Embedded Interactive Systems (EIS), Computing Department, Lancaster University

RelateGateways: Using Spatial Context to Identify and Interact with Pervasive Services

[Abstract]: Our everyday life is surrounded by pervasive services. While on the run we should be able to use the mobile devices we carry to interact with these services. Yet, a number of studies have shown that it is difficult for users to identify available services in an unknown context. RelateGateways extends the desktop of a mobile device with a new kind of widget: the gateways, arranged around the edge of the screen, pointing towards the co-located services. Identified services can be consumed in a consistent manner by dragging-and-dropping an object on the gateway.

 

 

PDF Icon, BibTeX, [Abstract], [poster]. Carl Fischer, Hans Gellersen, Dominique Guinard, Matt Oppenheim, and Sara Streng. "RelateGateways: Using Spatial Context to Identify and Interact with Pervasive Services." Demo @ EuroSSC 2007, 23-25 October 2007, Lake District, UK.