[AG-TECH] AG calling

[Derek Piper]

	Yes, looks like Steve Smith was right on the money with that. So what 
happened with that project? I'd think that would have been a smarter way 
to go with AG3.. ah well.

	Derek

Andrew Sharpe wrote:
> 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
>>
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