The future of ubiquitous computing on campus
Communications of the ACM
iStuff: a physical user interface toolkit for ubiquitous computing environments
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Towards a Better Understanding of Context and Context-Awareness
HUC '99 Proceedings of the 1st international symposium on Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing
Evolution towards smart home environments: empirical evaluation of three user interfaces
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Supporting Pervasive Learning Environments: Adaptability and Context Awareness in Mobile Learning
WMTE '05 Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education
The Smart Phone: A Ubiquitous Input Device
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Smart Cars on Smart Roads: An IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Update
IEEE Pervasive Computing
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As opposed to conventional applications, smart environments are designed to offer transparent user assistance by decoupling users from devices. Apart from the lack of realised systems there are numerous applications that are strongly interwoven with the users' workflow and hard to replace, commonly called legacy applications. Instead of creating new applications, our approach is the loose integration of these both, the smart environment and the legacy application. In our work, we propose a generic architecture that is applicable to various kinds of environments and applications. The architecture comprises an intermediate layer that enables a loose coupling between smart environment and legacy application. Furthermore, we introduce a workflow to refine the generic architecture to fit the requirements of specific use cases. For our use case, we apply the vision of a pervasive university. Here, we integrate functionalities of smart lecture rooms into a learning management system that is commonly used in German universities and therefore hard to replace.