Dynamic graphical user interface generation for web-based public display applications

Presentation of full paper at PECCS 2014 - Lisbon - Portugal, January 7, 2014.

Received the best student paper award.

1. Dynamic graphical user interface generation for web-based public display applications Jorge C. S. Cardoso jorgecardoso@ieee.org http://jorgecardoso.eu PECCS 2014 - Lisbon, Portugal
2. Open public display networks • Open display networks ◦ "designed and implemented to be open to applications and content from many sources and thus provide the foundation for work on a new global communications medium for information access and interaction”
3. Interaction toolkit for public displays • Different displays may provide different interaction capabilities • Developers need ◦ Abstraction from interaction mechanisms ◦ Various high-level controls
4. PuReWidgets • High-level abstractions ◦ Widgets • Independence from interaction mechanism ◦ SMS ◦ Email ◦ Touch ◦ Mobile interface ◦ QR code
5. Widgets
6. Interaction Touch Text-based (SMS, email, …) QR codes Mobile interface (Automatically generated)
7. Automatic GUI for mobile devices • Discoverability ◦ Of apps ◦ Of apps’ features • Interaction • No extra effort for programmers of public display apps
8. Dynamic GUI generation approaches • Downloadable UI code ◦ e.g., Jini Service UI • Abstract UI description ◦ XWeb (Olsen et al., 2000) • Hybrid ◦ Hodes & Katz, 1999 ◦ iCrafter (Ponnekanti et al., 2001) Author unknown. Taken from http://www.flixya.com/photo/2162704/BasikalBicycle
9. Dynamic GUI generation approaches Author unknown. Taken from http://www.flixya.com/photo/2162704/BasikalBicycle
10. Dynamic GUI generation approaches Author unknown. Taken from http://www.flixya.com/photo/2162704/BasikalBicycle
11. Dynamic GUI generation approaches Author unknown. Taken from http://www.flixya.com/photo/2162704/BasikalBicycle
12. Dynamic GUI generation approaches Author unknown. Taken from http://www.flixya.com/photo/2162704/BasikalBicycle
13. PuReWidgets Author unknown. Taken from http://www.flixya.com/photo/2162704/BasikalBicycle
14. Architecture
15. Widget structure Author unknown. Taken from http://www.flixya.com/photo/2162704/BasikalBicycle Interaction Manager Server
16. Rendering Author unknown. Taken from http://www.flixya.com/photo/2162704/BasikalBicycle
17. Author unknown. Taken from http://www.flixya.com/photo/2162704/BasikalBicycle Rendering
18. Preliminary evaluation • Real-world deployment
19. Discussion • Asynchronous interaction • Rapidly changing widgets
20. Conclusion • We need better tools to create applications for open display networks ◦ Interaction abstractions • PuReWidgets is just one attempt/model
21. Dynamic graphical user interface generation for web-based public display applications Jorge C. S. Cardoso jorgecardoso@ieee.org http://jorgecardoso.eu PECCS 2014 - Lisbon, Portugal Thank you!