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Author : Allen Mwangonde Supervisor : Prof. Isabel M. Venter Co-Supervisor: Dr .B. Tucker. NOTEPHONES SYSTEM. OVERVIEW. Brief description of the project Implementation Progress Challenges Tools and language used Demo References Questions & answers. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT.
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Author : Allen Mwangonde Supervisor : Prof. Isabel M. Venter Co-Supervisor: Dr .B. Tucker NOTEPHONES SYSTEM
OVERVIEW Brief description of the project Implementation Progress Challenges Tools and language used Demo References Questions & answers
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT What is the NotePhones system? A mobile application that will track and remind members of meeting events before they occur Display meeting schedules, minutes or regularly scheduled events Allow participants to make the necessary preparations for the meeting
IMPLEMENTATION It consists of two applications Mobile app – allows sending SMS through a gateway to the server Application on server receives SMS from the gateway and updates the database OR Application on server sends SMS through the gateway to mobile phone
PROGRESS Changes made to previous prototype Changes to interface Sending minutes via gateway
PROGRESS CONT… Accomplished (with an emulator) Create new agenda Update the agenda Create minutes and all of these are then updated on the database
WORK IN PROGRESS • Actual implementation on a cell phone • So far could not implement the gateway successfully
CHALLENGES • Identifying the correct cell phone • Configuring the SMS gateway (not yet done) • Installing the application on the cellphone
TOOLS USED MySQL, Apache VB.Net Notepad++ editor Ozeking - SMS Gateway A PC and Nokia E 710 mobile phone
Demo Link to the demo: Create agenda Update agenda View minutes
Project Plan Presentation
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