EventManager: Support for the Peripheral Awareness of Events Joe McCarthy (the firm soon-to-be formerly-known-as)

Presentation Plan Active Environments @ CSTaR PocketWatch , ActiveMap , EventManager EventManager Motivation, architecture, interfaces, future work Questions (and, hopefully, answers)

Active Environments @ CSTaR

PocketWatch , ActiveMap , EventManager

EventManager

Motivation, architecture, interfaces, future work

Questions

(and, hopefully, answers)

Background Informal Communication Crucial for success in project/team-oriented work Attempts to connect often end in failure Awareness Tools Provide information about who’s where Infrared badges, sensors Create informal interaction opportunities for non-adjacent colleagues

Informal Communication

Crucial for success in project/team-oriented work

Attempts to connect often end in failure

Awareness Tools

Provide information about who’s where

Infrared badges, sensors

Create informal interaction opportunities for non-adjacent colleagues

Active Environment Applications PocketWatch : small bits of awareness info Where Is Eric? Who is with Ted? Who is in the Videoconference Room? ActiveMap : large-scale awareness info Where is everyone? EventManager : asynchronous awareness Notify me when an event of interest occurs

PocketWatch : small bits of awareness info

Where Is Eric?

Who is with Ted?

Who is in the Videoconference Room?

ActiveMap : large-scale awareness info

Where is everyone?

EventManager : asynchronous awareness

Notify me when an event of interest occurs

PocketWatch

ActiveMap

EventManager

Motivation Synchronous awareness What’s happening now? PocketWatch, ActiveMap Asynchronous awareness Let me know when X happens EventManager Irritation-based research methodology Don’t get mad, define a research project…

Synchronous awareness

What’s happening now?

PocketWatch, ActiveMap

Asynchronous awareness

Let me know when X happens

EventManager

Irritation-based research methodology

Don’t get mad, define a research project…

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EventManager Architecture Active Environment Server Manages event specifications storage, activation, deactivation Notifies client of triggered event specs EventManager Client User interfaces for event specs definition, editing, activation, deactivation

Active Environment Server

Manages event specifications

storage, activation, deactivation

Notifies client of triggered event specs

EventManager Client

User interfaces for event specs

definition, editing, activation, deactivation

Main Interface

Event Specification Interface Name Description Person(s) Relationship or State (change) Location(s) Action(s) Save, Activate or Cancel Entering, Leaving, In, Not In, Alone In Conjunctive Disjunctive

Event Specification Example

Event Notification - Visual

Event Notification - Aural Speaker Infrared Sensor

Future Extensions Integration of other “sensors” keyboard, telephone, motion, calendar, other location technologies Other communication capabilities NetMeeting, [mobile] phone, pager High level event specification language When <3 people> are in <any meeting room>

Integration of other “sensors”

keyboard, telephone, motion, calendar, other location technologies

Other communication capabilities

NetMeeting, [mobile] phone, pager

High level event specification language

When <3 people> are in <any meeting room>

For more information Joe McCarthy [email_address] Active Environments http://www.ac.com/services/cstar/Research/ActiveEnvironments.html CSTaR http://www.ac.com/cstar

Joe McCarthy

[email_address]

Active Environments

http://www.ac.com/services/cstar/Research/ActiveEnvironments.html

CSTaR

http://www.ac.com/cstar