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Digital Pen Gateway for New Communication System
- High speed and stable Digital Pen Gateway -
NTT Comware Corporation (below, NTT Comware; Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Yuhji Imai) will launch the system architecture service using its Digital Pen Gateway corresponding to Anoto Components (*1) system. This system achieves the faster data communication under a multiple Digital Pen environment.
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[Background]
Digital Pen Gateway has been widely used as the access point device to receive data transmitted
simultaneously from multiple digital pens since its sales begun in February 2005. While it was
available for NBOS (Network Based Open Services) (*2), NTT Comware has been sought a solution
with Anoto Components system, which is expected to contribute to expand the digital pen market.
[Features of Anoto Components Type Digital Pen Gateway]
Anoto Components system is designed to allow Digital Pen Gateway to authenticate without servers,
which was required by the conventional NBOS system for authentication of digital pens.
It has a number of merits such as cost reduction of digital pens as well as achieves a simple
network configuration.
The NBOS system took 20-30 seconds to transmit the data from even one digital pen. However,
the time for data transmission was saved to only a few seconds with the new system using the high
spec Bluetooth Protocol Stuck (*3) BL-Rappore to cope with Anoto Components. This allows one
Digital Pen Gateway to simultaneously complete the data transmission with 30 digital pens within 30
seconds (as the result of measurement under the test environment provided by NTT Comware).
Furthermore, the web-based environment setting of the new Digital Pen Gateway improved its
maintainability such as location-free maintenance. It also eliminates the need of the dedicated
terminal (with specific software installed) for the conventional Digital Pen Gateway settings.
[Outline of Digital Pen Gateway]
Digital Pen Gateway is the access point dedicated to Anoto System (*4) digital pens. Since data
is transmitted from the Digital Pen Gateway to digital pens by Bluetooth, the simultaneous data
transmission using multiple pens is possible. There is no requirement for a cable connection.
This allows the digital pen can be carried around freely like regular pens. This system is optimum
for services using multiple pens at the same time such as educational institutions, questionnaire
in event venues and customer service counters.
The hardware is NTT Comware-developed ultra-small Linux server, L-Box, which achieves low power
consumption, noiseless and continuous operation. L-Box is the small in size of paperback so it is
easy to carry and install.
[Future Development]
Digital Pen Gateway is expected to be used in classroom lessons and other educational areas such
as clam school, in addition to its service that has been used as the questionnaire assistance
system for visitors of a museum. NTT Comware aims to provide an advanced digital pen solution as
the system integration service including consulting of Digital Pen Gateway to meet the customer
needs.
[Terminology]
*1: Anoto Components System
A communication system to allow digital pens to directly transmit data to the access point.
No authentication server is required as digital pens are authenticated at the access point.
High speed connection is available.
*2: NBOS(Network Based Open Services) System
A communication system to transmit data to authenticate the digital pens on the online
authentication server network.
*3: Bluetooth Protocol Stuck
The software to allow hardware to enact Bluetooth functions. BL-Rappore is Bluetooth Protocol
Stuck of BRYCEN Co. Ltd.
*4: Anoto System
An input user interface technology which utilizes a specialized paper (Anoto paper) and pen
(digital pen) developed by the Swedish firm Anoto AB Corporation. This technology allows users
to transmit data such as memos and illustrations with the familiar pen and paper instead o
f traditional interfaces such as keyboards.
[Display at Expo]
Ditital Pen Gateway will be displayed at the NTT Comware booth at FIT2006 (Financial Information
Technology 2006) held at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo on October 12th (Thursday) and 13th
(Friday).
*[L-Box] is the registered trademark of NTT Comware.
* Other names of corporations and products are the registered trademark of each corporation.
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