The widespread use of multimedia resources has been demanding the reengineering of a broad class of supporting software in order to ease the implementation of multimedia applications. In this paper , we address the features a database system should provide in order to support multimedia applications, with emphasis on its integration to distributed platforms. The architecture of a prototype mult...

An agent oriented management framework for pricing and controlling multimedia communications is presented as an on going research project. The framework model is described in terms of agent roles identified in multimedia domains. The agent components developed are based on CORBA technology allowing for object transparency. The use of intelligent, mobile and automated software provides a powerfu...

An approach is proposed to represent functionally defined multidimensional shapes as multimedia objects. A multimedia object can be described using 2D/3D world coordinates, visual, audio, haptic and other "multimedia coordinates". We introduce a space mapping between geometric coordinates and multimedia coordinates. The approach is supported by the interactive modeling system which integrates h...

A number of Multimedia Presentation Systems have been built for technical documentation, traffic management systems, educational software and other applications. However, these systems use handwritten presentation planning operators, which limits their flexibility. In this paper we describe a new data-driven approach for multimedia presentation planning. We present algorithms for acquiring pres...

Bluetooth is a new wireless data communications technology due to reach consumer markets later this year. This thesis presents the work done in using open-source protocol stacks to write Bluetooth-enabled applications. The development of a client-server software program used to study the effect of interference from a wireless local area network is described. The results found are significantly ...

With the growth of multimedia applications and reshaping of high-speed internet, large size multimedia content can be delivered smoothly to end users for their entertainment. These end users not only consume multimedia content such as online TV program, and but also produce the multimedia content such as photos and video clips to the internet servers. The social relationships among end users si...

A web service is a software application published on the web and accessible through standard Internet protocols. Multimedia web services generally integrate multimedia contents over web services. Core techniques of web services need to be enhanced accordingly in order to facilitate multimedia transportation and handling. Seamlessly integrated with Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), this pape...

This paper describes the Analyse-Organise-Synthesise methodology of multimedia development. The proposed methodology prescribes a systematic approach to developing multimedia applications. It emphasises reuse of multimedia objects and at the same time addresses quality and productivity of the development process. We illustrate our approach with examples drawn from the use of the MATE system Mul...