Reconfigurable Context-Sensitive Middleware for Pervasive Computing
IEEE Pervasive Computing
A context-aware middleware for applications in mobile Ad Hoc environments
MPAC '04 Proceedings of the 2nd workshop on Middleware for pervasive and ad-hoc computing
A survey on context-aware systems
International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing
A data-oriented survey of context models
ACM SIGMOD Record
Managing Context Information in Mobile Devices
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Rethinking cost and performance of database systems
ACM SIGMOD Record
Access Schemes for Mobile Cloud Computing
MDM '10 Proceedings of the 2010 Eleventh International Conference on Mobile Data Management
CloudDB: One Size Fits All Revived
SERVICES '10 Proceedings of the 2010 6th World Congress on Services
SLA-tree: a framework for efficiently supporting SLA-based decisions in cloud computing
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Extending Database Technology
COSMOS: A Platform for Seamless Mobile Services in the Cloud
MDM '11 Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 12th International Conference on Mobile Data Management - Volume 01
Cost exploration of data sharings in the cloud
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Extending Database Technology
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Mobile users who are on-the-go frequently make use of a variety of apps in order to achieve a task. For example, even the simple task of planning an evening outing with a dinner and a movie may involve the use of multiple apps such as maps, movie ticket reservation, restaurant booking, social networking, restaurant and movie reviews, and cab booking. The most time consuming aspect of task completion for the mobile user is the frequent context transfers that happens as the result of the user switching between apps. The current state of mobility offers little or no support for context transfers in that the newly invoked app is oblivious to the context in which it is invoked (i.e., cold state) and it is largely left to the user to bring the app to the appropriate context (i.e., warm state). We present our design of a commercial platform for enabling seamless context transfers among the apps hosted in the mobile cloud. The platform would ensure the apps invoked during the process of finishing a task are automatically made aware of the current context. In particular, context transfer is envisioned as an evolving service in the mobile cloud, where apps must mutually cooperate with one another in order to evolve toward seamless context transfers, or perish as a group in the crowded marketplace of apps.