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Six modes of proactive resource management: a user-centric typology for proactive behaviors

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Proactivity has recently arisen as one of the focus areas within HCI. Proactive systems adhere to two premises: 1) working on behalf of, or <i>pro</i>, the user, and 2) acting on their own initiative. To extend researchers' views on how proactive systems can support the user, we clarify the concept of proactivity and suggest a typology that distinguishes between 6 modes of proactive resource management: preparation, optimization, advising, manipulation, inhibition, and finalization of user's resources. A scenario of mobile imaging is presented to illustrate how the typology can support the innovation of new use purposes. We argue that conceptual developments like the one proposed here are crucial for the advancement of the emerging field.

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NordiCHI '04: Proceedings of the third Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction
October 2004
472 pages
ISBN:1581138571
DOI:10.1145/1028014
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  1. context
  2. proactive computing
  3. proactivity
  4. ubiquitous computing
  5. user-centered design

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NordiCHI04: NordiCHI 2004
October 23 - 27, 2004
Tampere, Finland

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