Challenges of Distributed Interactive State Transmission
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Abstract
This paper describes a middleware platform and application programming interface (API) for distributed interactive media state transmission, the Status Transmission Framework API , which was originally developed for distributed collaborative virtual environment applications.We also aim to describe some of the research we are doing on extending the API to support all kinds of distributed interactive media, and more heterogeneous platforms and technologies, such as wireless and ad hoc networks, and small resources devices (such as PDA or GSM phones).
The emergence of pervasive networked data sources, such as web services, sensors, and mobile devices, enables context-sensitive, mobile applications . The Status Transmission Framework can be used as model and support framework for the development of such distributed applications.