Evolution of mobile location-based services
Communications of the ACM - Mobile computing opportunities and challenges
Employing User Feedback for Fast, Accurate, Low-Maintenance Geolocationing
PERCOM '04 Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom'04)
LANDMARC: indoor location sensing using active RFID
Wireless Networks - Special issue: Pervasive computing and communications
Because I carry my cell phone anyway: functional location-based reminder applications
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Seamless Indoor/Outdoor Positioning Handover for Location-Based Services in Streamspin
MDM '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Tenth International Conference on Mobile Data Management: Systems, Services and Middleware
A location based reminder system for advertisement
Proceedings of the international conference on Multimedia
An End-to-End Logistics Management Application Over Heterogeneous Location Systems
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
Place-Its: a study of location-based reminders on mobile phones
UbiComp'05 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
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Personal task reminders have been indispensable for modern people, in order to remind them of their tasks at specific circumstances. Traditional paper-based reminders are still useful, but they cannot be organized efficiently. Electronic reminders based on the calendar in cell phones are more efficient and gaining popularity, but such reminders are mostly triggered by time. In many situations, tasks are only meaningful to be performed at a specific location, so it would be useful if reminders for those tasks can be triggered only when the person to be reminded is physically near or located at that location. Therefore, in this research, we develop a location-based personal task reminder for Android-based smartphones and tablets. To distinguish our work from existing ones that rely solely on the GPS technology, we take advantage of the ubiquity of IEEE 802.11 WLAN infrastructure to compliment the "blind spots" of GPS location sensing. Combining the two technologies makes it possible for the personal task reminder to be effective in both indoor and outdoor environments. We also propose two operating models for the personal task reminder to boost the usability of the application. Furthermore, as long as the WLAN infrastructure is available, our work as a foundation of location-based services can easily be extended to be used in many other scenarios, such as guiding in public transportation systems or tourist attractions, location-based learning, and even caring of the Dementia residents.