The information logistics approach toward user demand-driven information supply

Ubiquitous computing, applications that serve users with information in any situation is currently a topic of frequent discussion. In this paper we argue that many of these applications lead to an information overflow rather than providing the user with the appropriate kind of information. We, therefore, introduce an approach that we call information logistics implementing the principle of just-in-time delivery into the information supply. We discuss the concept and present a framework that serves as a generic set of kernel components implementing the information logistics approach. Based on this framework, we have developed first information logistical demonstrators.