Title :
Ubiquitous services for senior citizens service architecture and middleware
Author :
Pulli, Petri ; Metso, Antero ; Zheng, Xiaosong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Process. Sci., Univ. of Oulu, Oulu
Abstract :
Ubiquitous services are designed to help senior citizenspsila daily lives. Service architecture and middleware are the key enablers of ubiquitous services. In this paper a service architecture is established with detailed descriptions of its key components and their functions. Game engine is proposed as middleware for ubiquitous services. This paper discusses service architecture and middleware building in detail. At the end of the paper conclusions are made and future research directions are outlined.
Keywords :
geriatrics; health care; medical computing; middleware; ubiquitous computing; game engine; senior citizen ubiquitous services; service architecture; service middleware; Buildings; Computer architecture; Consumer electronics; Disaster management; Engines; Health information management; Medical services; Middleware; Quality function deployment; Senior citizens; architecture; game engine; middleware; ontology; senior citizens; ubiquitous services;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Sciences on Biomedical and Communication Technologies, 2008. ISABEL '08. First International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Aalborg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2647-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2648-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISABEL.2008.4712594
