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- | ==== What is Urbiflock? ==== | ||
- | Urbiflock is a Facebook-like application framework written in AmbientTalk. The framework takes care of managing a user's buddy lists, called " | + | ===== Scripting Mobile Social Applications ===== |
- | ==== Terminology ==== | + | The recent profusion of mobile devices such as the iPhone and Android-powered smartphones has given rise to a new type of applications that exploit the physical location of users to help people interact //on the move//, so-called //mobile social networking// |
- | * Flock: | + | In this work we propose Urbiflock, |
- | * Flockr: a user of the urbiflock | + | |
+ | ===== What is Urbiflock? ===== | ||
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+ | 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 | ||
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+ | 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 | ||
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+ | ===== 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 ===== |
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- | * [[uf:flockr|Flockr]]: a representation of the user | + | <object width=" |
- | * [[uf:proximities|Proximities]]: " | + | </ |
- | * isNearby: physical proximity | + | |
- | * isFriend: static encoding of friendship relationships | + | ===== Target Platforms ===== |
- | * doesProfileMatch: | + | |
- | * combinators: and, or, not | + | 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. |
- | * [[uf:flock|Flock]]: a group of ' | + | |
- | * [[uf:applications|Applications]]: manage applications | + | 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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+ | {{:uf: | ||
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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, | ||
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+ | The application layer includes the API of an " | ||
+ | * [[uf:viewer|Flock Viewer]]: a viewer and editor to view existing flocks and to create new flocks. | ||
+ | * [[uf:profile_viewer|Profile Viewer]]: a viewer and editor to view existing flockr profiles and to update your profile. | ||
+ | * [[uf:app_viewer|Application Viewer]]: a viewer and editor to view existing applications and install/ | ||
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+ | There are also several user applications in the framework: | ||
+ | * [[uf:guanotes|Guanotes]]: a messenger application that sends post-its to flocks. | ||
+ | * [[uf:ir8u|IR8U]]: an application that allows users to ask proximate users to rate them on a certain subject. | ||
+ | * [[uf:iflocku|IFlockU]] (Coming): a friend suggestor based on profile similarity and time spent in proximity. | ||
- | A flock is defined as a list of references | + | The Urbiflock' |
- | Predefined Flocks: | + | |
- | | + | * [[uf:profiles|User Profile]]: Profiles in Urbiflock represent the user identity (e.g. name, gender, hobbies, etc.). |
- | * nearby flockrs: isNearby | + | |
- | * nearby friend flockrs: isFriend & isNearby | + | |
- | ==== Architecture ==== | + | |
- | An ad hoc RETE-network. Events are triggered by: | + | * [[uf:proximities|Characteristic Functions]]: |
- | | + | * [[uf:totam|TOTAM]]: |
- | * profile changes: '' | + | |
- | * friend changes: '' | + | |
- | These events are received by the local flockr user object | + | The infrastructure layer consists of three low-level abstractions on which the framework core is based: a RETE engine which orchestrates the flock composition, |
- | ==== Applications | + | ===== Further Reading ===== |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | ==== To think about ==== | + | **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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- | * [[uf:privacy|Privacy]]: restrict access of applications to a user's flocks | + |
at/urbiflock.txt · Last modified: 2015/02/04 19:06 by elisag