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Re: Four .2


  • Subject: Re: Four .2
  • From: "rleong1" <rleong1@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:38:39 -0000

how can i monitor a google calendar?  also, will you be adding support
for google chat in xap jabber?

--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, James Traynor <james@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have just upload to mi4.biz a new release of Four. There are quite a
> few new features as well as lots of bug fixes.
> This new release adds these new features:
>
>     * Can run as a service
>     * Supports integration with other systems using http queries,
which
>       works in a similar way to it's links with Switchboard and
Floorplan.
>     * Introduces the concept of people into the xAP enviroment
>     * A persons presence is collected and merged from data from IM and
>       Intranet Launchers. This is then simplified to
>       Home,Work,Mobile,Unknown.
>     * This presence is displayed in the interface and available on xAP
>       as a BSC device.
>     * Optionally, you can make this presence available on the web so
you
>       could add the info to a blog/website.
>     * Can monitor an iCal calendar, Goolge Calendar for example.
>     * Calendar info is made available over xAP as BSC.
>     * Display and TTS alerts can be sent for presence changes and to
>       alert on calendar reminders.
>
> an example of the, optional, web presence can be seen at the bottom of
> this page.
> http://www.mi4.biz/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=20
> It's worth pointing out how this works as it does involve storing some
> info on mi4.
> 3 guids are created by Four. Two for each person and one for Four
> itself. One of the persons guids is used to read presence and the
other
> is used to write presence. When Four detects a presence change it does
> an Http call to mi4 including these GUIDs and the current presence.
This
> is all that is stored. No names,IPs or anything like that.Even looking
> at the db reveals nothing as all you can see is a meaningless list.
> If you want you presence on a website then you use the link provided
> which looks  like
> http://mi4.biz/four/image.php?{C724F0A2-B3D0-4669-84D5-8E9652B1FB22}
> All of this is optional though but I though it important to show
what it
> does before you use it!
>
> Enjoy
>
> James
>






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