Title: A location-based context-aware service discovery approach for cycling experience

Authors: Duen-Kai Chen; Feng-Cheng Chang; Szu-Yin Lin

Addresses: Department of Innovative Information and Technology, Tamkang University, 180, Linwei Road, Chiao-hsi Shiang, I-lan County 26247, Taiwan ' Department of Innovative Information and Technology, Tamkang University, 180, Linwei Road, Chiao-hsi Shiang, I-lan County 26247, Taiwan ' Department of Information Management, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Rd., Chung Li City 32023, Taiwan

Abstract: This study explored the use of context-aware information to facilitate web service discovery in a ubiquitous computing setting. Consumer electronics and internet access enable ubiquitous computing and have played an essential part in our daily lives, including cycling experience. Future applications for cyclists will be required to interact with multiple specialised services. In this study, a service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based service discovery framework that is implemented using the extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP) technology is proposed, and the framework design is presented. An example of a restaurant recommendation system for cyclists is highlighted as a proof of concept prototype to demonstrate and investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed framework.

Keywords: ubiquitous computing; location-based services; service discovery; context-aware recommendation systems; recommender systems; cycling experience; web services; service-oriented architecture; SOA; XMPP; restaurant recommendations; cyclists.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2014.064348

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2014 Vol.16 No.2, pp.125 - 135

Received: 04 Feb 2013
Accepted: 22 Aug 2013
Published online: 19 Aug 2014 *

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