate thesis |
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Keywords
- Context-aware computing
- ubiquitous computing
- mobile communications
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Using context information to enhance mobile communications : Licenciate thesis. / Nummiaho, Antti.
Espoo : Helsinki University of Technology, 2007.Research output: Thesis › Licenciate › Theses
TY - THES
T1 - Using context information to enhance mobile communications
T2 - Licenciate thesis
AU - Nummiaho, Antti
N1 - TK706
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Context-awareness means knowledge of the user’s physical and social surroundings, which enables the creation of richer applications. In my research I concentrate on different areas of context-awareness on the end user’s point of view based on a literature study. I especially concentrate on context-aware communication. I discuss the possible uses of context information in practical context-aware communication applications and the way context information can be created by the users. I also discuss the means users have for obtaining context information of other parties and getting informed when their contexts change, as well as what privacy concerns arise from context-aware communication. Related research projects are presented and evaluated against the literature study. The findings of the literature study are also inspected against the 35 000 ideas for new mobile services that the idea movement of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland collected in spring 2006. In addition to this, the ideas are also evaluated with users using a web-based questionnaire. Also, an application framework for mobile context-based messaging is developed. The questionnaire results indicate user preferences and provide many practical examples of utilizing the context-aware communication scenarios. Furthermore, the results are summarised to provide practical guidelines for the creation of context-aware communication applications. The application framework raises many questions on what should be taken into account when developing mobile context-aware communication applications.
AB - Context-awareness means knowledge of the user’s physical and social surroundings, which enables the creation of richer applications. In my research I concentrate on different areas of context-awareness on the end user’s point of view based on a literature study. I especially concentrate on context-aware communication. I discuss the possible uses of context information in practical context-aware communication applications and the way context information can be created by the users. I also discuss the means users have for obtaining context information of other parties and getting informed when their contexts change, as well as what privacy concerns arise from context-aware communication. Related research projects are presented and evaluated against the literature study. The findings of the literature study are also inspected against the 35 000 ideas for new mobile services that the idea movement of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland collected in spring 2006. In addition to this, the ideas are also evaluated with users using a web-based questionnaire. Also, an application framework for mobile context-based messaging is developed. The questionnaire results indicate user preferences and provide many practical examples of utilizing the context-aware communication scenarios. Furthermore, the results are summarised to provide practical guidelines for the creation of context-aware communication applications. The application framework raises many questions on what should be taken into account when developing mobile context-aware communication applications.
KW - Context-aware computing
KW - ubiquitous computing
KW - mobile communications
M3 - Licenciate
PB - Helsinki University of Technology
CY - Espoo
ER -