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1. Joe, an unmarried college student who wants to update his friends about his visits to new or interesting places and is interested in receiving as many relevant offers as possible,
2. Alice, a middle-aged parent who primarily wants to keep track of her family members.
3. Bob, a married employee who cares a lot about the amount and type of information he shares with others, and wants to primarily connect with friends and family, and, 3. Carol, a middle-aged parent who primarily wants to keep track of her family members.
Scenario:
Description:
Joe decides to join a group of friends on a ski trip. His main goals for using LocaShare are:
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Joe finds out that his friend, Bob, is also going on the same trip. He adds Bob to his contacts by:1. He logs into social contacts in LocaShare.
21. He adds Bob to his contactsas a new contact.
3. He 2. After Bob confirms this contact, he views Bob's profile on LocaShare (Bob has to first confirm this relationship).
43. He creates sets the viewing permissions for Bob. Since, he and Bob are not close friends, he allows Bob to see his location only when he is physically present at the resort. He gives the following input to set the viewing permissions:
a. Location
b.Time of day
Permissible locations
b. Radius
c. Value to be shared (GPS coordinates, Building/Street, Block, City, State, Country)
d. Frequency
e. Time(s) of the day that sharing is alright
fc. Boolean value to indicate if whether aggregation is allowed
In this scenario, Joe gives the following inputs:
a. Put a marker over Sunday River
b. 2 miles
c. GPS coordinates
d. Daily
e. 9am to 8pm
f. False (not checked for Bob)
Task 2: View real-time location of social contacts
The group leaves for the resort the next week and reach it on a Friday. Bob and Joe decide to catch up for meet over lunch after the ski lessons on Saturday. After his lesson, Joe heads to the nearby cafe and waits for Bob. He then uses LocaShare as follows:
1. He logs into LocaShare.
where they had agreed to meet but does not find Bob there.
12. He pulls up Bob's profile on the system.from his list of social contacts
3. He sees Bob's current location and observes that Bob may be still skiing.
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While waiting for Bob, Joe notices that he has a few offers from nearby stores. He uses LocaShare as follows:
1. He clicks on the notifications. 2. He sees the list of various offers from nearby stores and selects one of them (Rei).
32. He then views the terms of condition required location information needed in exchange for the offer (specifying what the amount and type of location information he has to share).
43. He agrees with to the terms of condition and requirements of one offer. He then receives a coupon for ski gear from Rei on the screenhis phone.
54. He heads to the store to shop for a while.
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Joe promised his mother that he would call her during the evenings. However, he was too tired the first evening of the trip. So Also, his mother (Carol) wants to find out whether he reached safely. So she uses LocaShare as follows:
1. She logs into LocaShare
Alice) is currently visiting Asia and so their time schedules do not align well. He wants to ensure that his mother is safe and sound and so decides to view her aggregated location information to know about her whereabouts.
1. He pulls up Alice2. She pulls up Joe's profile on the system.
32. She He then browses through Joe's her location history to see whether he she safely reached the resortcity she was supposed to reach yesterday.
Task 5: Edit social contacts:
After a few days, the entire group return home. Joe and Bob decide to keep in touch after the trip. Joe then decides to let Bob view his location even after returning home. He then uses LocaShare:
1. He pulls up up Bob's profile on the system.from his list of social contacts.
2. He first checks the type and amount of information that Bob was able to view about him.
3. He finally adjusts the 2. He changes the viewing permissions so that Bob can see his location in his current locationcity.
Task 6: Edit commercial contacts:
On his way to work, he One day, Joe sees a notification from Rei for ski equipment. However, he does not have a need for that now, and decides to stop Rei from seeing his location data any longer.
1. He logs into the LocaShare (!)2. He pull pulls up Rei from the his list of commercial contacts.
32. He checks what location information the type and amount of information that Rei is able to currently obtain from view about him.
3. He finally terminates the location sharing relationship with Rei.
Set the location sharing setting to control what Bob can view.
Initiate a relationship with others:
She creates a group called “Ski Trip” and adds the location information of the resort. She then adds the people she will be traveling with to this group.
View notifications about friend’s locations:
Once the group reaches the ski resort, the setting activates and they are able to view each others’ locations.
Bob a
Synchronous updates:
Aggregated information:
At the end of the ski trip, Bob checks to see
Notes:
* Notifications can be pull- or push- based.Tfeels that since he is no longer interested in offers from Rei, it wouldn't make sense to keep sharing information with them. He therefore deletes Rei from being a commercial contact.