Emerging context market and context-aware services

Context-aware services, such as location-based services, augmented reality applications, smart enterprise or assisted living applications, constitute a cornerstone of the Future Internet. One important part of such applications is context information that describes the situation in which users consu...

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Published in2010 Future Network & Mobile Summit pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors Stanoevska-Slabeva, K, Wozniak, T, Mannweiler, C, Hoffend, I, Schotten, H D
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2010
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Context
context awareness
context ecosystem
Context-aware services
Ecosystems
Mobile communication
Social network services
value network
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:Context-aware services, such as location-based services, augmented reality applications, smart enterprise or assisted living applications, constitute a cornerstone of the Future Internet. One important part of such applications is context information that describes the situation in which users consume the service. While earlier context referred mainly to location information provided by network operators, today new providers of context are emerging on the market together with a new context ecosystem. Based on in-depth case studies of emerging context providers conducted in the C-Cast project, this paper describes a vision for an emerging context market and ecosystem, and identifies missing players.