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Patented Events' Sharing

CollabWorx SRTC Platform is an event-sharing system, built on our patented events handling technology. Shared functionality is defined by the application, not by the collaboratory runtime. This is in sharp contrast to the most popular commercial collaboratory systems which implement the shared display model.

We recognize that future collaboratory applications may require functionality that we cannot envision today. Hence, SRTC does not define application protocols. Instead, we provide a reliable, high-performance message passing and message routing mechanism, integrated with the session management, which can be easily used to implement any application-level protocols.

Shared event systems have a number of advantages over shared display systems, including capability to define shared functionality, to implement independent data views, and to support asynchronous collaboration. CollabWorx SRTC Platform extensively uses these capabilities without sacrificing advantages of the shared display model: NetMeeting's shared application functionality is fully integrated into CWP session control model.

CollabWorx SRTC Platform provides transparent support for all synchronous collaboratory functions. Built in a stateless Web environment, CWP is a stateful system. It supports all functions of a synchronous collaboratory, including session management, data/event distribution, flexible floor control, and multiple, configurable security levels. The system does not impose any restrictions on a number of concurrent sessions, users, or collaborative applications. Application sessions are created via a mouse click and application instances can be created on local and remote workstations on the fly.

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