In a wireless world, users can establish ad hoc virtual connections between devices that are
unhampered by cables. This process is known as spontaneous device association. A wide …

One of the sought-after characteristics of mobile and ubiquitous computing environments is
for devices to become spontaneously associated and interoperate over wireless networks …

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OF THE ACM September 2005/Vol. 48, No. 9 53 Configuring themselves through Elope …

One of the principal requirements of ubiquitous computing is support for spontaneous
interoperation, in which two or more devices interact temporarily in ad hoc circumstances …

As wireless devices increasingly becoming ubiquitous, spontaneous interaction
opportunities are accordingly becoming common. Although spontaneous interaction …

The Gesture Connect system streamlines the process of connecting to and/or controlling
objects from a user's personal mobile device. Typically, in order to connect two devices …

A virtually connected medium called tranStick is described that functions both as a" virtual
wire" and as a" memory card" containing a shared space. A user can connect two networked …

As computing devices become ubiquitous, devices are expected to encounter and associate
with one another spontaneously to form ad hoc networks for sharing resources. One of the …

Different types of devices are used in our daily lives, and each type has its own advantages
and disadvantages. Cross-device interaction that involves multiple devices can potentially …

In this paper, we propose a gesture-based interface for connection and control of multiple
devices in a ubiquitous computing environment. With simple selection and pointing …