Being online is second nature to us all — at home, in the office, on vacation. However, this same experience was not available to the driver in the vehicle. Until now.
Inphodrive offers an innovative mobile Internet service that delivers verbal Internet access to the driver via 3G mobile phones. It allows drivers to utilize the time spent driving in the best possible way.
With our service, Internet browsing takes the form of a natural conversation. The driver can exchange e-mails, connect to social networks, browse news portals, search for locations, access on-demand music services, and much more. All content is delivered in audio, leaving the driver’s eyes on the road and hands on the wheel — to remain safe.
Inphodrive’s offering is based on Synphony™, an innovative service delivery platform, developed by the company that uses unique patented technology and architecture.
Inphodrive addresses the market of mobile content and services for drivers. In a few years this market will reach more than $10B volume and serve about 200 million users in Western Europe and U.S. alone.
Technology & IP
The heart of the solution is Synphony™ server, installed in the Internet cloud and operated by Inphodrive. It transforms the world of the Internet — designed for use via a monitor and a mouse — into a form easily accessible through voice and audio.
On the user side, the Synphony™ client application is installed on the mobile phone. It accesses the server via 3G mobile Internet connection and enables voice interaction between the driver and Internet content. In addition, the client integrates with other mobile phone applications, enabling reliable voice dialing, vocal SMS-ing, and utilization of the existing GPS software for location search and navigation services.
In the vehicle, the mobile phone pairs with off-the-shelf Bluetooth hands-free devices to deliver audio content to the driver in a safe and enjoyable way.
Synphony™ is a comprehensive Internet voice browsing solution, based on Inphodrive’s expertise and IP. It is presented in various system layers.
- Unique Web-based vocal application platform paired with innovative vocal browser for mobile devices. The platform allows Web developers to easily create vocal Web applications, creating a new Vocal Web Cloud.
- Patent-pending Targeted Audible Advertisement platform concept.
- Proprietary algorithms improving speech recognition, text-to-speech, and Vocal User Interface performance.
Go-to-Market Strategy
Using its unique platform, Inphodrive will act as a service provider, engaging the end-user via
- Direct marketing by offering the Synphony™ client application on mobile application stores, e.g. iPhone App Store, Nokia OVI, and Google Android Market.
- Collaboration with cellular operators, obtaining additional effective distribution channels to accelerate market penetration and growth.
The initial offering to the general consumer market will include a rich selection of messaging and location search services as well as real-time informational and entertaining content delivered from the Web.
Inphodrive will gradually extend its language coverage and develop additional revenue sources such as partnering with content and service providers to deliver richer mobile content and services to more market segments, including enterprise customers.
All joint offerings with the above partners will be based on the revenue-sharing business model.
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ICT - Information and Communication Technology
