Dynamic Product Interfaces: A Key Element for Ambient Shopping Environments
Wolfgang Maaß, Sabine Janzen · Alexandria (UniSG) (University of St.Gallen) · 2007
By embedding information technologies into tangible products a new class of products is created that we call smart products.Smart products use product information in product-centered communication with users.Communication of smart products is handled by dynamic product interfaces.We present a model for QA-based dynamic product interfaces and its implementation DyPI.It is based on a schema-driven question-and-answer approach for Natural Language understanding and generation.Product information is described by web-based semantic representation formats that are stored in distributed repositories.Communication between smart products and users are run on a dedicated middleware (Tip 'n Tell) that supports user interactions with products by wireless, RFID-based infrastructures and manages requests on product information.