TaskCOM: from Task Models to Task-Oriented User Interactions with Smart Environments
Chuong Cong Vo, Torab Torabi, Seng W. Loke · 2012
The current computing interaction paradigm is mostly application-centric and/or document-centric, which has been dominantly employed for desktop environments. In smart environments such as smart homes and smart offices, this paradigm might no longer be suitable for occupants whose attention is often preoccupied with daily activities. In this paper, we propose a task-oriented computing paradigm for users to interact with smart environments. This paradigm allows users to focus on their tasks rather than low level mental concepts such as device features, applications, and services. This paradigm also supports collaborations (i.e., multiple users can collaborat on the same task) and context-aware task recommendation. In this paper, we present our design and implementation of a task-oriented computing framework (TaskCOM) for this paradigm.