Extransit Mobile Interaction Suite is service oriented, and consists of three parts; the catch Client that is installed on mobile phones, the Strike Server or Express account that hosts all applications, and the Pitch Studio which is the on-line visual development environment for mobile services.
A thin client on the phone
The Catch Client is downloaded by the user and installed on the mobile phone. When started it connects to the Strike Server and presents the user with a list of available services. When a service is selected, an on-line session is opened to the service specific application on the server, which provides the client with the UI component layouts etc.
An efficient real-time protocol
Any events on the server side are immediately reflected to the mobile client. If anything from a new news headline on a news page or a new card on a poker table arrives, it shows up on the client immediately. This makes the technology ideal for interactive and “push-based” applications. The client can even be put in a “sleep mode”, to be remotely woken up on demand, by the server.
On-line visual authoring
Editing of the applications are also done using a remote application technology. The Pitch Studio is installed on any computer, or run via Webstart, and connects to a Strike Server. Everything is easily edited in the studio, user interface, application flow, integration to external web services as well as different effects. Changes in the services are immediately reflected to clients that are installed in phones. Mobile clients can even be used as on-line real-time previewers when editing.
