COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE

CHEEMENI – KASARGOD
(Affiliated to Kannur University)

Managed By

INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

(Government of Kerala undertaking)

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Project Report On

INTELLIGENT ALERT
Submitted By,
PRADEEP.P
SAJIN.T
SAVAD.AM
SUHAIL.AG
VIJESH.T
 COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE
CHEEMENI – KASARGOD
(Affiliated to Kannur University)

Managed By

INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

(Government of Kerala undertaking)

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

CERTIFICATE
Certify that this is the bonafide report On the project work entitles

INTELLIGENT ALERT
During the year 2008-2009 in practical fulfillment of the Requirement for the award of
the Degree in Bachelor of Science in Computer Science of the Kannur University, Kerala
Submitted By,
PRADEEP.P
SAJIN.T
SAVAD.AM
SUHAIL.AG
VIJESH.T

Project Guide External Examiner

External Examiner Head of the Department
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We take thsi oppertunity to expree our sincere thanks and wholehearted

gratitude to our revered and beloved pricipal Mr.Santhish Kumar K, with great
appreciation and endorsement.

We thank heartily our project co-ordinator Miss. Shafeena for facilities

provided for the completion of the project work.

From core of our heart we would like to express our great fullness to our
guide Miss. Saritha for help, contribution and advice, and for the able guidance and
sincere interest, which motivated us all through this venture we also thank her for the
valuable suggestions and support given throughout the period.

We deeply express our gratitude to all the staff members of the department
o computer science for the encouragement, which we recieve throughout the semester.

Submitted By,
PRADEEP.P
SAJIN.T
SAVAD.AM
SUHAIL.AG
VIJESH.T
 i

ABSTRACT

Intelligent Alert is an integrated windows and web application.that communicates

with the website hosted by a web service. At some regular intervals, it communicates
with the web service to find if there are any new events created. According to these
events it generates a simple alert with specified link to that Web Service.
Intelligent Alert tool helps our members to receive instant alerts from a Website
about Articles, News, Comments or Answers when posted in the site. Intelligent Alert
is a windows application that communicates with the web services.
Even when the tool is hidden, it works silently in the background, at some regular
intervals of time, it communicates with web services to find if there are any new
alerts created .If it finds a new alert, the tool downloads the alerts and pops up a
message displaying as alert. This message will include a short description and a URL
to click. By clicking the URL, you can directly reach the web page represented by the
alert.
 ii

LIST OF TABLES

Sl. No Table Name Page No

1 User master 14

2 Administrator 14

3 Category 14

4 Rating 14

5 Article 15

6 Feedback 15

7 Alert 15
 iii

LIST OF FIGURES

Sl. No Figure Name Page No

1 General DFD 11

2 DFD Administrator Login 11

3 DFD User Login 12

4 DFD AdministratorLogin 12

5 DFD User 13
CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i
ABSTRACT ii
LIST OF TABLES iii
LIST OF FIGURES iv
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview 1
1.2 Existing System 1
1.3 Proposed System 2
2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 3

3 ENVIRONMENT SPECIFICATION

3.1 Software Requirements 4

3.2 Hardware Requirements 4
3.3 Technology 4
3.3.1 ASP.Net 4
3.3.2 Windows 2000 Server 5
3.3.3 SQL Server 6
4 DESIGN
4.1 System Design 7
4.1.1 Database Design 7
4.2 Detailed Design 9
4.3 Data flow diagrams 10
4.4 Implementation 15
5 RESULT
5.1 Screenshots 17
6 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE 23
REFERENCES 23

CHAPTER 1
 INTRODUCTION

1.1 OVERVIEW

Intelligent Alert is an integrated windows and web application that

communicates with the website hosted by a web service. At some regular intervals, it
communicates with the web service to find if there are any new events created.
According to these events it generates a simple alert with specified link to that Web
Service.

Intelligent Alert tool helps our members to receive instant alerts from a Website
about Articles, News, Comments or Answers when posted in the site. Intelligent
Alerts is a windows application that communicates with the web services.

