In next future, most objects and devices used commonly in everyday life are expected to be intimately integrated with computer systems. The vision of pervasive computing is becoming a reality; the essence of that vision is creating an environment saturated with computing and communication capability. The hardware technology needs to provide resources to improve the coordination and cooperation ...

Future traveller information systems (FTIS) supported by pervasive computing are being considered as the next generation of traveller information systems. However, large scale deployments of pervasive computing environments do not yet exist. Building models or mockups of FTIS is expensive and time-consuming. This paper introduces current research at Newcastle University which is investigating t...

Pervasive computing provides an off-desktop computing paradigm, which allows users to access information and services anywhere and anytime. A pervasive environment is featured by user mobility. In other words, users may be moving around different locations. The user mobility makes it challenging to provide a distraction-free service since a user’s interaction context may change according to his...

Locationand context-awareness significantly enhance the functionality of pervasive computing services and applications, and enrich the way they interact with users and resources in the environment. Much of this functionality depends on validating context information and using it for granting access to data or resources. Since location and context services are usually composed of various distrib...

Ubiquitous Systems often come with innovative design ideas and interaction concepts. The ultimate vision depicts intelligent and interactive environments, where computing devices are pervasive but barely noticeable, as first envisioned by Mark Weiser [1]. A ubiquitous environment optimally supports its users by providing easy information and computing access as well as natural and usable interf...

The design of pervasive and ubiquitous computing systems must be centered on users’ activity in order to bring computing systems closer to people. Adopting an activity-centered approach to the design of pervasive and ubiquitous computing systems leads us to seek to understand: a) how humans naturally accomplish an activity; and b) how computing artifacts from both the environmental and personal...