The Diamond Ring Selection System

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The Diamond Ring Selection System

• Team IT Connection
• Maimoana Joan Tiumalu
• Vanessa Ayola Betancourt
• Stephen Helwig
• Brett Bolling

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Introduction

• Amazon.Com
• Website Capability
• Create your Own Ring
• Learn
• Technologies used to enable this Capability

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Agenda

• Purpose
• System Functionality
• System Requirements
• System Implementation
• System Deployment
• User Interface

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Purpose

• Enable consumers or users to search and purchase
  a specific diamond ring
• Characteristics Stone Shape
• Price
• Cut
• Clarity
• Color
• Weight

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System Functionality

• Service-Oriented Architecture
• Product Information
• User Reviews
• Lists of recommendations
• Links to Products

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System Functionality

• Web Services
• Web Services available to its retail partners
• Oracle Berkeley DB
• Two Tier Solution
• Back-end database tier
• Distributed Cache on the front end

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AJAX

• AJAX Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
• Not a language, but a technique.
• Uses current web standards
• JavaScript
• XML
• HTML
• CSS

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AJAX (Continued)

• Compartmentalizes data transfer
• Data is retrieved on an a la carte basis
• Increase perceived site speed
• Only refresh necessary elements
• Current Implementations of AJAX
• Google (Google Suggest, Maps, GMail)
• Amazon.com
• iPhone

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AJAX (Continued)

• Not new technology, but still very powerful.
• Easily integrates with .NET 2.0 Framework
• Can be used with IE4/Netscape4 and later

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AJAX Diagram
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System Implementation

• One of the main objectives of this system was to
  implement a search tool using Amazon.com
  standards
• These standards include a user friendly
  interface that makes shopping personal and with a
  rapid time response
• Integration of JAVA and AJAX that allows to make
  a selection without having to reload an entire
  page

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System Deployment

• The system deploys its functionality by giving
  out instructions and background information to
  users, so these can use the search engine properly

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User Interface

• It consists of choosing the diamond by selecting
  its characteristics
• There are check boxes to select one or more
  diamond shapes
• There are range-sliders controls to select the
  other characteristics

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Conclusion

• Amazon.com is a leader in its industry
• Reliability Scalability
• Response Time
• Improved customer experience