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When developing software, user interfaces are often designed with a general user in mind – which can result in applications with interfaces that are difficult to use for those with different abilities. Older adult users, for example, often encounter impairment of their physical and cognitive abilities as they age, which means they look for different features in user interfaces when compared to a younger user. Adaptive interfaces can be incredibly helpful for users in these situations – rather than being forced to conform to an application’s user interface offering, an older user can change the user interface to match what works best for them. However, the increased use of mobile devices means that users often have more than one computing device, and thus, often are running more than one instance (or a mobile and desktop instance) of a particular application. The use of cloud storage would be very beneficial in synchronizing settings from one instance of an application, across multiple devices. In doing so, we ensure that an application remains usable for an older individual across a wide variety of devices, and across platforms. In this paper, we explore the features such a cloud storage system would need to consider, in order to bring interface settings together across a variety of connected devices and keep computers up to date with the users’ preferred interface.

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Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Motivation
 3. Related Work
  3.1. Human-Computer Interfaces for the Elderly
  3.2. Adaptable and Intelligent Human-Computer Interfaces
  3.3. Cloud Computing
 4. Requirements for Cloud Storage Systems for Interface Settings Transfers
  4.1. Easily Configurable Data Transfer
  4.2. Available and Ready Access to Data
  4.3. Extensible Access to Data
  4.4. Secure Data Transfer
 5. Developing a Cloud Storage System for Interface Settings for Older Adults
 6. Evaluation of the System
  6.1. Automatic, Background Data Transfer
  6.2. Available Access to Settings Data
  6.3. Extensible Access to Data
  6.4. Data Security: in Transit and Storage
  6.5. Case Study: Using Cloud-Stored Synchronization in Traffic Applications
 7. Conclusion
 Acknowledgements
 References

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저자

• Drew Williams [ Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA ]
• Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed [ Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA ]
• William Cheng-Chung Chu [ Tunghai University, Taichung City, Taiwan ] Corresponding Author
• Mong-Te Wang [ Tunghai University, Taichung City, Taiwan ]
• Chih-Hung Chang [ Hsiuping University of Science and Technology, Taichung City, Taiwan ]

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• 간행물명

  International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology

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• pISSN

  1738-9968

• 수록기간

  2008~2016

• 십진분류

  KDC 505 DDC 605