Videophony
MEDeTIC has developed MedVisio, an application of videophony based on web. It can be adapted to all sizes of conferences. A conference can dynamically switch from two to many members without modification or specific procedure.
The field of video conference on IP is mainly brought by a technological will rather than a necessary analysis of users needs. The transition from actual standards to a more modern, stronger and economical standard is above all technical and research effort. We are conscious of what is at stake in term of effectiveness and cost the technology of videophony on internet.
However, we have to imagine the time we need to understand the characteristics, all the inputs, the services to deploy, and the protocols which answer to all of theses needs. To have an idea of the time taken, we can take the example of the current (classical) telephony. The phone, has been invented more than a century ago (by a deaf who thought to create a device for hearing-impaired...). Now it still missing a shared directory or a simple resolution to find the phone number of someone we know. Consequently, you have to keep your directory with the whole phone numbers, fax numbers, mobile numbers, of our contacts close to you. The set of services like that would be search engine like it exists on Internet. So, we think about their integration into IP call protocols.
MEDeTIC has developed MedVisio, an application of videophony based on web. It can be adapted to all sizes of conferences. It's not necessary to introduce a central point of coordination for the conference because it is a distributed structure which can manage the multipoint signals. A conference can dynamically switch from two to many members without any modification or specific procedure.
MedVisio ensures also to the family, physician/doctor, or medical team to have a visual contact and to speak with the old people. This communication will be done directly on the television. In order to guarantee user-friendliness of that system by users, the handset could be used to speak with the interlocutor. These results can be used as required by old people or family to stay as longer as possible at home and keep in touch with their neighbours, friends and maintain a social link for people often isolated.