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BRAIN STORMING.............................................................................................................................1 SURVEY.................................................................................................................................................2 FOCUS GROUP....................................................................................................................................7 CONCLUSION......................................................................................................................................8

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BRA$N #T RM$NG
.e frien/s 0ere sitting together an/ thinking a(o't the to1ics for the s'(mission of Soft0are 2ngineering 1ro3ect. S'//enl4 a frien/ aske/ for the Pen/ri5e to transfer some /ata& none of 's 0as ha5ing Pen/ri5e. Some of 's s'ggeste/ him to 'se LAN 0ire an/ transfer /ata (4 'sing 6%indo&s Eas' Trans(er7& ('t he /enie/ that he /i/nt kno0 an4thing a(o't it. 8here 0as also another o1tion of 6 Net&or) #haring7 ('t he still /enie/. Again he aske/& 69s there an4 soft0are 0hich is eas4 to 'n/erstan/& chea1 an/ faster to transfer /ata thro'gh LAN 0ire:7 An/ in this 0a4 0e got the i/ea of LAN Messenger*LAN Trans(er. 8hen 0e tho'ght& 1. Sometimes in ;om1'ter La(s 0e also nee/ to 1ass a message to a frien/ ('t 0e cant so thro'gh LAN messenger it can (e /one easil4 0itho't making a single noise. ,. 9n com1'ter gro'1s connecte/ 5ia LAN 0e nee/ to transfer files an/ 0e /ont ha5e an4 internet connection then this LAN Messenger ma4 hel1f'l. . 8here sho'l/ (e an alternati5e of Pen/ri5es& S) car/s& MS) car/s an/ other /ata transfer techni<'es since these are not as m'ch chea1er as LAN 0ire = LAN Messenger. !. Since 9nternet 1acks are not chea1 an/ for high s1ee/ 0e ha5e to 1a4 a lot of mone4. 8here 0ere also other i/eas gi5en like )o0nloa/ers& 9nternet Bro0ser& >lash a11& An/roi/ messenger& ?nline*/ata*transfer a11 an/ more@. B't a(o't all of them 0as facing 1ro(lem of cost an/ 1oor connecti5it4. 9n this 0a4 this a11 is free an/ sho'l/ (e free al0a4s for registere/ 'sers. No nee/ of highl4 1ai/ internet 1acks to transfer ('lk of /ata an/ to sen/ 1ersonal messages in a gro'1 like ;om1'ter La(s& ;om1an4& Malls& an/ Aostels etc.

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#+R,E.e ma/e an online s'r5e4 form an/ 1oste/ its link on some social net0orking 0e(sites like >ace(ook& Boogle= an/ some 1ri5ate chat (oCes. .e got some res1onses an/ those are liste/ (elo0@.
./ 0o& o(ten do 'ou trans(er data bet&een t&o "omputer #'stems1

Der4 often Sometimes Rarel4 Ne5er

$n(erence: Most of the 1eo1le 'se /ata transferring (et0een t0o com1'ters. 2/ 0o& o(ten do 'ou (eel to trans(er data bet&een "omputers in groups (li)e "omputer labs3 "ompan'3 0ostel etc)

Der4 often Sometimes Rarel4 Ne5er

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$n(erence: Most of the 1eo1le are agree 0ith the 1'r1ose. 4/ 0o& much data do 'ou trans(er online1

More than 1BB Bet0een 1BB an/ 100MB Belo0 100 MB 8he fe0 KBGs

5/ 0o& much data do 'ou trans(er o((line1 More than 1BB Bet0een 1BB an/ 100MBGs Belo0 100 MB 8he fe0 KBGs

6/ %hat is 'our $nternet "onnection speed1

Aigh s1ee/: )irect connection $2thernetE;a(le% E .i*>i E Mo(ile !B E other Me/i'm s1ee/: A)SL E )SL E Mo(ile B E .i*>i E Bl'etooth .0 E other Lo0 s1ee/: )ial F1 mo/em E 9S)N E Bl'etooth E Mo(ile 2/ge E 9r)A 9 /onGt 'se internet

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7/ %hich one is better &a' to trans(er bul) data and pri8ate messages in groups or short distances1

nline ((line

9/ 0o& &ould 'ou li)e to pre(er LAN Messenger o8er other o((line data trans(er techniques1

Aigh s1ee/ Sec're No nee/ to 0aste time in ;?PI = PAS82 t0ice >ree of cost No nee/ of 9nternet ?ther

:/ %hich (eature o( LAN Messenger &ould 'ou li)e most1

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Pri5ate messaging Aigh s1ee/ /ata E file transfer Mo/es $?nline& ?ffline& B's4& Slee1% Re<'ires the fe0 memor4 s1ace All of a(o5e

