Table 2.

The software components used in our prototype implementation.

Software Application	Objective	Usage	Characteristics
Google Firebase	Application creation	For creating client-server architecture	Cross-platform rapid development
Ubidots	IoT data analytics and visualization	To analyse and visualize data from mobile and other computing devices with support for device, app, and resource organization in IoT and cloud infrastructure	Encryption, secure authorization, privacy-aware protocols
Arduino IDE	Sensors connectivity	For programming and customizing the sensors used in the project	Open-source, easy-to-use hardware and software
Android Studio	Android app development	For developing Android-based application interface (Figure 4) and connectivity with the server	Unified environment, structured code modules