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--- at:urbiflock [2009/11/18 15:14] – elisag
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 UrbiFlock is a framework sculpted for the development of //pervasive social network applications//: an emerging type of applications that enable spontaneous interactions of people by means of handheld devices (such as their cell phones). These applications exploit the colocation of a number of mobile devices in the proximity to enable social interaction //on the move//.
-Urbiflock is a Facebook-like application framework for mobile devices written in AmbientTalk. 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
+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), but it additionally allows for the definition of groups of proximate flockrs (for example, a group of all of your friends that are currently nearby).
-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), but it additionally allows for the definition of groups of proximate flockrs (for example, a group of all of your friends that are currently nearby).
-Similar to Facebook, users can 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 is currently still under development, which is why these pages mostly lists development information thus far.
+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 //Guanotes// that allows user to send message to each other.
 ==== Terminology ====
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   * Flock: a group of users
   * To flock: to become part of a group
+==== Demo ====
+<html>
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+</html>
+==== Target Platforms ====
+The Urbiflock framework has been written in the AmbientTalk language. As such, no configuration is required to be able to quickly script new applications on it once AmbientTalk is running on the target platform.
+AmbientTalk runs on a regular J2SE Java Virtual
+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.
+We have implemented a AWT UI interface for Urbiflock's deployment on HTC touch cruise phones running J2ME. In order to configure your HTC Touch device for our framework you can follow the instruction [[private:AmopHTC|here]].
+We are currently working on an Android UI interface for Urbiflock's  deployment on a number of Android phones ( HTC Hero, Legend and Desire, and Sony Xperia X10 series).
+The Urbiflock framework is available in the AmbientTalk distribution library under the frameworks/ folder. Visit  [[http://code.google.com/p/ambienttalk/|our google code repository]] to download the AmbientTalk distribution.
 ==== Urbiflock architecture ====
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     * [[uf:ir8u|IR8U]]: an application that allows users to ask proximate users to rate them on a certain subject.
-==== Target Platforms ====
-Rather than building a platform-independent framework, our aim is to assist in the rapid development of pervasive social networking applications. The Urbiflock framework has been entirely written in the AmbientTalk language. As such, no configuration is required to be able to quickly script new applications on it once AmbientTalk is running on the target platform.
-AmbientTalk requires a regular J2SE Java Virtual
-Machine supporting version 1.3 or higher. The implementation also runs on the Java 2 micro edition (J2ME) platform, under the connected device configuration (CDC).
-We have done some test to deploy our framework on HTC touch cruise pda's. In order to configure your HTC Touch device for our framework you can follow the instruction [[private:AmopHTC|here]].
-We are currently working on deploying our framework on HTC Hero, a phone running on the Android platform.
 ==== Development ====