1. by Andrei Villarroel - Information Networking Institute © CoolMedia2000 The CoolMedia Project Objective –Bring Informedia’s Capabilities to the Web –Improve on the limitations of it Light-weight Client (GUI) Ubiquitousness of Access (web) Scalability (Distribution & Load balancing) Availability (Automatic recovery & redirection) Enhanced Customization (User profile)

2. by Andrei Villarroel - Information Networking Institute © CoolMedia2000 Ideal Distributed Application Model User Ann User Bob User Ann Call Bob Invite Bob User Bob Accept Distributed Computing Platform Start Stream Ann-Bob Distributed Applications Communications Session Manager Telephone Service Session Manager

3. by Andrei Villarroel - Information Networking Institute © CoolMedia2000 A WebBrowser Media CommMng WebServer Access Query Service Video Service Client Domain Server Domain Overview of the CoolMedia Architecture UAuth Video Server User DB SM QS text QS image USM A Query DB UAppl AA Media Filter

4. by Andrei Villarroel - Information Networking Institute © CoolMedia2000 Transport Network Transport Network ORB User Domain Server Domain CORBA platform CoolMedia Application B A AAbrowserUAP AA UAP UAuth UAuthbrowserQS USM B USM A Physical Network Physical Network CoolMedia System

5. by Andrei Villarroel - Information Networking Institute © CoolMedia2000 User Session Manager: Query Sequence QS User Session Manager MAIN Data Manager User Profile User Queries Query Results User Application LOCAL Data Manager User Profile User Queries Query Results ServerClient A image QS notes QS text

6. by Andrei Villarroel - Information Networking Institute © CoolMedia2000 References General Documentation –http://playback.inf.cs.cmu.edu/coolmedialogin.html Use IE4 to access the documentation (due to JavaScript) IE4 and IE5 are both fine for accessing the search services You need to install Java Media Framework (JMF) on your machine to visualize the streaming video. –http://llajta.inf.cs.cmu.edu/programs/JFM/ifjd131.exe You need to change the Security options of your browser –Add http://llajta.inf.cs.cmu.edu as a Trusted Site –Enable unsigned Java Applets to be executed (full access) Questions/Comments regarding the CoolMedia Project: andrei@cs.cmu.edu CoolMedia is recruiting ! Send inquiries to above address :)