Filtering mobile data by means of context: a methodology

The goal of this paper is the introduction of a methodol- ogy for designing context-aware data selection for portable devices, where computation, memory, power and connectivity resources are limited, and thus, the possibility to tailor the available, usually too rich, data according to context is a mandatory task. First of all, we will introduce the concept of context and its model, a data structure that expresses knowledge on the user, the environment and the pos- sible scenarios. We will then focus on the proposed methodology for selecting, by means of such information, the relevant data to be made available on a user device. An overall picture of the complete scenario for this context-aware data design and tailoring system will be also provided.