Abstract :
This article presents results of a research project aimed at developing novel meeting support for mobile work domains. The system developed, called RoamWare, supports seamless ongoing interaction across collocated mobile face-to-face meetings and dispersed work settings by use of wireless inter-PANs. An inter-PAN is an ad hoc setup of several mobile devices belonging to different users. This article describes the design requirements for RoamWare, and how these have been realized in a working prototype system. RoamWare contributes to the fields of human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work by illustrating how session management models can be modified to incorporate spontaneous mobile meetings into one ongoing session of interaction
Keywords :
groupware; personal communication networks; research initiatives; telecommunication computing; wireless LAN; RoamWare system; collocated mobile face-to-face meetings; computer-supported cooperative; design requirements; dispersed work settings; human-computer interaction; meeting support; mobile devices; mobile meetings; mobile work domains; personal computers; prototype system; research project; session management models; wireless LAN; wireless inter-PAN; Collaborative work; Communication system security; Data security; Dolphins; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistants; Physics computing;
