Topic: Web-based Real Time Collaboration

Real time collaboration is defined as using the Internet and presence technology to communicate with co-workers as if they were in the same room, even if they are located on the other side of the world. In our research we use  a popular web browser FireFox as the client side interface to let users have the experience of working on the same application together in a real time manner. We have built a web-based application called UC-IC, which has integrated several browser based applications such as  word pad, drawing pad, photo viewer, and video viewer etc.  to prove the concept. Based on a standalone UC-IC server, we are going to adapt the SIP protocol to establish P2P connections between servers to extend the capability of the web based real time collaboration.