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- | ==== What is Urbiflock? ==== | ||
- | UrbiFlock is a framework sculpted for the development of //pervasive social network applications//: | + | ===== Scripting Mobile Social Applications ===== |
- | Urbiflock is a Facebook-like application framework for mobile devices | + | The recent profusion of mobile devices |
- | polls, etc. The framework takes care of managing | + | |
- | Similar to Facebook, users can build applications and plug them into the Urbiflock framework. Several core applications | + | In this work we propose Urbiflock, a software platform for the development of mobile social |
- | The framework is currently still under development, which is why these pages mostly lists development information thus far. | + | |
- | ==== Terminology ==== | + | ===== 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 group of users. A flock can be compared to a Facebook group (for example, a group of your old classmates), | ||
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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 users to ask proximate users to rate them on a certain subject, and // | ||
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+ | ===== Terminology | ||
* Flockr: a user of the Urbiflock framework | * Flockr: a user of the Urbiflock framework | ||
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* To flock: to become part of a group | * To flock: to become part of a group | ||
- | ==== Modules | + | ===== Demo ===== |
- | * [[uf:profiles|Profiles]]: manage user's profile | + | |
- | | + | < |
- | | + | <object width=" |
- | * isNearby: physical proximity | + | </ |
- | * isFriend: static encoding of friendship relationships | + | |
- | * doesProfileMatch: | + | ===== Target Platforms ===== |
- | * combinators: and, or, not | + | |
- | * [[uf:flock|Flock]]: a group of ' | + | 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:applications|Applications]]: manage applications | + | |
- | * [[uf:application|Application]]: | + | 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), | ||
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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 ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The architecture | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
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+ | The application layer includes the API of an " | ||
+ | * [[uf:viewer|Flock | ||
+ | * [[uf:profile_viewer|Profile Viewer]]: a viewer and editor to view existing flockr profiles and to update your profile. | ||
+ | * [[uf:app_viewer|Application | ||
- | A flock is defined as a list of references | + | There are also several user applications in the framework: |
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
+ | * [[uf: | ||
- | Predefined Flocks: | + | The Urbiflock' |
- | * friend flockrs: isFriend | + | |
- | * nearby flockrs: isNearby | + | |
- | * nearby friend flockrs: isFriend & isNearby | + | |
- | WhiteBoard Drawings: | + | * [[uf: |
- | * [[uf:Design|Design]] | + | * [[uf:profiles|User Profile]]: Profiles in Urbiflock represent the user identity (e.g. name, gender, hobbies, etc.). |
- | ==== Applications ==== | + | |
- | | + | * [[uf:proximities|Characteristic Functions]]: " |
- | * [[uf: | + | * [[uf:totam|TOTAM]]: tuple-based middleware for flock communication. |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf: | + | |
- | * [[uf:guanotes|Guanotes]]: a messenger application that sends post-its | + | |
- | * [[uf:ir8u|IR8U]]: an application that allows you to rate your friends. | + | |
- | ==== Target Platforms ==== | + | The infrastructure layer consists of three low-level abstractions |
- | * UrbiFlock will work on any computer | + | |
- | * 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 | + | |
- | ==== Development | + | ===== Further Reading ===== |
- | * [[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 | + |