Huddle: automatically generating interfaces for systems of multiple connected appliances

Systems of connected appliances, such as home theaters and presentation rooms, are becoming commonplace in our homes and workplaces. These systems are often difficult to use, in part because users must determine how to split the tasks they wish to perform into sub-tasks for each appliance and then find the particular functions of each appliance to complete their sub-tasks. This paper describes Huddle, a new system that automatically generates taskbased interfaces for a system of multiple appliances based on models of the content flow within the multi-appliance system. ACM Classification: H5.2 [Information interfaces and presentation]: User Interfaces. - Graphical user interfaces. General terms: Design, Human Factors

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: UIST
• Authors: Jeffrey Nichols, Brandon Rothrock, Duen Horng Chau, Brad A. Myers
• Keywords: Appliances, Graphical User Interfaces, UIST 2006, User Interfaces