[AG-TECH] AG calling

[Andrew Sharpe]

Hi Derek, you might like a read of 
http://people.vislab.usyd.edu.au/~ssmith/apac05/apac05-presentation.pdf

Andrew

Derek Piper wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     Something I was thinking about was the differences between AG and 
> H.323 and I was wondering if a 'blend' of the two, in a way, would be an 
> interesting direction to go in.
>     What I'm thinking about is this, and of course there are many 
> questions and details to work out but I thought I'd bring it up to see 
> what people might think:
> 
> A 'Call server' that people log in to when the 'AG caller' client 
> starts, analogous to the IM server, Jabber server or H.323 'gateway'
>     Allows IM communication with all those connected
>     'Buddy lists' to see who's on?
>     What about distribution of servers.. would you need an account on 
> every server in the world? what about a registry of servers?
> 
> IM 'calling' ..i.e. make a noise, flash something.. get user attention.
>     nicer than speakers on hanging around in a venue
>     people who don't know you're on or where you're on may stand a 
> better chance of contacting you :>
> 
> Initiate video call just allocates IP addresses in the same way as a 
> venue and runs media tools against either multicast or unicast to a 
> bridge if that preference is set.
>     Simple 2-way video conferencing. We've achieved 'AG Skype'
> 
> Add another participant to a 'call' by invite or by messaging each 
> participant.
> 
> Could also move to 'conference room' which is the same as an AG venue is 
> now.
>     Maybe launch full AG VenueClient at that venue?
>     Then you could do the same shared-app stuff as we have now.
> 
> 
>     I'm kicking this around as a possibility and a direction for a 
> project either as something that the AGtk moves towards or is an add-on 
> for it. One of the things I've noticed is that polycoms are often used 
> as a back channel and an ad-hoc meeting method because you can *call* 
> someone. It's a videophone. AG relies on someone turning up where you 
> are, and that's sometimes very awkward and not what people want to do.
>     Basically to implement it seeing as we have a Jabber integration 
> doesn't seem that hard on the surface. The client would start off to 
> appearing something like GAIM, Psi or Skype and you place a video call 
> to someone or start a conference in a venue.
> 
>     I'm curious to hear some points of view about it.
> 
>     Derek
>