Context-aware computing

found: Work cat.: 2008041548: Context-aware mobile and ubiquitous computing for enhanced usability, 2009(Advances in mobile and ubiquitous computing, wireless communications, mobile positioning and sensor technologies have given a rise to a new class of mobile and ubiquitous applications and services; Context-aware computing is a mobile and ubiquitous computing paradigm in which applications can discover and take advantage of contextual information (such as user location, time of day, computing and communication characteristics, nearby people, objects and devices, user activities and goals, etc.). Such applications are able to adapt their behavior, i.e. functionality, content and interface according to the user's current situation with minimal intrusion. Context-aware computing is a new and rapidly evolving field and currently the focus of many recent research and development efforts)

found: EII CAC Taskforce, Sept. 19, 2008:(context-aware computing; context-aware pervasive systems)

found: Wikipedia, Sept. 19, 2008(Context awareness; In computer science it refers to the idea that computers can both sense, and react based on their environment. Devices may have information about the circumstances under which they are able to operate and based on rules, or an intelligent stimulus, react accordingly. The term context-awareness in ubiquitous computing was introduced by Schilit (1994) ; Context aware systems)