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Implementation of Social Features Over Regular IPTV STB
Ricardo Pinto / Vanessa Nobre
University of Aveiro & PT
[ jfa / almeida / ricardopinto / vnobre ]@ua.pt
Jorge F. Abreu / Pedro Almeida
University of Aveiro
One of the major predicted Social impacts of iTV - greater sense of community awareness
Martin Jones1975”
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James Lull
Chuah
Kharif
Coates
Boertjes
Harrison
HeB
HarboeMetcalf
Coppens
Tullio
Oehlberg
Cesar
GeertsBaillie
Weisz
Chorianopolous
Social-iTV already a large cloud
…and many others
Lekakos
James Lull
Chuah
Kharif
Coates
Boertjes
Harrison
HeB
HarboeMetcalf
Coppens
Tullio
Oehlberg
Cesar
GeertsBaillie
Weisz
Chorianopolous
sociability
shared experiences
participation
buddies
communication
text
voice networked TV
community building
distributed viewing
content awareness
Social-iTV already a large cloud
…and many others
Lekakos
Hardware & Middleware for providing social features in IPTV commercial platforms?
(one of the commercial solutions)
Microsoft MediaRoomregular IPTV STB
Mediaroom worldwide
3 millions
>300.000 users
Mediaroom worldwide
challenge!how to put social features in
meo households?
The meo solution
CPU: 400+DMIPS
FLASH RAM: 32 MB
Middleware: Ms MediaRoom
Interface Eng.: Tasman
Free RAM for browser (in use): ~2MB
main constraints rendering browser based applications
comunications support
The social application
buddies, presence & AV awareness
flexible offer of text communication:
web configurable pre-defined messages + free text input
5 simultaneous IM sessions
also with PC/mobile clients
other features:
TV channel recommendation
channel privacy management
The
system model
tv mode (v1)
chat mode (v1)
@ IT event1st test performed
in a stable way
positive feedback from the participants
evaluation
@ Labparticipants with ≠
digital literacy;
direct and participative obs.;
evaluation
evaluation
AV consumption awareness; channel recommendation; quick answers; preference for pre-defined msg over free written msg;
tendency to use standard remote control keys;
TV image must have primacy;
visual feedback of login in notifications; dynamic focus; response time.
version 2 (in development)
version 2 (in development)
final notes
the commercial set-top box has some technical limitationsa great challenge to put it to work – mashups et al
a social application in every household?preliminary results show good acceptance
large field trial late 2009
http://labs.sapo.pt/ua/socialitv/
Jorge F. Abreu | [email protected] | twitter: jotafa
Pedro Almeida | [email protected] | twitter: morganpt
Ricardo Pinto | [email protected]
Vanessa Nobre | [email protected]
we will be around with the simulator