RoutineMaker: Towards end-user automation of daily routines using smartphones

Ville Antila; Jussi Polet; Arttu Lämsä; Jussi Liikka

doi:10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197519

RoutineMaker: Towards end-user automation of daily routines using smartphones

Ville Antila, Jussi Polet, Arttu Lämsä, Jussi Liikka

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Abstract

People use smartphones in daily activities for accessing and storing information in various situations. In this paper, we present a work in progress for detecting and automating some of these activities. To explore the possible patterns we developed an experimental application to detect daily tasks used by smartphones and analyzed it to provide suggestions for "routines". We conducted a two-week user study with 10 users to evaluate the approach. During the study the application logged the usage patterns, sent information to the server where it was analysed and clustered. The participants could also automate their smartphone tasks using the analysed data. The findings suggest that people would be willing to automatize tasks given that the approach gives flexibility and expressiveness without too much information overload. Future work includes refining the algorithms based on the gathered real-life data and modifying the interaction design to approach the challenges found with the initial study

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, PERCOM Workshops 2012
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	399-402
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-0907-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-0905-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197519
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops - Lugano, Switzerland Duration: 19 Mar 2012 → 23 Mar 2012

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops
Abbreviated title	PERCOM Workshops 2012
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Lugano
Period	19/03/12 → 23/03/12

Keywords

Context-awareness
routine detection
sensing
smartphones
task automation

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Antila, V., Polet, J., Lämsä, A., & Liikka, J. (2012). RoutineMaker: Towards end-user automation of daily routines using smartphones. In Proceedings: IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, PERCOM Workshops 2012 (pp. 399-402). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197519

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Antila, V, Polet, J, Lämsä, A & Liikka, J 2012, RoutineMaker: Towards end-user automation of daily routines using smartphones. in Proceedings: IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, PERCOM Workshops 2012. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 399-402, IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, Lugano, Switzerland, 19/03/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197519

RoutineMaker: Towards end-user automation of daily routines using smartphones. / Antila, Ville; Polet, Jussi; Lämsä, Arttu et al.
Proceedings: IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, PERCOM Workshops 2012. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2012. p. 399-402.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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