Even when the tool is hidden, it works silently in the background, at some regular
intervals of time, it communicates with web services to find if there are any new
alerts created .If it finds a new alert, the tool downloads the alerts and pops up a
message displaying as alert. This message will include a short description and a URL
to click. By clicking the URL,you can directly reach the web page represented by the
alert.

1.2 EXISTING SYSTEM

The existing systems are providing the user with the new information about the site only
after the user tries to login into the webpage with his/her username and password .The
user have to login into the page and search in the site for the newly posted Articles,
News, Comments or Answers.
Disadvantages of Existing system:

• Wastage of time: -Time is simply wasted by the user to surf through the site
searching for the newly posted articles.

• Updates unknown: -The user is not updated with the latest post unless he
logins into the website and searches for it.

1.3 PROPOSED SYSTEM

The existing system is studied and the drawbacks are found out. The proposed system
is verified and designed in such way that it will be compatible with the existing system and it
will overcome all the limitations of existing system.

Advantages of Proposed System:

• Saves time:-This reduces the time required to surf the entire webpage to find
out a newly posted article

• Keeps us updated:-It keeps us updated with the recent events in the website
while the user is out of scope of the website.
 CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Every user is unaware of the updates produced in a website. Tracking these

updates using the conventional methodologies is found to have either become too
difficult, or obscure. To avoid these difficulties we develop a new system that helps the
user to get updates without any effort.
[4] defines project management as the "ensemble of activities concerned with
successfully achieving a set of goals". An alternate viewpoint is that project management
is the discipline of defining and achieving targets, whilst optimizing the use of resources
(money, people, time, and so on). Administrator seldom participates directly in the
activities that produce the end result, but strives to maintain the progress and effective
interaction of the various parties such that the overall risk of failure is minimized.

In [5], questions were addressed for guiding the study. One of them was "What do you
feel is the secret to project management". The most common answer was
"communication, making sure everyone knows what is going on."
The “INTELLIGENT ALERT” is a product that is so effective in reducing the
time spent by users on surfing a site for a specific article.
 CHAPTER 3

ENVIRONMENT SPECIFICATION

3.1 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Web Server : IIS 5.0
Web Client : IE 6.0
Tools : ASP.Net
Back End : MS SQL Server 2005
Internet Standard : HTTP, XML, SOAP
Operating System : Windows 2000 Server
Machine Type : IBM PC/AT

3.2 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

PROCESSOR : Pentium III Processor
RAM : 128 MB
HARD DISK DRIVE : 20 GB
KEYBOARD : Standard Keyboard
FLOPPY DRIVE : 1.44 MB
CD-ROM DRIVE : Creative

3.3 TECHNOLOGY
The “INTELLIGENT ALERT” is developed on .NET platform using C#. as developing
tool and Microsoft SQL Server for database maintenance.

3.3.1 ASP.NET
ASP.NET is more than the next version of Active Server Pages (ASP); it is a
unified web development platform that provides the services necessary for developers to
build enterprise-class web applications. While ASP.NET is largely syntax compatible
with ASP, it also provides a new programming model and infrastructure for more secure,
scalable, and stable applications.

ASP.NET is a compiled, .NET based environment; you can author applications in

any .net compatible language, including VisualBasic.NET, C#, and Jscript.NET.
Additionally, the entire .NET framework is available to any ASP.NET application.
Developers can easily access the benefits of these technologies, which include the
managed common language runtime environment, type safety, inheritance and so on.

ASP.NET has been designed to work seamlessly with programming tools,

including Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Not only does this make Web development
easier, but it also provides all the benefits that these tools have to offer, including a GUI
that developers can use to drop server controls onto a Web page and fully integrated
debugging support. Developers can choose from the following two features when
creating an ASP.NET application, Web Forms and Web Services, or combine these in
any way they see fit. Web Forms allows you to build powerful forms-based Web pages.
When building these pages, you can use ASP.NET server controls to create common UI
elements, and program them for common tasks. These controls allow you to rapidly build
a Web Form out of reusable built-in or custom components, simplifying the code of a
page.

