Wireless LANs based on the IEEE 802.11 technology are becoming increasingly prevalent. The availability of highbandwidth together with the convenience of being a wireless medium makes it a compelling technology for multimediabased applications. In this paper, we present a gatewaybased architecture of the wireless home media network and develop a secure registration protocol that is appropriate ...

A novel gaze tracking system for controlling home appliances in 3D space is proposed in this study. Our research is novel in the following four ways. First, we propose a nonwearable gaze tracking system containing frontal viewing and eye tracking cameras. Second, our system includes three modes: navigation (for moving the wheelchair depending on the direction of gaze movement), selection (for s...

Many factors, both obvious and subtle, influence customers’ store patronage intentions. Using videotape technology that enabled us to experimentally manipulate the number of visible store employees, number of customers, and music, we test the relative importance of wait expectations and store atmosphere evaluations on patronage intentions. These constructs are found to be critical antecedents o...

This paper presents a framework for formalizing and detecting feature interactions (FIs) in the emerging smart home domain. We first establish a model of home network system (HNS), where every networked appliance (or the HNS environment) is characterized as an object consisting of properties and methods. Then, every HNS service is defined as a sequence of method invocations of the appliances. W...

INTRODUCTION We examined the feasibility of increasing access to healthful food in corner stores to inform a Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative by engaging stakeholders (corner store owners and customers) in a formative evaluation. METHODS Qualitative interviews were conducted with corner store owners and managers (n = 11). Customer intercept surveys (n = 179) were also ...

application of relationship marketing tactics can not be successful alone and should consider other factors such as personnel attributes(social afflication ,social recognition, shopping enjoyment, product category involvement)perspective at selection and appraisal. the sample research customers of maxim chain store in tehran what choiced to method sampler chanceful. in this study we examine thr...

1 School Children 2 3 4 5 6 7 Abstract 8 Next to available data about actual Internet use of young children at home, most research especially 9 focuses on the threats and opportunities about active Internet usage. Limited empirical research 10 focuses on the role and impact of parents in this context. In the present study, Internet parenting 11 styles are defined and operationalized to study th...

Home networking is becoming an essential part of everyday life. However, empirical studies and consumer reports indicate that the complexities of configuring and maintaining the home network impose a high barrier for most householders. In this paper, we explore the sources of the complexity of the home network, and describe a solution we have built to address this complexity. We have developed ...