1. IM Shopping Instant Messenger that sells and buys Lou Pan Jian Wu

2. Concepts: IM + Shopping Every computer user has 1 or more IM Millions of Users Online Shopping Amazon, EBay… High commission fee and lack of interactions between seller and buyer. How about you can post what you want to sell on your AIM and other users can see what you are trying to sell? It’s craigslist.org live!

3. System Requirements A client application that provides an interface for user interactions. A server application that handles client request and interact with the database. A database that stores user information and sales post.

4. Architecture: 1 DB Server Server App Client 1Client 2Client 3Client n…..

5. Architecture: 2 Database Could be one of many available technologies (e.g. mySQL) Server Application Java and maybe XML Client Application Java and maybe XML

6. Feasibility Rationale Risks Multithread programming Network programming Database programming Assumption The scope of the project is acceptable Able to find expertise to get over the risks