First Prototype Spec - Revision history

Danchoi: /* Beta test */

2010-03-02T22:23:08Z

Beta test

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	== Beta test ==		== Beta test ==

	Public beta test, possibly thousands of users. Release modified Public Radio Player in Apple App Store. Doc blogs about the experiment.		Public beta test, possibly thousands of users. Release modified Public Radio Player in Apple App Store. Doc blogs about the experiment.

			Doc will talk to Jake about how to make this all work out.

	== Things the first prototype won't implement ==		== Things the first prototype won't implement ==

Danchoi at 22:21, 2 March 2010

2010-03-02T22:21:35Z

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	First time the user taps this, dialogue putting user on notice that they're activity is being logged.		First time the user taps this, dialogue putting user on notice that they're activity is being logged.

			Anonymous broadcast. User can toggle this setting on the listen log tab page.


			== Beta test ==

			Public beta test, possibly thousands of users. Release modified Public Radio Player in Apple App Store. Doc blogs about the experiment.


	== Things the first prototype won't implement ==		== Things the first prototype won't implement ==

Danchoi at 22:16, 2 March 2010

2010-03-02T22:16:42Z

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	- whether to broadcast Emancipay activity		- whether to broadcast Emancipay activity

			== UI ==

			Third tab. ListenLog/Emacipay tab. Doc will do screen mockup. The pay button and the dollar picker and message field here.

			First time the user taps this, dialogue putting user on notice that they're activity is being logged.

	== Things the first prototype won't implement ==		== Things the first prototype won't implement ==

Danchoi at 21:31, 2 March 2010

2010-03-02T21:31:14Z

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	Twitter, Facebook Connect as additional broadcast channels.		Twitter, Facebook Connect as additional broadcast channels.

			== Privacy ==

			For prototype, we can allow the user to control the data in that she can delete her account and anonymize her data at any time. She can also download her data in CSV format at any time.

Dsearls: /* Emancipay */

2010-03-02T21:12:18Z

Emancipay

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	Emancipay.		Emancipay.

	When the user presses the pay button, we assume that the user wants to		When the user presses the pay button (which might be the left half of an [[r-button]], we assume that the user wants to
	make a donation either to the stream or podcast she is listening to or		make a donation either to the stream or podcast she is listening to or
	has just listened to. We also assume that the ListenLog server has been		has just listened to. We also assume that the ListenLog server has been

Danchoi at 20:25, 2 March 2010

2010-03-02T20:25:52Z

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	The log data is transmitted to the ListenLog server. The ListenLog		The log data is transmitted to the ListenLog server. The ListenLog
	server application will store the log data in a database.		server application will store the log data in a database.


	== Data Correlation ==		== Data Correlation ==
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	We'll fork the codebase for this backend and develop it in a new		We'll fork the codebase for this backend and develop it in a new
	direction for ListenLog/Emancipay.		direction for ListenLog/Emancipay.


	== Emancipay ==		== Emancipay ==
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	broadcast the intention to make a payment. (See below for what will be		broadcast the intention to make a payment. (See below for what will be
	missing.)		missing.)


	== Social Broadcast & Real Time Analytics ==		== Social Broadcast & Real Time Analytics ==
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	last hour, etc. We might also feature a geographical map with overlays		last hour, etc. We might also feature a geographical map with overlays
	showing ListenLog/Emancipay activity.		showing ListenLog/Emancipay activity.


	== User Control ==		== User Control ==

Danchoi: /* User Control */

2010-03-02T20:24:59Z

User Control

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	The user can also set some settings:		The user can also set some settings:

	- whether to broadcast her ListenLog activity in the Blippy-style live		- whether to broadcast her ListenLog activity in the Blippy-style live stream
	stream

	- whether to broadcast Emancipay activity		- whether to broadcast Emancipay activity


	== Things the first prototype won't implement ==		== Things the first prototype won't implement ==

Danchoi: first draft

2010-03-02T20:24:37Z

first draft

New page

== Logging ==

Logging will be done simply. Client sends out Device ID and the stream
URL or podcast URL that the user is listening to every X seconds.

The log data is transmitted to the ListenLog server. The ListenLog
server application will store the log data in a database.

== Data Correlation ==

The server side application will do all the heavy lifting to match the
simple stream and podcast URLs logged from the client apps to actual
program information.

Implementation will reuse a lot of the backend to Public Radio Player.
We'll fork the codebase for this backend and develop it in a new
direction for ListenLog/Emancipay.

== Emancipay ==

The design of the payment system assumes the logging and correlation
scheme described above.

The client application needs to feature a button to pay through
Emancipay.

When the user presses the pay button, we assume that the user wants to
make a donation either to the stream or podcast she is listening to or
has just listened to. We also assume that the ListenLog server has been
logging this listening activity up to this point.

When the user presses the emancipay button in the client application, a
confirmation dialog will show up asking the user to confirm making a
donation to the program she is listening to or just listened to. The
dialog may also provide a form field to enter a message and a field to
specify a custom payment amount. The default payment amount could be $2.

The confirmation dialog will show the name of the program and the
station that ListenLog thinks the user wants to donate to, based on the
data ListenLog has most recently received from this user. When the user
confirms, the Emancipay/ListenLog server will record and perhaps
broadcast the intention to make a payment. (See below for what will be
missing.)

== Social Broadcast & Real Time Analytics ==

Using the activity data collected above, we can broadcast listening and
emancipay activity Blippy-style from the web homepage. We can also
display some analytics, such as most listened to broadcast of the day,
last hour, etc. We might also feature a geographical map with overlays
showing ListenLog/Emancipay activity.

== User Control ==

User can create an account on the prototype version of the ListenLog
website and associate a Device ID with their account. After they create
an account, they can look at all their ListenLog and Emancipay activity.

The user can also set some settings:

- whether to broadcast her ListenLog activity in the Blippy-style live
stream

- whether to broadcast Emancipay activity

== Things the first prototype won't implement ==

A distributed, peer-to-peer, secure datastore, This is ideal but too
complicated to implement at this stage and will slow down progress on
the prototype, which is a proof of concept.

The ability to opt in or opt out from having the client app (the
modified Public Radio Player) log listening activity.

The ability to log to ListenLog from desktop browsers and other
non-iPhone clients.

A real payment system. For the first prototype, we skip implementing a
real payment system. Payments are just recorded and maybe broadcast
blippy-style (see below) for demonstration purposes. Later, we should
decide on the details of the Payment system: how recipients can claim
payments, how to set up escrow, etc.

Twitter, Facebook Connect as additional broadcast channels.