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Wa alaikum salam,
When I skim thru your proposal, seems to me it is not that difficult, unless you want to develop totally new algorithm by studying ilm-falaq/astronomy. There are a few source code doing just that floating around the net. Last time, what I did was convert one of them to a pure _javascript_ application. It works on IE and Firefox. For rem inder, user can set the time, how many minutes before the actual time.I did not run a full test on Pocket pc, but it seems to works quite ok. Also, there  is Pocket Islam, which have most of the function you mentioned, plus more. Unfortunately, due to licensing issues, I can't release it to the net.
The ITL library from arabeyes seems to be quite complete in implementation with good license. However, I did not have the time to port it.
 
Wassalam.
 
On 11/7/05, Abul Kashem <abul_22 at yahoo dot co dot uk> wrote:
as-salamu alaykom,
 
I am an Bsc (Hons) Computing Student. I am in my final year and in the process of starting my final year project. please find attached my project proposal.
 
i have no idea how to start this project, i am looking at algorhrythams but proven unsuccessful finding information.
 
I would appriciate any help you could provide to assist with my project.
 
jazakallah.
 
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Project Proposal

 

"Nearly everybody has a mobile phone!"

 

Introduction

 

My project proposal for the final year project is the investigation into and production of a "prayer and fasting time Information Application" program, which the user will be able to view and set alarms to notify them of payer time as well as time for breaking fast. The program will be created for the use on mobile phones.

 

Scope

 

The project is potentially quite a large piece of work, and it is difficult to state categorically what will be feasible within the limited time period available to me. Rather than define absolutely what my "deliverables" are, I propose to produce a prioritised list of deliverables, and I will attempt to produce what is possible in the time frame of the third year project. I hope to treat this project, as merely the first part of a piece of work that will, I believe, be genuinely useful for our day to day life and in a wide range of situations.

 

The Problem

 

One of the challenges Muslims face living in the west is the inability to hear the "Azan" (calling to pray) from the mosque very loud so we know when to pray. This is considered noise pollution. Praying five times a day, it is very hard to know when exactly to pray as the prayer time varies everyday. In my personal opinion being a Muslim myself there is desperate need for this innovation and the demand for this is also very high.

 

The testing product

 

My product covers the needs of prayer and fasting timetable. It will be designed especially for mobile phones; this is because everyone now has a mobile phone also there is demand for this innovation. My product will be designed as an application which can be uploaded on a mobile phone; this product will function in a similar way as a Calender would on Mobile Phones.

 

It will be designed so that when the user can select the present and a future date to view the prayer times and also activate an alarm for desired prayer time or all of the daily five prayers. It will also have a function for the month of Ramadan (opening and closing fast), which will calculate it for each year as it follows the lunar calendar.

 

Distinctive features of the proposed product!

 

  • It can be accessed at all time.
  • No internet connection needed.
  • No subscription needed.
  • No need to update every year.
  • Carry it with you at all time!
  • No hassle.
  • Application saved on the phone memory.

 

The Deliverables

 

In the long term, I would like to produce a comprehensive solution to the problem of being aware of the exact time to pray, but in the meantime herewith is a list of various deliverables, with their priorities. The minimum set of deliverables should incorporate priorities 1 to 5, but I hope to achieve everything else on the list (and any thing else revealed in the course of the project) in due course.

  

 

 

Priority

Deliverables

Comments

1

A comprehensive piece of research on the appropriate technologies of java, dot net etc programming and mobile phone software.

Also research into the calculations of prayer times and lunar calendar.

I expect to produce the majority of this research in time for the interim report.

2

A study into people's needs and desires for this kind of technology

I hope to produce a study by interviewing a range of potential users in time for the interim report, and will also carry out a thorough literature search.

3

A prototype phone based application.

 

4

Testing

 

5

An actual product 

Initial research into such devices by the interim report, further research at a later date.


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