Internet Based Business Mobility Communications from AVNotes.com

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1 Internet Based Business Mobility Communications from AVNotes.com Level Collins street Melbourne 3000 Victoria Australia Freecall: Tel: Fax: @avnotes.com

2 1 DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY Date Issue Description Author 01 May Business Mobility Internet Based Mobile Communications (Short) Michael J Holmes Michael@avnotes.com AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 1 of2

3 2 CONTENTS 1 DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Brief Product Overview Hardware Overview Software Overview PDANotes.com Business Mobility WiFi Solutions AVNotes.com Desktop Three Typical Desktop Screen Shots INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: SALES & SERVICE Service Personnel INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: PROJECT MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: REAL ESTATE SALES AND SERVICE INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: EDUCATION INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: CORPORATE & GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: MEDICINE SOFTWARE LICENSE THE FOUR PRODUCT SET FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION MOBILITY AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 2 of3

4 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To stay on top in the fiercely competitive communications arena, Mobile networks operators have switched emphasis to high-growth areas such as wireless, broadband communications. AVNotes/PDANotes.com deliver effective Internet based applications for broadband and wireless communication globally. AVNotes.com Pty Ltd uses the most reliable source code and delivery methodology, owns the Intellectual property and offers a Secure Environment for wireless Business Information Exchange, fixed and mobile. AVNotes/PDANotes.com provide multi-user and multi-department audio-visual, 21 st Century communications and collaboration tools. PDANotes.com Mobile Business Information and Communication: o Any Internet Device Anywhere Anytime. Every person, every department, everywhere connected o Audio Visual Conferencing, Communications: Network Independent, 2G, 2.5G, 3G GPRS, CDMA, Wireless , WiFi o anywhere, Multi-User, Multi-Department, Real-Time desk-top updates o No Software Downloads, no synchronization issues. The mobile solution has been built as a very Thin / Lite system that operates through the wireless Internet network with no requirement for any installation or download on the End- User s wireless device. End-users of the solution do not have to wait for return to the office to be synchronised with their desktop application suite. PDANotes.com seamlessly integrates with AVNotes.com desktop, Lotus Notes and Outlook Express. Winner 2003 Consensus Software Awards Judges Citation AVNotes is a comprehensive 'groupware' application suitable for traditional office based systems as well as PDA and mobile systems. AVNotes.com Pty Ltd and Ericsson Ltd have signed a Application and Content Marketing Agreement. This agreement enables AVNotes / PDANotes to be available for sale through 100+ Ericsson Customers and distributors in 44 countries. AVNotes.com, was a finalist in the category of Best Corporate Solution at the Ericsson Mobile Application Awards 2002 held in Zurich, Switzerland. It was the only non-european, Mobile Communications solution for Business Information Mobility. It was recognized for Offering cost-effective Audio-Visual conferencing from almost any web-enabled location and a range of mobile communication management tools. It can now be accessed from most Internet devices through GPRS/Bluetooth or Wi-Fi tablets and PC s. The company has recently demonstrated the ability of it s Smart Mobility Gateway to shrink large database queries by a factor of 100, making media rich applications for on-road users an affordable reality. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 3 of4

5 4 INTRODUCTION 4.1 Brief Product Overview Mobilising Business Information... o Web-based telephony. o Voice, data & video over one line. o ASP, HSP & Web-based Wireless Mobility. o Interface capabilities with wireless devices. o Multiple Users able to access Multiple Departments. Everybody, Everywhere Connected! AVNotes.com is the result of more than 18 months development and customer feedback on their requirements of a business-wide communications solution. It has been developed with Wireless Communication as a priority and provides portability while using any preferred Internet device, laptop, mobile phone or palmtop With no Software to download! A software licence enables an ASP (Application Service Provider) to brand AVNotes.com with their own Product Name thus giving them the power to deliver a communications and collaboration tool that has a level of sophistication unheard of to date. AVNotes.com is available 24hours a day, 7days a week from the AVNotes.com ASP Server. We offer a free trial opportunity: Login to AVNotes.com from anywhere in the world using version 4 or a higher Internet browser. It's that easy. AVNotes.com developed a solution to meet a need in the community (corporate and private) to provide cost effective applications for managing and delivering business information via wireless technologies and the Internet: o AVNotes.com uses the most reliable source code and delivery methodology and owns the Intellectual property. o It serves clients via an Application Service provider (ASP) protocol. (wireline or wireless) o It connects I.P addresses of users automatically and provides Audio-visual functionality. o Suits all operating systems, all wireless protocols and requires no user download. o The products are all stand-alone applications. o AVNotes delivers effective server based (ASP) applications for communication globally. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 4 of5

