[AG-TECH] AG calling

[Julia Mullen]

Hi Derek,

Many of the items you listed are infact integral to the insors machines -
the only problem with the insors nodes is that sometimes it is difficult to
interact with AG nodes - but having the other features you mention creates a
really nice tool.

Julie

On 1/22/07, Derek Piper <dcpiper at indiana.edu> wrote:
>
>
>         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
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
> Derek Piper - dcpiper at indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111
> IRI 323, School of Informatics
> Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/ag-tech/attachments/20070122/be58c512/attachment.htm>