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Contents 1. About PeopleLink:... 4 2. Highlights:..5 3.1. Live device detection, point-and-click audio and video device selection:... 7 4.1. Fast Multipoint Video Conferencing:... 7 4.2. High-Quality Video over any connection Type:... 8 4.3 Automated Throttling:... 8 4.4. No limits on video quality:... 8 5.1. Multipoint, Full-Duplex VoIP:... 9 5.2. High-Quality, Wideband Audio:... 9 5.3. Multiparty VoIP Synchronization:... 9 5.4. Acoustic Echo Cancellation:... 9 6.1. Application Sharing:... 10 6.2. Co-browsing and inbuilt digital whiteboard:... 10 6.3. Document Sharing:... 11 6.4. Inbuilt recording capability at no extra cost:... 11 7.1. Cloud Computing:... 11 7.2. End to End Parallel Processing:... 12 8.1. Firewall & Proxy Traversal:... 12 8.2. TCP/IP Connection Optimizer:... 12 9.1. Flipping Option:... 12 9.2. Create Conference Rooms:... 12 9.3. SMS notification:... 13 9.4. Announcement feature:... 13 9.5. System Announcement:... 13 9.6. Roll call:... 13 9.7. Hand Rising:... 13 9.8. Pause video option:... 13 9.9. Desktop sharing at low bandwidth:... 13 9.10. White Balance on i5 Camera:... 13 9.11. Controlling the PTZ at remote location:... 13 9.12. All Feature Flip:... 14 2
9.13. Multiple Browsers:... 14 9.14. Snap Shot:... 14 9.15. Screen capture on white board:... 14 9.16. Evaluation feature:... 14 9.17. Laser pointer:... 14 10. Instant Messaging.14 3
1 1. About ABOUT PeopleLink: PEOPLELINK Peoplelink is one of the leading video conferencing software providers, based in India. It is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. We offer a wide range of video conferencing solutions with HD quality and can be enabled over converged IP networks. Peoplelink is an expertise service provider in video conferencing, offering HD video conferencing solutions for large boardrooms. Our video conferencing software solution requires only one third of the bandwidth in comparison with other solutions. Peoplelink video conferencing solution (PVCS) enables the users to securely conduct their VC. Upon the installation of our software, one can virtually meet anyone around the world. PVCS is a highly secure and professional and affordable solution for all the small scale and large scale industries. To avail our solution, you must have to just get the license and install our software in your standard PC or tablet or Smartphone, then you can start conferencing from anywhere and any place. We are also into On Demand Video Conference Rental Services (SaaS), where we provide our solution for rental basis, here you are not required to acquire a license for own rather you can avail it on rental basis. 4
2 HIGHLIGHTS State of the Art Next Gen Compression Technology using H.264 VBR/CBR allowing you to do High Quality Video Conference even at Lower bandwidth ranging from 128-256Kbps thus saving up to 80% Recurring cost on bandwidth. In Built MCU (Multiparty Conference Unit) allows you to expand number of Locations to be simultaneously connected to any number (from 2-20000 Locations) in multiples of 1. While as any other solution MCU can be upgraded in multiples of 5 or 10 only. With Optional Composite TV Wall Module, the same solution gets upgraded to High End TelePresence version which allows you to see 16 Full Screen Videos of 16 Different Locations on 16 LFD/LCD s/plasmas etc. All in One Solution with Inbuilt Multiparty Video Conference and Data sharing (Can share PowerPoint, Word, Excel, PDF etc, along with Movie Files and all types of Applications) including desktop sharing. Fully interactive Digital White Board application with Wireless Digital PEN integration to conduct Live Training sessions at a very low bandwidth. In built H.323 Gateway which connects to any Hardware based H.323 video conferencing device. Video Conference on the Move: Doesn t require a Static IP /Public IP at each Location (Just need one STATIC IP at central server Location). So you can also do Video Conference using your High Speed Data Cards while on the move. Each MCU license which you buy, you will get 100 Client Software Licenses FREE along with it (Eg: if you buy 5 MCU licenses, You can install 500 client Licenses in 500 locations and any 5 locations can do Video Conference at any given time). Optional MCU Splitting & Combining module enables users to combine multiple MCU s together to form single Virtual MCU, enabling them to have single conference with number of users equivalent to the total number of users put together in all MCU s. Standby MCU: PeopleLink allows users to install MCU software on 2 servers at a time and gives you an option to have a Redundant MCU Readily available without any Cost (In any other VC Solution, one need to invest on a complete FULL MCU to get redundancy. If one MCU server fails, then the USB Security Key which has licenses or ports enabled can be attached to other standby server to make it ready within minutes). Hot Standby MCU: The optional Module enables users to install MCU Software in 2 servers and links them in Hot standby mode using Floating IP Configuration. So if one MCU server is down the other one automatically goes up within few seconds. This module is recommended for large conference environment. 5
