The Attentive User Interfaces (AUI) are User Interface

User interface

The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...

s that manage the user attention. For instance an AUI can manage notification , deciding when to interrupt the user, the kind of warnings, and the level of detail of the messages presented to the user.
Attentive User Interfaces, by generating only the relevant information, can in particular be used to display information in a way that increase the effectiveness of the interaction .

There are four main types of Attentive User Interfaces .:

• Visual attention
• Turn management
• Interruption decision interfaces
• Visual detail management interfaces

See also

• Attention management
  Attention management
  Attention management refers to models and tools for supporting the management of attention at the individual or at the collective level , and at the short-term or at a longer term ....
  
  
• Adaptive hypermedia
  Adaptive hypermedia
  In contrast to traditional e-learning/electronic learning, e-business, and e-government systems, whereby all users are offered or even directed a standard series of hyperlinks, adaptive hypermedia tailors what the user sees to the learner's goals, abilities, interests, knowledge, etc...
  
  
• Principles of attention stress
  Principles of attention stress
  The Principles of Attention Stress is a user interface design theory to measure the amount of attention that is required to perform certain tasks in a web application...