These are the slides of the webinar held on 6th June. Contains a brief overview of the architecture of the platform and the types of apps you can build. The txtWeb vision and important details about the App2Fame challenge are also included in this presentation.
10. Most of the connected people of the world have only a mobile phone without a data plan India Example Broad-band users ~8M Inter-net users ~45M Internet+ mobile data plan users ~50M Mobile phone users ~500M Total population ~1,150M Global approximations Highly connected5-10% Connected40-50% Area of focus Not connected40-55% Short Message Service (SMS) is the most widely used service by the connected populationof the world, with 2.4B active users, or 74% of all mobile phone subscribers Note: Rough approximations to explain the concept. Information is directionally correct Source: Internet & Mobile Association of India, 2009; Wikipedia 3
43. txtWeb platform – How it works 10 High level architecture txtWeb Platform Phone Carrier Internet SMS HTTP SMS HTTP Developer APP txtWeb platform enables creation and consumption of interlinked information through SMS
44. txtWeb platform – Example 11 Step1: SMS to 92433 42000 Message: dictionary happy Mobile number : 9991211212 Step 3: HTTP Request: GET URL:/dictionary? Message=happy & Mobile number: <hash> Step 2: Accepts keyword and invokes the App URL Step 4. App Specific logic DeveloperApp txtWeb Platform Phone Carrier Internet SMS HTTP SMS HTTP Externally Hosted Environment Step 5: HTTP RESPONSE: 80 <html> Happy is the same as joy </html> Step 6: SMS to9991211212 Happy is the same as joy
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47. txtWeb’s unique solution allows for almost 6x more content to be sent back to the user. Simply amazing!12
48. Platform advantages Simple, easy, open API Platform is programming language agnostic (use what you fancy – Java, PHP, Perl, Python) Platform provides SMS ⇌ HTTP transformation Makes developer’s life simple for delivering web app over SMS Developer focuses on building an HTTP based app No coding work to “integrate” with txtWeb platform Rapid development – Build, test and go live in no time! Emulator provides easy/instant testing Nothing to download for an end-user to use your app – SMS and go! 13
49. What type of apps can I build on txtWeb? txtSite: Get your own site on SMS in less than 5 minutes! Static and structured content Published as information on SMS Zero Code Examples: Restaurant menu/timings, list of holidays txtApp: Can have an app up running in as little as 5 hours Dynamic content Personalized and user session based Implemented as a standard web-based application Programming language independent Examples: PNR status, games , status update Twitter/Facebook 14
51. How to build a txtApp 16 Login to http://txtweb.com Click on Build & List my Apps Create a new keyword Map your keyword against an external facing Web URL Click publish Test your app by sending an SMS. Its that simple!!
58. How to build a txtSite Login to http://txtweb.com Click on “Create a txtSit” Create a new keyword Enter in your response text for the keyword created Click publish Test your txtSiteby sending an SMS. Its that simple!! 20