Minority Report

Functionality List for Selected User Interfaces

1.    Phone UI

Notification of incoming call (and method)

Visual

Auditory

Environmental (lights blink, stereo mutes, breeze created, etc)

Identity of Caller

Location of caller

Call Stack (people on hold)

Favorite People List

Charges, Projected Costs

Rates

Advertising

Promotions: "Get free-time by answering this quick survey

Advertising tied to content of conversation (real-time natural language understanding)

Choose Outgoing Representation

Realistic Avatar

Fanciful Avatar

"Real" video

Audio Only

Privacy Settings

Don't show background (only show answerer)

Don't show person X on answerer's end

Routing/Responses for incoming calls

Take a message

Answer

Forward to X

Answer with "Bot"

Identity of other people at this location using phone

"Call Tracking": if answerer moves to new location, how should call follow (audio, video, or etc)

Call in process: Track down a person who is not answering, follow on map

Multi-party calls – conferencing

Rewind: “show me what they said five minutes ago”

Time Compress, catch-up (when a break has been taken)

Look to Tivo/Replay for functionality

2.    Police Helmet

Wearer ID: authentication, login

List all birth marks, defects, modifications, identifying features

Near-instant DNA matching

Cursor that tracks eye/s for selection, zooming, etc

Directions, navigation, waypoints to a specified location (from speech, another person, or "PreCrimeNet"

Task Tracking

Codenames for segments of operation: Code Alpha = surround building, Code Bravo = force entry, etc.

Current segment: Code Bravo taking place with officers X, Y, and Z; 45% complete, success/failure rating

Look to Tom Clancy games for functionality

Partner tracking

Health

Segment progress

Location

Status of backups

External video/Lumigraph sources

Bots

Other officers

Fixed security cameras

Superior officers

News ("what is Fox News saying?")

System Status (Flying pack, helmet, etc)

Power/Fuel

Mechanical/electrical "health" (composite rating of several component readings), overall stress level

Damage

Installed Options (night vision, enhancement, etc)

Time to next needed maintenance / Time to failure

Enhanced viewing

Night vision

"captions" (text and image annotations laid on top of real-world image)

                                Indications/icons of unseen personnel/objects.

Translation

Slow-motion playback of recent past event

Compare past view of current location with current view: "Show me what's changed"

Health of wearer (some might also work for an observed person at a near distance)

Heart rate

Blood Pressure

Blood Sugar

Stress Level (composite based on other factors such as GSR)

% body fat: "don't eat that donut"

projected energy/time at this expenditure left: "You should be able to expend this level of exertion and concentration for 4.5 more minutes. You will not be able to catch up with your adversary."

Medical Records

Info about observed person

Medical Records

Priors

Credit History

Shopping preferences (you never know…)

Incoming calls, audio & video

List of other pursuits that pre-crime is engaged in, possible intersections

Departmental Messages

From the Union: warnings about overtime, etc.

Memo from Boss

3.    Police PDA

NOTE: may include much of functionality from Police helmet. Perhaps is unit that plugs into helmet.

Pending orders

News

Direct reading via touch

Fingerprints

Water/substance analysis (including drugs)

Bodily fluids

Air quality

Food: "Excuse me, but that donut contains … grams of fat."

Directions/Navigation

Specify desired location

Waypoint readouts

Translation

Authentication:

"please put me down, you are not my owner."

"please return me to … since you are not my owner."

Convert to Virtual Window (Lumigraph viewer)

4.    Pre-Crime War Room "Chase Board"

Current location of

Adversary

Cops

Pre-victim

Bots

Projects paths/intersections for any of above

Video/Lumigraph feeds from any of above

Other agencies/jurisdictions status

AI

Likelihood of apprehension/success: %

Recommended action

Perceived Danger level

Policy compliance

Union rules

Hours/overtime

Danger level

Jurisdiction

Possible liability risks

Unintended consequences

Innocent bystanders (injuries, disruptions)

Property Loss: Civilian, Police, Natural (pollution, etc.)

5.    Personal Transport Pod

Authentication (needed before pod will start)

Display selection

Outside (real image)

Movie

Another locale

Landmarks (captions superimposed on real imagery)

Entertainment

Music

Video

News

Phone

Note: there are less ads in the private craft than the public

Navigation / Maps / Directions

Current location

Destination

Route

Starting location

System Status

Coolant

Electrical contact (with tracks)

Net connect rate (success at getting info from transportation net such as directions)

Backup battery

Hull integrity

Brakes

Lubricant

Shocks

Electrical subsystem (brushes, windings, rotors, etc)

Vehicle loading

% of Operational Limits reached

Climate (inside and outside), control and/or display

Temp

Humidity

Air freshness

Toxins

Possible intersections with friends/colleagues

Instructions

Driving hints for "off-system"

Security settings

Lock

Alarm

Counter-measures

Permissions (who may use this pod)

Limits: "my son can't go to section X of the city with this pod or go over 120 miles/hour."

Stats

Speed

Attitude: tilt, yaw, pitch

Time elapsed/remaining

Tolls automatically paid

Power-credits used

Value/depreciation of car to date (changes drastically when going "off-system")

Off-road

Hints and instructions

Direction

Speed

Map/navigation

6.    Public Transport Pod (not subway)

NOTE: also includes many feature of "private pod" but adds:

Pay for trip, credit deducted (see Money below)

Identity of other occupants (if they have not blocked (costs money to block) or if rider is a cop)

Navigation

List of Stops

Time to each stop

"How do I get to?"

Specify desired destination

Cue to transfer to another pod (countdown)

Stats

Credits charged

Possible intersections with other people the rider knows

Overall "health" of Pod (composite rating of many system ratings)

Overrides / Detours / Delays (police, VIP, disaster, disruption)

Ads

Surveys: "get a discount on this ride if you answer these questions!"

Show occupants in new cloths

Show occupants in new hairstyles

With a different partner (for a dating service)

Dating potential with another occupant of pod

New locations (for a travel agency)

Bidding / live-auctions on everything

Direct-democracy: "Vote on the death penalty immediately. So far, 3 million have voted."

Individualized for each person

View enhancement

Landmarks (superimposed on real images)

General Displays

News

7.    Kiosk, Upper City, Exterior, Self-contained

Navigation

Overall local vicinity maps

Specify destination, and attendant directions

Ads

Shopping

Infomercials

Political

Lottery

Auctions

Discounts for answering surveys, watching an ad, responding to an ad, giving a product testimonial (on the spot)

Lumigraph allows same billboard space to be seen differently depending on viewer location

General Display

News (for purchasing for personal use)

Weather

Teasers

Real-time translation

Branding (who owns/maintains the kiosk)

Community Bulletin board (for sale, notes for friends, etc)

Health (viewer)

Vision (auto eye check)

Self-contained health club (limited privacy)

Procurement (health)

Oxygen

Water

Full-spectrum light

Lottery Tickets

Banking: deposit, withdrawal, balance inquiry

Gambling

Environmental status

Air quality

Temperature

Recycling

Safe-deposit box

8.    Money

Smart cards

Can read fingerprints for authentication (no more PINs)

Proximity sensors to establish interface between buyer and seller (no swiping card)

UI include gestural interface (may be just cultural vs. functional)

Like flicking a coin to pay

Tapping card to complete/close transaction

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