Personica, Inc.
email: info@personica.com
tel: 508.875.2400






Product

PA Solutions for Wired/Cable Service Providers:
Telephony: Telephone, Voice Mail, VoIP, Presence, Advanced Voice Services
TV/Video/Music: Remote Control, VoD/IP-TV access, Movie, Content access, Music
Data: Email, Infotainment, News, Sports

Many of the service providers are rolling out Advanced Voice Services over their cable network. They already offer data/broadband services. The challenge they have is how to simplify uptake of services in their complex offerings. For example a users should be able to access services by simply asking instead of pressing complex set of keys on a telephone or a TV remote control or trying to remember the right URL.
  • Telephony - "call John Smith"
  • Voice Mail - "get my messages" "reply to this message" "call this number"
  • Music - "play Eric Clapton"
  • Infotainment - "Give me my technology news" "what is the weather for the weekend"
  • Entertainment - "Show me sports"

Personica's solutions for Service Providers include :
PA-Communication Assistant
PA-Remote Control
PA-Infotainment Content & Services


PA-Communication Assistant
  • Control of home telephone functions such as dialing by name, voice mail, conference, voice mail, ring tones, call forwarding, etc.
  • Email, SMS, IM, Presence Awareness
  • VOIP
  • Control of cell phone functions such as dialing by name, edit contact information, voice mail, conference, voice mail, ring tones, call forwarding, etc.
Some sample functions include:
Voice Dialing - Call John's cell phone; Call Susan at work number
Answering Machine - Give me my messages, Next message / Delete / Save this message; Forward this message to Dad; Cancel the messages, Reply to this message; Change my greetings for 3 days
In-Home Memo - Take a message for Susan Smith, Take a message for all family members
Caller ID - Call from Jake Danaher, Who called me, Pickup the call, Put the call on Hold, Take a message, Hang up the call
Do Not Disturb - Do not Disturb for next 2 hours, Cancel Do not Disturb
Ring Tones - Change my ring tones, Download new ring tones
Follow-Me - Forward all calls to my cell phone for next 24 hours
Email - Get my Email
Presence - Who is available on IM, Notify me when John Smith is available on IM, Set up a voice chat
Infotainment - Tell me the weather (news) (sports), Play music

PA-Remote Control
  • For control of remote functions as channel, volume, mute, source selection; Example: go to channel 34 ;mute, Start DVD, pause
  • Find movies on TV; Find sports channels ; Find football
  • Content Selections from - CableTV, DVD, CD, VCR?, TiVo Functions
  • Multi-modal display of text on TV/Display if available
  • Program selection by name "play Friends", "Show ESPN"
  • Control of Cable TV, DVD, CD, VCR?, TiVo Functions On, Off, and basic control PA-Infotainment Content & Services
  • News, weather, stock, sports, finance, traffic, etc.
  • Personal management such as Alarm/Clock, Schedule, etc.
  • Shopping list, Tasks, etc.
  • Jokes, Puzzles Brainteasers, etc.

PA-Infotainment Content & Services
  • News, weather, stock, sports, finance, traffic, etc.
  • Personal management such as Alarm/Clock, Schedule, etc.
  • Shopping list, Tasks, etc.
  • Jokes, Puzzles Brainteasers, etc.

Benefits to Service Providers:
  • Driving stronger uptake of content and control (will increase music uptake by as much as 75%, Video/TV selection/Control from up to 30-40%) and offer new premium services
  • Add new revenue streams
    • Add monthly premium subscription of up to $5/month
    • New Personica downloads (Music, A/V control, Educational, Games, Email alerts, etc.)
    • Lets users access email and voicemail
    • Look up telephone numbers
    • Listen to movie, reviews and such multi-modal content
  • Make content omnipresent and pervasiveness throughout the home
  • Strong stickiness - Integrated with content, movies, and services