InfoPoint: A Device that Provides a Uniform User Interface to Allow Appliances to Work Together over a Network | Zendy

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InfoPoint: A Device that Provides a Uniform User Interface to Allow Appliances to Work Together over a Network

Author(s) -

Naohiko Kohtake,

Jun Rekimoto,

Yuichiro Anzai

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

personal and ubiquitous computing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416

H-Index - 88

eISSN - 1617-4917

pISSN - 1617-4909

DOI - 10.1007/s007790170005

Subject(s) - computer science , workstation , interface (matter) , transfer (computing) , human–computer interaction , embedded system , drop (telecommunication) , graphical user interface , user interface , network interface , distributed computing , operating system , telecommunications , software , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method

This paper proposes a new hand-held device called “InfoPoint” that allows appliances to work together over a network. We have applied the idea of “drag-and-drop” operation as provided in the GUIs of PC and workstation desktop environment. InfoPoint provides a unified interface that gives different types of appliances “drag-and-drop”-like behaviour for the transfer of data. Moreover, it can transfer data from/to non-appliances such as pieces of paper. As a result, InfoPoint allows appliances to work together, in the real-world environment, in terms of data transfer. A prototype of InfoPoint has been implemented and several experimental applications have been investigated. InfoPoint has shown its applicability in a variety of circumstances. We believe that the idea proposed in this paper will be a significant technology in the network of the future.

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