Improving User Satisfaction in a Ubiquitous Computing Application

—The Smart Party is a ubiquitous computing application based on the Panoply middleware. The Smart Party allows attendees at a party to transparently participate in the selection of music played at the party. The methods used to select music, based on the preferences of the partygoers, has a substantial impact on how satisfied these partygoers will be. This paper examines different algorithms for selecting music in a Smart Party, and discusses lessons from the research that are applicable to other socially-based ubicomp applications.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: WIMOB
• Authors: Kevin Eustice, A. M. Jourabchi, J. Stoops, Peter L. Reiher
• Keywords: Mobile Computing, Party Allows Attendees, Smart Party, Ubiquitous Computing Application, WIMOB 2008