Inova IT Gaming Capability

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Inova IT Gaming Capability
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Introduction

• How do Carriers fulfill their need to increase
  ARPU?
• Provide innovative new services
• Which are the most revenue generating services?
• 3G

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Introduction

• Enhances the Gaming Experience
• Inova IT Gaming Capability
• Network operators, broadband providers and mobile
  networks all in one product!
• Innovative multiplayer experience
• Extensive usage of SIP
• Provides an open SDK to the long tail of game
  developers
• Provides a server that easily integrates with the
  core capabilites of network operators and
  provides multiplayer services to customers

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Ecosystem
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Ecosystem Members

• Game Developers
• Lower development and deployment costs
• Possibly shared publishing and marketing with
  Service Provider
• Game Players
• Multiplayer gaming with Collaboration
• Social Component
• Play anywhere and anytime

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Ecosystem Members II

• Service Providers
• Innovative new set of services
• Increased network traffic
• New marketing models and revenue streams
• Subscriptions, Tournaments, Tell-a-friend
  marketing
• Potential customer lock-in
• Virtual assets, games, game progress, community
  integration and virtual life

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Game Modes

• Multiplayer Game Modes supported
• Turn Based
• Player makes a turn and then the game play is
  transferred to the next player
• Card Games, Chess, Strategy Games
• Simultaneous Move
• All players make a move, server harvestest all
  the moves and then reports them back to all
  players
• Strategy Games
• Real-time
• Play against other players in live mode
• Car Racing Games, First person shoot-em-ups,
  Arcade Games

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Collaboration Tools

• A must have in multiplayer games
• Boosts the social component of a game
• Gaming Capability supports
• Instant Messaging (IM)
• Text based chat and conferencing
• Voice
• Calls and conferencing
• Virtually the only useful option for
  collaboration when playing on a mobile device
• Video
• See opponents faces while you play

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Server Side Architecture
Profile
Core Capabilities
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Server Side Revisited

• Gaming Capabilities
• SOA principle exposed set of gaming related
  services
• Simple use, incremental addition, recombination
  or generation of new services
• Possible use of MS CSF
• Connectors
• Access to Service Providers Presence, Location
  or Profile service
• Link to operators billing system
• Can be also handled through SIP

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Server Side Revisited II

• Connectors continued
• Addition of game specific servers
• Handle game specific tasks and logic
• Artificial players
• Game Consistency Models
• Helps overcoming latency problems
• Usually no problem on broadband or 3.5G

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Game Related Services

• Gaming Capabilities Services
• Gamer and Game Profile Service
• Rating Service
• Game Invitation Service
• Player Matching Service
• High Score Service
• Blog and Forum Service
• Tournament and Community Service
• Marketplace Service

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Inova Client Side SDK
Platform Wrapper
Cross-platform SIP Stack
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Client Side Revisited

• Game Developement SDK is
• Cross-platform
• Open and
• Free to use
• High Level of API Abstraction
• Developers dont get to see SIP or Sockets unless
  they want to
• Eases the development of a network layer for a
  multiplayer game

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Architecture Overview
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Benchmark Analysis
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Value Proposition

• Innovative set of multiplayer gaming services
• Increased bandwith usage
• Game data transfer during game play
• Collaboration tools (IM, audio or video)
• Consumption of Gaming related services
• Game related Subscriptions, Event and in-game
  Micropayments

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Value Proposition II

• Customer lock-in, viral and tell-a-friend
  marketing
• Players due to progress in a game, acquired
  virtual assets and integration in a community
  dont like to switch operators
• They rather invite friends to join them
• New types of subscriptions
• i.e. Gamers Subscription with lower latency and
  higher bandwidth

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Inova IT Gaming Capability Vision
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Inova IT Gaming Capability

• For more information dont hesitate to contact
  info_at_inova.si