6 4.1.1 Unique Business Differentiator for Mobile Network Operators AVNotes.com is a unique, communications solution. It delivers a suite of software that enables business end-users to enhance productivity by better communications: o Audio Visual Conferencing, via the Internet, no numbers: just click on the name! o Field communication, no synchronization problems, real-time desktop updates. o Group Calendar for all department members to access and update. o anytime regardless of location. o Internal messaging and reminders Unique Business Value to the End-User AVNotes.com provides multi-user and multi-department audio-visual communications. AVNotes includes a range of collaboration tools: o Shared Multi-department Calendar o Shared Multi-department Roster o Shared Multi-department Address Book o Text Messaging o Global File Distribution, web-thinning engine for downloads. o Streaming Video Archive o Pop-up Reminders o Anywhere Mobile Collaboration and Communication PDANotes.com is delivered to any web-enabled device, automatically establishes an IP connection regardless of geographic location, with minimum end-user interaction. AVNotes/PDANotes.com is a reliable and cost-effective solution as a team collaboration tool. It can be used across a broad spectrum of industries such as, medical, education, government, banking and finance. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com is deployed as an Intranet or Internet based solution; as a local version on a businesses server and hosted through Mobile Networks, ASP partners. It is ideal for wireless and geographically dispersed work environments, due to its web-based delivery mechanisms. It also allows an end-user to view and send s while away from their office, on mobile devices such as the Sony Ericsson P800 mobile phone, the HP IPAQ and other similar PDA devices. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 5 of6

7 4.2 Hardware Overview AVNotes is hardware agnostic: That is, it can be used by every business person that uses Internet Explorer 4 or higher, which means that the end-user customer s hardware would need to have been in service post Software Overview AVNotes.com communications management suite of programs operates under the following industry standard environments: o Linux Operating System and Implementation o MySQL Systems Configuration o PHP System Configuration o Apache 1.13 Configuration As a general design and implementation guideline, a default configuration has been chosen for all the packages installed. Typically, the default settings are also utilized where the only changes being made are to match computer names, domain, IP address, etc. MySQL is the chosen database package. AVNotes has been tested and is currently running on Version Due to the standard implementation of the database code, later versions of MySQL should still be compatible. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 6 of7

8 4.4 PDANotes.com Business Mobility The mobile solution has been built as a very Thin / Lite system which operates through the wireless Internet GPRS network with no requirement for any installation or download on the end user s hand-held device. The information sent to the device through the GPRS network is as minimal as possible, to reduce the delivery of GPRS data transmission as well as overcome the barrier of 9600baud speed. In this way it meets functional requirements in providing a fast, mobile data communications solution. Mobile end-users have the type of interface they have come to expect and the speed to make the solution truly functional, as there is no download of heavy images through the GPRS network. It is an ASP solution allowing the PDANotes product to be modified from a host server location, as opposed to requiring users to download software upgrades, saving time and money. Actual Screen Shot of PDANotes.com on a Sony Ericsson P800 AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 7 of8

