Interaction in Pervasive Computing Settings Using Bluetooth-Enabled Active Tags and Passive RFID Technology Together with Mobile

Passive RFID technology and unobtrusive Bluetoothenabled active tags are means to augment products and everyday objects with information technology invisible to human users. This paper analyzes general interaction patterns in such pervasive computing settings where information about the user’s context is derived by a combination of active and passive tags present in the user’s environment. The concept of invisible preselection of interaction partners based on the user’s context is introduced. It enables unobtrusive interaction with smart objects in that it combines different forms of association, e.g. implicit and user initiated association, by transferring interaction stubs to mobile devices based on the user’s current situation. Invisible preselection can also be used for remote interaction. By assigning phone numbers to smart objects, we propose making this remote user interaction with everyday items as easy as making a phone call. We evaluate the suitability of the propose...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: PERCOM
• Authors: Frank Siegemund, Christian Floerkemeier
• Keywords: Invisible Preselection, PERCOM 2003, Remote Interaction, Remote User Interaction, Wireless Networks