Design and implementation of AmbiTalk: A ubiquitous system for the automatic adaptation of mobile communication.

摘要

The word 'context' has never been as important to the research area of information technology as it is presently. Context is a simple word representing a very abstract and theoretically complex definition. Plainly stated, context is "the interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs."* Humans have been programmed with the ability to interpret context using a wide array of senses. Information technology, however, has not. Incorporating the concept of context-awareness into information technology, particularly communication technology, will shift such technology into a new paradigm; the paradigm of Ambient Intelligence. Ambient Intelligence implies a change in the way people view, interact, and utilize technology. Moreover, Ambient Intelligence implies a brand new relationship between people and technology, such that technology becomes ubiquitously reflexive to peoples needs and literally invisible.;Before the paradigm of Ambient Intelligence can be achieved, a number of evolutions with regards to technology must occur. One of the major evolutions is that of convergence. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).