Inbuilt SIP gateway to connect to SIP Based Audio and Video Conference devices Mobile Module: This module enables users to login into MCU from ipad/iphone/android Tabs and Phones using 3G internet and PeopleLink Mobile client software. Master Slave Architecture helps you to save bandwidth by cascading multiple mirror MCU s at different branch offices to manage Local Video Conference traffic at branch level, instead of coming to master MCU placed at Head Office and choking the bandwidth. Optional PSTN Gateway allows you to make Mobile and landline users to be the part of a Multilocation Video Conference Meeting as an Audio Only user. This Module is available only for customers outsite India. Optional VoIP/SIP Audio Lines allow users to call international Mobile and landline users, so that they can be part of a Multilocation Video Conference Meeting as a Audio Only user at very low cost. This can be enabled by taking VoIP service from any ISP. Optional SMS Module allows you to send SMS-invites to all registered participants with a click of button. GIPS Audio codec which is state of the Art of Audio codec and offers users to choose between High Definition Audio for high quality audio where bandwidth is available and GIPS Low fidelity which can offer a good quality audio even at 6.4Kbps bandwidth. Special low cost One Way Users, PeopleLink offers One Way Users licensing option. It helps few users to be the part of Live Multi location Video conference using PeopleLink Client software at low cost, but they will have no access to send data, video and voice. One more option enables to send at least Audio and access to few data tools like polling, chatting and Evaluation. Inbuilt Video recording function allows users to record unlimited conferences, unlike other VC solutions that have separate High cost video recording Solutions with limited recording capability. 6
3 Easy Set Up And GO 3.1. Live device detection, point-and-click audio and video device selection: PeopleLink Video conferencing solution is highly enhanced for ad hoc conferences, making it easy for any new individual to click on a link and be a part of your conference. PeopleLink instantly finds all video and sound gadgets, provides alerts for gadgets that are still in use by other programs, and instantly tunes the audio input device. The echo cancellation function enabled in PeopleLink solution will let the individuals to virtually make use of any audio input even, web camera mics. 4 MULTIPOINT VIDEO 41. Fast Multipoint Video Conferencing: PeopleLink video conferencing solution is integrated with image capture and compression technology, which enables to delivery utmost picture quality at any capture resolution. For video encoding, transmission and decoding PeopleLink solution makes use of H.264 VBR image compression technology, including with multi core and parallel processing. In a multipoint conference, you can mix and match any input device and the videos can be displayed in various formats such as composite, tiled, picture-in-picture and floating. 7
4.2. High-Quality Video over any connection Type: By introducing the H.263 and H.264 video technologies, the H.263-based video communication between the standard client and H.323 video endpoint may be conducted. Compared with H.261, H.263 only uses half of the bandwidth to enable conferencing call between the standard client and H.323 video endpoint, with the same video quality to be achieved. Featuring flexibility and bandwidth and storage space saving, H.263 not only provides users with high quality video experiences but efficiently uses the bandwidth resources, thus protecting users existing investment. Videoconferencing between standard clients can also be performed under the H.264 mode. H.264 has very high coding efficiency, in the same image quality, it can save about 50 percent of the bit rate than H.263. The bitstream network structure of H.264 has strong adaptability, and increases the error recovery capabilities, it also can adequately meet IP and wireless networking applications. Including H.264 VBR variable bandwidth and H.264 CBR stable bandwidth. 4.3 Automated Throttling: PeopleLink enables users to conduct multiparty video conferencing over any converged IP networks, In order to manage and deliver the high quality in person video experience for the meeting participants, PeopleLink solution is incorporated with an automated throttling function, this function throttles and balances the all participants video quality during the time of fluctuations in the processing power and bandwidth. 4.4. No limits on video quality: Normally in a video conferencing, video quality is dependent on the video capture devices adopted and the availability of the bandwidth for all the participants. Provided adequate bandwidth and high definition cameras, the Peoplelink Telepresence and HD video conferencing solution will let you conduct conference with n number of locations without compromising the video quality. 8
5 M MULTIPARTY VoIP 51. Multipoint, Full-Duplex VoIP: With multipoint, full-duplex VOIP, PeopleLink solution enables the meeting participants at various locations to experience the live in-person feel. Here the participants can hear other and even interrupt the speaker (only if the participant is not muted). The participants from variant location can speak simultaneously, unlike other conferencing solution which makes use of Simplex audio, where only one speaker can talk at a time. 5.2. High-Quality, Wideband Audio: The system utilizes G.723, G.711 and GIPS audio compression algorithms, this helps to ensure stable audio clarity under all network bandwidth conditions. Coupled together with the company s patented audio improvement algorithm, this helps to ensure that audio quality would not significant deteriorate under the worst network conditions. GIPS audio encoding improves the sound clarity and quality resulting in making the meeting participants feel in-person-like meeting experience. 5.3. Multiparty VoIP Synchronization: Our system features a full range of high quality audiovisual resolutions: in video codec applications, our system features H.264 codec algorithm; in video processing applications, our system integrates the patented video pre-treatment, post-treatment and displaying algorithms, which, by integrating with video compression/decompression algorithms, not only efficiently eliminate video distortion incurring at the video capture and encoding/decoding stages, but considerably improve video quality and reduce the bandwidth used by video; in lip synchronization applications, the patented lip synchronization algorithm is introduced to the system that also incorporates the cutting-edge GIPS audio and video technologies, allowing excellent lip synchronization effects available over the internet. 5.4.Automatic Gain Control/ Acoustic Echo Cancellation: Real time automatic gain control (AGC) technology, allowing automatic volume adjustment depending on speaker s current state, thus ensuring comfortable listening experience for participants. Meanwhile, it makes speaker s voice become more natural. Advanced echo cancellation (AEC) technology, efficiently eliminating echo interference arising in the multi-party conference, thus ensuring a more clear voice. 9
