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Video2MMS™
(Automatic Video Information Processing and Conversion
System
for Multimedia Messaging Service)
Submitted by The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Video over InternEt and
Wireless Technologies Laboratory |
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This fully automated system uses
newly-developed Video Information Processing and MMS condensation
technologies to automate the preparation process for the
supply of video content to local mobile phones. |
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acts on the television broadcast signal to automatically
remove advertisements, identify the selected television
programme, and conduct scene analysis to determine the
most important scenes. The information obtained is converted
into MMS components for MMS delivery to mobile phones
or into mobile Internet video clips for mobile phone video
streaming.
Processing times are short and the system can be variously
configured to meet different user needs and different
mobile handsets, for example configuring MMS pictures
to the correct screen size and utilizing that size to
incorporate the maximum possible information. |
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| Judges' Comments |
| "Innovatively
uses the latest technology to implement an application
with real utility ... established early market acceptability
by being licensed to a local telecoms provider for
the preparation of daily news and weather clips." |
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PEM: Community
Event Information System
Submitted by Department
of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong |
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PEM, designed and developed by a
start-up formed by undergraduates, offers acomprehensive
and user-friendly web-based event information management
solutions to event-rich communities, including universities,
professional bodies and chambers. |
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 Community
event organizers enjoy such management tools as new event
posting, a central calendar, online registration, enroller
management and customisable email template system.
These greatly enhance efficiency by automating routine
processes and generating useful reports.
Simple and click-and-drag operations provide a very user-friendly
interface. Members of community can log on to an online
personal calendar on which they can browse and enrol to
community events as well as manage their personal events.
Following enthusiastic acceptance within The University
of Hong Kong, this quality-assured system has been taken
up by other event-rich communities. |
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| Judges' Comments |
"Practical
and useful for campuses and other environments.
We were impressed by the ability of the student
proponents to start up their
company and make sales before graduation." |
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