Adaptive Mobile Applications to Dynamic Context

Mao Zheng, Boheng Wei, Zhenyu Zhang, Xi Yan

Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/jcc.2014.29002                

Abstract

Context-aware computing is a mobile computing paradigm in which applications can discover and take advantage of contextual information, such as user location, time of the day, nearby people and devices, and user activity. This paper intends to study the context-awareness in depth and demonstrate the usefulness of this new technology through two mobile applications that are adaptive to dynamic context.

Keywords

Context-Aware Computing, Mobile Computing, Mobile Application

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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