6 BUILT-IN LIVE COLLABORATION COLLABORATION PeopleLink Video conferencing delivers the most seamless web, VOIP and video conferencing experience for the users. Live data sharing over an encrypted secured TCP/IP connection allows the users to share any kind of rich media files during the conference. PeopleLink solution has the capability of synchronizing all the data before displaying and throttles the image quality, bandwidth availability of the each participant. 6.1. Application Sharing: PeopleLink Video Conferencing Solution is an amalgamation of all web & Data Conferencing features like Desktop Sharing, Application Sharing, Sharing of word documents, excel, ppts etc at no extra cost. Further with the help of Annotations, this solution also has the capability to train remote participants on "specific application or Topic. 6.2. Co-browsing and inbuilt digital whiteboard: The co-browsing features of PVCS enables the conference participants to search and access the live content from search engines and the users can access any kind of information available on Internet. Users are able to use the virtual whiteboard to write down or edit information. The virtual whiteboard has the ability to support multiple users interaction; this is a great convenience for all conference users to communicate with each other. The use of a virtual highlighter, laser marker, etc. further enhances the convenience and flexibility of it. 10
6.3. Document Sharing: The system provides the function of document sharing including normal documents sharing, dynamic PPT files sharing and web co-browsing. The file sharing ability allow printable documents to be displayed on the virtual whiteboard, giving all conference users a view of these files, at the same time, it also enables multiple users to work on it at the same time. This sharing function also allows IE supported contents and audio/video contents to be shared. The system supports sharing of multiple documents, fully ensuring the utilization of this capability. 6.4. Inbuilt recording capability at no extra cost: PeopleLink solution have inbuilt capability to record the complete conference and directly store on the computer instead of expensive external hardware based recording solutions which have limited recording capability. This solution also has the capability to play recorded meetings or lectures for students or employees who have missed the session. 7 DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING 7.1. Cloud Computing: The cloud video conferencing integrates Software-as-service (SaaS), the users can avail all the features that are embedded in the on-premise video conferencing software. Devoid of making any upfront capital investment, the users can do, data sharing, real-time chat, file transfer, co-browsing etc. PeopleLink, one of the leading cloud based video conferencing provider, offers a true, ponderously distributed cloud for peerless quality in multipoint conferencing. The cloud based web conferencing solution serves ample benefits for the businesses, in terms of minimized up-front costs, Interoperability, reliability and scalability. 11
7.2. End to End Parallel Processing: Normally in hardware based video conferencing the processor is fixed in a codec box, the processor in this solution cannot be updated. Whereas the PeopleLink solution uses multi-core, parallel processing end-to-end, where the users PC s itself acts as a codec box, the users are free to upgrade the processor as per their requirement. As per the processing power increases the video capabilities are also expanded. 8 ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS 8.1. Firewall & Proxy Traversal: PeopleLink technological innovation represents over a decade s growth of protected, multipoint TCP/IP interaction in business, multi-office surroundings. PeopleLink notices IT best methods for web services (URLs, http, xml, ports), Protection, firewall program and proxies traversal. Moreover to assisting the most common proxy s standards, PeopleLink features many vendor-specific improvements to fulfill real-world client circumstances. 8.2. TCP/IP Connection Optimizer: Among the most highly effective interaction technological innovation, the PeopleLink connection optimizer symbolizes the remarkable advantage over competitive products. The connection optimizer technology has progressed eventually, selecting the best relationship type or slot when two or more are available. PeopleLink often tries several relationship methods simultaneously and then select the method with the smallest roundtrip latency. This real-time process results in quicker connections and a more sensitive conference meetings experience. 9 A ADDITIONAL FEATURES 9.1. Flipping Option: The flipping option facilitates the users to flip the video to anti mirror image. Generally in any kind of video conference, the image we see is of mirror image. In a mirror kind of image, the right hand of the opposite person looks like left. For instance, in the fields of Telemedicine, the appearance of a video as a mirror image creates a predicament for the surgeons who are following the video. By switching to the flipping option, the right hand of the opposite person will appear like right and not like left. 9.2. Create Conference Rooms: With the aid of the create conference rooms feature, A user with all the administrative rights, possess the ownership of creating his/her own conference rooms. (i.e. Any customer with any no. of licenses can create rooms on its own for different people or department based conferences) 12
