What It DoesVirtuoso™ is a client-server system, deployable as a managed service or a platform. The core technology is protected by nine filed U.S. patents, and has been developed over the course of the last four years by a team of experienced mobile software professionals. The client application resides on the handset and behaves like a DVR: at regular intervals, it "wakes up," connects to the server, downloads new content, expires old content, and then goes back to sleep. Virtuoso™ does all this transparently to the user. New content flows—hourly, daily, weekly—directly to the device, with no user action required. In essence, Virtuoso™ turns a mobile phone into a digital-video recorder (DVR) | | Behind the ScenesOn the back end, Virtuoso™ servers are constantly ingesting new content, and encoding the ingested media for optimal rendering on the target devices. The service can be configured to deliver new content every hour, every five minutes, night-time only, only when inside WiFi or femtocell range, only when the device is charging, etc. All deliveries, views, and other user behavior is tracked; sophisticated reporting capabilities are available. The user will see their phone automatically begin to fill up with new video and audio. Content may be played out any time—even if the user has no network connectivity. Users can pause/play, rewind, fast forward and bookmark their content. Virtuoso™ has been developed for a wide range of smartphones, including Blackberry, iPhone, Symbian, and Windows Mobile. |