JP2011141811A - Context information communication system, context information processor, program, and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a context information communication system that handles a plurality of service providers. <P>SOLUTION: The context information communication system is provided with one or more data collection means and one or more context-aware execution means. The context information communication system is also provided with: an input authority determination means to determine one or more context data processes to be applied to the data concerned by referring to a data processing database, on the basis of the kind of data from each data collection means; one or more context data processing means which performs the predetermined context data processing onto each data; an output authority determination means to determine one or more destination devices that receive each context data by referring to a transmission destination database, on the basis of each context data processing means having received each context data; and a transmission means which transmits the context data to each context-aware execution means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a context information communication system, a context information processing apparatus, a program, and a method. For example, the present invention can be applied to a context information communication system, a context information processing apparatus, a program, and a method that perform context-aware processing by combining sensor information and the like. Is.

  In recent years, there is a sensor network system that collects sensor information sensed by a sensor. Any information can be used as the sensor information regardless of its type, for example, there are various information such as temperature, humidity, power value, vibration value, illuminance, and human detection. For this reason, the sensor network system can capture changes in the state and status of the sensing target, and is expected to be used in a wide range of fields, such as energy-saving management, residential management such as fire and empty nests, and health management. .

  When providing application services using sensor information to users, using the sensor information collected from sensors, create contest data indicating the actual status of objects, people, the environment, etc. give.

  Then, the service provider side analyzes information necessary for the application service using the context data, and provides the user with a service according to the conditions.

  When the context data is transmitted to the service provider side, the context data is preferably data desired by the service provider. This is because the context data is simple data and may not be suitable for providing an application service. In addition, since the sensor always sends sensor information to the collection device, there is a large amount of context data, and sending all of this data adversely affects network transmission efficiency and services. This is because the provider side may not wish.

  Therefore, as a technique for transmitting context data desired by the service provider, there is a technique described in Patent Document 1.

  In the technology described in Patent Document 1, a context filtering device is interposed between a context interpretation device that creates context data based on collected sensor information and an application server that provides an application service.

  Then, the context filtering device compares a predetermined filtering condition with the received context data, selects context data that matches the filtering condition, and provides the selected application to the application server.

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  The technique described in Patent Literature 1 does not assume that the service provider and the sensor installer are separate.

  However, there are many service providers who want to use data collected by a sensor installer for their own application services.

  Therefore, it is desired to be able to distribute sensor data (or context data) to a plurality of service providers.

  In general, in a system that distributes sensor data to a service provider, it is premised that the sensor data distributed by the service provider is distributed.

  Therefore, even when sensor data is distributed to a plurality of service providers, naturally, it is necessary to distribute appropriate sensor data. However, according to the technique described in Patent Document 1, all sensor data is transferred to any service. It will be open to the provider.

  Therefore, a context data distribution system that can appropriately distribute necessary sensor data to a plurality of service providers is desired.

  In the context data distribution system, the more service providers, the more the number of context data processing units needs to be increased, and it is appropriate to determine which service provider wants which context data processing unit. Need to manage.

  Furthermore, in order to meet the demands of service providers, it is also necessary to increase the types of sensors required for application services. In this case, it is necessary to appropriately determine which service provider wants to distribute what kind of sensor data.

  Therefore, the context-aware execution unit (service provider) requests it even when there are multiple context data processes to be applied to many types of data so that it can support the application services of many context-aware execution units (service providers). What is needed is a context information communication system, a context information processing apparatus, a program, and a method capable of determining context data processing to be performed and appropriately determining one or more transmission destinations of the processed one or more context data It has been.

  In order to solve such a problem, the context information communication system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes one or a plurality of data collecting means and one or a plurality of contexts for performing predetermined processing based on the data collected by each data collecting means. In a context information communication system comprising an awareness executing means, (1) data associating data type identification information indicating each data type and context data processing identification information based on the type of data acquired from each data collecting means Input authority determining means for determining one or more context data processes to be performed on the data with reference to the processing database; and (2) predetermined context data processing for each data received from the input authority determining means. One or a plurality of context data processing means for performing (3) each context 1 or more to receive the context data from the data processing means and refer to the transmission destination database in which the context data processing identification information and the transmission destination identification information indicating the transmission destination of the context data are associated with each other Output authority determining means for determining the transmission destination of (1), and (4) transmitting means for transmitting one or a plurality of context data to each context-aware execution means that is each transmission destination determined by the output authority determining means. It is characterized by.

