An Integrated Approach towards the Homogeneous Provision of Geographically Dispersed Info-Mobility Services to Mobile Users

  • Authors:
  • Dimitrios Giakoumis;Dimitrios Tzovaras;Dionisis Kehagias;Evangelos Bekiaris;George Hassapis

  • Affiliations:
  • Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thermi, Greece 57001;Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thermi, Greece 57001;Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thermi, Greece 57001;Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Hellenic Institute of Transport, Greece;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Symposium on Human Interface 2009 on Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information and Interaction. Part II: Held as part of HCI International 2009
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In this paper we introduce a mechanism enabling applications to present information retrieved from different services, thus delivered with different structure, in a homogeneous and seamless fashion. This mechanism was an outcome of the research that took place within the European Integrated Project ASK-IT. The project developed an ambient intelligence framework which supports mobility impaired people on the move to access context-sensitive information dependant on user geographic location and the use case under consideration. The information derives from geographically dispersed web services and is rendered on mobile devices. The ASK-IT framework enables the presentation of information that covers a wide variety of domains which belong to the info-mobility scope (Points of Interest, Route Guidance etc.). Our approach deals with the integration of information-providing services, in order to facilitate the homogeneity of the final presentation of the content, through the end-user application.