Social net: using patterns of physical proximity over time to infer shared interests

  • Authors:
  • Michael Terry;Elizabeth D. Mynatt;Kathy Ryall;Darren Leigh

  • Affiliations:
  • Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA;Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA;Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA;Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

We describe Social Net, a novel interest-matching application that uses patterns of collocation, over time, to infer shared interests between users. Social Net demonstrates new possibilities and methods for using the capabilities of mobile devices equipped with RF-communications.