3.3.2 Windows 2000 Server

Windows 2000 Server includes improved network, application, and Web services.
It provides increased reliability and scalability, lowers your cost of computing with
powerful, flexible management services, and provides the best foundation for running
business applications. It provides Network data security by protecting data on the wire or
at the network interface. It also provides stored data security by using data encryption.
Data encryption is provided transparently within Windows 2000 by a feature known as
Encrypting File System (EFS). It has the ability to run on a single PC chip with a single
user up to a multi-user, multi- processor network installation.
3.3.3 SQL Server

Relational database systems are the most important database systems used in the
software industry today. One of the most outstanding systems is Microsoft SQL Server.
SQL Server is a database management system developed and marketed by Microsoft. It
runs exclusively under Windows NT and Windows 95/98.

The most important aspects of SQL Server are:

• SQL Server is easy to use.
• SQL Server scales from a mobile laptop to symmetric multiprocessor systems.

A database system is an overall collection of different database software components

and database containing the parts viz. Database application programs, Database
management systems, and Databases.
A database system must provide the following features:
A variety of user interfaces.
• Physical data independence.
• Logical data independence.
• Query optimization.
• Data integrity.
• Concurrency control.
• Backup and recovery.
• Security and authorization
• A variety of user interfaces.
 CHAPTER 4

DESIGN

4.1 SYSTEM DESIGN

System design is the process of planning a new system or one to replace or complement
an existing system. This is the most creative and challenging phase important too it
improves the understanding and procedural details necessary for implementing the new
system.
This design of an information system shows the major features and also how
they are related to one another. The first step of the system design is to design logical
design elements. This is the most creative and challenging phase and important too.
Design of proposed system produces the details of the state how the system will meet
the requirements identified during the system analysis that is, in the design phase we
have to find how to solve the difficulties faced by the existing system. The logical
design of the proposed system should include the details that contain how the solutions
can be implemented. It also specifies how the database is to be built for storing and
retrieving data, what kind of reports are to created and what are the inputs to be given
to the system. The logical design includes input design, output design and database
design and physical design.

4.1.1 DATABASE DESIGN

The overall objective in the development of database technology has been to treat
data as an organizational resource and as an integrated whole. DBMS allow data to be
protected and organized separately from other resources. Database is an integrated
collection of data. The most significant form of data as seen by the programmers is data
as stored on the direct access storage devices. This is the difference between logical and
physical design.
Database files are the key source of information in to the system. It is the process of
designing database files, which are the key source of information to the system. The files
should be properly designed and planned for collection, accumulation, editing and
retrieving the required information. This database contains tables, where each table
corresponds to one particular type of information. Each piece of information in the table
is called a field or column. A table also contains records, which is a set of fields. All
records in a table have the same set of fields with different information. There are
primary key fields that uniquely identify a record in a table.

4.1.2 OUTPUT DESIGN

Only software needed to operate this site. This site is optimized to work with various
browsers. Special extension for individual browsers is avoided for the unique
performance. A unique coloring screen gives the user and integral feeling for the entire
site. Proper help and user-friendly message are given to the user to avoid confusion.
Forms are designed with GUI designed tools like textboxes, List boxes, Radio Button,
Checkbox…etc., which are very user Friendly, and self-explanatory. Proper validations
are given to the textboxes with user understandable error messages, which helps the user
to correct it and submit again, and reviewed, and selection made.

4.2 DETAILED DESIGN

Intelligent Alert has the following four functional modules:

• Administrator Site
• User Site.
• Web service
• Windows Application
Administrator Site:

Add Category section:

Here Administrator can add new category under which users can post new articles.

View Section:
Here Administrator can view all the articles posted by the user.

Feedback Section:
Here Administrator can view the feedback generated by users related to an article.

Approval Section:
Here the Administrator approves the articles posted by users to get displayed on the
site.

User Site:

Posting Section:
Here users can login into their home page and can post articles the wish under a
specific category.

Feedback Section:
Here users can post feedbacks related to an article approved by the Administrator.

