Frank Allan Hansen

Context-aware Mobile Hypermedia:
Concepts, Framework, and Applications

PhD Dissertation Companion CD-ROM

This CD-ROM includes companioning materials to the PhD thesis "Context-aware Mobile Hypermedia: Concepts, Framework, and Applications". The CD-ROM includes links to HyCon installers, HyCon publications, presentations, and other resources that illustrates work on the HyCon framework and applications.

Links to resources included on this CD-ROM is colored blue. Links to external resources are colored green.

Prototypes | Publications | Presentations | Other Resources

Prototypes

HyconExplorer/J2ME

Online installation of HyconExplorer/J2ME

Link to online installation page.

HyconExplorer for Java-enabled wireless devices.

HyconExplorer/J2ME can be installed directly from the phone. Just point your phone's Wap/Web browser to the following URL: http://www.daimi.au.dk/~fah/hycon and follow the instructions on the page.

For the best use experience make sure to set the proper permissions for the application, otherwise the phone will prompt for access to the network, GPS, and camera each time they are used (On Series60 phones permissions are set through the Symbian App. Manager: [Manager->Hycon MIDlet Suite->Settings]).

Requirements

HyConExplorer/J2ME requires a J2ME enabled device supporting MIDP 2.0 and CLDC 1.0. To use a Bluetooth GPS, the device must also support the Java APIs for Bluetooth (JSR-82). HyConExplorer/J2ME has been tested on Nokia 6600, Nokia 6630, and SonyEricsson K750i smartphones. Please note, that even though the application can be run in an emulator, all functions may not be available and the application is not guaranteed to function as it does on a real device.

HyconExplorer Tablet Edition

HyconExplorer Tablet EdEdition Screenshot

HyconExplorer Tablet Edition

Java WebStart installation

HyconExplorer for Tablet PCs and laptop computers.

HyconExplorer Tablet Edition is packaged as a Java WebStart. To install the application just press the link above.

HyconExplorer Tablet Edition is designed to run on Tablet PCs, but can also be used on standard Microsoft Windows based laptop and desktop boxes.

Requirements

HyConExplorer depends Java and on two Java packages:

Sun's Java JRE/JDK v. 1.4++ (Java Runtime Environment),
Java Communications API (used to communicate with a serial GPS),
Java Media Framework (JMF) (used to utilize Web cameras).

These packages should be installed prior to downloading the HyconExplorer Tablet Ed. Webstart package.

HyconBoard

Java WebStart installation

User-tracker and awareness display for smartboards.

HyconBoard is packaged as a Java WebStart. To install the application just press the link above.

HyConBoard is developed with Java version 5. The application has been tested on the Windows platform. HyConBoard requires users to be online in order to display their positions and materials. Below a few links to are included to simulate online users and should be activated when the application is used.

Start: user1 ("yer"), user2 ("fotex"), user3 ("falck"), user4 ("de grumme").

Requirements

HyConBoard depends Java version 5:

Sun's Java JRE/JDK v. 5 (Java Runtime Environment)

HyconSC

HyConSC

Local installation

Query editor and repository browser.

The prototype of HyConSC is available as a ZIP-archive. The ZIP-archive contains two files:
1. hyconsc.jar, the Java application
2. importedObjects.xml, a repository that can be used for testing

Extract the ZIP-archive to disk and execute the following command in the newly created HyConSC directory:
java -jar hyconsc.jar
From the file menu choose “Open Repository” and locate the importedObjects.xml file in the HyConSC directory.

HyConSC is developed with Java version 5. The application has been tested on the Windows platform and on Mac OS X.

Requirements

HyConSC depends Java version 5:

Sun's Java JRE/JDK v. 5 (Java Runtime Environment)

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Publications

[PhD Thesis] Frank Allan Hansen. (2006). Context-aware Mobile Hypermedia: Concepts, Framework, and Applications. PhD Thesis. University of Aarhus. Complete version, including papers (23,7 MB)

[PhD Thesis] Frank Allan Hansen. (2006). Context-aware Mobile Hypermedia: Concepts, Framework, and Applications. PhD Thesis. University of Aarhus. Compressed version, no papers (4,3 MB)

[Paper 1] Bouvin, N. O., Christensen, B. G., Grønbæk, K., and Hansen, F. A. (2003). HyCon: A framework for context-aware mobile hypermedia. The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 9:59-88.

