Multi-Party WebRTC Option 3: SFU
Multi-Party WebRTC Option 3's strategy is SFU, which stands for Selective Forwarding Unit. The idea behind SFU is similar to MCU. It has a media server in the middle to which all peers send their streams, only that instead of making any heavy processing on it, the server routes them to other peers so that they can make any needed processing. This way the server doesn't need to be a super powerful server with high
Learn What HIPAA Health Info You Need to Protect!
Here is a list of patient identifying information you need to secure in your healthcare application, as summarized from HIPAA.com. Protected HIPAA Health Information should be: Names, Geographic subdivisions smaller than a state, including address, city, county, precinct, zip code All elements of the dates related to an individual, except for year. For example, you can list the year a patient was born, but not the month and day since that is identifying. Telephone numbers
Germán Goldenstein: Developer Evangelist
Henry Ford was once quoted as saying, "The two most important things in any company do not appear in its balance sheet: its reputation and its people". You know what we do at webRTC.ventures — we bring people together by closing geographical gaps using real time communication. However, you may not know WHO we are...that is until now. Each week, we are going to introduce you to a member of our team. This week we would like
Telehealth HIPAA Compliance Primer
The Telehealth HIPAA Compliance Primer can be an important feature in telehealth security. In order to be HIPAA compliant, an organization must be able to show that they have developed their IT systems according to the security and privacy guidelines of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. While there is no formal certification process, organizations need to: keep records about how they secure their data what policies and procedures they will follow to prevent
July 9th RealTimeWeekly #237
Real Time Weekly #237: July 9, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! A new issue full of WebRTC and Realtime tutorials! My favorite of this week is the tutorial from Nexmo to build an Android app that makes phone calls with WebRTC. Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading! @germangol Editor NOTE: Real Time Weekly subscribers are only shared with RTWeekly's parent company, WebRTC.ventures
Multi-Party WebRTC Option 2: MCU
A great option for Multi- Party WebRTC is MCU. MCU stands for Multipoint Controller Unit, a.k.a. mixing, is another strategy for implementing multi-party on WebRTC. With MCU, the idea is that instead of having a peer establishing a connection with all other peers, it only has to connect to one central entity, and this in turn, sends the media to all other peers and vice versa. This central entity, receives the name of media server,
Must Have Features in Telehealth Applications
It's important to consider the full scope of functionality that you want your telehealth application to implement. The must have features in telehealth applications differ based on how you want your application to function. Building it in multiple stages is usually the preferred method to control costs and reduct the implementation timeline, but it's still a good idea to consider everything you'll want in the application eventually. Here are the most common features our clients
Meet The Team: Mariana Lopez, Director of Products
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July 2nd RealTimeWeekly #236
Real Time Weekly #236: July 2, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! In this new issue we've got more Real-time and WebRTC technical blog posts for you. Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading! @germangol Editor NOTE: Real Time Weekly subscribers are only shared with RTWeekly's parent company, WebRTC.ventures Follow us at @RealTimeWeekly for the most "real-time" updates! Build A Chat App With Sentiment Analysis Using
Meet The Team: Danielle Daoud, Director of Services
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June 25th RealTimeWeekly #235
Real Time Weekly #235: June 25, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! In this new issue we've got more Real-time and WebRTC technical blog posts for you. I'd like to thank to the Ably.io team for sharing articles with us! Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading! @germangol Editor NOTE: Real Time Weekly subscribers are only shared with RTWeekly's parent company, WebRTC.ventures Follow us
Why Video is Data and the Implications This Has on Telehealth Apps
I’ve spent some time traveling to various healthcare conferences the last couple of months, exploring and learning more about telehealth. At the American Telemedicine Association conference in Chicago in April, one phrase caught my ear: “Video is Data.” I don’t recall who I heard say it first, but the phrase and its meaning were repeated in several sessions I attended. I’d like to explore with you the implications of this statement on telehealth applications. The
Multi-Party WebRTC Option 1: Mesh
With WebRTC, you have a number of options for adding more than one user to the connection in order to make it a multi-party video call. Mesh is probably the most obvious solution for adding other users to the connection. As you already know, for the connection to be possible, each peer that uses the RTCPeerConnection specifically API, must create a connection object. This connection object adds all the relevant information, such as video and
Tech Review and Our Experience using Agora.io
In a recent press release we talked about Train-With, an Online Fitness Training Platform we are developing. Following with that, we want to share our experience and this technical review of the CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) we used for that project, Agora.io. DECISION PROCESS For this fitness iOS application, currently public in the Apple Store, we decided to use a CPaaS provider to speed-up development and come up with a robust production ready
All You Need Is Love…and WebRTC Signaling
Do you remember you first love? I do and it goes hand in hand with webRTC Signaling. When I was a little child, there was a girl in another class, beautiful brown eyes and short hair. My friend knew her. So in order to be able to talk with her directly, I first asked my friend to give her an "offer" message from me: "Tell her I want to talk with her. Also tell her I'm smart and
4 Most Common Telehealth Use Cases
Face-to-face, no matter the place — Telehealth is bringing patients and providers closer than ever before. With quality-of-life improvements for both, it has the potential to revolutionize the way you provide care, while keeping you fully compliant. This post looks at a few common telehealth use cases. Common WebRTC Use Cases: Follow Up Visits Readmission rates to hospitals are a leading cause of unnecessary health care spending and can be easily reduced by webRTC use. Even multiple trips
Meet the Team: Arin Sime, CEO & Founder of WebRTC.ventures
Henry Ford was once quoted as saying, "The two most important things in any company do not appear in its balance sheet: its reputation and its people". You know what we do at webRTC.ventures — we bring people together by closing geographical gaps using real time communication. However, you may not know WHO we are...that is until now. Each week, we are going to introduce you to a member of our team. This week, we want you
June 18th RealTimeWeekly #234
Real Time Weekly #234: June 18, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! In this week's issue we've got cool blog posts about Async/Await, Agora.io, PubNub, React Native, Machine Learning, and a great video tutorial about how to install Jitsi Meet by your own. Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading! @germangol Editor NOTE: Real Time Weekly subscribers are only shared with RTWeekly's parent company,
Your Friend The Browser
Since the start of the Internet, the browser has been with us as our sail mate in the turbulent waters of the web. First Netscape to the friendly fellows of Chrome, Opera, and Firefox to the not so neighborly Safari and Internet Explorer, the browser in its several forms is the key to our internet adventure. To talk about the importance of the browser let me introduce the three APIs that make this possible: GetUserMedia
A Short Guide: The How and Why of WebRTC
Before WebRTC, (Real Time Communication over the Web) we should remember that previously, in order to communicate with other people over the internet using video and audio (a.k.a. a "Video Call"), the first thing you needed to do was install additional software. So, imagine the situation: You go to Google and type something like 'How do I install software X'. In the perfect world, you would get official download links from a vendor's website, however