  The context information processing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention includes: (1) a data processing database in which data type identification information indicating a data type is associated with context data processing identification information; and (2) context data processing identification information and context data. (3) Based on the type of data acquired from one or a plurality of data collection means, the data processing database is referred to and the data is stored. Input authority determining means for determining one or more context data processes to be applied to the corresponding one or more context data processing means, and (4) receiving context data from each context data processing means, Referring to, one or more transmissions to which the context data is to be transmitted. An output permission determination means for determining previously a characterized by comprising a transmitting means for transmitting the context data to each destination, which is determined by (5) the output permission determination unit.

  A context information processing program according to a third aspect of the present invention includes a data processing database in which data type identification information indicating a data type and context data processing identification information are associated with each other, and transmission indicating the transmission destination of the context data processing identification information and the context data (1) Based on the type of data acquired from one or a plurality of data collection means, the context information processing apparatus including the destination database associated with the destination identification information is referred to the data processing database, and the data Input authority determining means for determining one or more context data processes to be applied to the corresponding one or more context data processing means; (2) receiving context data from each context data processing means; The context data Output permission determination means for determining one or more destinations to be transmitted, characterized in that to function as transmission means for transmitting said context data to each destination, which is determined by (3) an output permission determination unit.

  A context information processing method according to a fourth aspect of the present invention includes a data processing database in which data type identification information indicating a data type and context data processing identification information are associated, and transmission indicating the transmission destination of the context data processing identification information and the context data. A context information processing method of a context information processing apparatus comprising a destination database associated with destination identification information, wherein (1) the input authority determination means sets the type of data acquired from one or a plurality of data collection means. An input authority determination step of determining one or a plurality of context data processings to be performed on the data with reference to the data processing database and giving them to the corresponding one or a plurality of context data processing means; (2) The output authority determining means receives the context data from each context data processing means. Output authority determination step for determining one or a plurality of transmission destinations to which the context data should be transmitted with reference to the transmission destination database, and (3) each of the transmission means determined by the output authority determination means A transmission step of transmitting the context data to the transmission destination.

  According to the present invention, the context data processing required by the context-aware execution unit is determined even when there are a plurality of context data processings to be performed on various types of data so that the application service of many context-aware execution units can be supported. One or more destinations of the processed one or more context data can be appropriately determined.

It is a whole block diagram which shows the whole structure of the context data delivery system of embodiment. It is an internal block diagram which shows the internal structure of the data collection part of embodiment. It is an internal block diagram which shows the internal structure of the context information processing part of embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of context sender DB of embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of executor DB of embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process in the context information processing part of embodiment.

(A) Embodiment Hereinafter, embodiments of a context information communication system, a context information processing apparatus, a program, and a method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(A-1) Configuration of Embodiment FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a context data distribution system according to an embodiment. 1, the context data distribution system 10 of the embodiment includes a context information processing unit 1, context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N (N is a positive integer), data collection units 3-1 to 3-m ( m is a positive integer), sensor 4, and context-aware execution units 5-1 to 5-n (n is a positive integer).

  The sensor 4 senses sensor information by detecting the state of a sensing target such as a person or an object at all times or periodically. Moreover, the sensor 4 is provided with a communication means, and transmits the sensed sensor information to the corresponding data collection units 3-1 to 3-m. The sensor 4 transmits all sensed sensor information to the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m.

  Any information can be used as the sensor information of the sensor 4 regardless of its type. For example, various information such as temperature, humidity, power value, vibration value, illuminance, and human detection can be applied. The communication means of the sensor 4 can be widely applied wireless communication means (for example, multi-hop wireless communication), communication means using a wired line, and the communication protocol is not particularly limited.

  The data collection units 3-1 to 3-m collect sensor information from the corresponding one or more sensors 4. The data collection units 3-1 to 3-m can perform predetermined data processing using the collected sensor information. For example, the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m normalize the received sensor information and shape it into context data. Thereby, sensor information (sensor data) which is raw data can be converted into context data in a predetermined format. Further, the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m transmit context data to the context information processing unit 1.

  Here, FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m. In FIG. 2, the data collection unit 3 (3-1 to 3-m) includes at least a sensor data collection unit 31, a data normalization unit 32, and a data transmission unit 33.

