摘要 |
PURPOSE: A methods, a systems and a computer program products for controlling applications/preferences of a pervasive computing device are provided to purvey an application and/or preference for pervasive computing system even without individually selecting it by a user. CONSTITUTION: A method of controlling information provided to a pervasive computing device when the pervasive computing device synchronises with a data processing system other than the pervasive computing device and accessible to the pervasive computing device, the method comprising the steps of defining at least one list of environments associated with the pervasive computing device, associating information items to be provided to the pervasive computing device by the data processing system with environments in the list of environments, obtaining user input selecting an environment from the list of environments, notifying the data processing system of the selected environment, and providing the information items associated with the selected environment from the data processing system to the pervasive computing device in response to notification of the selected environment.
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