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Contextor: capture and dynamic distribution of contextual information

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Joëlle CoutazAuthors Info & Claims

UbiMob '04: Proceedings of the 1st French-speaking conference on Mobility and ubiquity computing

Pages 131 - 138

https://doi.org/10.1145/1050873.1050902

Published: 01 June 2004 Publication History

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Without the support of adequate software infrastructures, the implementation of context sensitive interactive systems is hard to achieve in a sound way. In this article, we propose the notion of contextor, a software abstraction that supports the operational deployment of interaction contexts. We show how contextors are organized into levels of abstraction, and how these levels fit within the Arch architecture reference model for interactive systems. Based on the P2P paradigm, the contextor infrastructure is intended to support both mobility and ubiquity. Similar in spirit to the Context Toolkit, we make the differences explicit.

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Index Terms

Contextor: capture and dynamic distribution of contextual information
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures
      1. Software architectures

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UbiMob '04: Proceedings of the 1st French-speaking conference on Mobility and ubiquity computing

June 2004

226 pages

ISBN:1581139152

DOI:10.1145/1050873

Conference Chairs:
Anne-Marie Dery-Pinna
I3S, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis
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Alain Giboin
INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis

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AFIHM: Ass. Francophone d'Interaction Homme-Machine
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Ricquebourg VDurand DMenga DDelahoche LMarhic BLogé CJolly-Desodt APortölan NCollet C(2008)La fusion multi-capteurs dans l'habitat communicantProceedings of the 4th French-speaking conference on Mobility and ubiquity computing10.1145/1376971.1376974(9-16)Online publication date: 28-May-2008
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1376971.1376974
Barralon NNguyen VRey GMackay WRiveill M(2005)Techniques de couplage de bureauxProceedings of the 2nd French-speaking conference on Mobility and ubiquity computing10.1145/1102613.1102652(193-200)Online publication date: 31-May-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1102613.1102652
da Rocha REndler MTerzis SDonsez D(2005)Evolutionary and efficient context management in heterogeneous environmentsProceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Middleware for pervasive and ad-hoc computing10.1145/1101480.1101487(1-7)Online publication date: 28-Nov-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1101480.1101487

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