Aswath Rao VON.x Spring 2008 Talk

Yes. We. Can.

Aswath Rao

www.enthinnai.com

“You can be your own phone company.”

Jeff Pulver’s decade old refrain

It is not just voice anymore

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You can be your own

company

phone

You can be your own

company

IP Communications

What do we need?

Profile

Buddies

Relationships

Social Graph

Sharing Digital Content

Presence

Real-Time Communication

But …

Across Internet

Autonomous

Ultimate Decentralization

No walled-garden

Self erected walls, may be

Fall 2007 VON

Data Sharing in Social Context

Spring 2008 VON.x

Real-time Communications

If I “know” you (OpenID!) …

… MY server will locate me for you

WE exchange information

Using the mode we want

Is this P2P?

If you mean a la Skype …

… NOT!

Certainly Client/Server

Yes, there is a “Middle”

But, NO middle “party” …

… Trying to “add value”

Slightly different from XMPP

XMPP Architecture

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XMPP Architecture

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EnThinnai Approach

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EnThinnai Approach

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EnThinnai Approach

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EnThinnai Approach

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capulet.com

Lady Capulet

Truer to end-to-end principle?

Will be enhanced by the likes of …

… FWD Global Communicator

“Great together”

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Yes We Can

Yes, we can be our own

company

IP Communications

Yes We WILL

www.enthinnai.com

Aswath Rao VON.x Spring 2008 Talk

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