The stick-e note architecture: extending the interface beyond the user
Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
At home with the technology: an ethnographic study of a set-top-box trial
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Mediacups: experience with design and use of computer-augmented everyday artefacts
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking - pervasive computing
Challenge: recombinant computing and the speakeasy approach
Proceedings of the 8th annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking
The Interactive Workspaces Project: Experiences with Ubiquitous Computing Rooms
IEEE Pervasive Computing
A Middleware Infrastructure for Active Spaces
IEEE Pervasive Computing
The evolution of buildings and implications for the design of ubiquitous domestic environments
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The challenges of user-centered design and evaluation for infrastructure
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Aura: an Architectural Framework for User Mobility in Ubiquitous Computing Environments
WICSA 3 Proceedings of the IFIP 17th World Computer Congress - TC2 Stream / 3rd IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture: System Design, Development and Maintenance
At Home with Ubiquitous Computing: Seven Challenges
UbiComp '01 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Proactive Instructions for Furniture Assembly
UbiComp '02 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Patch Panel: Enabling Control-Flow Interoperability in Ubicomp Environments
PERCOM '04 Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom'04)
a CAPpella: programming by demonstration of context-aware applications
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Physical Prototyping with Smart-Its
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
Reflecting human behavior to motivate desirable lifestyle
Proceedings of the 7th ACM conference on Designing interactive systems
Human-Computer Interaction
AwareMirror: a personalized display using a mirror
PERVASIVE'05 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Pervasive Computing
u-Texture: self-organizable universal panels for creating smart surroundings
UbiComp'05 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Applying pervasive technologies to create economic incentives that alter consumer behavior
Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Ubiquitous computing
A portable toolkit for supporting end-user personalization and control in context-aware applications
Multimedia Tools and Applications
An explorative comparison of magic lens and personal projection for interacting with smart objects
Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Digital object memories in the internet of things workshop: (DOME-IoT 2010)
Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference adjunct papers on Ubiquitous computing - Adjunct
Composition kernel: a multi-core processor virtualization layer for rich functional smart products
SEUS'10 Proceedings of the 8th IFIP WG 10.2 international conference on Software technologies for embedded and ubiquitous systems
Empowering elderly end-users for ambient programming: the tangible way
GPC'11 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Advances in grid and pervasive computing
A co-creation platform for creative engagement of end-users in a connected object space
Proceedings of the 2011 international workshop on Networking and object memories for the internet of things
Proactive ambient social media for supporting human decision making
UIC'11 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Ubiquitous intelligence and computing
Activity-Based micro-pricing: realizing sustainable behavior changes through economic incentives
PERSUASIVE'10 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Persuasive Technology
Designing motivation using persuasive ambient mirrors
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
homeBLOX: introducing process-driven home automation
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication
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This paper explores system issues for involving end users in constructing and enhancing a smart home. In support of this involvement we present an infrastructure and a tangible deployment tool. Active participation of users is essential in a domestic environment as it offers simplicity, greater usercentric control, lower deployment costs and better support for personalization. Our proposed infrastructure provides the foundation for end user deployment utilizing a loosely coupled framework to represent an artefact and its augmented functionalities. Pervasive applications are built independently and are expressed as a collection of functional tasks. A runtime component, FedNet maps these tasks to corresponding service provider artefacts. The tangible deployment tool uses FedNet and allows end users to deploy and control artefacts and applications only by manipulating RFID cards. Primary advantages of our approach are two-fold. Firstly, it allows end users to deploy ubicomp systems easily in a Do-it-Yourself fashion. Secondly, it allows developers to write applications and to build augmented artefacts in a generic way regardless of the constraints of the target environment. We describe an implemented prototype and illustrate its feasibility in a real life deployment session by the end users. Our study shows that the end users might be involved in deploying future ubicomp systems if appropriate tools and supporting infrastructure are provided.