Presence and IntComm WG

[Steve Blair <>]

Jonathan:

Thanks for the note. I missed this the first time around so a refresher 
was helpful.

A recurring theme for me is how does PIC play into the use cases. When I 
see the acronym PIC I look for a "gee whiz" example of integration or 
integrated communications. In each of these use cases I'd like to see us 
"pump-up" the PIC factor especially if we demo a solution to a use case.

For example I'd change the Education and Instruction case to include the 
ability for the scheduling software to allocate resources prior to a 
scheduled conference and *attempt* to reserve resources  whenever a 
collaboration session begins (note that the reservation may fail for 
ad-hoc collaborations).

Given the opportunities for language and cultural differences between 
the participants I'd like to see the scheduler send an IM to a 
translation service to attempt to reserve a web based translator. A 
participant's presence agent could then check the status of the 
translator prior to accepting the invitation to join the conference. 
Each participants presence agent could be driven by local, user defined 
preferences as to whether to accept or decline an invitation based on 
resource availability.


$0.02

Steve


Jonathan Tyman wrote:
> As per request on the PIC call yesterday, here are the three final use 
> case scenarios from the RTC-AG executive summary. Hopefully, these 
> will trigger PIC scenarios that may guide development and strategy...
> jt
>
> RTC Use Case Scenarios
> The following use cases illustrate some of the scenarios that an RTC 
> enabled campus might encounter.
>
> Research Collaboration
> A telemedicine program creates a community of interconnected child
> care centers which use video and web sharing tools to explain to each
> other how they are addressing daily challenges in operations,
> regulatory compliance, special needs and financial assistance
> programs. Because these communications sometimes involve children
> and protected healthcare information, all of the sessions are
> encrypted. The telemedicine group sponsoring the program uses the
> same technology to meet weekly with their state human services
> department to develop a follow-on grant they plan to submit for a
> statewide trial that they hope could lead to the development of a
> statewide service to improve early childhood education.
>
>
> Education and Instruction
> A guest lecturer in Islamic Studies from a sister institution in Qatar
> addresses students in a US classroom via video teleconference.
> During the lecture, students from Qatar and the US ask each other
> questions through a group chat tool about the content of the talk. The
> class is recorded and podcast so that students can review the
> discussion on their portable music players prior to the exam. The class
> includes an assignment for "buddies" from the US and Qatar to
> collaborate on a problem, and because of the time difference,
> presence enabled instant messaging software allows students in both
> countries to see when their buddies are online for discussions. The
> students also note that the teaching assistant has "virtual office hours"
> that afternoon and resolve to video chat with her over a particularly
> thorny issue. The same system that supports the Islamic Studies class
> also hosts a continuing education program within the state for nursing
> certifications as well as supporting an executive MBA program offered
> via distance education to local business professionals at their offices.

> Administrative Applications
> Construction on campus is causing road closures through a critical
> traffic area because backhoe digging unearthed an undocumented
> duct bank. Pictures taken at the site via camera-phone are sent back
> to the facilities design department who determine the duct is carrying
> fiber optic cables that provide Internet service to the residence halls.
> Within 30 minutes, the campus news services department sends a text
> message that appears on every telephone on campus that reads
> "Warren Street closed due to emergency repairs. Take River Road.
> Residence Halls will experience 30-second Internet outage at 4pm
> while data traffic is re-routed." The next afternoon, officials from 
> the IT,
> facilities and news services departments meet via video to discuss the
> need for better coordination of campus GIS information.
>
>
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>
> Jonathan Tyman, Ph.D.
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