9 4.5 WiFi Solutions 4.6 AVNotes.com Desktop This is the AVNotes.com Desktop version that operates using an Internet browser from any desktop or laptop PC. AVNotes.com enables lap-top business information from anywhere there is Internet access home, office, airport, web café or Wi Fi hot-spot by logging in with user name and password. The end user s user name and password are the same for both the PDA version and the Desktop version of AVNotes.com. We have provided the first screen for each feature of the AVNotes.com desktop solution. 4.7 Three Typical Desktop Screen Shots Audio Visual Communication To establish a videoconference, click on the name of the user you wish to conference and select the Audio Visual Conference option. You are then connected to the other user using IP to IP technology and Microsoft NetMeeting. When an AV Conference is initiated with another user, IP address is automatically detected the other party is notified by an Audio ringing tone and a Conference request box. No need to input IP Addresses. In addition, the VoIP Audio/Visual Conferencing works seamlessly through Local Intranets. Provides, face-to-face communications within business offices for next to no cost using real time speed. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 8 of9

10 Streaming Video Archive You may be ready to launch a new product to your sales team World Wide. Just make a video of your launch and upload it to the Shared File Archive. It will recognise the file type, and automatically open the application required on your user-end s computer to run it. If it s an MPEG Video it will open Windows Media Player. If it s a Real Media file, your Real Player will open and run it. Simply choose which file you wish to operate, and click View to run the file. Files are department oriented to ease sorting and control security. Anywhere Access, view and send all s from any location using a web-tablet, laptop or PDA device such as the new Ericsson P800 or HP IPAQ. Requires only web access. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 9 of10

11 5 INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: SALES & SERVICE 5.1 Service Personnel Service Control To solve the problem of communicating effectively with Service Persons, while they are out of the office. Service controllers and managers can contact any Service Person instantly by sending Internal Messages or schedule an Audio Visual Conferences even when staff members are at remote sites. Departmental Managers can contact staff members that are using a desktop, laptop or GPRS device and deliver web-based applications, while away from the office. This, of course, allows two way communication and staff members can check messages, contact lists, Spare Parts in stock, as well as Signup forms or check the Department s Calendar to see the next job they are required to attend. It is simple to distribute Jobs or Dispatch Service personnel and have Service Persons equipped with ALL the information they need, all the time. Sales force Automation Effective communication with Sales staff while they are out of the office. Sales representatives using a laptop, or 3 in1 mobile phone such as the Ericsson P800, can access their company s Business Information system while away from the office. To check stock in real-time from on-site locations, or draw down standard company brochures. Messages, s, Departmental Calendar and other applications are available 24 hours a day, regardless of location. Sales Department secretaries and management can contact sales force members instantly by sending Internal Messages and/or Audio Visual Conferencing in the field The inbuilt camera in the P800 can be used for On-Site Property listings Twenty-first Century communication ALL the information salesmen need, ALL the time! AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 10 of11

12 6 INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: PROJECT MANAGEMENT AVNotes.com can manage project personnel at remote locations. Project Management Either the Manager can be remote, or the staff can be remote - OR BOTH! Consider a Project such as a Sporting Event where a communications network is required for perhaps 3 or 4 weeks or a Stage Production / Concert Tour where the technicians and stage construction crew require a mobile solution for a couple of months AVNotes.com is perfect in this situation. For a project where different staff members need to communicate to collaborate together at different times during the project as a Virtual Team, AVNotes.com can provide instant communication whenever and wherever. Building & Construction By accessing the File Distribution Library, a Builder or Surveyor can check the layout plans at any point in time to ensure conformity to the plans. AVNotes.com can provide a team of builders/carpenters with instant information from the office by using Internal Messaging or Audio Visual Conferencing together with Graphical downloads from the corporate database. Using the calendar, the home-office can see exactly what the schedule of project meetings is and keep their customer informed of progress. As an example, the builder s calendar may show that this afternoon they have completed the foundation and will be beginning framework after concrete curing, which is scheduled for seven days. This information can be relayed back to their customer instantly. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 11 of12