  The sensor data collection unit 31 collects sensor data from the sensor 4. The sensor data collection unit 31 includes a communication unit that can communicate with the sensor 4, for example.

  The data normalization unit 32 receives the sensor data collected by the sensor data collection unit 31, and normalizes the sensor data to obtain desired context data. The process by the data normalization unit 32 is not particularly limited as long as it can be shaped into context data, and various arithmetic processes can be used according to the usage or purpose of the system.

  The data transmission unit 33 transmits the context data normalized by the data normalization unit 32 to the context information processing unit 1. The data transmission unit 33 transmits all of the context data to the context information processing unit 1. In addition, the communication method of the data transmission part 33 is not specifically limited, The communication technique by a wired line or a wireless line can be applied widely.

  The context information processing unit 1 receives one or a plurality of context data from the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m so that the context data format requested by each context-aware execution unit 5-1 to 5-n is obtained. One or a plurality of context data is processed with respect to one or a plurality of context data, and each obtained context data is distributed to each appropriate context-aware execution unit 5-1 to 5-n. It is.

  Here, the context information processing unit 1 determines what kind of context data processing is to be performed on the received context data based on the data collection units-1 to 3-m that are the sources of the received context data. Are given to the corresponding context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N. A plurality of context data can be processed for one context data.

  Further, the context information processing unit 1 receives context data from the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N, and each of the context aware execution units 5 to 5-n receives the context data. -1 to 5-n distribute one or more context data requested.

  FIG. 3 is an internal configuration diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the context information processing unit 1. In FIG. 3, the context information processing unit 1 includes a context acquisition unit 11, an input authority determination unit 12, an output authority determination unit 13, a context transmission unit 14, a context sender database (DB) 15, and an executer database (DB) 16. Have.

  The context acquisition unit 11 receives the context data normalized by the plurality of data collection units 3-1 to 3-m from the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m.

  The input authority determination unit 12 determines one or more context data processes to be performed on the context data input from the context acquisition unit 11.

  The input authority determination unit 12 refers to the context sender DB 16 and the executor DB 16 described later, and based on the identification information of the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m that are the sources of the received context data, The context data processing unit 2 that performs processing on the data is determined, and the context data is given to the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N determined based on the determination result.

  Here, the input authority determining unit 12 can select a plurality of context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N for one context data. Thereby, even if it is the same context data, several context data processing can be performed in parallel.

  The output authority determination unit 13 receives context data of another format subjected to the context data processing from the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N, and uses one or a plurality of context aware execution units 5 that use the respective context data. Is to determine.

  Here, the output authority determination unit 13 can select a plurality of contextware execution units 5-1 to 5-n for one context data. As a result, even when a plurality of contextware execution units 5-1 to 5-n desire the same context data processing, it is only necessary to perform one context data processing, thereby reducing the processing load (calculation load). it can.

  The output authority determination unit 12 refers to the performer DB 16 described later, and based on the identification information of the context data processing unit 2 that has performed the context data processing, the identification information of the context-aware execution unit 5 that requests each context data Determine.

  The context transmission unit 14 transmits context data to the context-aware execution unit 5 determined by the output authority determination unit 13. Note that the communication method of the context transmission unit 14 is not particularly limited, and a communication technique using a wired line or a wireless line can be widely applied.

  The context sender DB 15 is a database that holds whether or not to allow the context provider from the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m to be provided to the service provider (context aware execution unit 5).

  FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of the context sender DB 16. In FIG. 4, the context sender DB 16 includes “data collection unit ID” and “context aware execution unit ID” as items.

  In the “data collection unit ID”, preset identification information of the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m is set. Note that the data collection unit ID may be data identification information indicating the type of sensor data in order to classify the data by the type of sensor data.

  In the “context-aware execution unit ID”, the identification information of the context-aware execution unit 5 of the service provider is set. Thereby, the context data (sensor information) permitted for use on the service provider side can be managed in association with each other. Note that the context-aware execution unit ID is a concept that includes identification information of the context-aware execution units 5-1 to 5-n that execute different application services. For example, even the same service provider provides When different application services are used, different identification information may be set.

