Context Management

Question 1

Today’s Trends

Answer 1

• Mobile phones are permanent companions in everyday life
• Mobile phones are equipped with physical sensors
• Sensor networks are spreading
• Virtual sensors (calendars, email content, …) and logical sensors (databases of social
communities, …) provide context information on users, locations, events, …

Question 2

Context aware systems definition

Answer 2

A System is defined to be context-aware if it is able to assist its users without their explicit
interactivity.’

Question 3

Context Awareness flow

Answer 3

Aquisition -> Express context -> Representation/models -> Situation Recognition. -> Perception -> adaptation