F T N F T N 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 web/overview.html web/overview.html