Article New digital broadcasting services for use with TV sets containing digital storage devices Share on Authors: Rina Hayasaka Human Media Research Laboratories, NEC 1-1, Miyazaki 4-chome, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 216-8555, Japan Human Media Research Laboratories, NEC 1-1, Miyazaki 4-chome, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 216-8555, JapanView Profile , Hiroshi Matoba Human Media Research Laboratories, NEC 1-1, Miyazaki 4-chome, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 216-8555, Japan Human Media Research Laboratories, NEC 1-1, Miyazaki 4-chome, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 216-8555, JapanView Profile , Kazutoshi Maeno Advanced Broadcast Systems Development, Division, NEC 10, Nisshin-cho 1-chome, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-6501, Japan Advanced Broadcast Systems Development, Division, NEC 10, Nisshin-cho 1-chome, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-6501, JapanView Profile Authors Info & Claims MULTIMEDIA '99: Proceedings of the seventh ACM international conference on Multimedia (Part 2)October 1999 Pages 127–130https://doi.org/10.1145/319878.319912Online:01 October 1999Publication History 0citation318DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations0Total Downloads318Last 12 Months0Last 6 weeks0 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteGet Access

A control scheme for sharing applications that is based on MERMAID, a distributed multiparty desktop conferencing system, is described. The control scheme design is based on a replicated architecture which runs a copy of the application at every site or workstation. It is shown that the approach is applicable to developing shared applications, with slight application-independent modifications, to sharing existing single-user applications. The shared-application structure and the functions required for shared applications are discussed. A method for sharing applications for cases in which external resources are accessed is discussed.>

A distributed multiparty desktop conferencing system (MERMAID) and the architecture on which it is based are described. This architecture, called group collaboration support architecture, is a framework for assisting geographically separate group members to work together at the same time or at different times, efficiently and effectively, by means of computers and electronic communications equipment. The distributed desktop conferencing system provides distributed participants with an environment for holding conferences. This system is implemented by using ISDN (integrated services digital network), widely connected Ethernet, and UNIX-based engineering workstations with electronic writing pads, image scanners, video cameras, microphone-installed loudspeakers, etc. The system provides participants with a means of sharing information in such multimedia forms as video images, voice, text, graphics, still images, and hand-drawn figures.>

This describes a distributed multiparty desktop conferencing system (MERMAID) and presents its preliminary brief evaluation, obtained as a result of daily use. MERMAID, which is designed based on group collaboration system architecture, provides an environment for widely distributed participants, seated at their desks, to hold real-time conferences by interchanging information through video, voice, and multimedia documents. This system is implemented by using narrow-band ISDN, high-speed data network, and UNIX-based EWSs with electronic writing pads, image scanners, video cameras, microphone-installed loudspeakers, etc. The system provides participants with the means for sharing information in such multimedia forms as video images, voice, text, graphics, still images, and hand drawn figures.