Attentive user interface

The Attentive User Interfaces (AUI) are User Interfaces that manage the user attention. For instance an AUI can manage notification (Horvitz et al. 2003), deciding when to interrupt the user, the kind of warnings, and the level of detail of the messages presented to the user. Attentive User Interfaces, by generating only the relevant information, can in particular be used to display information in a way that increase the effectiveness of the interaction (Huberman & Wu 2008).

There are four main types of Attentive User Interfaces (Vertegaal 2003)(Vertegaal et al. 2006).:

• Visual attention
• Turn management
• Interruption decision interfaces
• Visual detail management interfaces

See also

• Attention management
• Adaptive hypermedia
• Principles of attention stress

References

• Horvitz, E.; Kadie, C. M.; Paek, T.; Hovel, D. (2003). "Models of Attention in Computing and Communications: From Principles to Applications". Communications of the ACM 46 (3): 52–59. doi:10.1145/636772.636798. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/horvitz/cacm-attention.htm. 
• Huberman, Bernardo A.; Wu, Fang (2008). "The Economics of Attention: Maximizing User Value in Information Rich Environments". Advances in Complex Systems 11 (4): 487–496. doi:10.1142/S0219525908001830. http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/idl/papers/attention/attention.pdf. 
• Vertegaal, Roel (2003). "Attentive User Interfaces". Communications of the ACM 46 (3). http://www.hml.queensu.ca/papers/vertegaalcacm0303.pdf. 
• Vertegaal, Roel; Shell, J. S.; Chen, D.; Mamuji, A. (2006). "Designing for augmented attention: Towards a framework for attentive user interfaces". Computers in Human Behavior 22 (4): 771–789. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2005.12.012.