A Gestures and Freehand Writing Interaction Based Electronic Meeting Support System with Handhelds

In this work, we present an Electronic Meeting Support system for handhelds The design principles applied for developing the system are aimed to help reduce the problems associated with having a small size screen to interact with The human-handheld interaction is based only in gestures and freehand writing, avoiding the need of widgets and virtual keyboards The content of the generated documents are organized as concept maps, which gives more flexibility to reorganize and merge the contributions of the meeting attendees Our system is based on handhelds interconnected with an ad-hoc wireless network The system architecture is a peer-to-peer one, avoiding the need of central repositories thus allowing meetings to take place anywhere.

[1]  Brian Whitworth,et al.  Voting before discussing: computer voting as social communication , 1999, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. 1999. HICSS-32. Abstracts and CD-ROM of Full Papers.

[2]  Jan Stage,et al.  Does time heal?: a longitudinal study of usability , 2005 .

[3]  Remko van der Lugt.  Functions of sketching in design idea generation meetings , 2002, Creativity & Cognition.

[4]  Stephen C. Hayne,et al.  The facilitators perspective on meetings and implications for group support systems design , 1999, DATB.

[5]  Kenton O'Hara,et al.  Dealing with mobility: understanding access anytime, anywhere , 2001, TCHI.

[6]  Pedro Antunes,et al.  Handheld CSCW in the Meeting Environment , 2002, CRIWG.

[7]  Jan Stage,et al.  Instant data analysis: conducting usability evaluations in a day , 2004, NordiCHI '04.

[8]  Laura Cram,et al.  Reconciling Theory and Practice , 1999 .

[9]  Jesus Favela,et al.  Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use , 2003, Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

[10]  Hui Wang,et al.  Physical Object Icons Buttons Gesture (PIBG): A New Interaction Paradigm with Pen , 2004, CSCWD.

[11]  Luciano G. Fagundes,et al.  SACE-CSCW: a synchronous asynchronous common environment for computer supported cooperative work to aid concurrent engineering processes , 1997, Proceedings 17th International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society.

[12]  Steinar Kristoffersen,et al.  Moving out of the meeting room: Exploring support for mobile meetings , 1999, ECSCW.

[13]  Jesper Kjeldskov,et al.  Evaluating the Usability of a Mobile Collaborative System:: Exploring Two Different Laboratory Approaches , 2003 .

[14]  C. Steven Hunt,et al.  Group Support Systems: A New Frontier for Amplifying Creativity and Collaborative Learning. , 1994 .

[15]  Christian Heath,et al.  Mobility in collaboration , 1998, CSCW '98.

[16]  Norbert A. Streitz,et al.  DOLPHIN: integrated meeting support across local and remote desktop environments and LiveBoards , 1994, CSCW '94.

[17]  J. Tropman.  Effective Meetings: Improving Group Decision-Making , 1980 .

[18]  Jan Stage,et al.  DOES TIME HEAL? A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF USABILITY , 2005 .

[19]  J. Valacich,et al.  Group Support Systems: New Perspectives , 1992 .

[20]  Weiming Shen.  Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design I, 8th International Conference, CSCWD 2004, Xiamen, China, May 26-28, 2004, Revised Selected Papers , 2005, CSCWD.

[21]  M. Smith.  The New Frontier. , 1984, RNABC news.

[22]  Catherine C. Marshall,et al.  Reading-in-the-small: a study of reading on small form factor devices , 2002, JCDL '02.

[23]  Mikael Wiberg.  RoamWare: an integrated architecture for seamless interaction in between mobile meetings , 2001, GROUP '01.

[24]  Winslow Burleson,et al.  Developing creativity, motivation, and self-actualization with learning systems , 2005, Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud..

[25]  Donald J. McCubbrey,et al.  Management Information Systems for the Information Age , 1997 .

[26]  Charles R. Hoffer,et al.  A New Frontier , 1989 .

[27]  Jay F. Nunamaker,et al.  Future research in group support systems: needs, some questions and possible directions , 1997, Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud..

[28]  Pedro Antunes,et al.  The Meeting Report Process: Bridging EMS with PDA , 2001, ICEIS.

[29]  Brad A. Myers,et al.  Collaboration using multiple PDAs connected to a PC , 1998, CSCW '98.

[30]  James R. Rhyne,et al.  Communication and information retrieval with a pen-based meeting support tool , 1992, CSCW '92.

[31]  BurlesonWinslow.  Developing creativity, motivation, and self-actualization with learning systems , 2005 .

[32]  Craig K. Tyran,et al.  Collaborative Technology in the Classroom: A Review of the GSS Research and a Research Framework , 2001, Inf. Technol. Manag..

[33]  Jan Stage,et al.  Designing a mobile communicator: combining ethnography and object-oriented design , 2006, OZCHI '06.

[34]  Steve Howard,et al.  Heuristic Evaluation and Mobile Usability: Bridging the Realism Gap , 2004, Mobile HCI.

[35]  James A. Landay,et al.  Sketching Interfaces: Toward More Human Interface Design , 2001, Computer.

[36]  Ted Boren,et al.  Thinking aloud: reconciling theory and practice , 2000 .

[37]  Ron Chi-Wai Kwok,et al.  Improving group decision making: a fuzzy GSS approach , 2002, IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Part C.

[38]  Benjamin Watson,et al.  Managing level of detail through peripheral degradation: effects on search performance with a head-mounted display , 1997, TCHI.