PingPal is a platform for military grade encrypted privacy protected self-destructing (“ephemeral”) communication and positioning. Like Snapchat or WhatsApp on steroids for ANY app developer or organization. Simple implementation and low cost traffic subscriptions means great ROI. In reality this means that we are re-creating the casual off-the-record conversation, like for instance a tête-à-tête, on Internet and mobile communications. We protect all private or corporate communication, chats, image sharing, video calls, positioning, etc. Communication and positioning are supposed to be a dialog between two people, not something that is stored and mined for marketing, competition or political reasons. In this presentation we highlight a few sample use cases for the PingPal platform.

1. Fredrik Beckman
fredrik@pingpal.se
Some use cases
The Ephemeral Communication and Positioning API
Ephemeral | Anonymous | No data stored | Military grade encryption

2. The best way
to protect
Private
information,
is to have
no information
to protect
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3. A Superior Taxi service
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A simple implementation
of a “Uber like” Taxi
dispatch system

4. The user story
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“It’s late and it’s raining. You need a
cab so you use the cab company’s app
to order it.
With the order confirmation you also
get a pin on a map representing the
cab so you can follow it on its way to
you. When it is approaching you know
when it is time to step out into the rainy
street and get into the car.
You arrive at your destination. Pay the
driver (since the app hasn’t had those
payment features released yet), get out
and watch him drive off, as you realize
that you’ve left your briefcase in the
backseat.
So you bring out the app again, tap on
the cabs pin and talk to the driver
directly. He turns around and you pick
up your briefcase, with a warm feeling
of good user experience and
remembering to use the same cab
company next time you need one.”

5. Delivering to a person
anywhere and anytime,
not only to an address or
a post office
Mobile commerce that is
truly mobile
Last Mile Delivery redefined
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6. “You are on a windsurfing vacation. It’s
that perfect day, beautiful sun and a
strong wind.
You crash and break your mast.
Well isn’t that too bad, no more surfing
this season since you are leaving
tomorrow. But one of the locals comes
to your rescue. He has the “Surfer
Dude Deliveries” app, a local dealer
with onsite deliveries.
You browse through the online store
and find a used mast at a bargain
price, order it, pay with your PayPal
account and approve sharing your
position with the shop.
Half an hour later the app sounds an
alarm to notify you and a VW bus
arrives at the beach just where you are
waiting and tanning.
The mast is perfect!”
Delivery Anywhere
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7. “Back home again you finally manage
to invite that girl to a restaurant.
You have a great time and things really
click. She leaves to powder her nose
and you decide to do something
romantic.
You know there is an online flower
shop close by so you place an order
and agrees to share your position.
Your date returns and you decide to
take a stroll in this beautiful evening,
knowing that the surprise will still work
since the shop has your ID and tracks
your position.
Walking down the street you are
caught up by the flower delivery guy on
his bicycle and he hands over the
bouquet of roses to your date.
Success!”
Trulymobile commerce
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8. Events, fairs, theme
parks, etc. attracts many
visitors.
Ephemeral messaging
and positioning is a tool
for superior visitor
service.
Superior visitor service
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9. “You received a V.I.P. discount coupon in the
park app a few days ago and decide to bring
the family for an all day out.
You pass the gate and get a notification
asking if you want to download the days
program. Hmmm…quite a lot going on today
and many wills in the family. You decide to
split up and meet again in an hour.
When that hour has passed you are back at
the meeting point, but where are the kids?
You wait a few minutes and start to wonder
where they are. You call them and no
answer.
So you ping them and get their current
position on the park map. Oh…they are still
on the rollercoaster. No wonder they didn’t
answer. So you send them a message and
tell them to meet you outside the candy
shop.
But the candy shop is closed. So you open
the customer service chat and ask which
shops are open. They send you the position
and the right store is highlighted on the map.
You forward the chat message to your kids
and ask them to meet you there instead.”
A day with the family
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10. People move over vast
areas and when
something happen it is
essential to know where
they are, even if there is
only 2G/GPRS network
coverage.
But family members
position is highly private
information.
Safety applications
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11. “A couple of years ago the two PingPal founders
Fred and Andy were doing one of their favorite
things; downhill skiing. The lift broke down and
they got separated and went powder hunting on
their own. Fred didn’t find anything but ice and
roots so he tried calling Andy that of course didn’t
answer. He could:
1. Have crashed
2. Gone to the Après-ski
3. Found powder and too busy to hear the
phone or bother to stop.”
A good ski resort app has to perform well in a
challenging environment:
• It’s got to work in low connection speeds, meaning
minimal data signaling and locally stored maps.
2G/GPRS has the best coverage and reach so that
must be sufficient.
• Radio towers quite far away means high power
signaling, meaning straining battery and nowhere to
re-charge. So it is important to minimize data traffic.
• Using the GPS requires heavy calculations and
power draining, so constant tracking and sending
positions at short intervals is out of the question.
Positions should be shared only when needed.
• Automatic positioning should be possible at
emergencies.
• Be able to position ad hoc groups of people, for
instance a one-day skiing party loosely joining a
mountain guide.
Safety at a ski resort
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12. Not everyone or everything has a
smartphone
Equestrian sports are highly popular in
many countries, and in Sweden that is
the sport that tops the injury statistics
for teenage girls.
The equestrian riding schools have the
safety responsibility for their students
but accidents do happen. Horses scare
easily and the rider gets thrown off.
If the rider is out of sight a good safety
app would send an alarm automatically
and pinpoint the rider’s position.
Since a runaway horse can run quite
far before calming down the service
should also include a positioning
device mounted on the horse.
Horses can be dangerous
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13. Team management in the
field that complies with
employee privacy rules and
legislations.
Secure, military grade
encrypted communication
and positioning
Mobile Workforce Management
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14. The project manager set up temporary with
sub-suppliers like electricians, plumbers,
etc, sharing information and engaging in
online discussion knowing that the shared
data, like drawings, maps, legal documents,
contracts and discussion will “evaporate”
and not end up in the pocket of the sub-
supplier and incidentally brought to a
competitor .
To effectively manage the site you need to
know where people and material deliveries
are. However, in many countries it is illegal
to track co-workers in the field, but you still
want to be able to manage the people.
Today the only option is to call and ask
where they are, but that can be inconvenient
if you are dispatching hundreds of
resources.
With ephemeral positioning you get the
same level of integrity protection as the
simple phone call especially if you give the
user the possibility to control to whom and
when his position should be shared.
A construction site
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15. The PingPal Solution
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16. Inside PingPal
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