Приложения разработчика Mobile Software Innovations в Android Market

Parental Monitor (v. 1.5)

Mobile Software Innovations опубликовал приложение 2012-04-10
(обновлено 2012-04-10)

You want your child to have a cell phone in case of an emergency, but you're worried who they're talking to and messaging.  You're also nervous about giving them a smartphone because you won't know what applications they're running.

The Parental Monitoring application helps a concerned parent to unobtrusively monitor the important data and activities on a child's smartphone.  Copies of the following data are sent to a web site where it can be viewed by the parent:

1. The accounts associated with the phone.

2. The contacts stored on the phone, including their phone numbers, email addresses, postal addresses, and even their contact photos.  In addition, the number of times the contact has been used and the last contact time is captured.

3. The contact groups.

4. The call log, including phone number, contact name, call type (e.g., incoming, outgoing, or missed), time of the call, and call duration.

5. The text messages (SMS and MMS) received and sent.  For multimedia messages, any attached images are viewable as well.

6. The list of installed applications.

Some competitors want two or three times this price PER YEAR for equivalent features.

Installation and Configuration

Important:  This application doesn't create a launcher icon.  To run the application after installation, the parent should press the "Open" button when viewing the application details in the Android Market phone application.  The "Open" button replaces the "Buy" button once the application has been purchased.

The parent must have a Google (gmail) account to view the data.  Open the Parental Monitoring application on the child's phone to associate the phone with the parent's Google account.  The parent should enter their gmail address and password when request.  Once verified, information uploaded from the application will be viewable only from that parent Google account.  Note that the verification of the gmail address and password is done by Google servers.  The Parental Monitoring application will not have access to the parent's gmail password or other account information (except for the email address itself).  This is the only configuration step that must be performed using the monitored phone itself.  After this configuration step, the phone will periodically upload data that is then viewable on the web site.

The Parent's Web Site

As the parent, to view the monitored information, you log on to the web site http://msi-parent.appspot.com/ using your Google email address and password.  This is the same gmail address and password entered on the phone during the
initial configuration step.  Note that just like that step, the gmail address and password is checked by Google servers.  The msi-parents web site will not have access to your password or other account information.

For more information about this app, visit http://mobilesoftwareinnovations.com/.

Safe Arrival (v. 1.4)

Mobile Software Innovations опубликовал приложение 2011-04-29
(обновлено 2012-10-05)

In a nutshell, Safe Arrival allows one user to set a wake-up alarm on their phone, giving another user the authority to turn off that alarm before it sounds.  Here are some scenarios where this might be useful:

Outings:

Your teenage child is going out for the evening.  As a responsible parent you feel you should wait up so that you know they arrived home safely.  Using this application, however, you can be comfortable going to sleep, knowing that you will be woken up if your child is not home by a certain time.  Here's how it works:  You run the Safe Arrival application and create an "event".  Creating an event is like setting an alarm clock.  At the time you choose, an alarm will sound that will wake you up, UNLESS your child has arrived home and indicated that your alarm can be safely turned off.  So if your child arrives home safely, you sleep through the night.  Otherwise you are woken up by the alarm to investigate their whereabouts.  If your child has the Safe Arrival application on their phone as well, they can use it to turn off your alarm.  If not, they can send a normal text message to your phone, using a special syntax, that will turn off your alarm.  That text message is intercepted by the Safe Arrival application so that it doesn't wake you up.

Curfews:

But the previous scenario only applies for children that have already earned a certain amount of trust.  Sometimes a parent needs to enforce a curfew for a child that would rather stay out past the time they should be home.  The Safe Arrival application is designed to help with this scenario as well.  It works just as described above, with one difference:  Your child must enter a password in order to turn off your alarm.  Don't tell your child what the password is before they leave the house.  Once they've left, write the password down and leave it at some agreed-upon place in the house.  When your child gets home, they see the password and enter it into the Safe Arrival application on their phone, or include it in the text message they send to turn off your alarm.  If they're not home in time, they can't turn off your alarm, because they don't yet know the password.  In this manner, you can be assured that they actually arrived home.  This is a limited form of parental control, and offers you a measure of assurance without having to watch your loved one at all times.

Working Parents:

What if you're working while your child is returning home from school by themselves?  You want to make sure your child makes it home as expected, right?  You could set a repeating alarm or notification to sound at the time they should be home.  When your loved one arrives home, they use their phone to turn off your alarm.  If all goes well, you work through the day without ever worrying about it.  If they are delayed arriving home for some reason, your alarm or notification sounds and you can call them.

Basics:

A user of this application is either a "worrier" or a "traveler".  The worrier is the person waiting at home, while the traveler is the person making the trip or outing.  The worrier must have the Safe Arrival application installed on their phone.  The traveler will find using the application to be very convenient as well, but it's not necessary for them to have it installed, so long as they can send and receive text messages with their phone.  If both the worrier and traveler have the application installed, information is exchanged between the applications using text messages.

Feedback is welcome.

Dots & Boxes Phone-to-Phone (v. 1.6)

Mobile Software Innovations опубликовал приложение 2010-12-19
(обновлено 2013-10-17)

A classic pencil-and-paper game.  Players take turns drawing lines between dots, getting a point for each box they close.

Features:

- Play multiplayer with your
  friends, phone-to-phone, or
  against the computer.
- No server connectivity or
  privacy issues.
- No limit on simultaneous
  games or frequency of moves.

Moves are exchanged over text messages, from the application on one phone to the other.  This application does NOT allow two players to play using only one phone.

Feedback is welcome.

Pipe Layer Phone-to-Phone (v. 1.4)

Mobile Software Innovations опубликовал приложение 2010-11-22
(обновлено 2011-09-08)

A classic pencil-and-paper game.  Players draws lines to complete a path from one side of the board to the opposite side.

Features:

- Play multiplayer with your
  friends, phone-to-phone, or
  against the computer.
- No server connectivity or
  privacy issues.
- No limit on simultaneous
  games or frequency of moves.

Moves are exchanged over text messages, from the application on one phone to the other.  This application does NOT allow two players to play using only one phone.

Feedback is welcome.