13 Architects and Engineers While onsite an architect can use AVNotes.com via their P800 to check their latest calendar events, messages etc. If an Architectural/Engineering group is developing plans for a particular building they can use AVNotes.com collaboration features to ensure they are always using the correct, up to date version of the plans. Using the File Distribution Library and multi-departments, they can see the time and date that different plans were uploaded into a particular department and can only access them should they have access to that department. 7 INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: REAL ESTATE SALES AND SERVICE Real Estate Real Estate agents can use AVNotes.com to assist in presenting the best possible solution to their customer. Should an agent wish to access the Property Listings File Distribution Library to download a JPEG photo of a desirable property, they could do so in a fraction of the time of traditional access methods and at a realistic and affordable price. The in-built camera in the P800 is ideal for uploading Property Photographs. This capability has been demonstrated on the P800 to a major Real Estate Agent. His comment was Using the P800 would make life so much easier for a Selling or Leasing Estate Agent, not to mention save them time and increase productivity" Ian Lightfoot, General Manager; Jones Lang LaSalle. It's no secret that a Real Estate Agents life is always busy and involves a lot of traveling. Using AVNotes.com and P800 wireless internet access, a real estate agent can keep in touch with the office all the time. The office can message them with potential customers that have contacted the office The prospective customer s details are added to the Address Book so the agent has it with them at all times. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 12 of13

14 8 INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: EDUCATION Education Lecturers and Teachers can advise students that they will be absent for a period or lecture. Conversely, a student absent from a lecture can use their Uni account to have AVNotes.com stream that particular lecture to them as an Audio Visual Streaming file. Applicable for students studying remotely or for students too sick to attend lectures. Lecturers / Teachers and students can download and upload file information using the File Distribution Library such as PDF, DOC and other documents. Students can use AVNotes.com to form workgroups for particular projects or classes. True group collaboration can be achieved. Students working as a team effort. Students can view their timetable online and send text messages to Lecturers / Teachers or other students. 9 INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: CORPORATE & GOVERNMENT Corporate and Government Corporations, large Businesses and Government Departments can use AVNotes.com to better meet their communications and collaboration needs. It is totally customisable behind corporate/government security and firewall layers. AVNotes.com improves with greater functionality than sending text and files. AVNotes.com delivers Messaging, Calendar, Audio Visual Conferencing, Video Streaming and File Distribution Library. AVNotes.com stores all information locally on the server s hard disk storage space. This allows End-Users to have unlimited storage space using their own server. AVNotes.com is installed onto the LAN server or WAN/VPN. It does not require tech support personnel to install a "patch" or "local application" to each individual client desktop in the network. Large downloads that are difficult to maintain and keep up to date are NOT required for AVNotes.com. AVNotes.com is run direct from the server and is easily accessed using a Web Browser, which does not affect a company s Standard Operating Environment (SOE). AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 13 of14

15 10 INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS: MEDICINE Medical Medical staff can use the Rostering function to see their next shift. They can also use the Internal Messaging and Calendar to keep themselves informed at all times as to patients moving through their Ward. The AVNotes.com Audio Visual Conferencing can be used for communication between patients and their Doctor (or Nurse) from inside the hospital or from home. The conferencing option can make a full Audio Visual Conference between the patient s bed and the doctor s home or mobile location. Using the File Distribution Library, medical staff can upload information such as X-rays so Doctors / Nurses can view them from hospital, home or medical office. Because AVNotes.com is used entirely from the server and does not require an application installation on the end user s device, Doctors and Nurses can use PDA's or Web-Tablet's around the hospital while they are visiting patients. 11 SOFTWARE LICENSE Product Licensing AVNotes.com is only available under a license allowing our Customers to offer AVNotes.com in their own brand to their customer base. The license fee is based on revenue sharing. An AVNotes.com license is the easy way for Mobile Network Operators to offer a high quality product to the end-user customer for a very low investment. It can help with new sales decisions, and promotes customer loyalty. For Hardware Manufacturers, a license is the ideal way to offer AVNotes as a product rollout enhancement. AVNotes.com can be pre-installed onto a server device before it leaves the factory enabling the end-user (customer) to have their own communications product fully operational on their network. AVNotes.com saves money by requiring no installation on each device connecting to the network server - a web browser must be present. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 14 of15