[Paper 2] Hansen, F. A. (2005): Representing Context in Hypermedia Data Models. Position paper: The International workshop on Context in Mobile HCI in conjunction with MobileHCI ’05. Salzburg, Austria, September 19th, 2005.

[Paper 3] Anderson, K. M., Hansen, F. A., and Bouvin, N. O. (2006). Templates and Queries in Contextual Hypermedia. Accepted for publication in HYPERTEXT ’06: Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia, Odense, Denmark. August 23–25, 2006. ACM Press.

[Paper 4] Hansen, F. A., Christensen, B. G., and Bouvin, N. O. (2005). RSS as a Distribution Medium for Geo-spatial Hypermedia. In HYPERTEXT ’05: Proceedings of the 16th ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia, pages 254–256, Salzburg, Austria. ACM Press.

[Paper 5] Hansen, F. A., Bouvin, N. O., Christensen, B. G., Grønbæk, K., Pedersen, T. B., and Gagach, J. (2004). Integrating the Web and the World: Contextual trails on the move. In HYPERTEXT ’04: Proceedings of the 15th ACM Hypertext Conference, pages 98–107, Santa Cruz, CA, USA. ACM Press.

[Paper 6] Bouvin, N. O., Brodersen, C., Hansen, F. A., Iversen, O. S., and Nørregaard, P. (2005). Tools of Contextualization: Extending the Classroom to the Field. In IDC’05: Proceeding of the 2005 conference on Interaction design and children, pages 24–31, Boulder, Colorado, USA. ACM Press.

[Paper 7] Hansen, F. A. (2006). Ubiquitous Annotation Systems: Technologies and Challenges. Accepted for publication in HYPERTEXT ’06: Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia, Odense, Denmark. August 23–25, 2006. ACM Press.

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Presentations

Paper presentations

[Paper 2 presentation] Hansen, F. A. (2005): Representing Context in Hypermedia Data Models. The International workshop on Context in Mobile HCI in conjunction with MobileHCI ’05. Salzburg, Austria, September 19th, 2005.

[Paper 4 presentation] Hansen, F. A., Christensen, B. G., and Bouvin, N. O. (2005). RSS as a Distribution Medium for Geo-spatial Hypermedia. The 16th ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia, Salzburg.

[Paper 5 presentation] Hansen, F. A., Bouvin, N. O., Christensen, B. G., Grønbæk, K., Pedersen, T. B., and Gagach, J. (2004). Integrating the Web and the World: Contextual trails on the move. The 15th ACM Hypertext Conference, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.

[Paper 6 presentation] Bouvin, N. O., Brodersen, C., Hansen, F. A., Iversen, O. S., and Nørregaard, P. (2005). Tools of Contextualization: Extending the Classroom to the Field. The 2005 conference on Interaction design and children, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Other Resources

The material presented below includes photos and videos from HyCon tests and demonstrations. To see the material a PDF reader, the Flash plugin, and a number of video codecs are needed. The CD includes a codec pack (click here to install) for windows which contains the needed codecs and a video player.

The materials are either produced in the Center for Interactive Space or collected from the Danish press.

iSchool 2002

HyCon and the HyCon applications have been tested and demonstrated in the iSchool project in the Center for Interactive Spaces.

This video illustrates the original iSchool fieldwork concept, pre HyCon (Danish speech, DivX codec)

ContextIT and iSchool Test 2003

Materials from HyConExplorer test in the ContextIT project, 2003. Teachers and pupils from Katrinebjergskolen are using HyConExplorer Tablet Edition in a project where the children investigate different places in the city of Århus to document the activities in the city and the activities that took place there 100 years ago.

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This video illustrates the project work (Danish speech, DivX codec)

iSchool Demonstration 2005

"Forskningens Døgn" is an annual event where Danish researcher present their research to the public. HyConExplorer/J2ME, HyConBoard, and HyConEditor were presented during the event in May 2005 in the city of Århus together with a school class from Vestergårdsskolen.

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This video follow a group of pupils during the event while they are browsing and making interviews (No speech, xvid codec)

Report from Danish television, TVDanmark (Danish speech, WMV codec)

iSchool and KMD Demonstration 2005

Presentation of HyConExplorer/J2ME, HyConBoard, HyConFloor, HyConEditor, and the eBag during "Uddanelsesforum", an educational conference held in 2005.

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ComputerWorld article "Skolen tasken bliver virtuel" (The schoolbag becomes virtual). In Danish.