The Five Commandments of Activity-Aware Ubiquitous Computing Applications

  • Authors:
  • Nasim Mahmud;Jo Vermeulen;Kris Luyten;Karin Coninx

  • Affiliations:
  • Expertise Centre for Digital Media, Hasselt University --- tUL --- IBBT, Diepenbeek, Belgium B-3590;Expertise Centre for Digital Media, Hasselt University --- tUL --- IBBT, Diepenbeek, Belgium B-3590;Expertise Centre for Digital Media, Hasselt University --- tUL --- IBBT, Diepenbeek, Belgium B-3590;Expertise Centre for Digital Media, Hasselt University --- tUL --- IBBT, Diepenbeek, Belgium B-3590

  • Venue:
  • ICDHM '09 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Digital Human Modeling: Held as Part of HCI International 2009
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Recent work demonstrates the potential for extracting patterns from users' behavior as detected by sensors. Since there is currently no generalized framework for reasoning about activity-aware applications, designers can only rely on the existing systems for guidance. However, these systems often use a custom, domain-specific definition of activity pattern . Consequently the guidelines designers can extract from individual systems are limited to the specific application domains of those applications. In this paper, we introduce five high-level guidelines or commandments for designing activity-aware applications. By considering the issues we outlined in this paper, designers will be able to avoid common mistakes inherent in designing activity-aware applications.