Swisscom (Schweiz) AG

Details: www.swisscom.ch

"We appreciate mquadr.at as a most flexible and target oriented partner for the development of user friendly and reliable solutions for our customers. It is great pleasure to work with this highly motivated team."

Manuel Cattaneo, Project Manager, Swisscom (Schweiz) AG

Swisscom is Switzerland's leading telecoms provider, with 5.5 million mobile customers and around 1.8 million broadband connections. In the first half of 2009, the company's 19,970 employees (full time equivalents) generated revenues of CHF 5.9 billion (approximately EURO 3.9 billion). Almost 830 young people complete an apprenticeship at Swisscom in the fields of IT, telematics, mediamatics, retailing and commerce.
 
source: www.swisscom.ch
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Swisscom 'TV Photo Helper' for Windows®: easy file and photo sharing within the private home network

mquadr.at has added a particularly useful tool to its range of service solutions exclusively designed for the Swiss market leader: the 'TV photo helper' ensures trouble-free file and photo sharing via the Swisscom TV set to box and/or the TV set itself – another step towards a convergent home network that uses all appropriate devices for multi media purposes.
In order to do that, it’s important to configure the home network, the consumer PC and the Windows® Media Player correctly; the configuration is carried out automatically by the mquadr.at software. As it is standard with mquadr.at products, the whole process doesn’t require any technical knowledge, nor tedious manual settings.

At the beginning of the project, all specific Swisscom requirements were subject to a meticulous technical evaluation. On this basis, detailed specifications – including all requirements and the corresponding solutions – were commissioned and compiled. In addition, mquadr.at created a detailed flow chart that displayed all relevant software processes (user paths, customer situations, operating system issues, technical feasibility).
Eventually, mquadr.at was asked to begin developing the application. Due to the well-defined project scope, there was no need for subsequent changes and/or adaptions; the result of this was a rather short development process.

Product:

The 'TV Photo Helper', as specified in the abovementioned project phase, makes it easy for Swisscom TV customers to share files (i.e. photos) via their set top box. It does this by automatically configuring the consumer PC and all necessary programs for all relevant file sharing options.

Operation (software workflow):

  • Check whether the correct Windows® version for Windows® Media Player and higher is installed on the client system
  • Version check and option for (re)installation of the Windows® Media Player is installed
  • Check of settings for streaming and file sharing:
    • Streaming activated?
    • Are new UPnP clients allowed to access media files?
    • If necessary, reconfiguration of the Windows® Media Player
  • Network configuration and streaming zone check under Windows® Vista and Windows® 7
  • Check of media library (contains photos: Y/N)

After that, users can add/remove folders with their photos to/from the Windows® Media Player’s playlists via the 'TV Photo Helper'. This was taken into account during the configuration of the Windows® Media Player that now allows subsequent changes carried out via the 'TV Photo Helper' software.
From now on, streaming services are active, and consumers can display their photos via the set top box on their TV set.

Additional features:

  • Auto standby check:
    • Before the computers enters standby-mode – after 30 minutes of inactivity – the user will be informed accordingly. The 'TV photo helper' also displays the 'energy options' that can be set and changed within the application as well.
  • The 'TV Photo Helper' can only be used when :
    • the computer is turned on,
    • the computer is connected to a network,
    • Windows® Media Player is active.

The Swisscom 'TV Photo Helper' designed by mquadr.at is a very useful tool for displaying media files within the private home network. By making complex applications like file streaming accessible for inexperienced users as well, it increases home network convergence – the successive integration of various devices such as computers, set top boxes, TV sets, etc. – decisively.
For Swisscom customers, this is a vital step towards a 'networked' future.

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