Context-adoptive Mobile Applications for User Guidance with Standard Phones

Abstract

Meanwhile, standard mobile phones are able to run applications which can be installed additionally to those provided by the network operators. These applications can be used for various purposes - one possibility is to use mobile phones for guiding persons on unknown territory. Mobile phones are especially suitable for guiding persons as mobile phones are often carried around in an active state, their usage is well-known to the user and local and remote data can be used for guidance. This working paper shows two prototypes developed at the Institute of Information Systems.