Abstract: A method and system to develop, test, debug and deploy telemetry and telematics solutions is disclosed. The method allows application developers and telematics service providers to ease the building, deployment and maintenance of telemetry and telematics solutions. The system provides a configurable mobile application in the role of soft telematics box and a web-based platform that allows the remote configuration, testing and licensing of the mobile application. System also, provides a Broker and an API that facilitate the Consumption of telematics/telemetry data from the Application to be developed.

Abstract: A method of characterising a video stream comprising one or more pictures, the method comprising the steps of; partitioning a picture in the video stream, to be characterised, into a plurality of blocks of data; measuring for one or more blocks of data which of a plurality of distinct encoding techniques has been used to encode the block of data or calculating which of a plurality of distinct encoding techniques is preferred to encode the black of data and storing data dependent on the calculation or measurement in a memory; determining a value for the picture based on a comparison of the number of blocks of data that have been encoded, or have been calculated to be preferred to be encoded using a particular encoding technique in the picture; determining a characterising value of the video stream based on the one or more values assigned to the pictures that a value has been calculated for.