GR2 - Designs

Scenario

Joe, the frequent traveler

Bob, the friend

Carol, the elderly parent

Joe decides to join a group of friends on a ski trip.

His main goals for using LocaShare are:

1. Enable his contacts to know his whereabouts during the trip.

2. Get some discounts related to skiing.

Task 1:

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 LocaShare.

2. He adds Bob to his contacts.

3. He views Bob's profile on LocaShare (Bob has to first confirm this relationship).

4. He creates the viewing permissions for Bob.

Task 2:

The group leaves for the resort the next week and reach it on a Friday. Bob and Joe decide to catch up for 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.

2. He pulls up Bob's profile on the system.

3. He sees Bob's current location and observes that Bob may be still skiing.

Task 3:

Joe promised his mother that he would call her during the evenings. However, he was too tired the first evening of the trip. So his mother (Carol) wants to find out how he spent his day. So she uses LocaShare as follows:

1. She logs into LocaShare

2. She pulls up Joe's profile on the system.

3. She browses through Joe's location history.

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.T