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====== Urbiflock ====== | ====== Urbiflock ====== | ||
- | ==== What is Urbiflock? ==== | + | ===== What is Urbiflock? |
- | Urbiflock | + | UrbiFlock |
- | ==== Terminology ==== | + | Urbiflock is a Facebook-like application framework for mobile devices. As in Facebook, users that join Urbiflock can meet other users and interact with them. For example users may broadcast announcements to each other, they can browse one another’s profile, launch interactive polls, etc. The framework takes care of managing a user’s social networks, called “flocks”. A flock represents a loosely-defined group of users. A flock can be compared to a Facebook group (for example, a group of your old classmates), |
- | * Flock: a group of proximate users | + | Users can also build applications and plug them into the Urbiflock framework. Several core applications are currently available in the Urbiflock framework, such as flock creators and profile viewers. The framework also counts with two user applications //I rate you (IR8U)// that allows users to ask proximate users to rate them on a certain subject, and // |
- | * Flockr: a user of the urbiflock | + | |
+ | ===== Terminology ===== | ||
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+ | * Flockr: a user of the Urbiflock | ||
+ | * Flock: a group of users | ||
* To flock: to become part of a group | * To flock: to become part of a group | ||
- | ==== Modules | + | ===== Demo ===== |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | < |
- | * [[uf: | + | <object width=" |
- | * isNearby: physical proximity | + | </ |
- | * isFriend: static encoding of friendship relationships | + | |
- | * doesProfileMatch: | + | ===== Target Platforms ===== |
- | * combinators: | + | The Urbiflock framework has been written in the AmbientTalk language. As such, no configuration |
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- | | + | AmbientTalk runs on a regular J2SE Java Virtual |
- | * [[uf:application|Application]]: define the API of an " | + | Machine supporting version 1.3 or higher, Java 2 micro edition (J2ME) platform, under the connected device configuration (CDC), and Android Platform version 1.6 or higher. |
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+ | We have implemented a AWT UI interface for Urbiflock' | ||
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+ | We are currently working on an Android UI interface for Urbiflock' | ||
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+ | The Urbiflock framework is available in the AmbientTalk distribution library under the frameworks/ folder. Visit [[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== The Urbiflock framework architecture ===== | ||
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+ | The architecture of the Urbiflock framework shown below is divided in three layers: applications, Urbiflock core, and Urbiflock infrastructure. | ||
+ | {{ :uf:urbiflock_architecture.png? | ||
- | A flock is defined as a list of references to ' | + | The application layer includes the API of an " |
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
- | Predefined Flocks: | + | There are also several user applications in the framework: |
- | * friend flockrs: isFriend | + | * [[uf:guanotes|Guanotes]]: |
- | * nearby flockrs: isNearby | + | * [[uf:ir8u|IR8U]]: |
- | * nearby friend flockrs: isFriend & isNearby | + | * [[uf:iflocku|IFlockU]] (Coming): a friend suggestor based on profile similarity and time spent in proximity. |
- | WhiteBoard Drawings: | + | The Urbiflock' |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | ==== Architecture ==== | + | |
- | An ad hoc RETE-network. Events are triggered by: | + | * [[uf:profiles|User Profile]]: Profiles in Urbiflock represent the user identity |
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- | * profile changes: '' | + | |
- | * friend changes: '' | + | |
- | These events are received by the local flockr | + | * [[uf: |
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
- | ==== Applications ==== | + | The infrastructure layer consists of three low-level abstractions on which the framework core is based: a RETE engine which orchestrates the flock composition, |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
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- | ==== Target Platforms | + | ===== Further Reading ===== |
- | * UrbiFlock will work on any computer which has java installed. | + | |
- | * We are currently testing our framework on HTC touch cruise pda's. In order to configure your HTC device for our framework you can follow the instruction [[private: | + | |
- | ==== Development ==== | + | **Flocks: Enabling Dynamic Group Interactions in Mobile Social Networking Applications**. E. Gonzalez Boix, A. Lombide Carreton, C. Scholliers, T. Van Cutsem, W. De Meuter, T. D' |
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- | ==== To think about ==== | ||
- | * [[uf: | ||
- | * [[uf: |
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