Terminal Service Context Definition Method and Service Model

While current research on service context mainly focuses on service quality and seldom consider personal terminal environment, a terminal environment related context named Terminal Service Context is proposed, which could provide essential information support for ubiquitous services. A general terminal service context definition method is provided, which could draw feature parameters of terminal environment for all kinds of service scenarios, and form formalized and retrievable contexts. Furthermore, service model based on the terminal service context is given and the storage and application methods of the context are analyzed. Finally, the proposed definition method and service model are verified by a typical ubiquitous service scenario. The results show that the method can extract the context required by ubiquitous service. Based on the model, service platform can adapt to heterogeneous terminal environments dynamically, and provide individualized presentation and handoff services for users.