Active Messenger - MIT Media Lab：积极信使——MIT媒体实验室.pptVIP

Stefan Marti Speech Interface Group MIT Media Lab What We All Want The ultimate communication device! Universal, has everything built in Works everywhere, anytime Long range, never runs out of battery, etc Solution? The CommBadge! Instead: Current Solution Cellphones, pagers, other cellphones, more pagers, wireless PDAs, etc. Actually, there’s even more… Fax machines, wired phones, desktop computers, etc. Why this variety? We don’t have the technology to pack everything into one device (will change in the future) Smallest devices will never be universal (wrist, finger ring, ear ring) AND: No one device fits all situations! Our Solution! Something that integrates all our existing communication channels and devices: Active Messenger (AM) is a kind of agent software that deals with a user’s incoming email AM manages this user’s communication channels AM is used by two users for two years now AM guarantees the delivery of messages AM modifies its filtering and forwarding rules depending on which devices are being used and current location of user Related Documents Main feature that makes it better than other solutions: it can wait! Scenario: What happens when an email message arrives? How Does It Work? How does AM choose specific “channel sequences”?AM solves the routing and forwarding problem using context information. Context Sensitivity User location Where is the user? Message priority How important is message? Message history Is this message part of thread? Message status Was the message read? Channel status Which channels are active? User Location Where is the user? Most devices are not location aware Obvious: AM keeps track of user with caller ID information and UNIX “finger” command AM also infers from user behavior: From which channel did she communicate most recently? Soon: cell trilateration, other tracking options like GPS. (Will make AM just more accurate.) Message Priority How important is a message? Complex problem – almost philosophi