Report on the INCITS/V2 AIAP-URC Standard

Introduction INCITS/V2, the Information Technology Access Interfaces Technical Committee of the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), is about to formally propose a standard for “the discovery, selection, operation, and substitution of user interfaces and options” [6] for everyday appliances. Their approach is similar to that of our personal universal controller (PUC) project [9]: each appliance has an abstract specification of its functions and user interfaces for the appliances are presented on a remote control device that users have with them. The remote control device could be a personal digital assistant, (PDAs), mobile phone, or any other computerized device with communication capabilities (e.g. Tablet PC, wristwatch of the future, etc.). The interfaces presented on the remote control device could also be in several modalities, such as graphical or speech.