Distributed web-based framework for real-time multimedia object communication

In this paper we present major technical requirements far designing and developing future distributed multimedia information system using Internet technology. The key requirements of this system are to allow users to search, access, and communicate multimedia documents consisting of text, audio, video, and image. We emphasize the role of object oriented technology for information management and real-time communication protocols to guarantee QoS. We pre sent a reference architecture for Web-based real time distributed multimedia system which provides several functionalities including real-time streaming, multimedia indexing and searching, and distributed object management.