Name
Abstract | ||
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Mobile computers often benefit from software which adapts to their location. For example, a computer might be backed up when at the office, or the default printer might always be a nearby one. In many existing systems, location-triggered actions are only possible for specific applications or with special infrastructure. This paper describes lcron, a system which supports user-configurable actions triggered on change in location or other events common to mobile computers. Key features of lcron are its use of existing clues for location information and mapping low-level location information into user-sensible terms. Lcron uses a number of existing sources of location such as network connection and base station ID, allowing it to work without special hardware or GPS receivers. We map sources of low-level information such as IP address and latitude/longitude into user-meaningful logical locations. We describe the design, implementation and our experiences with this system. |
Year | Venue | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
2000 | USENIX Annual Technical Conference, General Track | mobile computer,base station |
Field | DocType | Citations |
Mobile computing,Base station,Ip address,Computer science,Scheduling (computing),Real-time computing,Software,Global Positioning System,Location aware,Network connection | Conference | 4 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.53 | 11 | 2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Heidemann | 1 | 10568 | 1497.12 |
| Dhaval Shah | 2 | 23 | 9.25 |