  Here, the service provider side can be permitted to use not only one context data but also a plurality of context data. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, with respect to “context-aware execution unit ID: AW0001”, by associating “data collection unit ID: HS0001” with “data collection unit ID: HS0002”, the service provider can , Context data from the data collection unit 3 of “data collection unit ID: HS0001” and “data collection unit ID: HS0002” can be used.

  Further, use of one context data can be permitted to a plurality of service providers. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, “data collection unit ID: HS0001” is associated with each of “context-aware execution unit ID: AW0001” and “context-aware execution unit ID: AW0001”. The use of the context data from can be permitted to service providers of “context-aware execution unit ID: AW0001” and “context-aware execution unit ID: AW0001”.

  One context data may be permitted to be used by all service providers. For example, in this case, it can be realized by associating the data collection unit ID with “ALL” indicating all context-aware execution unit IDs.

  The executor DB 16 is a database that holds from which context aware execution unit 5 the connected context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N are required.

  FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of the executor DB 16. In FIG. 5, the executor DB 16 includes “context-aware execution unit ID” and “context data processing unit ID” as items.

  4 and 5, the data associated with the “No.” number correspond to each other.

  In the “context-aware execution unit ID”, the identification information of the context-aware execution unit 5 of the service provider is set. In the “context data processing unit ID”, identification information of the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N is set. Thereby, it is possible to manage the context data processing requested by the service provider in association with each other.

  Here, the context data processing requested by the service provider side can be set not only one but also plural. For example, in FIG. 5, “context aware execution unit ID: AW0001” is associated with “context data processing unit ID: R0001” and “context data processing unit ID: R0003” so that the service provider It can be set to request the context data by each of the “processing unit ID: R0001” and “context data processing unit ID: R0003”.

  Further, a plurality of service providers can request context data by a certain context data process. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, “context data processing unit ID: R0001” is associated with “context aware execution unit ID: AW0001” and “context aware execution unit ID: AW0002”, thereby the “context data processing unit ID”. About the context data by “ID: R0001”, it can be set that the service provider of “context aware execution unit ID: AW0001” and “context aware execution unit ID: AW0002” requests.

  The context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N perform context data processing according to a predetermined rule for the context information received from the context information processing unit 1 to the context data. As a result, it can be formatted into another format of context data. Further, the context data processing units 2-1 to 2 -N give context data of another format to the context information processing unit 1.

  Different rules can be defined (set) in each of the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N. Moreover, as a rule set to the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N, for example, a rule according to the usage or purpose of the system, such as filtering, statistical processing, averaging processing, and comparison processing, may be applied. it can.

  The context-aware execution units 5-1 to 5-n are processing units on the service provider side that execute context-aware processing based on the context data received from the context information processing unit 1. For example, display by an application server and execution of an application service are performed.

(A-2) Operation of Embodiment Next, processing in the context data distribution system 10 will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1, the sensor 4 senses sensor data to be sensed in advance and transmits it to the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m. The data collection units-1 to 3-m normalize the collected sensor information and shape it into a predetermined format of context data.

  Here, various methods can be applied to the sensor data collection method by the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m. For example, the sensor 4 may be transmitted every time sensor data is acquired, or one or a plurality of sensor data may be periodically transmitted, or the sensor 4 may include data collection units 3-1 to 3- For example, it may be transmitted after receiving an action such as a collection request from n.

  In addition, data processing in the data collection units-1 to 3-m can be appropriately performed according to the model of the sensor 4, the type of sensor data, and the like.

  For example, when the application service executed by the context-aware execution unit 5 on the service provider side is a service that detects a fire using a temperature difference between neighboring houses, a case where a temperature sensor is arranged in a house to be detected Take an example. At this time, it is assumed that a thermocouple type temperature sensor that senses temperature by voltage measurement is used as the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor transmits voltage data, but the data collection units -1 to 3-m convert the voltage data collected from the temperature sensor into temperature data, and perform processing using the temperature data as context data.

  Then, the data collection units-1 to 3-m transmit the shaped context data to the context information processing unit 1.

  FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating processing in the context information processing unit 1.

  In FIG. 6, the context data transmitted from the data collection unit is given to the context acquisition unit 11 (step S101). At this time, the signals from the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m include the data collection unit IDs of the data collection units 3-1 to 3-m, which are transmission sources, and the context data.

  The contexts acquisition unit 11 provides the input authority determination unit 12 with information (data collection unit ID) regarding the destination of the context data included in the received signal and the received context data (step S102).

