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to office facilities. For the trust management, various properties like social/business relationship and
membership can be considered to analyse user’s trust level.

Figure IV.3 – Smart office service high level illustration

2.2 Actors

– User: users are able to control and access smart office devices and facilities by using their own
devices or office devices (e.g., employer, employee, etc.).

– Smart office devices and facilities: connected devices and facilities in office (e.g., Wi-Fi access point,
personal computer, telephone, printer, meeting room, canteen, etc.).
– Smart office provider: a smart office provider is in charge of providing common functionalities for
smart office services. It is collecting the status of smart office devices and facilities. Based on user’s
trust level provided by trust management service, it permits appropriate usage right of them to
users (e.g., building management service provider, service providers, etc.).

– Trust management service provider: a trust management service provider responses trust level and
information request from smart office providers or service brokers.

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