9.3. SMS notification: SMS notifications is a special feature, through this feature the administrator can send invitation to all the participants of the conference, through sending SMS to their mobiles. 9.4. Announcement feature: Announcement feature facilitates the users to check for the schedules of conference including the time and date. This feature enables the users to manage the organization schedules as per the conference schedule. 9.5. System Announcement: System Announcement feature can be determined as an official interruption of the conference made by the administrator. To do this the administrator will send POP-up messages to current VC participants. For instance, in an organization a meeting is already running, and if suddenly there is a need for executing an urgent meeting, then in such cases the administrator will send POP-up message to all the participants stating that please wind-up the session, there is an urgent meeting to be held. 9.6. Roll call: Roll call feature is generally used to demonstrate the attendance of the participants, who are logged in the conference form variant geographies. This feature is generally used for demonstrating the attendance of the students in e-learning sessions. All the attendance information of the participants is saved in an excel sheet. 9.7. Hand Rising: Hand raising feature facilitates the participants, to interrupt the moderator for any doubts or clarifications. In a physical classroom, normally the students raise their hand to ask a doubt to their trainer, in the same way hand rising feature enables the student to interrupt the trainer for clarifying some doubts. 9.8. Pause video option: Pause video option enables the users to pause their video during the time of the conference. This feature is generally helpful for the users when they require a few seconds to adjust themselves or to drink water or to move from the camera. Instead of interrupting or disturbing the entire conference the users can switch to this option. 9.9. Desktop sharing at low bandwidth: Desktop sharing feature enables to share the moderators desktop to all or selected participants of the conference. Normally desktop sharing feature requires high bandwidth, in order to make use of this feature within a minimal bandwidth, the moderator must reduce the color bits from 32 bit to 16 bit by reducing the resolution desktop sharing feature work under minimal bandwidth. 9.10. White Balance on i5 Camera: White balance option is used to augment the quality of the video when an i5 camera is being used. 9.11. Controlling the PTZ at remote location: Controlling the PTZ feature allows the moderator to control the PTZ camera which is placed at remote locations, during the time of the conference. In order to make of use of this feature, the requisites are: Visca cable and the RS32 port embedded in the PC. 13
9.12. All Feature Flip: All feature Flip, option allows the moderator to perform multitasking. The moderator can flip between whiteboard, PPT, file transfer and web-co-browsing simultaneously during the time of the conference. 9.13. Multiple Browsers: In the web-co browsing feature, multiple tabs can be opened at a time 9.14. Snap Shot: Through the Snap Shot feature, any participant in the conference can take a snap of the screen/video/document. Instant scanning of a document is also possible with this feature. Instant scanning can be done by putting a document in front of the camera and clicking on snapshot feature. By this the document can be saved as a snapshot and can be shared with the participants. 9.15. Screen capture on white board: Through this feature any snap-shot that is taken from web or from the system or a live conference snap can be projected on the whiteboard and can be used for further customization. 9.16. Evaluation feature: Evaluation feature is used to collect feedback from the participants of the conference; after the conference session is winded up. In order to collect the feedback from the participants, the moderator will prepare a questionnaire prior to the conference initiation. These questionnaires will be displayed to the participants, soon after the conference is over, all the options that are chosen by the participants are then saved in an excel file. 9.17. Laser pointer: Laser Pointer is an exclusive feature designed for the presentation purposes, through this feature, the moderator can show or highlight any portion on the white board or a file. 10 0 Instant Messaging PVCS IM is a secure and easy to use business communication tool, where organizations can get their own private network hosted on PeopleLink server. Via a web-based Administration Console, the organizations can have complete control on users, contact lists, block users, etc. PeopleLink encrypts all the visitors with a 128-bit key. Messages, file transfer, voice/video/text conversations, etc. are secured and only the receiver customers can decrypt and use/see them. 10.1. Features of PVCS IM: Instantly downloadable video conferencing software application, with interactive and user-friendly GUI Inbuilt interactive white board with all annotations Enables files transfer, desktop sharing, video recording and more features 14
Supports HD conferencing Supports multi part conferencing Enables, text and audio/video chat at a time THANK YOU 15