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Evaluating mobile phones as risk information providers

Published: 15 September 2009 Publication History

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Information about health, disease or environmental conditions is increasingly becoming available. We investigate the suitability of using mobile phones as an interface to provide information about risk-related events or conditions to the user. We approach the problem by conducting an online survey in order to match the requirements on a risk information service with the capabilities of the mobile phone and to evaluate different notification mechanisms, the usage frequency, and the influence of costs. Based on the results of the survey we confirm the suitability of the mobile phone to provide risk-related information as well as the user's willingness to pay for the service.

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  • (2010)User Acceptance Study of a Mobile System for Assistance during Emergency Situations at Large-Scale Events2010 3rd International Conference on Human-Centric Computing10.1109/HUMANCOM.2010.5563347(1-6)Online publication date: Aug-2010

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MobileHCI '09: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
September 2009
473 pages
ISBN:9781605582818
DOI:10.1145/1613858

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Published: 15 September 2009

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  1. mobile phone
  2. risk information
  3. smart-alerts
  4. technology-acceptance study

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  • (2010)User Acceptance Study of a Mobile System for Assistance during Emergency Situations at Large-Scale Events2010 3rd International Conference on Human-Centric Computing10.1109/HUMANCOM.2010.5563347(1-6)Online publication date: Aug-2010

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