ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2010
Beyond the Internet? - Innovations for
future networks and services
Innovative tangible user interface as a mean
for interacting telecommunications services
Klemen Peternel
Luka Zebec, Andrej Kos
University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Laboratory for telecommunications – LTFE
klemen.peternel@ltfe.org, andrej.kos@ltfe.org
Pune, India, 13 – 15 December 2010
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of EE
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University of Ljubljana
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Faculty of Electrical Engineering
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founded in 1919
consists of 22 Faculties
& 3 Academies
employs approx. 6.000
students approx. 56.000
students approx. 2.500
employs approx. 300
Laboratory for Telecommunications
(LTFE)
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Laboratory for Telecommunications
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The biggest and most propulsive lab at Faculty of EE
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Excellence in innovative telecommunications
Education &
Trainings
E-learning
tachnologies
& content
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Extensive partnership with
industry, research,
educational and
governmental environments
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Team of 50+ young and
motivated people
Research &
Development
Test Centre
Laboratory for Telecommunications
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Fields of Research & Development
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Telecommunication networks, services
and solutions
Multimedia systems and solutions
Protocols and applications
Testing, measurements and evaluation
Research studies and analyses
Project cooperation and consulting
E-learning, M-learning, Game Based Learning
Multimedia e-courses and content development
More on
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http://www.ltfe.org
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Innovative TUI
as a mean for interacting
telecommunications services
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Interaction bandwidth
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Network bandwidth is ever greater, but the
interaction bandwidth is standing still
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Keyboard
Keypad
Button
Touchscreen
Complex menu structures
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Challenge
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How to extend interaction bandwidth?
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In order to help people who have difficulties with the
usage of communication devices
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People with special needs (e.g. elderlies)
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Real world objects
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In the real world we are surrounded by various
objects
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Practical value
Informational value
Emotional value
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We can change what we can touch
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Connect real world objects to existing
telecommunications systems
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Physical <–> digital mapping
New edge UI
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Objects manipulation
Legacy telecommunications systems
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Concept
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Build physical “phonebook”
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Move contacts from digital phonebook to the physical
board
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strings -> photos (emotional value)
Add NFC tag to each photo/image
Use NFC probe to trigger communication event
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Solution architecture
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Client side application on
the NFC probe
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Server side
communication logic
composition
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NFC mobile phone
Web service
NGN gateway at the north
side of the operator’s
network
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Parlay X <-> CSTA
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NGN gateway
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Gateway enables developers to access call control
functions via WS
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SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) - North
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“Keep it simple, stupid”
XML Over HTTP
Parlay X
ICT protocols – South
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CSTA, INAP
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NGN Gateway implementation
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Third Party Call, Audio Call
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Call Notification, Call Direction, Call Handling
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Call triggering (user2user, user2vxml)
Call notification, call redirection, call forwardings
SMS, MMS
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Sending and receiving
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SS Communication Logic Composition
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Receiving Touch events
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Communicates with NGN
Gateway
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tag_value
Via Parlay X web services
Keeps user’s communication
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Current call status
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NFCEvent(String tag_value)
CNChanged(String calling_party)
SOAP
IN_A_CALL,
NOT_IN_A_CALL,
RINGING
SOAP
(ParlayX)
SMS composition logic
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Compose SMS
Send to various recipients
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NFC probe
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In our demo as a NFC enabled mobile phone
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Acts as a “remote controller”
NFC application
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Reads and sends (via WS) tag values to the server logic
Writes to tag
Notifies action completion to the user (sound & vibration
notifications)
Industrial implementation
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NFC Probe inside the handset
http://www.obelisk.si/phone
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Semantics
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Touch flows (vs. menu structures)
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Thank you for the attention
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Additional information:
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http://www.ltfe.org
http://www.touchtocommunicate.org
http://www.obelisk.si/phone
Prof. Andrej Kos, Ph. D.:
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andrej.kos@fe.uni-lj.si
Klemen Peternel, Ph. D. Student:
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klemen.peternel@ltfe.org
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