Task-Based Design and Runtime Support for Multimodal User Interface Distribution

  • Authors:
  • Tim Clerckx;Chris Vandervelpen;Karin Coninx

  • Affiliations:
  • Expertise Centre for Digital Media, and transnationale Universiteit Limburg, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium BE-3590;Expertise Centre for Digital Media, and transnationale Universiteit Limburg, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium BE-3590;Expertise Centre for Digital Media, and transnationale Universiteit Limburg, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium BE-3590

  • Venue:
  • Engineering Interactive Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This paper describes an approach that uses task modelling for the development of distributed and multimodal user interfaces. We propose to enrich tasks with possible interaction modalities in order to allow the user to perform these tasks using an appropriate modality. The information of the augmented task model can then be used in a generic runtime architecture we have extended to support runtime decisions for distributing the user interface among several devices based on the specified interaction modalities. The approach was tested in the implementation of several case studies. One of these will be presented in this paper to clarify the approach.