DiamondHelp: A Collaborative Interface Framework for Networked Home Appliances

DiamondHelp is a reusable Java framework for building graphical user interfaces based on the collaborative paradigm of human-computer interaction. DiamondHelp´s graphical design combines a generic conversational interface, adapted from online chat programs, with an applicationspecific direct manipulation interface. DiamondHelp provides ¨a things to say ¨mechanism for use without spoken language understanding; it also supports extensions to take advantage of speech technology. DiamondHelp´s software architecture factors all application-specific content into two modular plug-ins, one of which includes Collagen and a task model. A shortened version of this report will appear in 5th International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing, Columbus, OH, June 2005, under the title: DiamondHelp: A Collaborative Interface Framework for Networked Home Appliances. This work may not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part for any commercial purpose. Permission to copy in whol...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ICDCSW
• Authors: Charles Rich, Candy L. Sidner, Neal Lesh, Andrew Garland, Shane Booth, Markus Chimani
• Keywords: Distributed And Parallel Computing, Electric Research Laboratories, Generic Conversational Interface, ICDCSW 2005, Mitsubishi Electric Research