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G.A.S. Geographical Auto-Delivery System

CS 410 Orange Team Feasibility Presentation October 25, 2010. G.A.S. Geographical Auto-Delivery System. Presentation Outline. Introduction and Personnel Problem and Characteristics Solution Customer Software/Hardware Competition Cost Risks Team Collaboration Appendices References

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G.A.S. Geographical Auto-Delivery System

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  1. CS 410 Orange Team Feasibility Presentation October 25, 2010 G.A.S.Geographical Auto-Delivery System CS 410 Orange Team

  2. Presentation Outline • Introduction and Personnel • Problem and Characteristics • Solution • Customer • Software/Hardware • Competition • Cost • Risks • Team Collaboration • Appendices • References • Image Credits CS 410 Orange Team

  3. CS 410 Personnel • Dr. Stephan Olariu • Consultant CS 410 Orange Team

  4. ROAD TRIP! CS 410 Orange Team

  5. On the way… CS 410 Orange Team

  6. Or Maybe… CS 410 Orange Team

  7. Problem Traveling in unfamiliar places is troublesome and inefficient CS 410 Orange Team

  8. Characteristics of Problem • Amount of money spent traveling • Time on the road due to traffic • No idea where anything is • Distracted driving due to non auto-delivery apps CS 410 Orange Team

  9. How much is spent while traveling? 10 % Points of Interest 44% Transportation 23% Lodging 23% Food & Drinks Source: U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics CS 410 Orange Team

  10. Frequent Travelers and Trip Cost • “In 2008, the average U.S. household spends about $1,415 on transportation, lodging, food and drinks, and points of interest while on vacation and pleasure trips”1 • “U.S. Travel Association forecasts [this year] that there will be 450.9 million business trips in the U.S. and up to 480 million in 2012”2 Sources: 1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and 2. U.S. Travel Association CS 410 Orange Team

  11. Trip Cost Cutting • In 2009, National Business Travel Association states, in regards to travel management, “Among the top ten cost cutting measures, number 1 is reducing non-essential travel and number 10 is reducing prices of hotel bookings.” Source: National Business Travel Association CS 410 Orange Team

  12. Wasting Everything • In 2007, wasted time in traffic totaled 4.2 billion hours • Total amount of wasted fuel topped 2.8 billion gallons • Overall cost based on wasted fuel and lost productivity reached $87.2 billion Source: Texas Transportation Institute CS 410 Orange Team

  13. Distracted Driving • 4 out of every 5 accidents are attributed to distracted drivers. • In 2008, almost 6,000 people were killed and 500,000 were injured in crashes related to driver distraction. Source: Edgar Snyder & Associates CS 410 Orange Team

  14. Travel Costs Continue to Increase CS 410 Orange Team

  15. How can we fix this? G.A.S. CS 410 Orange Team

  16. Goals • Reduces frustration • Provides automated, real-time updates based on user profile CS 410 Orange Team

  17. What is G.A.S.? • Phone application • Automatically pushes information • Traffic/Weather Conditions • Informs the user of indicated points of interest CS 410 Orange Team

  18. G.A.S. Cannot Provide • A stress free car ride • Completely prevent distracted driving • Find businesses not located in the database • Automatically make a user profile • Tell you if the point of interest you are driving to is worth the trip CS 410 Orange Team

  19. Who can use this? • Primary Customer: Businesses • Secondary Customer: Travelers CS 410 Orange Team

  20. Benefits to the Business Customer • Substantial increase in visitors to attractions and points of interest in lesser known areas • Increased profit for small gas station owners and large chains alike • Fast food chain and family restaurant profit increase • Hotel chains increase profit CS 410 Orange Team

  21. Benefits to the Traveling Customer • Quicker travel to locations • Avoid traffic, road and weather problems • Find places to eat easier • Explore and enjoy popular attractions and points of interest within an unknown area • Less money spent on travel overall CS 410 Orange Team

  22. Objectives • Utilize existing phone application technology • Automatically inform traveler of road conditions, traffic reports, and weather • Use a server to push real time updates • Configure GPS coordinates to user profile CS 410 Orange Team

  23. Define constraints of user profile • Develop scenario based algorithm • Cross application development for all smart phones, ensure reliability and capability • Market the product CS 410 Orange Team

  24. Current Process Start Trip Frustration, Behind/Late Traffic Stop For Gas Stop For Dinner Anger, Broke No idea where food is Expensive Gas Prices Road Rage Terrible Trip CS 410 Orange Team

  25. How G.A.S. Helps! Start Trip Traffic G.A.S. Avoid Traffic Expensive Gas Prices G.A.S. Stop For Gas Cheap Gas Stop For Dinner No idea where food is Favorite Restaurant G.A.S. CS 410 Orange Team

  26. Hardware • Smart Phone • Server • Database • RAM/CPU (Processing Power) • Bandwidth CS 410 Orange Team

  27. Software • Apache • PHP • MySQL • JavaME • GUI • App Interaction CS 410 Orange Team

  28. Major Functional Component Diagram CS 410 Orange Team

  29. Design CS 410 Orange Team

  30. Complexity Diagram CS 410 Orange Team

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  40. Complexity Diagram CS 410 Orange Team

  41. Algorithm Diagram CS 410 Orange Team

  42. Website Competition CS 410 Orange Team

  43. AnDroid Competition CS 410 Orange Team

  44. iPhone Competition CS 410 Orange Team

  45. Development CS 410 Orange Team

  46. Maintenance CS 410 Orange Team

  47. Customer Costs • $50 a month per business • 61 are needed to cover monthly costs • $4.99 for each phone application • 15,000 will cover cost of development CS 410 Orange Team

  48. Market Analysis • Bilal Syed, RaceCoast gas station owner, stated he is willing to pay $50/month for service. • Dr. Olariu said he is willing to pay, as a traveler, $15/month. • Popular services, which provide traffic updates, gas prices, weather reports, and news info • MSN Direct : $29.95 Monthly • XM Nav Traffic : $9.94 to $16.94 Monthly • FM Traffic : $49.99 Monthly CS 410 Orange Team

  49. User Risks • Privacy/Security • Business Fraud CS 410 Orange Team

  50. Legal Risks • Data mining/scraping • Distracted Driving CS 410 Orange Team

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