16 12 THE FOUR PRODUCT SET FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION MOBILITY Application Service Provision/Hosted Service Provision (ASP/HSP) How it works. o The End-User buys the service on a subscription basis from a Hosted Solution Provider. (HSP) a Mobile Network Operator. o Access from an Application Service Provider Web-based Server. o Access 24/7 from anywhere. Application Benefits o Easy Access for remote use. o No device download required: Use is fully web-based. o Ideal for Salespersons and Service Control in the field. Commercial Aspects. o A license and revenue-share model for AVNotes.com. o Designed to be Mobile Network branded, delivers service within the Telco network. o Can be included in a bundled solution to end-user Customers. o A sliding scale of charges and revenue sharing for the HSP solution. o Suggested end-user price is $39.95 per End-user Customer. Mobile Network Benefits. o The branded version increases Positive Customer Loyalty a Service differentiator. o End-User Customers make practical use of broadband, especially using Audio Visual Conferencing. o A product that until now simply has not existed in a cost-effective offering. There is a one-time fee is to set up the AVNotes.com Server as an HSP and the Server would support up to 200,000 users and 10,000 simultaneous hits by end-user customers. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 15 of16

17 CDROM Mobile Business Information in a Box How it works. o AVNotes.com application suite is loaded onto a CDROM. o The CDROM is branded in the name of the Mobile Network Operator. o The end-user purchases the CDROM from the Mobile Network Operator s retail outlet and installs the AVNotes.com solution in their office server. Application Benefits o One-stop shopping experience for a business communications suite. o Easy to install and to use, connectivity to the Mobile Network is included. o Group collaboration in the field has never been so easy. Each CD-Rom will: o Contain AVNotes.com and PDANotes.com applications. o Include links to an HSP Server and web-connection from the End Users Server. o Be an End-User Customer installed product offering an end-to-end solution. o Deliver Free AVNotes.com upgrades as released from time to time. Mobile Network Benefits. o Increases the demand for bandwidth. o Locks the end-customer to a service. o Is associated with Old Feel- New Applications. AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 16 of17

18 Distributed Solution Provision DSP How it works. o AVNotes.com is installed in the end-user s own local server network. o Requires Red hat, Debian, Win2k, and WinXP. o Requires MySQL, PHP 4.03, and Apache. o All information is stored locally. Application Benefits. o Operating securely inside the end-user s own network, behind SOE firewall. o No Internet costs for internal operation, no bandwidth costs. o All information and data is stored locally, there are no hard-disk storage limitations. o No installation required on each client computer, only on server. o Access using Internet Browser. A solution available from Systems Integrators for Security Conscious End-users, with FREE inside the gate usage, and connectivity to the outside world. The End-User Customer buys a Server installed on their premises complete with AVNotes Software Load. The S/W Load will contain connectivity to AVNotes IDC OR to a HSP. The Smart Mobility Gateway (SMG) Web Thinning Engine How it Works o Installed as a local server to access corporate database via LAN. o Requires Red hat, Debian, Win2k, and WinXP. o Requires MySQL, PHP 4.03, and Apache. o Connectivity and customization required to access database records. Application Benefits o Operating securely inside the end-user s own network, behind SOE firewall. o Delivers large graphic images and heavy downloads as light mobile deliverables. o All information and data is stored locally, there are no hard-disk storage limitations. o No installation required on each client computer, only on the Web Thinning Server. Access to database records is via Internet Browser, and the engine reduces the download in size by an order of magnitude. Speed of download is optimized, and cost of network charges for each download is minimized. AVNOTES MOBILISES BUSINESS NFORMATION. More Info from AVNotes.com/PDANotes.com Short Overview AVNotes.com Pty Ltd Page 17 of18