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Smart Instant Messenger in Pervasive Computing Environments1 Chun-Fai Law, Xiaolei Zhang, Sung-Ming Chan, Cho-Li Wang Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Abstract. In this paper, we explore the potential of extrapolating the instant messaging paradigm into pervasive computing environments. Un- der this vision, an instant messenger is regarded as a unified interface for all communications among human, software services and various devices. To meet the demands, we introduce a novel instant messenger system i.e., Smart Instant Messenger, with orig