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 Jones 1975 ” “

One of the major predicted Social impacts of iTV - greater sense of community awareness

Martin Jones

1975

James Lull Chuah Kharif Coates Boertjes Harrison HeB Harboe Metcalf Coppens Tullio Oehlberg Cesar Geerts Baillie Weisz Chorianopolous Social-iTV already a large cloud … and many others Lekakos

James Lull Chuah Kharif Coates Boertjes Harrison HeB Harboe Metcalf Coppens Tullio Oehlberg Cesar Geerts Baillie 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 MediaRoom regular IPTV STB

Mediaroom worldwide 3 millions

Mediaroom worldwide >300.000 users

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

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

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

system model

tv mode (v1)

chat mode (v1)

@ IT event 1st test performed in a stable way positive feedback from the participants evaluation

@ IT event

1st test performed in a stable way

positive feedback from the participants

@ Lab participants with ≠ digital literacy; direct and participative obs.; evaluation

@ Lab

participants with ≠ digital literacy;

direct and participative obs.;

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.

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 limitations a 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_address] | twitter: jotafa Pedro Almeida | [email_address] | twitter: morganpt Ricardo Pinto | [email_address] Vanessa Nobre | [email_address] we will be around with the simulator