FTN

Ashutosh, Nachiket & Narsi

Presentation Outline

A brief history of photo sharing. The world before Foton Foton 1.0 design overview Evolution of Foton and it’s implications Questions?

Photo Sharing

• Online photo

finishing since

1990s

• Subscription based

• Peer based

• Web albums and

Social Networking

sites

Photo Sharing : A brief history

A few popular photo

sharing sites…

Many more such

sites Atpic,

MijnAlbum,

Phanfare, Shutterfly,

SmugMug, Snapfish,

Webshots, Woophy,

Zooomr

The world b4 Foton…

A few problems Multiple sites require

separate uploads. Tiresome to upload

same photos individually to each site.

Lesser visibility

The world b4 Foton…

Foton 1.0

Foton 1.0 Design Overview

Using Foton user should be able to:

Upload graphic content(video and audio) to multiple sites in a single process.

Register for channel feeds to images.

We aim to propose Foton as an architecture to develop applications for central content distribution.

Evolution of Foton…

Volume and visibility implications of Foton architecture

Increased visibility of content.

Exponential increase in graphic data available via the web.

Financial implications of Foton architecture

Possible end to Google’s monopoly of online advertising revenue for the graphic content market.

Implications of Foton

Implement Foton architecture as an application for image sharing via the internet. Initially target sites with standard APIs. Determine scope of automation using HTML source analysis for sites not providing APIs. Document and analyze challenges faced to refine architecture for video sharing.

Foton 1.0

Java application Uses Java APIs and POST methods offered by the sites

Foton 1.0 Implementation

APIs must. Not feasible to automate login using browser.

Heterogeneous flows by different websites.

Different authentication flows

Flickr versus Picasa

Different Feed method

Flickr versus Picasa

Foton 1.0 Challenges

Websites have common underlying functionality.

Standardize APIs across sites wishing to add their visibility to Foton.

Increase scope of APIs from image distribution to include video and files.

Evolution of Foton as unified information distribution application.

Foton 1.0 Challenges and Lessons

Questions?

Acknowledgements

• David Fullmer (AE)

References• http://www.flickr.com/services/a

pi

• http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/overview.html