E ASY R IDER A Location-Based Driver-Rider Interface Application DriverRiderInterface Yaron Inger, Asaf Kotzer, Shir Peled

Concept Let’s say you want to pick up your date from her his place.

Those Guys Are Never Ready On Time… He…You… Says he’s good to go already!Call him up and say you’ll pick him up at 19:30 18:30

Those Guys Are Never Ready On Time… He…You… Just got home from workLeave the apartment just a little bit late 19:25

Those Guys Are Never Ready On Time… He…You… Just got in the shower…Call from the road to apologize 19:28

Those Guys Are Never Ready On Time… He…You… Still in the shower…Get to his street and text him that you’re outside waiting 19:35

Those Guys Are Never Ready On Time… He…You… Still in the shower (!)Think you saw him in the building entrance 19:43

Those Guys Are Never Ready On Time… He…You… “Oh, were you waiting for a long time?” There he is…19:52

Possible Solutions Ditch her him, there must be a girl guy somewhere out there who will be ready on time (there isn’t) Get the EasyRider App free from the Android Market!

EasyRide Presents… Just start a new ride on your Android phone Meet him at the rendezvous point Is that it?!

DEMO Emulator & Device

So… Is That It?! No! – You get a whole lot more: Machine-learning engine learns your riders’ behavior and makes sure they’re there on time As little as three clicks and you’re on your way Fully integrated with your personal contacts Choose your method of notification: SMS, QuickCall, Twit, Poke or online (v2.0) Slick GUI design shows you your location and alerting radius Hall of Shame features your lamest riders Totally sync’d – Rider (with smartphone) can see your location online (v2.0)

Technology Considerations: – Allow hands-free driving – Clear and visible design, easy to understand while driving – Only driver is required to have a smartphone – Strict adherence to Google’s Android GUI guidelines

Technology Technologies used: – GPS – to get my location – Google maps – to view and verify addresses – Integration into Android features: Accessing contact information Calling and texting Android-notifications – Learning & Estimation engines

Use Cases Social (Better dating experience!) Parental Service-oriented businesses – Taxi service – Technicians – Pizza deliveries

Where do we stand? Fully operational application, available on the Android Market for free! Beta-testing results are successful: – Functional testing passed – Live beta-testing done by two independent users – with very important feedback – Stress on compliancy with Google’s Android GUI guidelines

LESSONS LEARNED

What We Learned An experienced user sees things differently from an (in)experienced developer! Android application design: Services, Activites, DB, GUI, IPC, Sensors The Android way of doing things: – some complex things have shortcuts – some simple things require a difficult workaround… The benefits of a well formed development process

What We Would Do Differently Start integration earlier Consult with users during the design stage Investigate existing mechanisms thoroughly before writing code “from scratch” Put more effort into latching on to existing features

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