Pervasive Context-Aware Computing Survey of Context-aware ubiquitious middleware systems

Pervasive computing is promising emerging endeavor which focuses on the capability for users to perform daily computer activities unobtrusively. Pervasive computing solutions are broad to encompass variety of technologies and real life applications. It provides an environment for people to interact with embedded computers. Networked devices are aware of their surrounding objects, peers and are aimed to use or provide services from peers in an effective manner. Pervasive applications leverages the existing blend of computing elements that already surrounds us. It can enrich our lives by enabling automation of mundane activities through ubiquitous applicability. It facilitates users to move seamlessly and provides services regardless of location, time or platform collaboratively and proactively. To realize this notion, various frameworks and middleware technologies of context-aware systems are needed to be explored. This paper is an attempt to explore those especially for potential social domains.