TeamUbiquista:André PassosJoaquim TojalJoão OliveiraJoel Carvalho

h ki d f b fiWhat kind of benefits can an IT System provide for theSystem provide for the

environment?

Our approach:pp

Encourage the use of public transportsEncourage the use of public transports

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How?How?

Public transports customers – The timespent is not a lost time anymore:p yProviding exclusive and personalised multimediacontents to the userMaking enjoyable and productive trips

Car driver – GPS devices now provide publictransports as first choice:Accurate and real time information about publictransportsFi d ki l d th b t bli t t tFind parking places and the best public transport toreach the destination in time

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Why?Why?Kyoto Protocol advocates the reduction of private in favor of public transport Encourage use of public transports as the major form of transportation

of public transport 

major form of transportation.

Reduce traffic Reduce traffic 

R d   i t l i tReduce environmental impact

Offer a better life quality

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Encourage use of public Encourage use of public transports: in detail

Car drivers are always aware of public transportin real timein real timePublic route transport is the priority in GPSsystemssystemsAvailability of exclusive multimedia contentsSystem capable to recover the last sessionstateContents suggestion based on similar users andhistoryhistoryAble to connect people based on preferences5

It’s not magic • Bluetooth

PDA/Telemóvel

• Bluetooth• Internet

Ecrã• Internet

Servidor

it’s just technics PublicTransport

• Internet

PC

• Internet

Servidor

Home andHome andOffice

Inteligência Artificial• Interface modular• Grupos de Utilizadores Base de DadosServer

WebServices• Resultados da IA• Conteúdos

•GPS• Internet

PDA

• Internet

ServidorCar

(PDA+GPS)

Mobile

6• Internet

PDA

• Internet

Servidor

ServerServerArtificial Inteligence•Adaptative Interface Data Base

Database

•User GroupsData Base

WebServices•Results from AI•ServicesDatabase

Web Services

•Services

Artificial Intelligence Engine

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Public TransportsPublic Transports

A t ti    •Bluetooth

•Bluetooth

Display•Internet

Automatic user device discovery

PDA/CellPhone

•Bluetooth•Internet

Server

Privacy provided byauthenticationUser interaction viatouch screenstouch screensContents: Music, Video, Books, Magazines…Generic contents provided tounregistered usersg

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ApplicationApplication

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Mobile and Car Mobile and Car 

P bli  t t  h d l• Internet

• Internet

Server

Public transport schedulesFriend Groups

PDA

pHistory of views

Give public transport routesTraveling optimization

•GPS• Internet

PDA

• Internet

Server

Traveling optimization PDA

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Application:Application:

PDA  GPS PDA

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ConclusionConclusion

A new approach to solve an environmental problem and multiple aggregated problemsp p gg g pNew way to interact with public transportsAn enabling IT tool for green politicsAn enabling IT tool for green politicsMany technologies working together to serve populationpopulationIdentifying users without the need of any personal datapersonal dataPossible Directed advertisingOpened to evolutionOpened to evolution

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