Finix

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Finix

• Team Member
• Xiuyi Fan
• Jeff Moellmer
• Kana Suzuki

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Pervasive Computing

• Allows information access
• anywhere
• anytime
• on demand

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Key Architecture

• Web services
• WSDL/UDDI
• SOAP
• Linux
• C, XML, Servlet, CGI, gSoap

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What is Finix

• A distributed system concept based on pervasive
  computing.
• Using PDA or lapton to locate audio orvideo
  content servers on the internet
• The song or movie will play on network-attached
  speaker or monitor in a specific location based
  on the location of the user

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Features (Basic)

• User interface to play, stop, pause, restart,
  adjust volume, and to change physical position.
• Lookup service
• Speaker Client

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HTTP
SOAP
Internet
Look Up Service
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Desired Features

• Streamer, which automatically changes playing
  location on demand.
• Support for streaming video files.
• Have support to really change playing locations
  based off user position.
• Maintain leases for speaker clients.

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Bells and Whistles

• Serve HTML content (i.e. graphics, etc.) from
  external web servers
• Internet browser helper application
• Video client to keep state of users video files
  play location
• Provide more visually stimulating lookup sever
  web interface,
• Add time component