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User modeling
About: User modeling is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10701 publications have been published within this topic receiving 278012 citations.
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24 Jun 2005TL;DR: A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) as discussed by the authors contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as "widgets", for quick access by a user.
Abstract: A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user's screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user can interact with any or all of the widgets, and can configure the dashboard by adding, deleting, moving, or configuring individual widgets as desired. When the user wishes to return to the normal user interface he or she was working with, the user issues a command causing the dashboard to be dismissed. Once the dashboard has been dismissed, the previous user interface state is restored, allowing the user to resume normal interactions with the operating system.
323 citations
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29 Nov 2011TL;DR: In this paper, a system and method for sharing data of a user with contacts, the method comprising collecting the contacts from the user, collecting data related to the communications between the user and his contacts, and automatically grouping the contacts into different groups based on a level of communications between user and the user's contacts, defining an access level for each group, with each access level granting access to some part of the user data based on the access level.
Abstract: A system and method are provided for sharing data of a user with contacts, the method comprising collecting the contacts from the user, collecting data related to the communications between the user and his contacts, and automatically grouping the contacts into different groups based on a level of communications between the user and the user's contacts, defining an access level for each group, with each access level granting access to some part of the user's data based on the access level. Advantageously, this permits a dynamic assignment of authority to access content that does not have to be actively managed by the user.
319 citations
TL;DR: A framework for adaptive hypermedia systems (AHS) is introduced and some popular methods and techniques for adaptation are described, to illustrate the potential benefits of using adaptation in hypermedia applications.
Abstract: The navigational freedom in conventional hypermedia applications leads to comprehension and orientation problems (Nielsen 1990). Adaptive hypermedia attempts to overcome these problems by adapting the presentation of information and the overall link structure, based on a user model. This paper introduces a framework for adaptive hypermedia systems (AHS). It briefly describes some popular methods and techniques for adaptation. Examples and evaluations of existing AHS are used to illustrate the potential benefits of using adaptation in hypermedia applications.
318 citations
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09 Jun 1993
TL;DR: In this paper, a rule based electronic messaging system with a facility for automatically running a user's rules under system control without need for user intervention or attendance, having a feedback mechanism which reports status relating to users automatically processed.
Abstract: A rule based electronic messaging system with a facility for automatically running a user's rules under system control without need for user intervention or attendance, having a feedback mechanism which reports status relating to users automatically processed. System status reporting or feedback can be used for workflow administration or routing. A controller utility accesses a user-list-file with the user name of every "user" whose messages are to be automatically, periodically processed. Upon accessing the user-list-file, a user name is selected and that user's copy of the mail messaging facility is started. The controller runs that user's rules against that user's messages and effects processing of the messages accordingly. Status information is reported and rules can be invoked as a function of the status reporting. A dedicated rule server can be implemented wherein the feedback information is used for work flow administration.
317 citations
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10 Jan 2007TL;DR: In this article, a user participating in a social network can quickly and efficiently perceive new information related to other users (referred to as co-users) in the social network by reviewing the cousers' recent content publication activity, without requiring the user to actively browse or request information about the co-user.
Abstract: Collecting and distributing information related to recent content publication activity of an instant messaging (IM) user provides other users in a network with timely, relevant information about people known to the user or within the same social network. A user participating in a social network can quickly and efficiently perceive new information related to other users (referred to as co-users) in a social network by reviewing the co-users' recent content publication activity. A user may be made able to do so without requiring the co-user to send a communication directly to the user regarding the new facts or new content, and also without requiring the user to actively browse or request information about the co-user.
316 citations