Collaborative Web Portal

A collaborative Web Portal integrating NCast media server

This system provides a scalable interactive collaboration solution that integrate MPEG streaming video and full-duplex audio for communication with small and large groups and remote locations over IP networks.

Such a system is ideal for building clusters as described in this White Paper as well as for distance learning, corporate training and meetings. Using a unique method of selective data-packet routing the NCast multimedia Internet appliance allow users to communicate simultaneously over numerous locations and desktops. Participants at remote locations can ask speakers live questions and get real-time answers, giving all participants interactive multimedia experiences and insuring efficiency in presentations, meetings, and classrooms.

When combined with the collaboration management tools and methods presented in this paper such a system can fully leverage the fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure, especially in rural areas that have not had previous access to applications and systems that have driven economic growth in urban centers.