Tameka Barrentine

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Touch-Tone Interface for Media Manager Accessing
E-mail from a Cell Phone

• Tameka Barrentine
• Bennett College
• Faculty Mentor Randy Katz
• Graduate Mentor Bhaskaran Raman

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ICEBERG Project

• Internet-based core for CEllular networks BEyond
  the thiRd Generation
• Seeks to demonstrate innovative ways to develop a
  internet core infrastructure for integrating
  diverse networks.

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ICEBERG Goals

• Extensibility Support Easy Integration
• Scalability Expand ICEBERG Network
• Personalized Communication

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ICEBERG Components

• ICEBERG Access Points (IAP)
• Name Mapping Service
• Automatic Path Creation Service
• Preference Registry

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Media Manager

• Uses text and voice to read out e-mail to user
• General purpose e-mail with special enhancements
  for dealing with audio files containing speech
• Works across any mail protocol

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Media Manager Architecture
FolderStore
Clilent
Client
Client
Transcoder Service Voicemail -gt Text
Transcript Voicemail -gt Text Summary Voicemail
-gtText Outline Email -gt Plain Audio Email -gt GSM
Audio Voicemail -gt GSM Summary Voicemail -gt Audio
Summary Voicemail -gt Skimmed Audio
Media Manager Interface
Media Manager Service
MailAccess Interface
MailAccess Interface
MailAccess Interface
NinjaMail
POP
IMAP
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MM_IAP and Problem Definition

• MM_IAP proxy to Media Manager
• Processes Commands
• Media Manager Capabilities
• - Retrieve mail folders
• - List contents of messages
• - Transcode contents of messages
• - Retrieve messages
• Create more options for user

Calls mm_at_cs.berkeley.edu
Media Manager
IAP
MM IAP
client
Messages are played!
Text messages are transcoded!
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(No Transcript)
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Example of the Interface
MENU
Menu options
State after option is chosen
Playing messages
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Tameka Presses 2
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MENU OPTIONS
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Tameka Enters BHAS
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Tameka Presses 4
Playing Bhaskars Messages!
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Implementation

• Java Standard platform JDK 1.1.8
• ICEBERG version 0 pre-release

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Current Status

• Interface is working! (Demo)
• More Features
• - Summary option
• - Sort option - categories
• - Similar Beginnings/Alias