;/ #uggest3 &hat should be other (eatures in LAN Messenger1 9 think these all of a(o5e are s'fficient. Boo/ one. Fse some themes. 9 think so'n/s for e5ents sho'l/ (e interesting. M'lti1le files sen/ing. $n(erence: B4 o5erall s'r5e4 the sco1e of a11lication is clear. An/ a11lications /e5elo1ment is (eneficial. .e also cons'lte/ the eC1erience/ 1rofessionals Ms. )e5ki Ratnakar $;ons'ltant at 8imes& 9n/ore%& Ms. Di(ha 8iloti4a $;o*Manager of Sams'ng 2lectronics in ;entral Mall%& )r. Rakesh SaCena $A?) of 2lectrical )e1t. & Aostel ;hief .ar/en JSBS98S%& Mrs. Pa/ma M Shera0at $La( 8echnician J;S2 La(s& SBS98S% 0ho hel1e/ in gi5ing the right /irection in anal4King the re<'irement for the 1ro(lem. .e 5isite/ lot of 0e(sites& also took s'ggestion from o'r ac<'aintances. .e also cons'lte/ to ol/ st'/ents of 998s an/ N98s 0orking in Soft0are com1anies. An/ 0e got a lot from them.

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!ocus Group
Members:< a% Rah'l 8ri1athi (% Ama4 )'(e4 c% Ar'n Bo4al /% )r. Rakesh SaCena e% Mahen/ra katari4a f% Aimant k'lkarni 999 4r 9D 4r 2N8;2 ;S2 $St'/ent% SBS98S $St'/ent% SBS98S

$.orking as Pro3ect Lea/er in 9nfos4s% $;hief 0ar/en SBS98S (o4s hostel% $2ntre1rene'r% $La( atten/er in a school%

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$deas came: 1. 8he main 1oint 0as that the4 nee/ a ser5ice for 0hich the4 ha5e to 1a4 once onl4& 0hile massaging the4 nee/ not to think a(o't the mone4. ,. 9n com1anies man4 times /ata is transferre/ from one s4stem to another& for this 0ork the4 nee/ some eCternal memor4 /e5ice so the4 re<'ire/ soft0are 0hich /oes not re<'ire an eCternal har/ /isk. . Man4 times st'/ents 0ant to transfer 5oice massage to each other e5en 0hen the4 /o not ha5e internet connections. !. )r. Rakesh SaCena s'ggeste/ that in hostels st'/ents nee/ to transfer massages 5er4 fre<'entl4 for that the4 nee/ internet ('t sometimes internet is not a5aila(le in that case the4 nee/ a offline soft0are.

H. 9n schools also an offline s4stem is nee/e/ to comman/ the st'/ents.

8he4 s'ggeste/ 's that there m'st (e some a//itional feat'res that are follo0ing: G= !orum: 1. 8he /isc'ssion 0as (asicall4 /e1en/ on the 0orking an/ its feat'res of the soft0are (eca'se an4 ho0 e5er4one 0as nee/e/ an offline soft0are to transfer the /ata an/ massage e5en the 5oice massage. ,. A 1oint came o't of /isc'ssion 0as that it sho'l/ (e chea1er in cost an/ eas4 to o1erate. . 8he soft0are sho'l/ not re<'ire more '1/ates so that it contin'es 0ork for long time 0itho't an4 other in5estment. !. A 0ire/ connection is nee/e/ (et0een e5er4 s4stem. H. 9t 0ill 0ork on the 9Ps of a s4stem. .hen /isc'ssion goes technical follo0ing 1oints came o't: 1. 9t 0ill (e 3a5a scri1te/ soft0are so nee/ +R2. ,. 8he 5oice massage 0ill (e sent in the form of 1ackets $regar/ing the li5e /ata transfer.%

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3. ;ontin'o's connection is re<'ire/ other0ise some of the 1ackets ma4 not (e reach to another s4stem an/ information can (e lost.

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"onclusion
8his a11lication& LAN Messenger offers the file transfer an/ teCt c'm 5oice chat ca1a(ilities. 9t is ('ilt to sol5e the 0eakness of the eCisting 9nstant ?nline Messaging Program& thats the eCisting online messenger 1rogram /oesnt 0ork if there is no internet connection. 8his a11lication 0ill (e /esigne/ for the 'sers 0hose com1'ters are inter*connecte/ 5ia LAN $Local Area Net0ork% an/ there is no nee/ of an internet connection to sen/ 1ri5ate messages an/ files. 9t is (ase/ on P,P $Peer to Peer% connection technolog4.