  The input authority unit 12 first refers to the context sender DB 15 and searches for all contextware execution unit IDs corresponding to the data collection unit ID from the context acquisition unit 11 (step S103).

  For example, in the case of “data collection unit ID: HS0001”, “context aware execution unit ID: AW0001” and “context aware execution unit ID: AW0002” in the context sender DB 15 of FIG. 4 are searched. This indicates that the context-aware execution unit IDs AW0001 and AW0002 are allowed to be used for the context data from the data collection unit ID: HS0001.

  Next, the input authority unit 12 refers to the executor DB 16 and sends the context data of the context-aware execution unit ID searched in step S103 to any context data processing unit 2-1 to 2-N. A search is made as to whether or not to insert (step S104).

  For example, in the above example, “context-aware execution unit ID: AW0001” is searched. In this case, “context data processing unit ID: R0001” and “context data processing unit ID: R0003” corresponding to “context aware execution unit ID: AW0001” are searched from the performer DB 16 of FIG. Accordingly, it is understood that the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N that perform the context data processing are the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N having the context data processing unit IDs R0001 and R0003.

  In the process of step S103, all corresponding context-aware execution unit IDs are searched for all received context data, and the process of step S104 is all the context-aware execution unit IDs searched in step S103. All relevant context data processing unit IDs are searched for.

  The input authority determining unit 12 inputs the received context data to the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N of the context data processing unit ID searched in step S104 (step S105).

  The context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N into which the context data has been input perform processing on the input context data in accordance with predetermined rules set in each (step S106). In addition, as a rule of each context data processing part 2-1 to 2-N, a filtering process, a time-sequential pattern matching process, a statistical process, etc. are applicable, for example.

  Further, the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N perform context data processing, and give context data in another format to the output authority determination unit 13 (step S107).

  The output authority determination unit 13 refers to the executor DB 16 and searches for the context-aware execution unit ID corresponding to the context data processing unit IDs of the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N that have output the context data ( Step S108).

  For example, when context data is received from the context data processing unit of “context data processing unit ID: R0001”, reverse lookup is performed using the executor DB 16 of FIG. 5, and context aware execution unit IDs AW0001 and AW0002 are searched. . This indicates that the context-aware execution units that request the context data obtained by the processing of the context data processing unit with ID: R0001 are AW0001 and AW0002.

  The context transmission unit 14 transmits corresponding context data to the context-aware execution units 5-1 to 5-n of the context-aware effective unit ID searched by the output authority determination unit 13 (step S109).

(A-3) Effect of Embodiment As described above, according to the embodiment, context data that is permitted to use sensor data between the data collection unit 3 and the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N. When the input authority determination unit 12 that selects the rules of the processing units 2-1 to 2-N is provided and the data that has been processed in the context data processing units 2-1 to 2-N is transmitted to the context-aware execution unit 5. By providing the output authority determination unit 13 that selects the context-aware execution unit 5 for each processing rule, the context-aware execution unit 5 can be operated by selectively using a large number of rules applied to the sensor data, or under the control of the user. It becomes possible to provide sensor data only to services used by users.

(B) Other Embodiments (B-1) The context data distribution system 10 described in the above embodiments can be used for various context-aware services.

  For example, as an application service by the context-aware execution unit 5, for example, it is applied to a fire detection system that detects a fire when the temperature difference of the temperature sensor data is equal to or greater than a threshold, or, for example, the power values of a plurality of devices Provide a sensor to detect and use the sensor data for energy saving control, for example, to apply to a crime prevention system using data detected by human sensors such as doors and windows, There are various systems such as applying to a work management system by detecting a power value or the like.

(B-2) In the embodiment, the processing of the context information processing unit 1 is realized by software processing. For example, the context information processing unit 1 may include a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and the CPU may execute the processing described above by executing a processing program stored in the ROM. If possible, it may be realized by hardware processing.

  Any configuration can be applied as long as the input authority determining unit 12 is interposed between the data collecting unit 3 and the context data processing unit 2. Any configuration may be employed as long as the output authority determination unit 13 is interposed between the context data processing unit 2 and the context transmission unit 14.

  For example, each component of the context information processing unit 1 may be physically mounted on the same device, or each component may be distributed.

(B-3) As a method of context data processing, the following modification may be performed.

