TY - GEN
T1 - A set of recommendations for the control of IPTV-systems via smart phones based on the understanding of users practices and needs
AU - Bernhaupt, Regina
AU - Boutonnet, Mael
AU - Gatellier, Bastien
AU - Gimenez, Yannik
AU - Pouchepanadin, Christian
AU - Souiba, Latifa
PY - 2012/8/13
Y1 - 2012/8/13
N2 - This paper describes recommendations for the design of a smart phone application enabling users to control IPTV-systems including all connected devices. Recommendations are based on findings from a media study focusing on how people currently use their IPTV systems and associated devices in their homes. The media study applied an ethnographic oriented method called playful probing. From the user's perspective the ideal smart phone application provides them on a general level with a simplified set of (touch-enabled) buttons to control and navigate. The application should support them in their most frequent tasks (e.g. watching TV, listening to music) and overall shall enhance the experience by providing additional information to the TV channel currently selected, by supporting their need for privacy and by allowing them to achieve a certain level of security. In terms of interaction techniques, users prefer flexible touch interaction and (a limited set of) speech commands over gesture, with the exception of being able to directly point at a device to identify it for direct control.
AB - This paper describes recommendations for the design of a smart phone application enabling users to control IPTV-systems including all connected devices. Recommendations are based on findings from a media study focusing on how people currently use their IPTV systems and associated devices in their homes. The media study applied an ethnographic oriented method called playful probing. From the user's perspective the ideal smart phone application provides them on a general level with a simplified set of (touch-enabled) buttons to control and navigate. The application should support them in their most frequent tasks (e.g. watching TV, listening to music) and overall shall enhance the experience by providing additional information to the TV channel currently selected, by supporting their need for privacy and by allowing them to achieve a certain level of security. In terms of interaction techniques, users prefer flexible touch interaction and (a limited set of) speech commands over gesture, with the exception of being able to directly point at a device to identify it for direct control.
KW - control
KW - cultural probing
KW - entertainment environment
KW - mobile phone applications
KW - remote control
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864667504&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2325616.2325645
DO - 10.1145/2325616.2325645
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84864667504
SN - 9781450311076
T3 - EuroiTV'12 - Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Interactive TV and Video
SP - 143
EP - 152
BT - EuroiTV'12 - Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Interactive TV and Video
T2 - 10th European Conference on Interactive TV and Video, EuroiTV'12
Y2 - 4 July 2012 through 6 July 2012
ER -