Web Service:

A new alert is generated in Website when one of the following happens:

• A new article is submitted
• A new Comment is posted
• An Reply is posted
• A news is posted
Windows Application:

This Application communicates with the web services that are hosted by the website.
When you minimize, this tool disappears from the screen and you can see a small
icon in the system tray, which can be used to reactivate the tool. Even when the tool
is hidden, it works silently in the background. At some regular intervals of time, it
communicates with Website web services to find if there are any new alerts created.
If it finds a new alert, the tool downloads the alerts and pops up a message displaying
the alert. This message will include a short description and a URL to click. By
clicking the URL, you can directly reach the website page represented by the alert.

4.3 DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS:

The DFD is an excellent communication tool for analysts to model processes and
functional requirements. A DFD is a graphical representation of the flow of data through
an information system. It can also be used for the visualization of data processing. It is
common practice for a designer to draw a context level DFD first, which shows the
interaction between the system and outside entities.
Used effectively, it is a useful and easy to understand modeling tool. It is easily
integrated with the data modeling, workflow modeling tools, and textual specs. Together
with these it provides analysts and developers with solid models and specs. It is simple
and easy to understand by users and can be easily extended and refined with further
specification into a physical version for the design and development teams.
LEVEL 0:

r e q u e s t
r e q u e s t
i n t e l li g e
A d m i n i s t r a t o r U s e r
n ta l e r t
r e s p o n s e r e s p o n s e

FIG: 1 GENERAL DFD

This DFD explains about the relationship between the administrator and users
using Intelligent alert. The software gives response to the user according to their requests.

LEVEL 1:

a d m i n i s t r a t o r

u s e r n a m e
p a s s w o r d L o g i an u t h e n t i c a t e d u s e r
A d m i n i s t r a t o r a d m i n ih s o t r m a t e o r
h o m e
i n v a l i d l o g in

FIG: 2 ADMINISTRATOR LOGIN DFD

Here Administrator logins into the website by verifying the username and password from
the administrator table. If it is a valid one then the administrator is allowed to enter the
administrator home page.
 U s e r M a s t e r

u s e r n a m e
p a s s w o r d L o g i an u t h e n t i c a t e d u s e r
u s e r u s eh r o m e
h o m e
i n v a l i d l o g in

FIG3: USER LOGIN

Here User logins into the website by verifying the username and password from the User
Master table. If it is a valid one then the User is allowed to enter the User home page.

LEVEL 2:

c a t e g o r y

A d d
c a t e g o r y
A l e r t

A p p r o v e
w e b
a r t i c l e
A d m i n i s t r a t o r s e r v i c e u s e r

FIG: 3 ADMINISTRATOR LOGIN DFD

Here Administrator logins into the site and can approve article, add category etc.
 c a t e g o r y
R e a d
a r t i c l e

v ie w
c a t e g o r y
A l e r t

a l e r t w e b
u s e r s e r v i c e A d m in i s t r a t o r

p o s t
a r t i c l e

a r t i c le

FIG: 4 USER DFD

Here User logins into the site and can add articles, view newly alerted articles and view
the category available.

4.4 DATABASE
For this project to be implemented, we have to use different tables for the storage
of data relating to administrator, client, employee, projects etc. Some pf the tables include
User Master, Administrator, category, Feedback, Article, Alert etc. The detailed
explanation of each table is given below
Table: UserMaster
Primary Key: User_ID

Field name DataTypes Length Description

User_ID Int 4
Firstname nvarchar 50
Lastname nvarchar 50
Username nvarchar 50
Password nvarchar 50
Gender nvarchar 50
Age Int 4
Country nvarchar 50
State nvarchar 50
City nvarchar 50
Place nvarchar 50
Emailid nvarchar 50

Table: Administrator
Primary Key : Adminid

Field Type DataType Length Description

Adminid Int 4
Username nvarchar 50
Password nvarchar 50

Table: category
Primary Key : category_ID

Field Type DataType Length Description

Category_id Int 4
Category nVarchar 50

Table: Rating
Primary key: Rating_Id

Field Type DataType Length Description

Rating_id Int 4
Article_id Int 4
Star Int 4
Table: Article
Primary Key : article_ID