  For example, the context information processing unit associates a data collection unit ID and a context data processing unit ID with a “processing unit DB”, and associates a context data processing unit ID with a context-aware execution unit ID. Is provided.

  In the context information processing unit 1, when the input authority determination unit 12 receives the context data from the data collection unit 3, the context that performs processing from the data collection ID (source) with reference to the “processing unit DB” Select a data processor. Thereby, the context data processing unit to be processed can be determined for the context data.

  After that, as in the above-described embodiment, when the output authority determination unit receives context data of another format processed by each context data processing unit, the output authority determination unit responds to the received context data with reference to the “executor DB”. One or a plurality of context-aware execution units 5 to be determined are determined and transmitted by the context transmission unit.

  In the case of the above modification, the processing load on the context information processing unit increases, but the same effect as in the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

(B-4) In the context data distribution system 10 of the above-described embodiment, the data acquired by the context information processing unit 1 exemplifying the case where the context data requested by the context-aware execution unit 5 is distributed is sensor data (context Data).

1 Context information processing unit,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Context acquisition part, 12 ... Input authority determination part, 13 ... Output authority determination part,
14 ... Context transmission unit, 15 ... Context sender DB, 16 ... Executor DB,
2-1 to 2-N ... Context data processing unit,
3-1 to 3-m ... Data collection unit,
31 ... Sensor data collection unit, 32 ... Data normalization unit, 33 ... Data transmission unit,
4 ... sensor, 5-1 to 5-n ... context aware execution unit,
10: Context data distribution system.

Claims (4)

In a context information communication system comprising one or more data collection means and one or more context-aware execution means for performing a predetermined process based on the data collected by each of the data collection means,
Based on the data type acquired from each data collection means, the data processing database that associates the data type identification information indicating the type of each data and the context data processing identification information is referred to the data. Input authority determining means for determining one or more context data processing to be performed;
One or more context data processing means for performing predetermined context data processing on each of the data received from the input authority determining means;
Context data should be received from each of the context data processing means, and the context data should be transmitted with reference to a destination database that associates the context data processing identification information with the destination identification information indicating the destination of the context data. Output authority determination means for determining one or more transmission destinations;
A context information communication system comprising: transmission means for transmitting the one or a plurality of context data to the respective context-aware execution means as the respective transmission destinations determined by the output authority determination means. A data processing database in which data type identification information indicating the type of data is associated with context data processing identification information;
A destination database that associates the context data processing identification information with the destination identification information indicating the destination of the context data;
Based on the type of data acquired from one or a plurality of data collection means, the data processing database is referred to, one or a plurality of context data processes to be applied to the data are determined, and the corresponding one or a plurality of data Input authority determination means to be given to the context data processing means;
An output authority determination unit that receives context data from each of the context data processing units, refers to the transmission destination database, and determines one or more transmission destinations to which the context data is to be transmitted;
A context information processing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the context data to each of the transmission destinations determined by the output authority determination unit. A data processing database in which data type identification information indicating the type of data is associated with context data processing identification information;
A context information processing apparatus comprising: a destination database in which the context data processing identification information is associated with destination identification information indicating a destination of the context data;
Based on the type of data acquired from one or a plurality of data collection means, the data processing database is referred to, one or a plurality of context data processes to be applied to the data are determined, and the corresponding one or a plurality of data Input authority determination means to be given to the context data processing means,
An output authority determination unit that receives context data from each of the context data processing units, refers to the transmission destination database, and determines one or a plurality of transmission destinations to which the context data is to be transmitted;
A context information processing program that functions as a transmission unit that transmits the context data to each of the transmission destinations determined by the output authority determination unit. A data processing database in which data type identification information indicating the type of data is associated with context data processing identification information;
A context information processing method of a context information processing apparatus comprising: a destination database that associates the context data processing identification information with destination identification information indicating a destination of context data,
Based on the type of data acquired from one or more data collection means, the input authority determination means refers to the data processing database to determine one or more context data processing to be performed on the data, An input authority determining step to be given to the corresponding one or more context data processing means;
An output authority determination unit that receives context data from each of the context data processing units and refers to the transmission destination database to determine one or more transmission destinations to which the context data is to be transmitted;
A context information processing method, comprising: a transmitting step of transmitting the context data to each of the transmission destinations determined by the output authority determining unit.

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