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POCKETSCREEN.COM.AU

Pocketscreen.com.au is the first Australian "get-paid-for-surfing-the-Net" business. "Pocketscreen" is web-based application that provides advertisement services. Advertisement services are organized as a flow of standard banners and presented to the end user of Pocketscreen application in a small window on the screen. Each member of P-Screen community gets paid while the Pocketscreen is active on the top of his screen. He gets an hourly-based fee - "surf fee". Advertisers who put banners on Pocketscreen receive wide auditory with the possibility to target by several categories of users.

Functionality.

Banner show.
Banners are shown in small window that appears always on the top of computer monitors - Pocketscreen application. Pocketscreen application is compatible with all Windows platforms. The main functionality of the Pocketscreen is to show banners that are downloaded from the Pocketscreen-server. Also Pocketscreen gathers the information about user’s on-line activities (URLs of most visited sites, search engine’s keywords) that allows wide range of targeting capabilities.

Registering of new users of Pocketscreen service.
After filling in on-line registration form, potential user is provided with the unique ID that allows system to identify the Pocketscreen of this user.

Managing user’s account.
Users of the Pocketscreen service can manage their account changing personal data, getting information about total earnings and “pocketfriends” (referrals this user attract to this service) who increase the earnings of the Pocketscreen user.

This system is designed as a client-server application with special attention to the robustness and security of the underlying architecture. Communication protocol was optimised for minimal server-side processing and maximal overall performance of the system. Smart session management with server-push technology enables to handle up to 100.000 clients with only one server.


POCKETSCREEN.COM.AU Pocketscreen.com.au is the first Australian "get-paid-for-surfing-the-Net" business. "Pocketscreen" is web-based application that provides advertisement services. Advertisement services are organized as a flow of standard banners and presented to the end user of Pocketscreen application in a small window on the screen. Each member of P-Screen community gets paid while the Pocketscreen is active on the top of his screen. He gets an hourly-based fee - "surf fee". Advertisers who put banners on Pocketscreen receive wide auditory with the possibility to target by several categories of users. Functionality. Banner show. Banners are shown in small window that appears always on the top of computer monitors - Pocketscreen application. Pocketscreen application is compatible with all Windows platforms. The main functionality of the Pocketscreen is to show banners that are downloaded from the Pocketscreen-server. Also Pocketscreen gathers the information about user’s on-line activities (URLs of most visited sites, search engine’s keywords) that allows wide range of targeting capabilities. Registering of new users of Pocketscreen service. After filling in on-line registration form, potential user is provided with the unique ID that allows system to identify the Pocketscreen of this user. Managing user’s account. Users of the Pocketscreen service can manage their account changing personal data, getting information about total earnings and “pocketfriends” (referrals this user attract to this service) who increase the earnings of the Pocketscreen user. This system is designed as a client-server application with special attention to the robustness and security of the underlying architecture. Communication protocol was optimised for minimal server-side processing and maximal overall performance of the system. Smart session management with server-push technology enables to handle up to 100.000 clients with only one server.		www.pocketscreen.com.au Technology. Platform: Windows NT 4.0 server. Web server: MS IIS 4.0 Database server: MS SQL 7.0 Other servers: Cold Fusion Server (www.allaire.com) Programming language: CFML, C++ Borland Builder, JavaScript, HTML. BACK \| NEXT