An overview of 4 studies conducted in the Social Media Research Lab at Motorola. These studies investigated location and context sharing in mobile environments.

1. Frank Bentley Principal Staff Research Scientist Motorola Labs the design of mobile social applications: a case study from motorola

2. designing for mobility… http://www.flickr.com/photos/artamnesia/135744020/

3. design problem How to use context to aid mobile communication and enhance existing social communities

9. study 1: context sharing in phone calls Social Awareness: Informing others of your current surroundings “ We’re just getting ready to go to Meijer’s and then pick [our daughter] up and then go get a Christmas tree.” (LA7) “ Now I’m on the train, I wasn’t before” (LA5) “ I’m in the cab right now” (LA7)

10. study 1: context sharing in phone calls Availability: Deciding if someone is available for communication “ Do you have a couple of minutes right now?” (LA4) “ Are you on the road or still in the office?” (LA1) “ Did [your sister] get up?” (LA2)

11. study 1: context sharing in phone calls Take aways: People share a LOT of context with each other Opportunities for availability awareness and for helping others Environmental cues create social presence

12. study 2: motion presence How to help with social awareness and availability? (top two uses) Inspired by large amount of context sharing Problems of absolute location (technical and user) First a little bit on mobile location…

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