A framework for crowd-sourced data collection and context-aware services in Hajj and Umrah

• Published in: Proceedings / ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications pp. 405 - 412
• Main Authors: Ahmad, Akhlaq, Rahman, Md Abdur, Rehman, Faizan Ur, Lbath, Ahmed, Afyouni, Imad, Khelil, Abdelmajid, Hussain, Syed Osama, Sadiq, Bilal, Wahiddin, Mohamed Ridza
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.11.2014
• Subjects: Algorithms; Communities; Conferences; Context; Context Awareness; Context-aware services; Data acquisition; End users; Environmental monitoring; Hajj and Umrah; Smart phones; Smartphones; Social network services; Spatiotemporal Zones; Temperature sensors; Temporal logic; Touch

We propose a context aware framework that offers a set of cloud-based services to support a very large Hajj and Umrah crowd by capturing their contexts using smartphones. The proposed framework captures the individual's context, provides a set of adapted services, and allows being in touch with...