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UNIFORM: automatically generating consistent remote control user interfaces

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Jeffrey Nichols,

Brandon RothrockAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '06: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 611 - 620

https://doi.org/10.1145/1124772.1124865

Published: 22 April 2006 Publication History

Abstract

A problem with many of today's appliance interfaces is that they are inconsistent. For example, the procedure for setting the time on alarm clocks and VCRs differs, even among different models made by the same manufacturer. Finding particular functions can also be a challenge, because appliances often organize their features differently. This paper presents a system, called Uniform, which approaches this problem by automatically generating remote control interfaces that take into account previous interfaces that the user has seen during the generation process. Uniform is able to automatically identify similarities between different devices and users may specify additional similarities. The similarity information allows the interface generator to use the same type of controls for similar functions, place similar functions so that they can be found with the same navigation steps, and create interfaces that have a similar visual appearance.

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UNIFORM: automatically generating consistent remote control user interfaces
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management

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CHI '06: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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ISBN:1595933727

DOI:10.1145/1124772

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Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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Intel, USA
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Microsoft, USA
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Google, USA
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University of Michigan, USA

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