Middleware: a model for distributed system services
Communications of the ACM
Design of a Component-Based Augmented Reality Framework
ISAR '01 Proceedings of the IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Augmented Reality (ISAR'01)
Modelling internet based applications for designing multi-device adaptive interfaces
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
Ubiquitous service access through adapted user interfaces on multiple devices
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Distributed interface bits: dynamic dialogue composition from ambient computing resources
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Requesting Pervasive Services by Touching RFID Tags
IEEE Pervasive Computing
InterPlay: A Middleware for Seamless Device Integration and Task Orchestration in a Networked Home
PERCOM '06 Proceedings of the Fourth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications
Secure mobile computing via public terminals
PERVASIVE'06 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Pervasive Computing
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User interface can be seen as one of the greatest challenges in mobile computing. One promising approach to make interaction with mobile devices more efficient and pleasant is utilizing UI devices in the user's environment, such as, public displays. However, it is not clear to what extent the user is able to benefit from using external UI devices. Clearly, it also depends on the user's current task. In this paper, we present a middleware based approach that enables migration of user interface from a mobile phone to a device with better UI capabilities, such as, to a desktop computer. We quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate the benefits of such an UI migration to the user with two use cases that are common to mobile phone users; SMS or e-mail writing and establishing a phone call. The evaluation bears evidence that the method greatly increases the performance, and especially the enjoyability, compared to the mobile device's own interface when typing messages. Users prefer our approach because it provides faster and more convenient way to e.g. write a long SMS message. On the other hand for simple tasks, such as selecting a receiver when establishing a phone call or typing a very simplified message, the UI migration was found to be highly undesirable.