Simple Profiler for Official Information Exchange Navy SBIR FY2012.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2012.1 Topic No.: N121-103 Topic Title: Simple Profiler for Official Information Exchange Proposal No.: N121-103-0386 Firm: Sonalysts, Inc. 215 Parkway North P.O. Box 280 Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Contact: Margaret Bailey Phone: (860) 326-3621 Web Site: www.sonalysts.com Abstract: Communications are vital to the success of any military organization and the U. S. Navy is better connected than ever. The use of classified wide area networks with email capability, tactical chat, secure video teleconferencing, and other systems is widespread, but these systems have not replaced organization-to-organization record messaging used for military command and control. Messages and message-like communications are still exchanged between organizations - not individuals. With organizations receiving thousands of messages per day, an improved automated system is needed to route messages to the appropriate persons within an organization for information, action, or decision making. For this Phase I effort, Sonalysts will research technologies and design, develop, and demonstrate proof-of-concept software to route incoming message traffic using profiles to individual users. The envisioned Navy User Managed Official Information Exchange (OIX) Profiler System (NUMOPS) will provide a robust open architecture routing system to ensure that users receive the messages they need, few - if any they do not need, none they should not receive, along with the flexibility to adapt to changing requirements with minimal administrator activity. Benefits: This research and the developed software solution will provide a tool for Navy organizations to more efficiently and effectively manage message routing. This project will provide an improved profiler for official information exchange (messaging) to help solve the problems that result from: users receiving too many messages of no concern to them, users not receiving messages essential to their mission, and issues that arise from limited or no user-level functional interface. If a small organization with 100 users can eliminate 15 minutes each day wasted deleting unneeded messages, approximately 3 full-time equivalents' effort could be applied to taking action on the messages that matter. The solution could be applied to other military services, Government agencies, and commercial organizations such as large online retailers, medical insurance companies, and the financial services sector. Return