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Using Network Proximity for Context-aware Browsing

Authors:
Dmitry Namiot
Manfred Sneps-Sneppe

Keywords: Wi-Fi; Bluetooth; network proximity; collaborative location; indoor positioning; context-aware computing

Abstract:
This paper describes our SpotEx model for accessing to local data for mobile subscribers. This model is based on ideas of network proximity. In our concept, any existing or even especially created Wi-Fi hot spot or Bluetooth node could be used as presence sensor that can play a role of trigger for opening access for some content (or discovering some content). In our approach we can discover hyper local data as info snippets that are valid (relevant) for mobile subscribers being at this moment nearby some Wi-Fi access point. Info snippets could be either user-generated or collected from the social networks. As the prospect use-cases we can mention for example news and deals delivery in malls, news feeds for office centers and campuses, Smart City projects, personal classifieds and real world games

Pages: 163 to 172

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2012. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 31, 2012

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2601