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WiFi proximity detection in mobile web applications

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Clemens Nylandsted Klokmose,

Henrik BlunckAuthors Info & Claims

EICS '14: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems

Pages 123 - 128

https://doi.org/10.1145/2607023.2610281

Published: 17 June 2014 Publication History

Abstract

We present a technique for enabling WiFi proximity detection in mobile web applications based on proximity-adaptive HTTP responses (PAHR). The technique requires zero installation on the client and is client platform independent. Our reference implementation ProxiMagic is low-cost and provides robust and responsive interactivity based on proximity detection. We demonstrate the technique's applicability through a real-world example application deployed during a month-long participatory art exhibition. We document the reliability and suitability of the simple proximity detection employed in ProxiMagic through a controlled experiment.

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EICS '14: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems

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DOI:10.1145/2607023

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