Title :
Real-time bus information on mobile devices
Author :
Maclean, Stuart D. ; Dailey, Daniel J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
We report on a real-time transit vehicle information system which delivers content to Internet-enabled mobile devices, such as cell phones. The content is in the form of predicted arrival/departure times for buses at user-selectable geographic locations within a transit region. We discuss how the physical restrictions of such devices, e.g., screen size and paucity of keyboard options, influences the user interface design. An overview of the system architecture is provided, together with some preliminary usage results
Keywords :
Internet; cellular radio; mobile computing; public information systems; transportation; Internet-enabled mobile devices; WAP; cell phones; mobile devices; predicted arrival/departure times; real-time bus information; real-time transit vehicle information system; user interface design; user-selectable geographic locations; Cellular phones; Computer architecture; Displays; Internet; Real time systems; Standards development; Uniform resource locators; Vehicles; Web server; Wireless application protocol;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Oakland, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7194-1
DOI :
10.1109/ITSC.2001.948796