Field Type DataType Length Description

Articleid Int 4
Userid Int 4
Category_id Int 4
Postdate dateTime 8
Title nvarchar 500
Description nvarchar 500

Table: Feedback
Primary key: Feedback_id

Field Type DataType Length Description

Feedbackid Int 4
Article_id Int 4
Message nvarchar 500

Table: Alert
Primary key: Alert _id

Field Type DataType Length Description

Alert_id Int 4
Article_id Int 4
Status nVarchar 15

4.5 IMPLEMENTATION

IntelligentAlert has the following four functional modules:

• Administrator Site
• User Site.
• Web service
• Windows Application
Administrator Site:

Administrator with a Username and password can use this site. The Administrator can
add new articles or news that can be seen by users. Administrator can see all the
comments and selected comments can be displayed to all.

Consumer Site:

Authenticated user can log in to this site. They can see all the latest news and articles
that are entered by Administrator. The User Can Post their comments about this site.

Web Service:
A new alert is generated in Website when one of the following happens:
• A new article is submitted
• A new Comment is posted
• An Reply is posted
• A news is posted

Windows Application:

This Application communicates with the web services that are hosted by the website.
When you minimize, this tool disappears from the screen and you can see a small
icon in the system tray, which can be used to reactivate the tool. Even when the tool
is hidden, it works silently in the background. At some regular intervals of time, it
communicates with Website web services to find if there are any new alerts created.
If it finds a new alert, the tool downloads the alerts and pops up a message displaying
the alert. This message will include a short description and a URL to click. By
clicking the URL, you can directly reach the website page represented by the alert.
 CHAPTER 5
RESULTS

5.1 SCREENSHOTS

LOGIN PAGE

Description: This webpage is the login area for the User. The User can log in using his
username and password. If any mismatches occur with the username and the password,
an invalid message is displayed on the page.
ADMINISTRATOR HOME PAGE

Description: This is the home page for the administrator. Here administrator can do
many functions like
Create Category: Here the administrator can create new category under which user can
post articles they like.
View Article: Here the administrator can view all articles posted by the user.
View Feedback: Here the administrator can read the feedbacks for a specific article.
Approve Article: Here the administrator approves the article as he wishes.

APPROVE ARTICLE
Description: Here the administrator can approve the article posted on the site according to
his favor to keep the website clean and secure.
POST ARTICLE

Description: Here the user can post new article under a certain category with a specific
title.

USER HOME PAGE

Description: This is the home page for the administrator. Here administrator can do
many functions.
SIGNUP PAGE

Description: Here new visitors can register the site.

CREAT CATEGORY
Description: Here Administrator can create new categories.

WINDOW APPLICATION

Description: This is the user interactive program, which reports to the user if any new
articles are posted on the webpage.
 CHAPTER 6

CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE

RECOMMENDATIONS

6.1 CONCLUSIONS

The objective of our project was to design and implement a model, which helps any User
to get instant alerts on their desktop while they are busy with other work. This enhances
the productivity skills of every individual. It gives a fast and easy way of maintaining or
retrieving accurate data. Intelligent alert is fully computerized provided with security.
This system includes highly integrated databases that enable fast & easy access to data. It
is very user friendly and flexible. Effective communication between administrator and
user is possible and it also supports multi-users.

6.1 FUTURE WORK

We can provide the user with mobile support for the alerts generated in a site.
User gets alerts on their mobile the articles new posted which are approved by the
administrator.
REFERENCES:
[1] Roger .S. Pressman, “Software Engineering”
McGraw-Hill International Editions, 1991
[2] Mark Spenik , “Microsoft SQL Server 2000 DBA Survival Guide”
Sams Publishing Company, New York, 1999
[3] Project Management; beyond the formal definition By Ammar W. Mango, a Project
Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute

[4] "What is the secret to Project Management", a research article by Peter Marci
[5]. www.pmforum.com