Cloud-based Context-aware Mobile Applications and Framework for Hajj and Umrah Management
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International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT) | 
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| © 2017 by IJCTT Journal | ||
| Volume-47 Number-2 |
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| Year of Publication : 2017 | ||
| Authors : Hanan Elazhary | ||
| DOI : 10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V47P115 |
Hanan Elazhary "Cloud-based Context-aware Mobile Applications and Framework for Hajj and Umrah Management". International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT) V47(2):106-115, May 2017. ISSN:2231-2803. www.ijcttjournal.org. Published by Seventh Sense Research Group.
Abstract -
Hajj and Umrah are holy events performed
by millions of Muslim pilgrims every year.
Management of such events is a real challenge. This
paper proposes a modular framework for the
distributed management of those events. In this
framework, a cloud-based global server is used to
communicate general information with a pilgrim
mobile application. On the other hand, each
campaign is assigned a cloud-based campaign
server for communicating its campaign-specific
information with its corresponding pilgrim
applications. In both cases, information is
communicated in each pilgrim language. The
pilgrim application can also provide small-size
static information. Additionally, a campaign
manager mobile application allows each manager to
define rules for communicating campaign-specific
information in a context-aware fashion even though
those managers typically lack programming
capabilities. Constraints are enforced on the
developed rules to help avoid errors. The system
provides location-based services unachievable using
Google Maps. Empirical evaluation has shown
extreme satisfaction of past and potential pilgrims
with the capabilities of the pilgrim application and
the high usability of the manager application.
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Keywords
Context-awareness, Distributed
systems, Hajj, Mobile applications, Mobile cloud
computing, Pilgrims, Umrah.