The PaperCept conference app is a browser based app using html5. It is designed to run under the standard browsers Safari (iOS), Chrome (Android) and Internet Explorer (Windows Phone)

Installation

To install the app on your mobile device, first connect to its web address in one of the following ways

• Scan the QR code provided by the conference
• On a different computer, go to the on-line program for the conference, follow the link to access the app, and scan the QR code provided there
• Alternatively, send an email to your device that includes the address provided in the on-line program, and connect to the web address by tapping on it in the email

To complete the installation, attach the app to your device's start screen as follows:

• iOS: Tap on the options icon and next on "Add to home screen." Click on "Add" to confirm
• Android: Tap on the menu and next on "Add to home screen." Tap on "Add" to confirm
• Windows Phone: Tap on the menu and next on "Pin to start"

Once installed the app may be opened by tapping on the item on the start screen. Under iOS and Android it opens full-screen, like a native app. It is loaded from cache, also if the device is not connected to the internet

If the device is connected to the internet it checks if a new version of the app is available. If this is the case the new version is automatically downloaded and the user is asked if it should be loaded

Stopping and restarting

To stop the app proceed as follows:

• iOS: Click the Start button twice and swipe the app upwards
• Android: Open the App manager and swipe the app to the right
• Windows Phone: Press the Back arrow and close the app by tapping on the X

After the app has been stopped it may be restarted by tapping its icon on the home screen

Removing the app

• iOS: Press the app's icon on the start screen and tap on the x. Click on the Start button to normalize the screen
• Android: Press on the app's icon on the home screen and drag it to the "Remove" field at the top
• Windows Phone: Press on the app's icon on the start screen and unpin it. Tap anywhere on the screen to normalize it

The supporting files for the app may be removed from the browser's application cache as follows:

• iOS: Settings → Safari → Advanced → Website Data → Edit. Tap the site whose data need to be removed and next Delete
• Android: Open Chrome → Menu →Settings → Content settings → Website settings. Tap on the site whose data you wish to clear and tap Clear stored data.
• Windows Phone: Open Internet Explorer → Menu → Settings → Advanced settings → Manage storage. Select the site whose data you wish to clear and confirm

 

The Home page is the landing page of the app

Browse the time line by session or by paper. See Navigating the conference program

My Program. See Managing your personal program

View the conference location on Google maps. Use the Home button to return

Authors and Chairs. Find. See Finding conference authors, chairs, papers and sessions

See the conference notifications. Tap to see the notifications. While viewing the notifications, tap Options to configure how often you wish the app to poll the Papercept server for new notifications

View the floor plan (if available). Tap to view the floor plan of the conference location and use the Home button te return

Help. These pages

Preferences. Choose the color scheme. Use the Home button to return

 

Tap on the Browse the timeline button in the Main Menu to start browsing

In the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen choose whether to browse by session (default) or by paper. Use the right or left arrow to move to the next or the previous time slot

On pages that have right and left buttons (like the Help pages) you may also swipe right or left to move to the next or the previous page but this may not work on every device

In Session mode, tap on the session title to open the session program. Within the session program, or in Paper mode, tap on the paper title to view the details of the paper

In the Days bar just above the bottom navigation bar, tap on the name of a day to jump to that day's program

In the navigation bar at the bottom, tap on Now to jump to the current time slot, in Session or Paper mode. This only works correctly if the device's clock is synchronized with local time at the conference location

 

When browsing the conference program, tap on a paper's time slot 11:00-11:15 to add the paper to your favorites

You may view the favorites by using the My Program button in the Main Menu. In the conference program, papers that have been added to My Program are marked with an asterisk *11:00-11:15. Tap on this marked link to remove the paper from My Program

If you tap on a session's time slot the session is added to My Program as a separate item. Click on the title to view the papers in the session.

On the My Program pages you may browse your personal program by day. To remove items tap their time slot. To jump to the current time slot tap on Now in the navigation bar at the bottom. This only works correctly if the device's clock is synchronized with local time at the conference loacation

Tap on the    link to jump to the session or paper in the conference program. Tap on    to edit a private item

Tapping on Options in the navigation bar opens the Options menu. Click on 'Add a private item' to add a private item that is not part of the conference program to My Program. The options 'Clear all items for today' and 'Clear all items for all days' speak for themselves

Follow 'Add my papers and chair duties to My Program' to do just that. The app will ask you to tell it who you are. If you follow the link for this purpose you are taken to the Authors and Chairs list -- see Finding conference authors, chairs, papers and sessions. Locate your name in the list, tap on it and use the Back button to return to the Options menu. Use 'Add my papers and chair duties to My Program' to complete adding your papers and chair duties

If in the Options menu you tap on 'Synchronize My Program with My Program on the PaperCept server' you will be able to log in to the Papercept server in order to synchronize the app's My Program with the My Program that may be compiled from the on-line program for the conference

After tapping 'Manage my user identity' in the Options menu you may set, delete or change your identity as known to the app. Note that if you delete your identity after adding your author and chair activities to My Program the app is no longer able to mark your author and chair duties on the My Program pages

 

Use the Authors and Chairs. Find button in the Main menu to access the Authors and Chairs page and the Find page

Authors and Chairs

The Authors and Chairs page shows a list of all individuals who author or coauthor a paper or chair or cochair a session

When you enter something into the Search box a window pops up with a sub-list of names, the first of which matches the search string. Tap on any name in this sub-list to jump to it in the main list

Tap on any name in the main list to open a window that shows the papers that the persons authors or coauthors and the sessions chaired or cochaired. Tap on the title of the session or paper to show its details. Tap on the    link to jump to the session or paper in the conference program

Whenever in the conference program or elsewhere the    link appears associated with an author or chair, you may tap on it to jump to this person's entry in the Authors and Chair list and display the individual's activities

Find

On the Find page, enter a search string of at least three characters and hit the Enter key to search in the session titles, paper titles, paper keywords and paper abstracts. In the results list, tap on the paper or session title for details