Figure 1.1: Distributed content and distributed interfacesThis PhD project focuses on the structure of multimedia content and the distributed interfaces in the context of AmI, with the following assumptions and limitations:1.The destination of the media content is an AmI environment, which is closed, yet only open for content delivery and retrieval.An example of such an environment is the home environment where the users consume the media content.This PhD project does not investigate any issues related to the communication and cooperation between two environments.2. The media content is always available when it is needed, no matter whether it is distributed over a network, or provided by a remote or local server.This means this project does not work on content delivery.3. The devices involved in the environment are always connected, no matter whether it is wired or wireless connection.This project takes different connection bandwidths into account, but not the underlying network infrastructure.4. The devices involved carry their own well-designed interfaces.This project does not work on usability issues related to individual devices.5. The user profiles and preferences are always known and any changes on them will be notified or reported to the system.This project assumes the environment has enough means to collect, save and retrieve the user data.1 This section is based on a paper published in the proceedings of
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