TY - GEN
T1 - Askus
T2 - 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, Pervasive 2009
AU - Konomi, Shin'ichi
AU - Thepvilojanapong, Niwat
AU - Suzuki, Ryohei
AU - Pirttikangas, Susanna
AU - Sezaki, Kaoru
AU - Tobe, Yoshito
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Information sharing has undeniably become ubiquitous in the Internet age. The global village created on the Internet provides people with instant access to information and news on events occurring in a remote area, including access to video content on websites such as YouTube. Thus, the Internet has helped us overcome barriers to information. However, we cannot conceive an event happening in a remote area and respond to it with relevant actions in a real-time fashion. To overcome this problem, we propose a system called Askus, a mobile platform for supporting networked actions. Askus facilitates an extension of the conceivable space and action by including humans in the loop. In Askus, a person's request is transmitted to a suitable person who will then act in accordance with the request at a remote site. Based on a diary study that led to detailed understanding about mobile assistance needs in everyday life, we developed the Askus platform and implemented the PC-based and mobile phone-based prototypes. We also present the results from our preliminary field trial.
AB - Information sharing has undeniably become ubiquitous in the Internet age. The global village created on the Internet provides people with instant access to information and news on events occurring in a remote area, including access to video content on websites such as YouTube. Thus, the Internet has helped us overcome barriers to information. However, we cannot conceive an event happening in a remote area and respond to it with relevant actions in a real-time fashion. To overcome this problem, we propose a system called Askus, a mobile platform for supporting networked actions. Askus facilitates an extension of the conceivable space and action by including humans in the loop. In Askus, a person's request is transmitted to a suitable person who will then act in accordance with the request at a remote site. Based on a diary study that led to detailed understanding about mobile assistance needs in everyday life, we developed the Askus platform and implemented the PC-based and mobile phone-based prototypes. We also present the results from our preliminary field trial.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-01516-8_15
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-01516-8_15
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67650318257
SN - 9783642015151
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 202
EP - 219
BT - Pervasive Computing - 7th International Conference, Pervasive 2009, Proceedings
Y2 - 11 May 2009 through 14 May 2009
ER -