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Context-Aware Computing Applications Bill Schilit* Norman Adams Roy Want Computer Science Dept Palo Alto Research Center Palo Alto Research Center Columbia University Xerox Corporation Xerox Corporation New York, NY 1002.5 Palo Alto, CA 94:304 Palo Alto, CA 94301 Abstract over time and place. In short, the hardware configura- This paper describes systems thatel:amine and re- tion is continually changing. Similarly, the computer actto an indi7Jidltals changing context. Such systems user may move from one location to another, joining can promote and mediate peoples mleractlOns with de- and leaving groups of people, and frequently interact- Vices, computers, and other people, and they can help ing with computers while in changing social situations. navigate unfamiliar places. We bel1eve that a lunded amount of information coveTIng a persons proximale 2 Context-Aware Computing environment is most important for this form of com- One challenge of mobile distributed computing is puting since the interesting part of the world around us to exploit the changing environment with a new class is what we can see, hear, and touch. In this paper we of applications that are aware of the context in which define context-aware computing, and describe four cal- they are run. Such contexl-aware systems adapts ac- egones of conteL·t-aware ap