Intelligent context-sensitive interactions on desktop and the web

Alan Dix¹, Tiziana Catarci², Benjamin Habegger², Yannis Ioannidis³, Azrina Kamaruddin¹, Akrivi Katifori³, Giorgos Lepouras^3,4, Antonella Poggi², Devina Ramduny-Ellis¹

¹Computing Department,
Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
²Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica,
Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

³Department of Informatics & Telecommunications,
University of Athens, Athens, Hellas (Greece)
⁴Dept. of Computer Science and Technology,
University of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Hellas (Greece)

Abstract

In this paper we describe briefly three systems: onCue a desktop internet-access toolbar, Snip!t a web-based bookmarking application and ontoPIM an ontology-based personal task-management system. These embody context issues to differing degrees, and we use them to exemplify more general issues concerning the use of contextual information in 'intelligent' interfaces. We look at issues relating to interaction and 'appropriate intelligence', at different types of context that arise and at architectural lessons we have learnt. We also highlight outstanding problems, in particular the need to computationally describe and communicate context where reasoning and inference is distributed.

keywords: Context, human computer interaction, natural interaction, user experience, dynamic interaction, intelligent interfaces

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Figure 1. onCue architecture

Figure 2. Snip!t in action
- actions for a post code

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Alan Dix 13/5/2006