T-Mobile-Tuesday

An app that offers you exclusive offers and chances to win prizes. The app is designed for both Android and iOS platforms.

Key Challenges:-

Web player hosted on a micro-site.
2.5 million unique redemption codes.
The server that would handle approx 2.5 million users.
Track song usage and history.
10 hours of music per user valid for 30 days.
Deliver content to users with the lowest latency.
Set the server to handle 2 million requests.
Metadata of songs (Album Art, Artist Name and Album Name) to be properly displayed on the microsite.
Time tracking of every user’s playback.
Synchronization of the remaining time of a particular user when the microsite is accessed on multiple devices.
Time tracking when the user closes the browser or skips a song in middle.
Usage report generation on a server.
Blocking song selection by the user.

Technologies:

Proposition and Solutions:

Development of the microsite with all the features of an online audio playing screen. Generating 2.5 million unique redemption codes.
Displaying complete metadata of the songs on the microsite.
Displaying album art of the songs in good resolution apart from the default one. Use of Amazon Cloudfront web service to deliver content to users with the lowest latency.
Add Load Balancers and set the server to auto-scale to handle 2 million requests.
Time tracking for every user’s playback.
Synchronization of playback time when a particular URL is accessed on multiple devices.
User Interface according to different screen sizes (iOS / Android). Animations on the microsite whenever a new song starts playing.