View source for Meeting Room Assistant

== Scope ==
This application acts as a substitute for the pc-based application to make a booking for a meeting / conference rooms available within a building. So the users of the application could make book a meeting by simply pressing few buttons on the [[optiPoint_application_module|APM]] attached to the IP Phone. This application interfaces with the database which holds that information and display it on the touch screen.
== Operation ==
[[Image:Newdatabase op.JPG|thumb|Operational Overview]]

'''Operational Overview:'''
* Meeting Room Assist application on the phone interacts with the server using XML. The server provides XML to the phone which the application renders into a screen for the user to interact with. The user’s interaction with the phone results in key-value pairs being passed back to the server for processing.
* Java Application connects to database using JDBC (Java Database Connectivity).
* Java Application then uses [[SQL]] to query /update the database on the server.
* In turn database returns the results in the form of result-set.
* Java Application processes this result-set and constructs an appropriate XML page for IP Phone.

== Key Features ==
* '''Browse Meeting / Conference rooms'''
User can navigate through different room information and reserve a timeslot for a meeting for any given room.
* '''View Room Details'''
User can view facilities available within a room e.g. tables, seats, lan connections, projector screens, etc.
* '''View Others Bookings'''
User can even view meetings booked by other users of the system.
* '''View / Cancel My Bookings'''
User can view all the rooms booked by him and can cancel any specific booking made.

== See also ==
*[[XML on optiPoint application module]]
*[[Additional Innovative XML Applications]]