VoiceInfoLocation-based social voice media
Olli Pihlajamaa & Timo LaakkoVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
VoiceInfo is a mobile, location-based socialmedia service enabling:• voice communication between end users,• location-based audio information distribution
from 3rd party service providers, and• crowdsourcing of mobility related databy utilizing audio messages.
Case: traffic information sharing
ContactsOlli PihlajamaaTel. +358 40 506 [email protected]
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Highlights
• Browser-based application frontend (nativeclients possible)
• Can be embedded in any web page• Realizes numerous use cases (not only traffic)• Location/context awareness• Rule based server side intelligence• Easy integration of 3rd party services and
content providers (well-defined APIs)• Scalable and resistant to network capacity
changes• Anonymous mobility information collection
from the users of the service (with permission)
Architectural view
Example of the VoiceInfo ecosystem
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