Towards a Context-Aware Framework for Improving Collaboration of Users in Groupware Systems

Towards a Context-Aware Framework for Improving Collaboration of Users in Groupware Systems

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A Context-Aware Groupware System (CAGS) enables the members of a team to communicate, cooperate and coordinate their activities to achieve a common goal, by providing them tools that are aware of their Foot Print Magnet Kit current execution context and adapt accordingly.CAGS can be found in several domains such as entertainment, particularly Collaborative First-Person-Shooter (FPS) video games.In CAGS, the means of collaboration traditionally provided to users (e.g.

text and audio messaging) are not necessarily adequate: for instance, in a FPS, messages can distract the gamer due to the speed of the game.This paper reports a study Puzzles that, for Collaborative FPS, identifies advantages/disadvantages of current means of collaboration and social behaviors that arise when players interact face-to-face or remotely.Based on this study, a context-aware conceptual model and architecture is proposed for CAGS aimed to improve user collaboration.