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DT Interactive Competition:

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February 2009 Microsoft Confidential 2

Enable applications that truly extend the user

experience look & feel on par with native

apps

Build applications that run in the network

Build applications which leverage existing web

data

Evolve to richer environments and

development tools

Extensibility Goals


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Leverage ASP.NET for developing

applicationsBuild a set of abstract Mediaroom controlson ASP.NET that map to native client

controlsContinue to support control set as clientsevolve

Presentation Framework built on ASP*.NET

*ASP = Active Server Page


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PF application lifecycle

Author

Publish

ConsumeTest

Simulator

Author button visually Form with button deployed

as generic XML

Button rendered as thoughnative to client environment.

e.g. Looks like core EPG`

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ASP.NET knows which

client requested control andgenerates appropriate XML

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Presentation Framework Deployment

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ASP.NETClients connect throughhttp/https as any web

appPages are generateddynamically on the server

Each client request ishandled in its owncontext

Rich server sidedevelopment env:auth/authz, caching, .Netruntime, skins/themes



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World-class tool for building web applications andservices

Splits presentation and navigation (client) fromapplication logic (server)

Pages dynamically generated by server upon client

requests (e.g. clicking buttons)

Pages rendered to client capabilities

Applications written without knowledge of markup

Full .NET framework on server for implementingapplication logic

ASP.NET


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PF Visual Authoring

Extensiblecontrols

VisualAuthoring

11 years of R&D, refinement

Rich Debugging to promote low runtime errors

Visual Designers for rapid application development

Data bindings to quickly add heterogeneous data sources


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PF PC Simulator

Test applications as you write them on PC

Decouple application development from full head-end

Dramatic CAPEX reduction in # of STBs needed

Enable larger developer audience


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Controls Same controls as used by built-in app

Menu, Button, List, Page, Image, Text Controls bind generically to data sources via APIs

New gadgets to enhance applications Gadget Ticker, animated PIP Lists

Declarative actions Intrinsic client functions that result from control

interaction

Tune, Show, Hide, Open, SoundEvents Sent/received by controls

Timers, Clicks, Key Press, Triggers

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Controls

Integrated in Visual Studio

Generate private markup for Mediaroombox

Developer does not have to deal with

markup syntax and quirksAll necessary properties are exposed atboth design and runtime

Easy to integrate with Mediaroom serversand any other web services



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Rich controls supported by PFUser Interface

Page

PanelList

Menu

Radio Button

Checkbox

Text

Label

ButtonImage

Ticket

Animations

Blink

FadePan

Zoom

Video

Live TV

VOD

Windows Media


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February 2009 Microsoft Confidential Page 13

ActionsExpose common client functionality. Much like anAPI, but used declaratively.

Actions

Tune Focus

Show Hide

Set Refresh

Audio Submit

Sound Log/Debug

Navigate Timers

Play, Stop,Skip

Animation


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Events and Event RegistrationEvent handlers are declaratively bound to Actions.

A page/control can register for Actions to be invoked

when events occur.Events may be triggered from various sources

E.g. Upon event of button getting focus, per form tuneaction

Events

Triggers Remote Control Media Change

App. Navigate Focus Timer


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Triggers provisioned by the operator

Defined by a variety of trigger-able events

Patterns in text, other triggers, programme/time

Flexible actions in response to triggers

Support for content pre-positioning

Store-and-forward response collection

Triggering


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Controls populate themselves with dataasynchronously from data source APIs

Similar to AJAX web pages

Controls do this intrinsically

No client code needed, just attach control to anAPI reference

Generic APIs for accessing XML data

Chunking APIs for large data sources

Data Binding


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