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Supporting a Mobile Lost and Found Community
ISBN
978-1-59593-952-4
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2008-09-02
Author(s)
Guinard, Dominique
Baecker, Oliver
Michahelles, Florian
Abstract
In the era of ubiquitous devices and mobility, we increasingly
carry objects of great value (in terms of data, money or emotions).
Because of our increased mobility, we are also more inclined to
lose these objects. When it comes to finding them again, current
lost property offices seem rather inflexible and not fully adapted
to our nomad lives. They lack dynamic information, introduce too
many intermediates and introduce high costs. We support the
growth of a community of users able to solve the problem on their
own using their mobile phones. We describe our concept and
implementation of the idea based on prototypes of mobile phones
enhanced with a novel type of RFID reader, the use of the EPC
standards and the creation of both mobile and server-side
software. We finally discuss how it can help making the current
system more dynamic and efficient.
carry objects of great value (in terms of data, money or emotions).
Because of our increased mobility, we are also more inclined to
lose these objects. When it comes to finding them again, current
lost property offices seem rather inflexible and not fully adapted
to our nomad lives. They lack dynamic information, introduce too
many intermediates and introduce high costs. We support the
growth of a community of users able to solve the problem on their
own using their mobile phones. We describe our concept and
implementation of the idea based on prototypes of mobile phones
enhanced with a novel type of RFID reader, the use of the EPC
standards and the creation of both mobile and server-side
software. We finally discuss how it can help making the current
system more dynamic and efficient.
Project(s)
Language
English
Keywords
Lost and Found
Mobile Interactions
Internet of Things
RFID
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Publisher
ACM Digital Library
Publisher place
New York
Start page
407
End page
410
Pages
4
Event Title
10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2008)
Event Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Event Date
02.-05.09.2008
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
44528